Barry John McCarthy (born 13 September 1992) is an Irish

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er. He made his first-class debut in 2015, and plays for the

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, and previously the English side

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. Primarily a right-arm

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bowler, he also

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right handed. His sister,

Louise McCarthy Louise Noreen McCarthy (born 18 October 1993) is an Irish cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium bowler. She made her international debut for Ireland in 2010 at the age of 16, and went on to play 28 One Day Internationals and 28 Twenty20 Inte ...

is an international cricketer for Ireland Women. In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from

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, the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.

Career

He made his

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debut on 20 May 2016 for Durham against Worcestershire Rapids in the

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. In June 2016 he was named in Ireland's squad for their

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(ODI) series against Sri Lanka, having previously represented Ireland U19s in five matches. He made his ODI debut for Ireland on 16 June 2016. He made his

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(T20I) debut for Ireland against Afghanistan on 10 March 2017 and took 4 wickets. However, his performance in only his 2nd T20I with bowling figures were the most expensive bowling figures in a T20I. Following the conclusion of the

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tournament, the

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(ICC) named McCarthy as the rising star of Ireland's squad. In November 2018, McCarthy left Durham to focus on his international career with Ireland. In December 2018, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by

for the 2019 season. In January 2019, he was named in Ireland's squad for their one-off Test against Afghanistan in India, but he did not play. In May 2019, in the opening match of the 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series against the West Indies, McCarthy took his 50th wicket in ODI cricket. In October 2019, he was added to Ireland's squad ahead of the playoff matches in the

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tournament in the United Arab Emirates, replacing David Delany, who was ruled out due to an injury. On 10 July 2020, McCarthy was named in Ireland's 21-man squad to travel to England to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against the England cricket team. In September 2021, McCarthy was named in Ireland's provisional squad for the

2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the seventh ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament, with the matches played in the United Arab Emirates and Oman from 17 October to 14 November 2021. The West Indies were the defending champions, but were eventu ...

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