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| Full name | James Norman Knight Shannon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1990-02-12) 12 February 1990 (age 34) Belfast, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–present | Northern Knights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 12 May 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Norman Knight Shannon (born 12 February 1990) is an Irish former 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. In January 2020, Shannon announced his retirement from cricket.
Career
He scored the most runs in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy, Ireland's domestic Twenty20 competition, with 251 runs in six matches. He also scored the most runs in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship tournament, with 446 runs in four matches.
In December 2018, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season.
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. In June 2018, Shannon scored his first T20I half-century against India.
References
- Siggins, Ger (26 May 2013). "Kamran, Wahab dash Irish hopes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- "James Shannon announces retirement". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, 2017: Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, 2017: Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- "19 men's central player contracts finalised ahead of busy 2019". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- "Ireland women to receive first professional contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- "Ireland announce 14-man squad for historic first Test against Pakistan". Belfast Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- "Ireland omit George Dockrell for historic first men's Test against Pakistan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2018.