Cade Carmichael

Cade Carmichael (born 8 March 2002) is a South African-born Irish cricketer, currently playing for Northern Knights in domestic cricket and Instonians in club cricket.^[1]

Cade Carmichael

Personal information
Full name	Cade Mitchell Carmichael
Born	(2002-03-08) 8 March 2002 (age 23) Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Ireland
ODI debut (cap 71)	21 May 2025 v West Indies
Last ODI	25 May 2025 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2022–present	Northern Knights
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20 Matches 3 5 30 21 Runs scored 64 351 811 397 Batting average 32.00 39.00 31.19 28.35 100s/50s 0/0 1/2 1/5 0/2 Top score 48 124 107 74* Balls bowled – 20 102 30 Wickets – 1 6 3 Bowling average – 26.00 13.33 18.33 5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0 10 wickets in match – 0 0 0 Best bowling – 1/22 3/40 3/19 Catches/stumpings 1/– 3/– 9/– 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 May 2025

Domestic career

Carmichael was influenced by his brother and father, while playing backyard cricket matches.^[2] He captained the under-13 A for KwaZulu-Natal in 2015 and received two Cricket South Africa awards for his batting during the Inter Provincial tournament. In 2016, he was awarded Kwa-Zulu Natal Cricket Union (KZNCU) Under-13 Player of the Year award as he scored the fifth highest runs in the season and for his captaincy. He also represents under-17 and under-19 team of KwaZulu-Natal side.^[3] He was selected for the South African Under-17 regional camp in July 2018.^[4] On 7 October 2019, he played for Dolphins Premier League All Stars against Scotland XI.^[5]

He originally from Pietermaritzburg and came to Ireland in 2021 to play for Railway Union. He was called up to the Northern Knights squad for an Interprovincial T20 in June 2022.^[2] He made his Twenty20 debut for Northern Knights in the 2022 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 10 June 2022.^[6] He made his List A debut on 4 July 2022, for Northern Knights in the 2022 Inter-Provincial Cup.^[7]

He made his first-class debut for Ireland Emerging on 25 November 2023.^[8] He scored his maiden century in first-class cricket against Afghanistan A on 9 April 2025.^[9] In 2025 while playing for Instonians, he opened the batting for the first time since his school days. He usually bats at the middle order.^[10]

International career

Carmichael received a call-up to the Emerging Ireland squad to tour the West Indies in November 2023.^[11]

In March 2024 he was named in the Ireland Wolves squad for their tour of Nepal.^[12]

Carmichael was named in the Ireland squad to play the West Indies at home in a One Day International series in May 2025.^[13] Irish national selector Andrew White said that it was due to "his rise over the last couple of years" and "his ability to adapt his game to conditions".^[14] He made his debut for the team in the opening match of the series on 21 May 2025.^[15]