Jonathan James Garth (born 19 December 2000) is an Irish
cricket
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er.
Garth comes from a cricketing family, with his father
Jonathan, mother
Anne-Marie McDonald, and his sister
Kim all representing Ireland at an international level.
He made his
List A
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debut for
Ireland A against
Bangladesh A on 1 August 2018. Prior to his List A debut, he was named in Ireland's squad for the
2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
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.
He made his
first-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...
debut for
Ireland A against
Sri Lanka A on 5 January 2019. He made his
Twenty20
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debut for
Munster Reds in the
2019 Inter-Provincial Trophy
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on 22 June 2019.
On 10 July 2020, Garth was named in Ireland's 21-man squad to travel to England to start training
behind closed doors
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for the
One Day International
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(ODI) series
against the England cricket team. Following his inclusion in the training squad, Garth said he was "surprised but delighted" to be named in the team.
In February 2021, Garth was named in the
Ireland Wolves' squad for their tour to Bangladesh. Later the same month, Garth was part of the intake for the
Cricket Ireland Academy.
References
External links
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2000 births
Living people
Cricketers from County Dublin
Irish cricketers
Leinster Lightning cricketers
Munster Reds cricketers
Place of birth missing (living people)