William Porterfield

William Porterfield is a left handed batsman who plays for Ireland cricket team. The other teams for whom he plays are Marylebone Cricket Club Young Cricketers, Marylebone Cricket Club, Ireland Under-19s and Gloucestershire.

On 5th August 2006, a One day International was contested between Scotland and Ireland at Ayr. This was the debut match of Porterfield. In this match, he batted at the No. 1 position and scored 11 runs in 21 deliveries. Ireland won this match by 85 runs. His first Twenty20 International was played on 2nd August 2008 at Belfast against Scotland. He was the opening batsman and scored 7 runs in 9 balls. Ireland won this match by 4 wickets with 1 delivery to spare.

Career Highlights

Porterfield has taken part in 29 matches and in these has scored 736 runs with an unbeaten 112 as his highest score. He has hit 63 fours, 2 fifties and 2 centuries and has taken 14 catches. His strike rate was 59.83 and batting average 27.25. He appeared in 4 Twenty20 Internationals in which he scored 11 runs at a batting average of 3.66 and strike rate of 42.30. His highest score was 7 and he has taken 1 catch.

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