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Gareth James Delany (born 28 April 1997) is an Irish cricketer. He made his international debut for the Ireland cricket team in July 2019. In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland, the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.

Domestic career

He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 26 May 2017. He made his first-class debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship on 5 June 2017. He made his List A debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Cup on 10 September 2017.

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Dublin Chiefs in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.

International career

In June 2019, he was named in the Ireland Wolves squad for their home series against the Scotland A cricket team. Later the same month, he was named in Ireland's squad for their series against Zimbabwe. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Ireland against Zimbabwe on 12 July 2019.

In September 2019, he was named in Ireland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. In December 2019, Delany was named in Ireland's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against the West Indies. He made his ODI debut for Ireland, against the West Indies, on 7 January 2020.

On 10 July 2020, Delany was named in Ireland's 21-man squad to travel to England to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against the England cricket team. In February 2021, Delany was named in the Ireland Wolves' squad for their tour to Bangladesh. In September 2021, Delany was named in Ireland's provisional squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

In May 2024, he was named in Ireland’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.

References

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4. "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, North-West Warriors v Leinster Lightning at Bready, May 26, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
5. "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, Northern Knights v Leinster Lightning at Belfast, Jun 5–7, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
6. "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup at Dublin, Sep 10 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
7. "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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9. "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
10. "Ireland Wolves squads named for Scotland 'A' series". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
11. "Ireland Men's and Ireland Wolves squads announced for Zimbabwe series". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
12. "2nd T20I (D/N), Zimbabwe tour of Netherlands and Ireland at Bready, Jul 12 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
13. "Squad announced for Oman Series and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
14. "Ireland Men's Squads Announced for West Indies tour". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
15. "1st ODI (D/N), Ireland tour of West Indies at Bridgetown, Jan 7 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
16. "Curtis Campher, Jonathan Garth the new faces as Ireland name 21-man squad for England ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
17. "Ireland names expanded training squad ahead of ODI series against England". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
18. "Ireland Wolves tour of Bangladesh to start with four-day game in Chattogram". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
19. "Ireland Wolves squad announced for Bangladesh tour". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
20. "Ireland names 18-player provisional squad for T20 World Cup". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
21. "Ireland's 15-Player Squad for ICC Men's T20I World Cup". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

External links

• Gareth Delany at ESPNcricinfo

v t e Ireland squad – 2024 Men's T20 World Cup
1 Stirling (c) 3 Tucker (wk) 5 Rock (wk) 13 Tector 15 R. Adair 32 M. Adair 41 Hume 44 Young 50 Dockrell 60 McCarthy 63 Balbirnie 64 Delany 82 Little 85 Campher 86 White Coach: Heinrich Malan

• 1997 births
• Living people
• Irish cricketers
• Ireland One Day International cricketers
• Ireland Twenty20 International cricketers
• Leinster Lightning cricketers
• Leicestershire cricketers
• Munster Reds cricketers
• Cricketers from Dublin (city)