Stephen Doheny

Stephen Thomas Doheny (born 20 August 1998) is an Irish cricketer.^[1] He made his Twenty20 debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 11 August 2017.^[2] Prior to his T20 debut, he was part of Ireland's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.^[3]

Stephen Doheny

Personal information
Full name	Stephen Thomas Doheny
Born	(1998-08-20) 20 August 1998 (age 26)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Wicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side	Ireland
ODI debut (cap 64)	18 January 2023 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	4 October 2024 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 57)	12 January 2023 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I	15 January 2023 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2017–2020	Leinster Lightning
2018–2019	Munster Reds
2021–present	North West Warriors
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 11 3 12 60 Runs scored 165 19 340 1,459 Batting average 18.33 6.33 18.88 27.01 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/2 1/7 Top score 84 15 58 107 Balls bowled – – 48 – Wickets – – 1 – Bowling average – – 37.00 – 5 wickets in innings – – 0 – 10 wickets in match – – 0 – Best bowling – – 1/4 – Catches/stumpings 3/1 2/– 12/0 39/7
Source: Cricinfo, 18 December 2024

Domestic career

He made his List A debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Cup on 19 June 2018.^[4] He made his first-class debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Championship on 20 June 2018.^[5] He was the leading run-scorer for Munster Reds in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Trophy tournament, with 193 runs in six matches.^[6]

International career

In June 2019, he was named in the Ireland Wolves squad for their home series against the Scotland A cricket team.^[7] In March 2020, Doheny was added to Ireland's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Afghanistan in India.^[8] In February 2021, Doheny was named in the Ireland Wolves squad for their tour to Bangladesh.^[9][10] Later the same month, Doheny was part of the intake for the Cricket Ireland Academy.^[11] Following the tour of Bangladesh, Doheny was awarded with a retainer contract, after he impressed the selectors.^[12]

In July 2021, Doheny was added to Ireland's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against South Africa,^[13] after Neil Rock tested positive for COVID-19.^[14] In June 2022, Doheny was named in Ireland's T20I squad for their two-match series against India.^[15] Later the same month, he was also named in Ireland's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against New Zealand.^[16] In July 2022, Doheny was named in Ireland's T20I squad also for their series against New Zealand.^[17] Later the same month, Doheny was also named in Ireland's T20I squads for their matches against South Africa in Bristol, and for their home series against Afghanistan.^[18]

In December 2022, he was named in the Ireland's squad for their white-ball series against Zimbabwe.^[19] On 12 January 2023, he made his T20I debut for Ireland in the first T20I match.^[20] In October 2023, he was named as captain of an Ireland Emerging squad which toured the West Indies cricket team for a List A and First Class Cricket series against the West Indies Academy.^[21]