James Shannon (cricketer)

James Norman Knight Shannon (born 12 February 1990) is an Irish former cricketer. Shannon is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off spin. On 26 May 2013, Shannon made his One Day International debut for Ireland against Pakistan.^[1] In January 2020, Shannon announced his retirement from cricket.^[2]

James Shannon

Personal information
Full name	James Norman Knight Shannon
Born	(1990-02-12) 12 February 1990 (age 35) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Ireland
Only ODI (cap 39)	26 May 2013 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	77
T20I debut (cap 26)	30 November 2013 v Afghanistan
Last T20I	29 June 2018 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2013–present	Northern Knights
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 1 8 13 25 Runs scored 2 111 833 386 Batting average 2.00 13.87 39.66 18.38 100s/50s 0/0 0/1 1/7 0/1 Top score 2 60 140* 67 Balls bowled – 6 102 – Wickets – 0 2 – Bowling average – – 25.00 – 5 wickets in innings – – 0 – 10 wickets in match – – 0 – Best bowling – – 1/7 – Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 5/– 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 12 May 2019

Career

He scored the most runs in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy, Ireland's domestic Twenty20 competition, with 251 runs in six matches.^[3] He also scored the most runs in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship tournament, with 446 runs in four matches.^[4]

In December 2018, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season.^[5][6]

In May 2018, he was named in a fourteen-man squad for Ireland's first ever Test match, to be played against Pakistan later the same month, but he was not selected to play.^[7][8] In June 2018, Shannon scored his first T20I half-century against India.