John Desmond "Dekker" Curry (born 20 December 1966[1]) is an Irish former cricketer.[2] A left-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler,[1] he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team against an England Amateur team in July 1992, and went on to represent Ireland on 50 occasions, his last game coming against Scotland in the 2001 ICC Trophy.[3]
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| Full name | John Desmond Curry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 December 1966 Strabane, County Tyrone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Christopher Dougherty (nephew) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Of his matches for Ireland, two were first-class matches against Scotland[4] and eight had List A status.[5] In all matches for Ireland, he scored 1193 runs, his top score (and only century) coming against the Earl of Arundel's XI in June 2001, when he scored exactly 100. He also took 33 wickets, his best bowling being 3/28 against the USA in the 1997 ICC Trophy.[3]
He was man of the match in Ireland's famous win over Middlesex in the 1997 Benson & Hedges Cup.[6]
He represented Ireland in the ICC Trophy in 1994, 1997 and 2001,[7] and at the 1996 European Championship.[8] He also represented Northern Ireland in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b Cricket Archive profile
- ^ "All-time Ireland team (2)". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ a b "CricketEurope Stats Zone profile". Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2006.
- ^ First Class Matches played by Dekker Curry at Cricket Archive
- ^ a b List A matches played by Dekker Curry at Cricket Archive - 11 total, but three for Northern Ireland.
- ^ Scorecard of Middlesex v Ireland, 28–29 April 1997
- ^ ICC Trophy matches played by Dekker Curry at Cricket Archive
- ^ "Ireland squad at 1996 European Championship". Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2007.