James Shannon (cricketer)

James Shannon
Personal information
Full name James Norman Knight Shannon
Born (1990-02-12) 12 February 1990
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm off break
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Only ODI (cap 39) 26 May 2013 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no. 77
T20I debut (cap 26) 30 November 2013 v Afghanistan
Last T20I 29 June 2018 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–present Northern Knights
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 1 8 10 20
Runs scored 2 111 763 260
Batting average 2.00 13.87 47.68 16.25
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 1/7 0/0
Top score 2 60 140* 43
Balls bowled – 6 42 –
Wickets – 0 1 –
Bowling average – – 11.00 –
5 wickets in innings – – 0 –
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling – – 1/8 –
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 3/– 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 August 2018

James Norman Knight Shannon (born 12 February 1990) is an Irish cricketer. Shannon is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off spin. On 26 May 2013, Shannon made his One Day International debut for Ireland against Pakistan.[1]

He scored the most runs in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy, Ireland's domestic Twenty20 competition, with 251 runs in six matches.[2] He also scored the most runs in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship tournament, with 446 runs in four matches.[3]

International career

In May 2018, he was named in a fourteen-man squad for Ireland's first ever Test match, to be played against Pakistan later the same month, but he was not selected to play.[4][5] In June 2018, Shannon scored his first T20I half-century against India.

References

  1. ↑ Siggins, Ger (26 May 2013). "Kamran, Wahab dash Irish hopes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, 2017: Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, 2017: Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ireland announce 14-man squad for historic first Test against Pakistan". Belfast Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ireland omit George Dockrell for historic first men's Test against Pakistan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2018.



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