Stuart Thompson
{{short description|Irish cricketer}}
{{for|the Canadian curler|Stuart Thompson (curler)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Stuart Thompson
| image =
| country = Ireland
| fullname = Stuart Robert Thompson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|8|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Derry, Northern Ireland
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast
| family = Nigel Thompson (father)
| role = Bowler
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2013-2019
| testdebutdate = 11 May
| testdebutyear = 2018
| testdebutagainst = Pakistan
| testcap = 10
| lasttestdate = 24 July
| lasttestyear = 2019
| lasttestagainst = England
| odidebutdate = 8 September
| odidebutyear = 2013
| odidebutagainst = Scotland
| odicap = 42
| lastodidate = 12 May
| lastodiyear = 2017
| lastodiagainst = Bangladesh
| odishirt = 17
| T20Idebutdate = 19 February
| T20Idebutyear = 2014
| T20Idebutagainst = West Indies
| T20Icap = 27
| lastT20Idate = 1 November
| lastT20Iyear = 2019
| lastT20Iagainst = Netherlands
| T20Ishirt = 17
| club1 = North West Warriors
| year1 = 2013–present
| columns = 4
| column1 = Test
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 64
| bat avg1 = 10.66
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1
| top score1 = 53
| deliveries1 = 410
| wickets1 = 10
| bowl avg1 = 20.40
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/28
| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–
| column2 = ODI
| matches2 = 20
| runs2 = 228
| bat avg2 = 16.28
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 39
| deliveries2 = 559
| wickets2 = 12
| bowl avg2 = 40.83
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 2/17
| catches/stumpings2 = 8/–
| column3 = T20I
| matches3 = 41
| runs3 = 328
| bat avg3 = 14.90
| 100s/50s3 = 0/1
| top score3 = 56
| deliveries3 = 474
| wickets3 = 18
| bowl avg3 = 37.22
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 4/18
| catches/stumpings3 = 23/–
| column4 = FC
| matches4 = 19
| runs4 = 582
| bat avg4 = 21.55
| 100s/50s4 = 1/1
| top score4 = 148
| deliveries4 = 2,072
| wickets4 = 38
| bowl avg4 = 30.39
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 3/28
| catches/stumpings4 = 7/–
| date = 23 April
| year = 2020
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/128/128612/128612.html CricketArchive
}}
Stuart Robert Thompson (born 15 August 1991) is an Irish cricketer.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2020/articles/000007/000726.shtml |title=Thompson keen to make up for lost time |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=6 July 2020}} Thompson is left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Ireland's first ever Test match, against Pakistan, in May 2018.
In December 2018, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/19-mens-central-player-contracts-finalised-ahead-of-busy-2019 |title=19 men's central player contracts finalised ahead of busy 2019 |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=18 December 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25564469/ireland-women-receive-first-professional-contracts |title=Ireland women to receive first professional contracts |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=18 December 2018}} In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland,{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/2020-mens-contracts |title=Gareth Delany, Shane Getkate amongst 19 men's central player contracts offered ahead of a busy 2020 |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=9 January 2020}} the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1563847 |title=Delany, Getkate highlight Ireland men's central contracts list for 2020 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=9 January 2020}}
Career
=Early and domestic=
Thompson has represented Ireland at U-19 level, playing five Youth One Day International's.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/128/128612/Under-19_ODI_Matches.html |title=Youth One-Day International Matches played by Stuart Thompson|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=24 September 2012}} In 2012, Thompson was included in the Ireland squad for the 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Afghanistan and made his first-class debut in the match.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/516851.html |title=Ireland v Afghanistan, ICC Intercontinental Cup, 2011-2013, 9-12 July 2012 at Dublin |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=24 September 2012 }} In August 2012, Thompson was included in the Ireland squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka.{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2012/content/story/577787.html |title=Stuart Thompson included in Ireland T20 squad |publisher=Cricinfo |date=17 August 2012 |access-date=24 September 2012 }}
In May 2018, he scored his maiden century in first-class cricket, batting for North West Warriors against Leinster Lightning in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/thompson-makes-test-case-with-stunning-unbeaten-century-36864935.html |title=Thompson makes Test case with stunning unbeaten century |access-date=2 May 2018 |work=Belfast Telegraph}} The same month, he was named in a fourteen-man squad for Ireland's first ever Test match, which was played against Pakistan later the same month.{{Cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/ireland-announce-14man-squad-for-historic-first-test-against-pakistan-36873269.html|title=Ireland announce 14-man squad for historic first Test against Pakistan|work=Belfast Telegraph|access-date=4 May 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/44003641 |title=Ireland omit George Dockrell for historic first men's Test against Pakistan |access-date=4 May 2018 |work=BBC Sport}}
In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Belfast Titans in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27222261/eoin-morgan-represent-dublin-franchise-inaugural-euro-t20-slam |title=Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=19 July 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2019/articles/000010/001060.shtml |title=Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=19 July 2019}} However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27387389/inaugural-euro-t20-slam-cancelled-two-weeks-notice |title=Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=14 August 2019}}
=International career=
He made his Test debut for Ireland, against Pakistan, on 11 May 2018. In the first innings, he took three wickets and scored 3 runs.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1127284.html |title=Only Test, Pakistan tour of Ireland, England and Scotland at Dublin, May 11-15 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=12 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/195109-ireland-v-pakistan-rain-washes-out-first-day-of-test-match |title=Ireland win toss, opt to bowl in historic Test against Pakistan |work=Geo TV |access-date=12 May 2018}} In the second innings of the inaugural Test match he scored his first Test fifty when batting at no.7, becoming only the second Irish player after Kevin O'Brien to score a Test fifty during the same match, eventually where O'Brien went onto score a Test hundred.{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23498931/kevin-obrien-maiden-test-hundred-allows-ireland-dream|title=Kevin O'Brien's maiden Test hundred allows Ireland to dream|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=15 May 2018}} He also notched a 114 runstand with Kevin O'Brien during the Ireland's second innings to uplift the team from an innings defeat after being forced to follow on.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1407645|title=O'Brien, Thompson help Ireland escape innings defeat against Pakistan|last=AFP|date=2018-05-14|work=DAWN.COM|access-date=15 May 2018|language=en-US}}
In January 2019, he was named in Ireland's squad for their one-off Test against Afghanistan in India.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/983693 |title=Ireland announce squads for Afghanistan series |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=28 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/oman-afghanistan-squads |title=Stirling to captain Ireland T20 squad, new faces named for upcoming Oman and Afghanistan series |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=28 January 2019}} In September 2019, he was named in Ireland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/squad-announced-for-oman-and-qualifier |title=Squad announced for Oman Series and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=26 September 2019}}
On 18 July 2020, Thompson was added to Ireland's touring squad to travel to England to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against the England cricket team.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29485458/stuart-thompson-added-ireland-odi-squad-england-series |title=Stuart Thompson added to Ireland ODI squad for England series |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=18 July 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/stuart-thompson-added-to-irelands-odi-training-squad |title=Stuart Thompson added to Ireland's ODI training squad |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=18 July 2020}}
References
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External links
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