Photo Credit: Cricket Ireland
DUBLIN – Paul Stirling capped a stellar 12 months of international cricket by being named Ireland Men’s international cricketer of the year, while Eimear Richardson was deservedly voted by her peers as the Ireland Women’s international cricketer of the year, at the 2020 Turkish Airlines Irish Cricket Awards held at The Marker Hotel in Dublin tonight.
Stirling finished the year as the world’s highest run-scorer in T20 International cricket, playing 36 matches for Ireland across all formats, scoring 1,516 runs at an average of 43.31.
Richardson displayed her all-round abilities with 133 runs at an average of 26.60 – with an a highest score of 63* – and claimed 16 wickets at 9.56, with a best of 3-9.
The full list of winners of the 2020 Turkish Airlines Irish Cricket Awards
Award category: Shapoorji Pallonji Male Youth International Player of the Year
• Winner: Nathan McGuire
Award category: Shapoorji Pallonji Female Youth International Player of the Year
• Winner: Orla Prendergast
Award category: Clear Currency Volunteering Excellence Award
• Winner: Robert ‘Lofty’ McGonigle
Award category: Sunday Independent/Aengus Fanning Outstanding Contribution to Coaching
• Winner: Andy McCrea
Award category: Techfynder Club Official of the Year
• Winner: Joe Connolly
Award category: Gibney’s Outstanding Contribution to Irish Cricket
• Winner: Joe Doherty
Award category: O’Neills Male Club Player of the Year
• Winner: Andrew Britton, Brigade
Award category: O’Neills Female Club Player of the Year
• Winner: Alison Cowan, CSNI
Award category: Tildenet Club of the Year
• Winner: Pembroke Cricket Club
Award category: Toyota Super 3s Player of the Year
• Winner: Leah Paul
Award category: Test Triangle Inter-Provincial Player of the Year
• Winner: Harry Tector
Award category: Cricket Writers of Ireland Hall of Fame
• Inductee: Alan Lewis
• Inductee: Susan O’Neill
Award category: Hanley Energy Women’s International Player of the Year
• Winner: Eimear Richardson
Award category: Turkish Airlines Men’s International Player of the Year
• Winner: Paul Stirling
Name of Author: Cricket Ireland
Cricket Ireland, officially known as The Irish Cricket Union Company Limited by Guarantee, is the governing body for cricket on the island of Ireland. It oversees the national men’s and women’s teams and organizes the Inter-Provincial Series, Super 3s, and All-Ireland club competitions. Ireland achieved Test status for women in 2000 and for men in 2017 when it became a Full Member of the ICC.
