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

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(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

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. 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

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, held later in July 2008, a suspected

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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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eagleston, Phil 1982 births Living people Cricketers from the London Borough of Bromley People from Beckenham Ireland One Day International cricketers Ireland Twenty20 International cricketers Irish cricketers Northern Knights cricketers