title: List of Leinster Lightning first-class players
text: # List of Leinster Lightning first-class players
  
  Leinster Lightning was formed in 2013 and became a first-class team in 2017. They played their inaugural first-class match in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship against Northern Knights. Leinster Lightning have won the Interprovincial Championship five times, and once with first-class status. In total, 21 players have appeared in first-class cricket for Leinster Lightning, with five players having played in 11 out of 12 first-class fixtures played by Leinster Lightning.
  
  Jack Tector is Leinster Lightning's leading run-scorer in first-class cricket, aggregating 527 runs. Four batsmen have scored a century for Leinster Lightning in the format: Ed Joyce, John Anderson, Andrew Balbirnie and Simi Singh. Joyce's score of 167 not out, scored in 2017 against Northern Knights is the highest score by a Leinster Lightning batsman, and Joyce also has the teams best batting average: 63.50. Among the bowlers, George Dockrell has taken more wickets than any other, claiming 36 – eight wickets more than that of the second most prolific bowler, Peter Chase. Dockrell also has the best bowling figures in an innings: he claimed six wickets against Northern Knights in a 2017 match, while conceding 29 runs. Lorcan Tucker has kept wicket in 11 out of 12 of Leinster Lightning's first-class matches, taking 24 catches and effecting 4 stumpings. Balbirnie has claimed the highest number of catches among fielders, taking 11.
  
  Players are initially listed in order of appearance; where players made their debut in the same match, they are initially listed by batting order.
  
  ## Key
  
  | General † – Wicket-keeper First – Year of first-class debut for Leinster Lightning Last – Year of latest first-class match for Leinster Lightning Mat – Number of first-class appearances for Leinster Lightning | Batting Runs – Runs scored in career HS – Highest score Avg – Runs scored per dismissal * – Batsman remained not out | Bowling Balls – Balls bowled in career Wkt – Wickets taken in career BBI – Best bowling in an innings Ave – Average runs per wicket | Fielding Ca – Catches taken St – Stumpings effected |
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  | All statistics correct as of the end of the Irish 2019 cricket season. ||||
  
  ## List of first-class cricketers
  
  Leinster Lightning first-class players :
  
  | No. | Name | Nationality | First | Last | Mat | Runs | HS | Avg | Balls | Wkt | BBI | Ave | Ca | St |
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  | No. | Name | Nationality | First | Last | Mat | Batting | Batting | Batting | Bowling | Bowling | Bowling | Bowling | Fielding | Fielding | Ref(s) |
  | 01 | Ed Joyce | Ireland | 2017 | 2018 | 5 | 381 | 167* | 63.50 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 |
  | 02 | Jack Tector | Ireland | 2017 | 2019 | 11 | 527 | 87 | 40.53 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 |
  | 03 | John Anderson | Ireland | 2017 | 2018 | 8 | 317 | 123* | 35.33 | 90 | 1 | 1/8 | 55.00 | 10 | 0 |
  | 04 | Andrew Balbirnie | Ireland | 2017 | 2019 | 11 | 491 | 114* | 49.10 | 411 | 11 | 4/23 | 12.45 | 11 | 0 |
  | 05 | Simi Singh | Ireland | 2017 | 2019 | 10 | 403 | 100* | 36.63 | 1,551 | 25 | 5/38 | 22.88 | 5 | 0 |
  | 06 | Lorcan Tucker † | Ireland | 2017 | 2019 | 11 | 220 | 56 | 20.00 | 0 | – | – | – | 24 | 4 |
  | 07 | Eddie Richardson | Ireland | 2017 | 2018 | 5 | 166 | 81 | 33.20 | 516 | 10 | 4/88 | 26.50 | 4 | 0 |
  | 08 | Gareth Delany | Ireland | 2017 | 2019 | 3 | 35 | 15* | 11.66 | 294 | 4 | 3/48 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 |
  | 09 | Kevin O'Brien | Ireland | 2017 | 2019 | 7 | 156 | 74 | 26.00 | 466 | 9 | 2/32 | 22.55 | 4 | 0 |
  | 10 | Peter Chase | Ireland | 2017 | 2019 | 11 | 57 | 24 | 14.25 | 1,359 | 28 | 5/24 | 31.03 | 1 | 0 |
  | 11 | Max Neville | Ireland | 2017 | 2017 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 2.00 | 198 | 2 | 2/22 | 59.50 | 0 | 0 |
  | 12 | George Dockrell | Ireland | 2017 | 2019 | 11 | 304 | 92 | 27.63 | 1,899 | 36 | 6/29 | 22.94 | 5 | 0 |
  | 13 | Sean Terry | Ireland | 2017 | 2018 | 5 | 138 | 73 | 19.71 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 |
  | 14 | Tyrone Kane | Ireland | 2017 | 2019 | 9 | 214 | 75 | 30.57 | 1,098 | 15 | 3/45 | 33.53 | 2 | 0 |
  | 15 | David Delany | Ireland | 2017 | 2018 | 2 | 1 | 1* | 1.00 | 284 | 5 | 4/31 | 35.60 | 0 | 0 |
  | 16 | Stephen Doheny | Ireland | 2018 | 2019 | 5 | 86 | 50 | 17.20 | 18 | 1 | 1/4 | 4.00 | 3 | 0 |
  | 17 | Josh Little | Ireland | 2018 | 2019 | 4 | 34 | 27 | 17.00 | 249 | 5 | 3/95 | 32.00 | 1 | 0 |
  | 18 | Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin | Ireland | 2019 | 2019 | 4 | 121 | 86 | 30.25 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
  | 19 | Fionn Hand | Ireland | 2019 | 2019 | 1 | – | – | – | 42 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
  | 20 | Barry McCarthy | Ireland | 2019 | 2019 | 3 | 52 | 44 | 26.00 | 366 | 8 | 5/51 | 21.12 | 1 | 0 |
  | 21 | Patrick Tice † | Ireland | 2019 | 2019 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
  