Gregory Lee Molins (born 19 March 1976) is a former Irish

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spinner, he represented the Irish national side between 1996 and 1999, including at the

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. Molins is part of a prominent Irish cricketing family, with his older brother,

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, and cousin,

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, also representing Ireland internationally. He was born in

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, and attended The High School there, playing for the school team. He first came to prominence at the 1993 under-18 interprovincial tournament, taking three five-wicket hauls for

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to be named player of the tournament.Edward Liddle (September 2011)
Gregory Lee Molins
– Cricket Europe. Retrieved 11 June 2015. Molins made his senior interprovincial debut in 1994, and the following year debuted for the Irish under-19 team.Miscellaneous Matches played by Greg Molins (235)
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 June 2015. His first senior match for Ireland came in a friendly against

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in June 1996. Later in the year, in August, he made his first-class debut, in what was then the annual fixture against

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. At the 1997 ICC Trophy, Molins played in three of Ireland's matches, against

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, but took only two wickets. His 1997 season also included limited-overs games for Ireland in two English competitions (the

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and the

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), and also in the

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. Molins' last capped game for Ireland came in 1999, when he was only 23. He continued playing interprovincial matches into the 2000s and Leinster Senior League matches into the 2010s, and toured

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with the

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(MCC) in 2001. In 2008, Molins and his brother, both of Jewish extraction, were selected for an

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i composite side which played against

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to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Israel's independence. The team also included various other Jewish players from around the world (including

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, Steven Herzberg,

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, and

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), and two non-Jewish guest players (

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and

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). In April 2015, Molins was appointed a selector for the Irish national team.(17 April 2015)
"Greg Molins Named National Selector For Leinster"
– Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Molins, Greg 1976 births Living people Cricketers from County Dublin Irish cricketers Jewish Irish sportspeople Jewish cricketers People educated at The High School, Dublin