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Ed Joyce
Personal information
Full name
Edmund Christopher Joyce
Born(1978-09-22)22 September 1978(age 45)
Dublin,Ireland
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-armmedium
RoleOpening batsman
International information
National sides
Only Test (cap3)11 May 2018
Ireland vPakistan
ODI debut (cap193/37)13 June 2006
England vIreland
Last ODI16 March 2018
Ireland vZimbabwe
ODI shirt no.24 (36 for England)
T20I debut (cap14/21)15 June 2006
England vSri Lanka
Last T20I21 March 2014
Ireland vNetherlands
T20I shirt no.24 (36 for England)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999–2008Middlesex
2009–2017Sussex(squad no. 24)
2017–2018Leinster Lightning
Head coaching information
YearsTeam
2019–Ireland women
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 1 78 18 255
Runs scored 47 2,622 405 18,461
Batting average 23.50 38.00 33.75 47.95
100s/50s 0/0 6/15 0/1 47/92
Top score 43 160* 78* 250
Ballsbowled – – – 1,311
Wickets – – – 11
Bowling average – – – 93.90
5 wickets in innings – – – 0
10 wickets in match – – – 0
Best bowling – – – 2/34
Catches/stumpings 1/– 27/– 5/– 228/–
Source:ESPNcricinfo,12 June 2019

Edmund "Ed" Christopher Joyce(born 22 September 1978) is an Irish cricket coach and former cricketer who played for both theIrelandandEnglandnational cricket teams. After beginning his career withMiddlesex,he moved toSussexin 2009, before returning to Ireland to play forLeinster Lightningin the fledgling first-class competition, the IrishInter-Provincial Championship.A left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm bowler of medium pace, Joyce is widely regarded as one of the best cricketers produced by Ireland.[1]

After qualifying to play for England, Joyce was a member of the squad in the2006–07 Ashes seriesand2007 World Cup.Since dropping down the pecking order for selection with England, Joyce got special dispensation from the International Cricket Council (ICC) to play for Ireland in the2011 World Cup.[2]

He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Ireland's first everTest match,againstPakistan.On 24 May 2018, he announced his retirement from all professional cricket.[3]In June 2019, Joyce was appointed as the interim head coach of theIreland women's cricket team.[4]

Early life[edit]

He was born inDublin,educated at St. Patrick's Primary School,Bray, County Wicklowand atPresentation College, Bray,and studied economics atTrinity College, Dublin.[5]

County career[edit]

Middlesex[edit]

Joyce made hisMiddlesexdebut in 1999 and won theNBC Denis Compton Awardin 2000. He has been a regular member of the first team since 2002, in which year heaveraged51 and scored four hundreds. Joyce replacedOwais Shahas acting county captain midway through the 2004 season, but was not appointed for the 2005 season withBen Huttontaking over.[6]

Joyce was acting captain for most of the 2008 season in the absence of the injuredEd Smiththis included leading the Middlesex team to victory in the2008 Twenty20 Cup.After this competition, the captaincy was handed toShaun Udalwhilst there was uncertainty around Joyce's long-term future at the club.[7]

Sussex[edit]

Joyce's batting statistics with Sussex
Matches Runs Average 100/50 Highest score
First-class[8] 113 8,348 49.39 23/39 250
List A[9] 79 3,105 47.04 8/13 146
Twenty20[10] 35 529 18.24 0/1 56

It was announced on 3 November 2008 that Joyce would be leaving Middlesex to play forSussex.Vinny Codrington, Middlesex's chief executive, said "[Joyce] felt he needed a fresh challenge. He felt moving counties would help him rediscover the form that got him into the England side a couple of years ago... He was always one of the first names on the team-sheet and he has been outstanding and undoubtedly we're going to miss him".[11]Despite his imminent departure, Middlesex included Joyce in their squad for theStanford Super Seriesand the eventually-cancelledTwenty20 Champions Leagueas a gesture of gratitude for his influence in winning the Twenty20 Cup.[citation needed]

A strong first season for Sussex, with three centuries, ensured Joyce remained on the fringes of England selection, being named in the provisional England squad for the 2009ICC Champions Trophyand in November 2009, he signed a new three-year contract with the county.[12]

Joyce suffered a unique dismissal in a 2009 Championship game againstWarwickshire.Heswepta ball fromAnt Bothastraight into short-leg fielderJonathan Trott's pocket. Trott had turned his back and leapt out of the way of the ball; he was stunned to find the ball lodged in his right pocket.[13]He became Sussex captain on 31 July 2012, succeedingMichael Yardy.[14]

In October 2015, Joyce announced he would step down as captain of the Sussex team following their relegation from the County Championship Division One.[15]

International career[edit]

Ireland: to 2005[edit]

Joyce played a number of matches forIrelandin theICC Trophy,averaging over 70 in the competition, but in July 2005 qualified to play for England by virtue of his residency there. In October 2005, Joyce was selected for the England cricket academy and gained a spot in the England "A" squad to tour the West Indies in Spring 2006. In June 2006 he was selected in the EnglandOne Day International(ODI) squad for the series with Sri Lanka.

He made his England ODI debut against Ireland in Stormont Park, Belfast in June 2006. The Irish team included his younger brother,Dominick.Two days later, he represented England in his firstTwenty20 International,but sprained his ankle and was out injured for four weeks. He made his return for Middlesex at Edgbaston on 14 July 2006, in the County Championship against Warwickshire, scoring a career-best 211 in the first innings.

England: 2006–2007[edit]

On 15 November 2006, Joyce was selected by England's chairman of selectors, David Graveney, to be in the Test squad for the 2006/2007Ashesseries, in place ofMarcus Trescothick,who withdrew, suffering from astress-related illness. This was a somewhat controversial decision as he was given preference over the more experiencedOwais ShahandRobert Key.[16]

Although he was not chosen for any of theTestsagainstAustraliahe was chosen to play in the subsequentOne-day International seriesfollowing an injury toKevin Pietersen.He totalled 288 runs in nine matches at an average of 32.00, including his maiden half-century in the losing run-chase againstNew ZealandatPerth.[citation needed]

However, the highlight of the series for Joyce was the victory overAustraliaatthe SCGon 2 February 2007. Opening the innings, Joyce scored a match-winning 107 from 142 balls, helping England amass 292–7, and became the first English cricketer to score aOne Day Internationalcentury away from home in nineteen matches.[17]

Joyce was namedMan of the Matchfor his performance, and the innings helped him earn a place in the squad for theWorld Cupin theWest Indies.[citation needed]During the2007 World Cup,Joyce made fifties against the non-Test nations of Canada and Kenya, but made a duck against New Zealand in the first group game and 1 against his native Ireland as well as dropping a catch in the first Super Eight game.[citation needed]

Ireland: 2011–2018[edit]

While he was scoring heavily for Sussex in 2009, Joyce harboured hopes of breaking back into the England team. However, he was overlooked and by March 2010 was considering representing Ireland again.[18]Joyce explained his choice to return to Irish colours:

When I made the decision in 2001 to try and play for England, it was with a view to trying to play Test cricket which is the pinnacle of the game and which of course Ireland doesn't play. While I strongly believe I'm good enough to play Test cricket for England, I've taken the decision now to try and play for Ireland again. There are a few reasons for this, with the most obvious being that I'm a born and bred Irishman. Secondly, I feel I have a lot to offer to Irish cricket. I had a very successful 2009 with Sussex winning the Most Valuable Player award for the Friends Provident trophy and also two winners medals in theTwenty20 Cup and Nat West Pro40 competition. I feel I'm playing the best cricket of my career and would like to bring this form with me to help Ireland be even more successful on the world stage, a success which I am committed to running in tandem with my Sussex career, in the same way that other Irish players have satisfied club and country commitments really well.

— Ed Joyce, May 2010[19]

Under normal circumstances it takes four years to qualify to play for a country; having played for England at the 2007 World Cup in April 2007, Joyce was set to miss playing for Ireland in the2011 tournament,taking place in February.[20]

In October it was announced that Joyce and former New Zealand internationalHamish Marshallwould tour India with Ireland; it was hoped that it would assist their integration into the team in the event the ICC allowed them to play for Ireland in ODIs.[21]

In November 2010, the ICC announced that Joyce's qualification period would be shortened by the ICC and that he would be allowed to play for Ireland at the World Cup,[20]and he was subsequently selected in Ireland's 15-man squad for the tournament.[22]

In May 2015 Joyce and fellow cricketerTim Murtaghannounced their retirement from T20 cricket[23](although Murtagh subsequently reversed his decision to retire from the format).[24]

In June 2015 Joyce scored 231 runs in the first innings against theUnited Arab Emiratesin the2015–17 ICC Intercontinental CupatMalahide.It was the highest by an Ireland player in multi-day cricket and was the first double century scored by an Irish player on home soil.[25][26]

Test cricket[edit]

In May 2018, he was named in a fourteen-man squad for Ireland's first everTest match,which was playedagainst Pakistanlater the same month.[27][28]He made his Test debut for Ireland on 11 May 2018. At 39 years and 231 days he was the oldest Test debutant this century, and the oldest sinceOmar Henrywho was 40 years and 215 days whenSouth Africaresumed Test cricket after theirimposed isolationismdue toapartheid.[29][30][31]

Joyce faced the first delivery and scored the first run for Ireland in Test cricket.[32]He also became the first batsman to be dismissed for Ireland, when he was outlbw,bowled byMohammad Abbas.[33]A week after the Test match, he retired from all forms of cricket.[34]

International record[edit]

Joyce's Test, ODI and T20I batting and fielding statistics
Matches Runs Avge 100/50 HS Ct
Ireland (Test)[8] 1 47 23.50 0/0 43 1
England (ODI)[9] 17 471 27.70 1/3 107 6
Ireland (ODI)[9] 61 2,151 41.36 5/12 160* 21
England (T20I)[10] 2 1 1.00 0/0 1 0
Ireland (T20I)[10] 16 404 36.72 0/1 78* 5

Coaching[edit]

In September 2019, Joyce was appointed as the head coach ofIreland women's cricket team.[35]

Family[edit]

Ed is the sixth-born of nine children of James "Jimmy" and Maureen Joyce,[36][37][38]all of whom began their cricketing lives at Bray Cricket Club, now called North Wicklow. Five of the Joyce siblings have represented Ireland at cricket. BrothersGusandDominickplayed for the Irish men's team (the latter in three ODI matches), while twin sisters,IsobelandCecelia,have represented theIrish womenfor the past decade.[39]Brothers Johnny and Damian played club cricket in Dublin and Wicklow, though did not play professionally.[40]

His mother Maureen Joyce was a cricket scorer.[41][38]She was also scorer in two WODIs in 2002when New Zealand women toured to Netherlands and Ireland.[42]

Joyce's eldest sister,Helen Joyce,is an author who is best known for her work focusing on transgender issues.[43]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^Joyce ready to seize his chance,bbc.co.uk; accessed 4 December 2015.
  2. ^Ed Joyce may return to play for Ireland in World Cup,bbc.co.uk; accessed 4 December 2015.
  3. ^"Ireland legend Ed Joyce retires from all cricket".International Cricket Council.Retrieved24 May2018.
  4. ^"Ed Joyce appointed Ireland women interim coach".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved18 June2019.
  5. ^Balasundaram, Nemesha (23 October 2014)."Ed Joyce on his England past, 2015 World Cup ambitions and the future of Ireland cricket".The Irish Post.Retrieved2 February2016.
  6. ^"Hutton appointed Middlesex captain".ESPNcricinfo.23 September 2004.Retrieved1 October2023.
  7. ^"Udal to lead Middlesex in place of Smith".ESPNcricinfo.2 September 2008.Retrieved1 October2023.
  8. ^ab"First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ed Joyce".CricketArchive.Retrieved23 September2016.
  9. ^abc"ListA Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ed Joyce".CricketArchive.Retrieved23 September2016.
  10. ^abc"Twenty20 Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ed Joyce".CricketArchive.Retrieved23 September2016.
  11. ^Staff (3 November 2008)."Joyce quits Middlesex for Sussex".ESPNcricinfo.;retrieved 3 November 2008.
  12. ^"Ed Joyce Extends Sussex Contract".Cricketworld. 11 November 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 5 February 2010.Retrieved11 November2009.
  13. ^Tallentire, Mark (9 July 2009)."Warwickshire get lucky and pocket Ed Joyce's wicket".The Guardian.London, UK.Retrieved1 May2010.
  14. ^"Michael Yardy steps down at Sussex".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved10 October2012.
  15. ^"Ed Joyce steps down as Sussex captain after three years".BBC.5 October 2015.
  16. ^Uncapped Joyce wins Ashes call-up,bbc.co.uk; accessed 4 December 2015.
  17. ^Scorecard,ESPNcricinfo; accessed 4 December 2015.
  18. ^Staff (26 March 2010),Joyce ponders return to Ireland,ESPNcricinfo,retrieved9 November2010
  19. ^Staff (24 May 2010),Ed Joyce hopes for early Ireland switch,ESPNcricinfo,retrieved9 November2010
  20. ^abStaff (9 November 2010),Joyce cleared to represent Ireland at World Cup,ESPNcricinfo,retrieved9 November2010
  21. ^Staff (20 October 2010),Ed Joyce and Hamish Marshall named in Ireland touring party,ESPNcricinfo,retrieved9 November2010
  22. ^ESPNcricinfo staff (19 January 2011),Ireland pick Ed Joyce for World Cup,ESPNcricinfo,retrieved27 January2011
  23. ^"Joyce and Murtagh retire from T20s".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved4 December2015.
  24. ^"Rankin, Murtagh back in Ireland squad".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved9 March2016.
  25. ^"Joyce double-ton puts Ireland in command".ESPNcricinfo.ESPN Sports Media. 2 June 2015.Retrieved2 June2015.
  26. ^"Intercontinental Cup: Ireland's Ed Joyce hits record 229 v UAE".BBC Sport.BBC Sport. 3 June 2015.Retrieved3 June2015.
  27. ^"Ireland announce 14-man squad for historic first Test against Pakistan".Belfast Telegraph.ISSN0307-1235.Retrieved4 May2018.
  28. ^"Ireland omit George Dockrell for historic first men's Test against Pakistan".BBC Sport.Retrieved4 May2018.
  29. ^"Joyce poised to take Aussie's record".cricket.au.Retrieved30 June2021.
  30. ^"Only Test, Pakistan tour of Ireland, England and Scotland at Dublin, May 11-15 2018".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved12 May2018.
  31. ^"Ireland win toss, opt to bowl in historic Test against Pakistan".Geo TV.Retrieved12 May2018.
  32. ^"Pakistan run riot after declaration to leave Ireland in disarray".Irish Times.Retrieved13 May2018.
  33. ^"Ireland collapse to 5-3 against Pakistan after Sarfaraz and co declare at 310/9".The New Indian Express.Retrieved13 May2018.
  34. ^"Ed Joyce: the man who carried Irish cricket".International Cricket Council.Retrieved24 May2018.
  35. ^"Ed Joyce appointed permanent Head Coach of Ireland Women's cricket team. Cricket Ireland".cricketireland.ie.
  36. ^Wigmore, Tim (June 2016)."The first family of cricket".The Cricket Monthly.Archivedfrom the original on 3 June 2016.
  37. ^Hariharan, Shruti (21 March 2016)."The Joyces: Ireland's greatest cricketing family".Cricket Country.Archivedfrom the original on 23 March 2016.
  38. ^ab"CBP Ep.5: The Joy(ce)s of cricket".Women's CricZone.Retrieved14 June2020.
  39. ^Keeping it in the family,bbc.co.uk; accessed 4 December 2015.
  40. ^Fitzgerald, James (15 August 2006)."The Cricket Family Joyce".Irish Times.
  41. ^"Profile: Maureen Joyce".CricketArchive.Retrieved21 December2021.
  42. ^"Maureen Joyce as Scorer in Women's ODI Matches".CricketArchive.Retrieved21 December2021.
  43. ^Coleman Hughes, Colman Hughes."Coleman Hughes on The Transgender Revolution with Helen Joyce [S2 Ep.30]".Youtube.Youtube.Retrieved23 April2022.

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