Mathew Ford (born 10 April 1994) is an Irish

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er, and the son of

Graham Ford Graham Xavier Ford (born 16 November 1960) is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer. Formerly the head coach of the Sri Lankan national cricket team, he was also the head coach of the Ireland cricket team. A right-handed batsman, h ...

, the former head coach of the

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. He made his

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debut on 20 May 2021, for

Munster Reds Munster Reds is an Irish inter-provincial cricket team based in Cork, in the province of Munster. History In April 2017, Cricket Ireland approved the participation of the team in the Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup, the highest level of T20 do ...

in the

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. He made his

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debut on 21 June 2019, for

Leinster Lightning Leinster Lightning is an Ireland, Irish inter-provincial cricket team. They participate in the Inter-Provincial Championship, Inter-Provincial Cup and Inter-Provincial Trophy. The team is based in Dublin and is managed by Cricket Leinster. Hist ...

against

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. Ford's brother,

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, also plays cricket for Munster Reds. Ford was the leading run-scorer in the 2021 Inter-Provincial Trophy, with 220 runs in eight matches.

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* 1994 births Living people Irish cricketers Leinster Lightning cricketers Munster Reds cricketers Cricketers from Pietermaritzburg {{Ireland-cricket-bio-stub