Leah Paul

Leah Paul (born 10 September 1999) is an Irish cricketer.[1] She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut against India in the 2017 South Africa Quadrangular Series on 7 May 2017.[2] In November 2018, she was named the Female Youth International Player of the Year at the annual Cricket Ireland Awards.[3]

Leah Paul
Personal information
Born (1999-09-10) 10 September 1999
Dublin, Ireland
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 82)7 May 2017 v India
Last ODI19 May 2017 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 46)8 August 2019 v Netherlands
Last T20I7 September 2019 v PNG
Source: Cricinfo, 7 September 2019

In May 2019, she was named in Ireland's Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) squad for their series against the West Indies, but she did not play.[4][5] In August 2019, she was named in the Irish Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) squad for the 2019 Netherlands Women's Quadrangular Series.[6] She made her WT20I debut for Ireland, against the Netherlands, on 8 August 2019.[7]

In August 2019, she was named in Ireland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[8] In July 2020, she was awarded a non-retainer contract by Cricket Ireland for the following year.[9]

References
  1. "Leah Paul". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  2. "Women's Quadrangular Series (in South Africa), 2nd Match: India Women v Ireland Women at Potchefstroom (Uni), May 7, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  3. "Murtagh, Delany take out top player awards at 2018 Turkish Airlines Cricket Ireland Awards". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  4. "Ireland Women receive first ever part-time professional contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. "Ireland Women's squad announced for West Indies series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  6. "Women's Squad Quadrangular T20I Tournament". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  7. "1st Match, Women's T20I Quadrangular Series (in Netherlands) at Deventer, Aug 8 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  8. "Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  9. "Cricket Ireland award new set of women's contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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