Josh Little
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Joshua Little | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dublin, Ireland | 1 November 1999|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Hannah Little (sister)[1] Louise Little (sister)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National side |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 56) | 3 May 2019 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 15 May 2019 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 36) | 5 September 2016 v Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 10 March 2020 v Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | Leinster Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo, 22 April 2020 |
Joshua Little (born 1 November 1999) is an Irish cricketer. He made his international debut for the Ireland cricket team in September 2016.[1][2]
International career
He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Hong Kong on 5 September 2016.[3] Little was 16 years old at the time of his debut, making him the second-youngest to have played at that level,[4] after Hong Kong's Waqas Khan.[5] Prior to his T20I debut, Little was named in Ireland's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[6]
Little was originally named in Ireland's T20I squad for their series against Afghanistan in India in March 2017.[7] However, he had to withdraw because of education commitments.[8] In December 2017, he was named in Ireland's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[9]
In January 2019, he was named in Ireland's T20I squads for the Oman Quadrangular Series and the series against Afghanistan in India.[10][11] In April 2019, he was named in Ireland's One Day International (ODI) squads for the one-off match against England and the 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series.[12] He made his ODI debut for Ireland against England on 3 May 2019.[13]
Domestic and T20 career
He made his List A debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Cup on 19 June 2018.[14] He made his first-class debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Championship on 20 June 2018.[15] In April 2019, he was one of five cricketers to be awarded with an Emerging Player Contract by Cricket Ireland, ahead of the 2019 domestic season.[16]
In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Dublin Chiefs in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[17][18] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[19]
References
- ^ a b c "Hockey player, business student, death bowler - meet teenage Ireland prospect Josh Little". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Joshua Little". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "1st T20I: Ireland v Hong Kong at Bready, Sep 5, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "A big future in store for Josh Little". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Youngest players, ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Ireland at full strength despite late call". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ "Mulder named in squad to play Afganistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ "Chase replaces Little in Ireland squad for T20 series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Ireland U19 World Cup Squad Announced". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "Ireland announce squads for Afghanistan series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Stirling to captain Ireland T20 squad, new faces named for upcoming Oman and Afghanistan series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Strong squads named for one-day internationals and Wolves clash". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "Only ODI, England tour of Ireland at Dublin, May 3 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "3rd Match, Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup at Eglinton, Jun 19 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "3rd Match, Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship at Bready, Jun 20-22 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Five Emerging Player contracts awarded ahead of big year for Irish cricket". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.