Lucy O'Reilly

Lucy Katherine O'Reilly (born 9 November 1999) is an Irish cricketer who plays primarily as a right-arm medium bowler.[1] In June 2018, she was named in Ireland's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[2] She was the leading wicket-taker for the tournament, with eleven dismissals in four matches.[3] Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named as the rising star of Ireland's squad by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[4] In July 2018, she was named in the ICC Women's Global Development Squad.[5] She played in the Women's Super Series for Scorchers.[6]

Lucy O'Reilly
Personal information
Full name
Lucy Katherine O'Reilly
Born (1999-11-09) 9 November 1999
Dublin, Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsPeter O'Reilly (father)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 73)10 July 2013 v Pakistan
Last ODI19 February 2017 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 29)8 July 2013 v Pakistan
Last T20I15 November 2018 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–2019Scorchers
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 14 32 39 67
Runs scored 44 63 251 193
Batting average 4.40 7.00 11.95 10.15
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 14 14 32 28
Balls bowled 416 609 1,312 1,275
Wickets 8 27 41 63
Bowling average 43.00 25.03 19.75 18.49
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/66 4/28 4/19 4/8
Catches/stumpings 9/– 4/– 14/– 11/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 May 2021

In October 2018, she was named in Ireland's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[7][8] Ahead of the tournament, she was named as one of the players to watch.[9] She was the leading wicket-taker for Ireland in the tournament, with four dismissals in three matches.[10] In April 2019, O'Reilly took a voluntary break from cricket.[11]

References
  1. "Lucy O'Reilly". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  2. "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. "ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2018: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  4. "Report card: Ireland". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  5. "Meet the Global Development Squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  6. "Player Profile: Lucy O'Reilly". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  7. "Final squad named for World T20, Raack set for Ireland debut". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  8. "Laura Delany to lead 'strong and experienced' Irish side at World T20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  9. "Players to watch in ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  10. "ICC Women's World T20, 2018/19 - Ireland Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  11. "Irish international Lucy O'Reilly to take a break from game". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
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