Andrew David Poynter (born 25 April 1987) is a former Irish cricketer.
Poynter is a
right-handed batsman and
off-spin bowler who was trained at the Middlesex Cricket Academy and he made his first-class debut, aged eighteen for
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Middlesex which has effectively been subsumed within the ceremonial ...
against Cambridge UCCE at Fenner's in 2005. His uncle
Deryck Vincent also represented Ireland.
International career
Poynter has represented the
Ireland under-19 cricket team
The Ireland national under-19 cricket team represents All-Ireland in under-19 international cricket.
Ireland has qualified for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup on eight occasions, most recently in 2018. This is the most of any European country ou ...
. He played six youth ODIs, scoring 148 runs at an average of 29.60 with a top score of 76. Progressing from age group cricket, Poynter was named in the Ireland A squad to play
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and
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influence ...
in summer 2007.
[ Retrieved on 8 December 2008.] Poynter scored 78 runs against Afghanistan in a match of
2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One, where Ireland won by 39 runs and Poynter adjudged man of the match as well.
Andrew Poynter, who played in all three games at the World Twenty20 in March, announced his retirement from international and representative cricket on 2 June 2016. The 29 year-old Clontarf batsman cited family and work commitments.
References
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1987 births
People from Hammersmith
Living people
Irish cricketers
Ireland One Day International cricketers
Ireland Twenty20 International cricketers
Middlesex cricketers
Leinster Lightning cricketers
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