William Porterfield

William Porterfield
Porterfield in 2013
Personal information
Full name
William Thomas Stuart Porterfield
Born (1984-09-06) 6 September 1984
Donemana, Northern Ireland
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleOpening batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 1)11 May 2018 v Pakistan
Last Test24 July 2019 v England
ODI debut (cap 14)5 August 2006 v Scotland
Last ODI16 January 2022 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.6 (formerly 34)
T20I debut (cap 8)2 August 2008 v Scotland
Last T20I22 August 2018 v Afghanistan
T20I shirt no.6 (formerly 34)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–2010Gloucestershire
2007MCC
2011–2017Warwickshire
2017–2022North West Warriors
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 3 148 136 294
Runs scored 58 4,343 6,867 8,958
Batting average 9.66 30.58 31.64 31.99
100s/50s 0/0 11/20 11/34 15/49
Top score 32 139 207 139
Balls bowled 108
Wickets 2
Bowling average 69.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/29
Catches/stumpings 2/– 68/– 146/– 142/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 June 2022

William Thomas Stuart Porterfield (born 6 September 1984) is an Irish former cricketer and a former captain of the Ireland cricket team. He played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. A left-handed batsman, he played for Ireland from 2006 to 2022, and has captained Ireland at all levels from Under-13 and is considered one of the greatest Irish cricketers of all time. During Afghanistan T20I series in March 2017, he passed 1,000 runs in T20Is and became the first player from Ireland to do so. In May 2018, he was named as the captain of Ireland's squad for their first ever Test match, against Pakistan. He announced his retirement from international cricket on 16 June 2022.

In December 2018, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season. In July 2019, Porterfield scored his 4,000th run in ODI cricket and recorded his 50th win as captain of Ireland's One Day International team. In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland, the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis. Later the same month, in the second ODI against the West Indies, Porterfield played in his 300th international match for Ireland and announced his retirement from international cricket on 16 June 2022.