Kenny Carroll
Kenneth Edward Desmond Carroll (born March 22, 1983 in Booterstown, Dublin) is an Irish cricketer. Educated at Oatlands College, Stillorgan, and currently works for the Irish postal service, An Post. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg break bowler. He currently plays for Railway Union and has represented the Southern XI, Ireland U-23, Ireland A and made his debut for the senior team in 2006.
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| Full name | Kenneth Edward Desmond Carroll | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 March 1983 Booterstown, Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 15) | 31 January 2007 v Bermuda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 11 July 2007 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014–2016 | Leinster Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 May 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Dublin-born player has played in the 2006 European Championships having represented Ireland's Under-23 team in the same tournament earlier in the year, winning the award for Player of the Tournament. He also played in the 2006 EurAsia Cricket Series, but Ireland's A team finished bottom of their group in the competition. Carroll made his World Cup debut against Sri Lanka in Ireland's last 'Super 8's match and also opened the batting against India and South Africa in the recent Future Cup in Belfast.
Carroll has also played for the Ireland men's national field hockey team, winning several caps. He is currently part of the A training squad. Carroll also captained his club side, Railway Union, to a Neville Cup in 2011 and a first Men's Irish Hockey League qualification ever for the club.
External links
- Kenny Carroll at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Kenny Carroll at ESPNcricinfo