Stuart Poynter

Stuart William Poynter (born 18 October 1990) is an English-born Irish cricketer who has played for Durham County Cricket Club as a wicket-keeper. He made his One Day International debut against Scotland in September 2014.^[1] He made his Twenty20 International debut against Scotland on 18 June 2015.^[2]

Stuart Poynter

Personal information
Full name	Stuart William Poynter
Born	(1990-10-18) 18 October 1990 (age 34) Hammersmith, London, England
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
Relations	Andrew Poynter (brother) Deryck Vincent (uncle)
International information
National side	Ireland (2011–2019)
Only Test (cap 16)	15 March 2019 v Afghanistan
ODI debut (cap 45)	8 September 2014 v Scotland
Last ODI	10 March 2019 v Afghanistan
ODI shirt no.	90
T20I debut (cap 32)	18 June 2015 v Scotland
Last T20I	24 February 2019 v Afghanistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2010–2011	Middlesex
2013	Warwickshire
2014–2021	Durham (squad no. 90)
2022	Northumberland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 1 21 47 47 Runs scored 1 185 1,522 581 Batting average 0.50 13.21 22.05 18.74 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 2/6 1/0 Top score 1 36 170 109 Catches/stumpings 2/1 22/1 139/4 42/3
Source: CricketArchive, 30 May 2021

In December 2018, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season.^[3][4] In October 2019, Poynter retired from international cricket, to focus his career at Durham.^[5]

Career

Poynter has represented Ireland at Under-19 and Under-17 level. He made his first-class debut against Oxford MCCU where he impressed keeping wicket, taking three catches and scoring 42 from 79 balls in a knock that included four 4's.^[6]

He has also played a first-class match for Ireland against Canada as part of the 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup where he scored 31, helping Ireland to a convincing innings victory.^[7] In September 2013 he made his debut for Warwickshire due to injuries to their other keepers.

Poynter signed a deal to join Durham County Cricket Club from 2014 which Geoff Cook Durham head coach confirmed on 24 September 2013 as Durham gave Warwickshire special dispensation for Poynter to play against Derbyshire in the County Championship. Stuart Poynter marked his debut by taking six catches for Warwickshire. Poynter plays his club cricket at Sunbury CC in the Surrey Championship alongside, Toby Roland-Jones (Middlesex), Andrew Balbirnie (Ireland & Middlesex), Paul Stirling (Ireland & Middlesex) and Shane Getake (Ireland)

Poynter scored his first first-class century on 18 October 2015 in a tour match against Zimbabwe A in Harare.^[8]

In January 2019, he was named in Ireland's squad for their one-off Test against Afghanistan in India.^[9][10] He made his Test debut for Ireland against Afghanistan on 15 March 2019.^[11]

Personal life

Poynter's uncle Deryck Vincent also represented Ireland. He is also the younger brother of retired Ireland international Andrew Poynter.