Harry Tector
Personal information
Full name
Harry Tom Tector
Born (1999-12-06) 6 December 1999
Dublin, Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleMiddle-order batsman
RelationsJack Tector (brother)
Tim Tector (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 22)4 April 2023 v Bangladesh
Last Test1 June 2023 v England
ODI debut (cap 61)30 July 2020 v England
Last ODI17 December 2023 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.13
T20I debut (cap 48)17 September 2019 v Scotland
Last T20I10 December 2023 v Zimbabwe
T20I shirt no.13
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017Munster Reds
2018–2021Northern Knights
2022–2023Leinster Lightning
2022Barbados Royals
2022Lumbini All Stars
2023Gloucestershire
2024Sylhet Strikers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 4 43 67 16
Runs scored 336 1,606 1,171 776
Batting average 42.00 48.66 23.42 29.84
100s/50s 0/4 4/11 0/4 1/6
Top score 85 140 64* 146
Balls bowled 84 192 132 1,009
Wickets 0 3 7 15
Bowling average – 66.66 19.14 39.26
5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0
10 wickets in match – 0 0 0
Best bowling – 1/5 2/17 4/70
Catches/stumpings 1/– 20/– 39/– 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 December 2023

Harry Tom Tector (born 6 December 1999) is an Irish professional cricketer.[1] He was part of Ireland's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[2] He made his full international debut for the Ireland cricket team in September 2019.[3] In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland,[4] the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.[5]

Domestic and T20 career

Tector made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Munster Reds in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 26 May 2017.[6]

Tector made his List A debut for Northern Knights in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Cup on 28 May 2018.[7] He made his first-class debut for Northern Knights in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Championship on 29 May 2018.[8]

In July 2019, Tector was selected to play for the Dublin Chiefs in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[9][10] Later the same month, batting for the Northern Knights against Leinster Lightning in the 2019 Inter-Provincial Championship, Tector scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[11]

In March 2021, Tector was named as the new captain of Northern Knights, ahead of the 2021 season.[12]

International career

In December 2017, Tector was named as the captain of Ireland's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[13] Following Ireland's matches in the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Tector as the rising star of the squad.[14] He was the leading wicket-taker for Ireland in the tournament, with 8 wickets.[15]

In November 2018, Tector was named the Male Academy Player of the Year at the annual Cricket Ireland Awards.[16] The following month, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season.[17][18]

In January 2019, Tector was named in Ireland's Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for the Oman Quadrangular Series and the series against Afghanistan in India, but he did not play.[19][20] In June 2019, he was named as the captain of the Ireland Wolves squad for their home series against the Scotland A cricket team.[21] In September 2019, he was named in Ireland's T20I squad for the 2019–20 Ireland Tri-Nation Series.[22] He made his T20I debut for Ireland, against Scotland, on 17 September 2019.[23] Later the same month, he was named in Ireland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[24] Ahead of the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the player to watch in Ireland's squad.[25]

On 10 July 2020, Tector was named in Ireland's 21-man squad to travel to England to start training behind closed doors for the One Day International (ODI) series against the England cricket team.[26][27] On 28 July 2020, Cricket Ireland named Tector in their 14-man squad for the first ODI of the series.[28][29] He made his ODI debut for Ireland, against England, on 30 July 2020.[30]

In February 2021, Tector was named as the white-ball captain in the Ireland Wolves' squad for their tour to Bangladesh.[31][32] After George Dockrell withdrew from the tour, Tector was also named as the captain for the red-ball matches for the series.[33] In May 2021, he was named in the Ireland Wolves' squad as the captain for their home series against the Netherlands A.[34][35] He was the highest run-scorer in the tournament, aggregating 128 runs including two half-centuries.[36] In September 2021, Tector was named in Ireland's provisional squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[37]

In July 2022, in the first match of the series against New Zealand, Tector scored his first century in ODI cricket.[38] Tector was named in Ireland's squad for their tours of Bangladesh in March 2023 and Sri Lanka in April 2023. The tour consists of ODI, T20, and Test matches.[39] He made his Test debut against Bangladesh, on 4 April 2023.[40] He scored 50 runs in his maiden Test innings,[41] becoming the first Irish player to score a half-century on Test debut.[42]

Personal life

He is the cousin of rugby union player Charlie Tector.[43][44]

References

  1. ↑ "Harry Tector". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ireland at full strength despite late call". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tector: "I've only played against Associates, so I'm looking forward to the West Indies"". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Gareth Delany, Shane Getkate amongst 19 men's central player contracts offered ahead of a busy 2020". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Delany, Getkate highlight Ireland men's central contracts list for 2020". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, Munster Reds v Northern Knights at Cork, May 26, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "1st Match, Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup at Belfast, May 28 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "2nd Match, Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship at Comber, May 29-31 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  10. ↑ "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  11. ↑ "Cricketing Trends on Social Media today". CricTracker. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  12. ↑ "Northern Knights announce new captain ahead of 2021 season". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Ireland U19 World Cup Squad Announced". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  14. ↑ "U19CWC Report Card: Ireland". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2017/18 - Ireland Under-19s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  16. ↑ "Murtagh, Delany take out top player awards at 2018 Turkish Airlines Cricket Ireland Awards". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  17. ↑ "19 men's central player contracts finalised ahead of busy 2019". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  18. ↑ "Ireland women to receive first professional contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  19. ↑ "Ireland announce squads for Afghanistan series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  20. ↑ "Stirling to captain Ireland T20 squad, new faces named for upcoming Oman and Afghanistan series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  21. ↑ "Ireland Wolves squads named for Scotland 'A' series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  22. ↑ "White excited by the talented and dynamic squad selected for T20I Tri-Series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  23. ↑ "3rd Match, Ireland Tri-Nation T20I Series at Dublin (Malahide), Sep 17 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  24. ↑ "Squad announced for Oman Series and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  25. ↑ "Team preview: Ireland". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  26. ↑ "Curtis Campher, Jonathan Garth the new faces as Ireland name 21-man squad for England ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  27. ↑ "Ireland names expanded training squad ahead of ODI series against England". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  28. ↑ "Ireland selects 14-player squad for first ODI against England". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  29. ↑ "Ireland name uncapped Curtis Campher, Harry Tector for England ODI series opener". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  30. ↑ "1st ODI (D/N), Southampton, Jul 30 2020, Ireland tour of England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  31. ↑ "Ireland Wolves tour of Bangladesh to start with four-day game in Chattogram". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  32. ↑ "Ireland Wolves squad announced for Bangladesh tour". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  33. ↑ "Ruhan Pretorius joins Ireland Wolves squad for Bangladesh tour". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  34. ↑ "Ireland Wolves squad announced series against Netherlands A | Cricket Ireland". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  35. ↑ "Wolves name squad for Netherlands series". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  36. ↑ "Netherlands A in Ireland unofficial ODI Series, 2021 | Most Runs". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  37. ↑ "Ireland names 18-player provisional squad for T20 World Cup". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  38. ↑ "Ton-up Tector takes Ireland to 300-9 against New Zealand". France24. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  39. ↑ Easdown, Craig. "Squads named for men's tour to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  40. ↑ "Only Test, Mirpur, April 04 - 08, 2023, Ireland tour of Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  41. ↑ "Day One - Honours even in Dhaka after Tector fifty, late wickets | Cricket Ireland". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  42. ↑ "Tector describes Test debut: 'It certainly takes a lot of adjustment'". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  43. ↑ O'Sullivan, John (20 March 2022). "Grand Slam winners: Meet the Ireland U-20 squad". The Irish Times. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  44. ↑ McKendry, Adam (24 February 2022). "Tector praise for strength of brotherhood in Ireland squad". Independent.ie. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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