Samuel Andrew Britton (born 10 February 1988) is an Irish

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er. He is a right-arm fast bowler and has played a single

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for

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Career

Youth internationals

Andrew Britton has represented Ireland's under-15 and under-19 teams. As of August 2009, Britton had played six Youth One Day Internationals, all part of the 2008 U-19 World Cup which took place in February–March 2008. He took 9 wickets in the tournament at an

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of 18.66; Britton was Ireland U-19's leading wicket-taker for the tournament, although 20th overall. His best bowling figures of 4 wickets for 14 runs (4/14) came against Zimbabwe U-19s in the 13th place play-off, which was Ireland's final match of the tournament.

Senior recognition

At club level, Britton plays for Brigade in Ireland's North West Cricket Union. In June 2009, Britton was called into the full Ireland squad for the first time. Ireland coach

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commented that "Andy Britton deserves his chance as he's done well over the past 18 months". The squad was for Ireland's opening match of the 2009–10 ICC Intercontinental Cup against

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, in which Ireland were seeking their fourth consecutive title, and three subsequent

s. Although Britton did not make his first-class debut on the occasion, he did make his

debut against

on 12 July 2009, aged 21. Opening the bowling with

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, Britton did not take a wicket and conceded 37 runs from 6 overs. He made his

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cricket debut for

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in the

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on 26 May 2017.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Britton, Andrew 1988 births Living people Irish cricketers Ireland One Day International cricketers North West Warriors cricketers