List of Ireland Test wicket-keepers
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A Test match is an international cricket match between two representative teams that are full members of the ICC. Both teams have two innings, and the match lasts up to five days.{{cite news|last=Bond|first=David|date=29 July 2013|title=Test cricket: Does the oldest form of the game have a future?|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/23494008|access-date=21 December 2016}}{{cite journal|date=1 October 2017|title=ICC Classification of Official Cricket|url=https://pulse-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/ICC/document/2017/09/24/4510678a-e031-4a9b-a402-397d4868adb6/ICC-Classification-of-Official-Cricket-Effective-1st-October-2017.pdf|journal=|publisher=International Cricket Council|page=[https://pulse-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/ICC/document/2017/09/24/4510678a-e031-4a9b-a402-397d4868adb6/ICC-Classification-of-Official-Cricket-Effective-1st-October-2017.pdf#page=3 3]|access-date=29 April 2021}} Wicket-keepers plays an important role in test cricket and, over time, the role has evolved into a specialist position.{{Cite web|last=Katewa|first=Shrot|title=Role of a Wicket Keeper in Cricket (Is He Even Needed?)|url=https://cricketmastery.com/wicket-keeper-in-cricket/|access-date=2021-05-22|website=Cricket Mastery|language=en-us}}
Ireland were granted full membership and therefore Test status at the International Cricket Council's annual conference held on 22 June 2017, after having been one of the leading associate members for many years.{{cite web|date=22 June 2017|title=Ireland & Afghanistan awarded Test status by International Cricket Council|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40364481|access-date=22 June 2017|website=BBC News}} Ireland played their first Test match in May 2018 against Pakistan at the Malahide Cricket Club Ground in Dublin.{{cite web|date=13 October 2017|title=Ireland confirm Pakistan as first Test opponents|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/20999394/ireland-confirm-pakistan-first-test-opponents|access-date=13 October 2017|website=ESPN Cricinfo}}
This is a chronological list of Irish wicket-keepers, that is, Test cricketers who have kept wicket in a match for Ireland.{{Cite web|title=List of Irish Test wicket-keepers|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;keeper=1;orderby=start;team=29;template=results;type=fielding|access-date=2021-04-16|website=Cricinfo}}{{Cite web|title=Wicket Keepers List for Ireland in Tests|url=http://www.howstat.com/cricket/statistics/WicketKeeping/WicketKeepingList.asp|access-date=2021-04-16|website=HowStat}}
This list only includes players who have played as the designated keeper for a match. On occasions, another player may have stepped in to relieve the primary wicket-keeper due to injury or the keeper bowling. Figures do not include catches made when the player was a non wicket-keeper.
| class="wikitable sortable"
!No. !Player !Span !Tests !Catches !Stumpings !Total dismissals !Ref |
| 1
|2018 |1 |2 |0 |2 |
| 2
|2019 |1 |2 |1 |3 |
| 3
|2019 |1 |6 |0 |6 |
See also
- List of Irish Test cricketers
References
{{Wicket-keepers in Test cricket}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ireland Test wicket-keepers}}