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Isobel Joyce
Joyce batting for theHobart Hurricanes,2018
Personal information
Full name
Isobel Mary Helen Cecilia Joyce
Born(1983-07-25)25 July 1983(age 41)
Wicklow,Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft armmedium
RoleAll-rounder
Relations
International information
National side
Only Test (cap3)30 July 2000 vPakistan
ODI debut (cap39)26 June 1999 vIndia
Last ODI8 June 2018 vNew Zealand
ODI shirt no.9
T20I debut (cap6)27 June 2008 vWest Indies
Last T20I17 November 2018 vNew Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–2019Scorchers
2016/17–2017/18Tasmania
2016/17–2017/18Hobart Hurricanes
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 1 79 55 136
Runs scored – 995 944 2,602
Batting average – 17.15 20.08 26.28
100s/50s – 0/4 0/1 1/15
Top score – 67* 56* 127*
Ballsbowled 67 3,118 1,046 5,026
Wickets 6 66 33 131
Bowling average 3.50 30.45 30.81 24.35
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/21 4/20 3/16 7/10
Catches/stumpings 1/– 23/– 16/– 49/–
Source:CricketArchive,27 May 2021

Isobel Mary Helen Cecilia Joyce(born 25 July 1983) is an Irish formercricketer.She played as a right-handedbatterand left-armmedium pacebowler.She appeared in oneTest match,79One Day Internationalsand 55Twenty20 InternationalsforIrelandbetween 1999 and 2018. She played in her final match for Ireland in November 2018, during the2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20tournament.[1]She played domestic cricket forScorchers,TasmaniaandHobart Hurricanes.[2][3]

Playing career

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Joyce made her debut for Ireland in a One-Day International (ODI) againstIndiainMilton Keynesin June 1999.[4]She then played in theWomen's European Championshipthe following month.[5]In 2000, she played four ODIs againstPakistan[6]and played her only Test match, also against Pakistan.[7]This has been Ireland's women's team's only Test match to date.[8]Joyce played in theWomen's World Cupin New Zealand towards the end of the year.

Since the 2000 World Cup, she has played ODIs againstAustralia,India,theNetherlandsandNew Zealand,[6]also playing in the European Championship in 2001[9]and 2005,[10]and in theIWCC Trophyin theNetherlandsin 2003.[11]

In April 2016, she stepped down as captain of theIreland women's cricket teamfollowing their exit at the group stages of the2016 ICC World Twenty20inIndia.She captained Ireland in 62 matches across all formats of the games including twoICC Women's World Twenty20tournaments.[12][13]

She was part of Ireland's squad for the2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifiertournament.[14]In October 2018, she was named in Ireland's squad for the2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20tournament in the West Indies.[15][16]The following month, she was named the Female Club Player of the Year at the annual Cricket Ireland Awards.[17]

Family

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Joyce is one of nine children of James "Jimmy" and Maureen Joyce.[18][19]Joyce comes from a cricketing family.[20]Her twin sisterCeceliahas also played for the Irish women's team, whilst three of her brothers,Dominick,EdandGushave played for theIreland men's team.Ed has also playedcricketforEngland.Her mother Maureen was a cricket scorer.[21][20]She was also scorer in two WODIs in 2002when New Zealand women toured to Netherlands and Ireland.[22]

Isobel married former Irish cricketerJohn Anderson.Thus they became one of the very few cricketing couples to play international cricket.[3]

Field hockey

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In 2009–10, together with her sisterCecelia,Kate McKenna,Emer LuceyandNicola Evans,Joyce was a member of theRailway Unionteam that won theWomen's Irish Hockey Leaguetitle.[23][24][25][26]

References

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  1. ^"Ireland stalwarts bow out of international cricket".International Cricket Council.Retrieved18 November2018.
  2. ^"Player Profile: Isobel Joyce".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved27 May2021.
  3. ^ab"Player Profile: Isobel Joyce".CricketArchive.Retrieved27 May2021.
  4. ^Cricinfo profile
  5. ^Squads for the 1999 Women's European ChampionshipArchived24 May 2011 at theWayback Machineat CricketEurope
  6. ^abWomen's ODIs played by Isobel JoyceArchived30 September 2007 at theWayback Machineat CricketArchive
  7. ^Women's Test matches played by Isobel Joyceat Cricket Archive
  8. ^List of Women's Test matches played by IrelandArchived30 September 2007 at theWayback Machineat Cricket Archive
  9. ^Ireland squad for the 2001 Women's European ChampionshipArchived24 May 2011 at theWayback Machineat CricketEurope
  10. ^Squads for the 2005 Women's European ChampionshipArchived7 September 2008 at theWayback Machineat CricketEurope
  11. ^Squads for the 2003 IWCC TrophyArchived24 May 2011 at theWayback Machineat CricketEurope
  12. ^Joyce steps down as Ireland Women captain
  13. ^Isobel Joyce resigns captaincy
  14. ^"ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018".International Cricket Council.Retrieved27 June2018.
  15. ^"Final squad named for World T20, Raack set for Ireland debut".Cricket Ireland.Retrieved3 October2018.
  16. ^"Laura Delany to lead 'strong and experienced' Irish side at World T20".International Cricket Council.Retrieved3 October2018.
  17. ^"Murtagh, Delany take out top player awards at 2018 Turkish Airlines Cricket Ireland Awards".Cricket Ireland.Retrieved7 November2018.
  18. ^Wigmore, Tim (June 2016)."The first family of cricket".The Cricket Monthly.Archivedfrom the original on 3 June 2016.
  19. ^Hariharan, Shruti (21 March 2016)."The Joyces: Ireland's greatest cricketing family".Cricket Country.Archivedfrom the original on 23 March 2016.
  20. ^ab"CBP Ep.5: The Joy(ce)s of cricket".Women's CricZone.Retrieved14 June2020.
  21. ^"Profile: Maureen Joyce".CricketArchive.Retrieved21 December2021.
  22. ^"Maureen Joyce as Scorer in Women's ODI Matches".CricketArchive.Archived fromthe originalon 21 December 2021.
  23. ^"Hockey: History for Railway".independent.ie. 17 May 2010.Retrieved17 November2018.
  24. ^"No stopping Railway at full steam".irishtimes. 17 May 2010.Retrieved17 November2018.
  25. ^"Emphatic Railway claim maiden outdoor title".hookhockey. 16 June 2010.Retrieved17 November2018.
  26. ^"Joyce getting used to mi xing it with world's best as Railway take on Dutch giants Den Bosch".hookhockey. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014.Retrieved17 November2018.{{cite news}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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