Phil Eaglestone (born 17 June 1982) is an English-born Irish

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er. Primarily a left-arm seamer, Eaglestone made his

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debut for Ireland in 2008. Two years later he played his first

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Career

Domestic

Phil Eaglestone's plays for his local club, that of Strabane. Retrieved on 4 November 2008. He first represented Ireland in 2008. In his first season playing for them in the Friends Provident Trophy (FPT), he featured in four games, taking five wickets at an

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of 22.40. His debut match was against

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on 27 April 2008. He opened the bowling with Kevin O'Brien and finished with figures of 10–2–49–2; his wickets were those of

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and Graeme Swann. He was forced to miss one FPT game in May 2008 due to a knee injury.

International career

Before making his senior team debut, Eagleston represented Ireland A against

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and

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. Although Eaglestone was part of the 15-man squad that toured Bangladesh in early 2008, he did not play on the tour. He made his international debut on 1 July 2008, playing against

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in a

(ODI) as part of the

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. Ireland lost the match, which was played in Scotland, by 290 runs. Eaglestone opened the bowling with fellow seamer Peter Connell – who was also on debut – and finished with figures of 7–0–60–1 as New Zealand amassed 402 from their 50 overs. The first wicket Eaglestone took was that of

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for 166. Although he was selected in Ireland's squad for the European Cricket Championship, held later in July 2008, a suspected stress fracture of the

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(shin) led to his withdrawal. The injury also prevented him from playing in the Twenty20 World Cup qualifiers in August 2008. Retrieved on 4 November 2008.

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