Mark Eoghan Donegan (born 22 December 1998) is an Irish
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er.
From
County Dublin, Donegan's father was a former captain of the
Laois Gaelic football team.
He began his education at Loughshinny Primary School in
Skerries
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Skerry, skerries, or The Skerries may also refer to:
Geography
Northern Ireland
* Skerries, County Armagh, a townland in County Armagh
* Skerry, County Antrim, a ...
, where he first became interested in cricket during a coaching session carried out
Rush Cricket Club.
From there, he attended
Gormanston College, before matriculating to
Trinity College, Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
, motto_lang = la
, motto_English = It will last i ...
, gaining a
master's degree in engineering.
Donegan initially joined Rush, but moved to
The Hills. He played for the
Ireland under-19 team at the
2018 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand,
making six Under-19
One Day International
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appearances. Having played for Leinster at youth level, Donegan was included in
Leinster Lightning's core squad for the 2023 season. He made his debut for Leinster Lightning in
List A one-day cricket in the
2023 Inter-Provincial Cup
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against
Northern Knights at
Dublin. He made two further appearances in the competition, against
Munster Reds and the
North West Warriors;
against Munster, he recorded his maiden one-day half century with a score of 87. Donegan also made his debut in
Twenty20 cricket in the
2023 Inter-Provincial Trophy against the Northern Knights at
Cork
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Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
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* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
, making 58 runs in a losing cause.
He made four further appearances in that seasons competition.
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
Irish cricketers
Leinster Lightning cricketers