Ed Joyce

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Ed Joyce
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Personal information
Full name Edmund Christopher Joyce
Born (1978-09-22) 22 September 1978 (age 45)
Dublin, Ireland
Height Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 193/37) 13 June 2006 
England v Ireland
Last ODI 13 October 2015 
Ireland v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years Team
1999–2008 Middlesex
2009–present Sussex (squad no. 24)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 56 18 238 279
Runs scored 1,744 405 17,282 8,982
Batting average 34.19 33.75 48.00 38.05
100s/50s 3/11 0/1 43/89 14/53
Top score 116* 78* 250 146
Balls bowled – – 1,311 264
Wickets – – 11 6
Bowling average – – 93.90 51.50
5 wickets in innings – – 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling – – 2/34 2/10
Catches/stumpings 20/– 5/– 216/– 93/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 May 2016

Edmund Christopher "Ed" Joyce (born 22 September 1978) is an Irish[1] cricketer who has played for both the Irish and English national cricket teams. After beginning his career with Middlesex, he moved to Sussex in 2009. A left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm bowler of medium pace, Joyce is widely regarded as one of the best cricketers produced by Ireland.[2]

After qualifying to play for England, Joyce was a member of the squad in the 2006–07 Ashes series and 2007 World Cup. Since dropping down the pecking order for selection with England Joyce got special dispensation from the International Cricket Council (ICC) to play for Ireland in the 2011 World Cup.[3]

Early life

One of nine siblings, Joyce was born in Dublin, educated at St. Patrick's Primary School, Bray, County Wicklow and at Presentation College, Bray, and studied Economics at Trinity College, Dublin.[4]

County career

Middlesex

Joyce's batting statistics with Middlesex
  Matches Runs Average 100/50 Highest score
First-class[5] 118 8,278 46.76 19/48 211
List A[6] 124 3,235 32.02 1/22 100*
Twenty20[7] 32 444 17.07 0/0 47

Joyce made his Middlesex debut in 1999 and won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000. He has been a regular member of the first team since 2002, in which year he averaged 51 and scored four hundreds. Joyce replaced Owais Shah as acting county captain midway through the 2004 season, but was not appointed for the 2005 season.[citation needed]

Joyce captained the Middlesex team to victory in the 2008 Twenty20 Cup. After this competition, the captaincy was handed to Shaun Udal, and later it became apparent that the player's future at Middlesex was uncertain as his current contract was expiring and he had not agreed to sign an extension.[citation needed]

Sussex

Joyce's batting statistics with Sussex
  Matches Runs Average 100/50 Highest score
First-class[5] 105 7,768 49.16 21/36 250
List A[6] 73 2,918 48.63 8/12 146
Twenty20[7] 35 529 18.24 0/1 56

It was announced on 3 November 2008 that Joyce would be leaving Middlesex to play for Sussex. Vinny Codrington, Middlesex's chief executive, said "[Joyce] felt he needed a fresh challenge. He felt moving counties would help him rediscover the form that got him into the England side a couple of years ago... He was always one of the first names on the team-sheet and he has been outstanding and undoubtedly we're going to miss him".[8] Despite his imminent departure, Middlesex included Joyce in their squad for the Stanford Super Series and the eventually-cancelled Twenty20 Champions League as a gesture of gratitude for his influence in winning the Twenty20 Cup.[citation needed]

A strong first season for Sussex, with three centuries, ensured Joyce remained on the fringes of England selection, being named in the provisional England squad for the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy and in November 2009, he signed a new three-year contract with the county.[9]

Joyce suffered a unique dismissal in a 2009 Championship game against Warwickshire. He swept a ball from Ant Botha straight into short-leg fielder Jonathan Trott's pocket. Trott had turned his back and leapt out of the way of the ball; he was stunned to find the ball lodged in his right pocket.[10] He became Sussex captain on 31 July 2012, succeeding Michael Yardy.[11]

In October 2015, Joyce announced he would step down as captain of the Sussex team following their relegation from the County Championship Division One.[12]

International career

Ireland: to 2005

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Joyce played a number of matches for Ireland in the ICC Trophy, averaging over 70 in the competition, but in July 2005 qualified to play for England by virtue of his residency there. In October 2005, Joyce was selected for the England cricket academy and gained a spot in the England "A" squad to tour the West Indies in Spring 2006. In June 2006 he was selected in the England One Day International (ODI) squad for the series with Sri Lanka.

He made his England ODI debut against Ireland in Stormont Park, Belfast in June 2006. The Irish team included his younger brother, Dominick. Two days later, he represented England in his first Twenty20 International, but sprained his ankle and was out injured for four weeks. He made his return for Middlesex at Edgbaston on 14 July 2006, in the County Championship against Warwickshire, scoring a career-best 211 in the first innings.

England: 2006–2010

On 15 November 2006, Joyce was selected by England's chairman of selectors, David Graveney, to be in the Test squad for the 2006/2007 Ashes series, in place of Marcus Trescothick, who withdrew, suffering from a stress-related illness. This was a somewhat controversial decision as he was given preference over the more experienced Owais Shah and Robert Key.[13]

Although he was not chosen for any of the Tests against Australia he was chosen to play in the subsequent One-day International series following an injury to Kevin Pietersen. He totalled 288 runs in nine matches at an average of 32.00, including his maiden half-century in the losing run-chase against New Zealand at Perth.[citation needed]

However, the highlight of the series for Joyce was the victory over Australia at the SCG on 2 February 2007. Opening the innings, Joyce scored a match-winning 107 from 142 balls, helping England amass 292–7, and became the first English cricketer to score a One Day International century away from home in nineteen matches.[14]

Joyce was named Man of the Match for his performance, and the innings helped him earn a place in the squad for the World Cup in the West Indies.[citation needed] During the 2007 World Cup, Joyce made fifties against the non-Test nations of Canada and Kenya, but made a duck against New Zealand in the first group game and 1 against his native Ireland as well as dropping a catch in the first Super Eight game.[citation needed]

Ireland: 2011–present

While he was scoring heavily for Sussex in 2009, Joyce harboured hopes of breaking back into the England team. However, he was overlooked and by March 2010 was considering representing Ireland again.[15] Joyce explained his choice to return to Irish colours:<templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />

When I made the decision in 2001 to try and play for England, it was with a view to trying to play Test cricket which is the pinnacle of the game and which of course Ireland doesn't play. While I strongly believe I'm good enough to play Test cricket for England, I've taken the decision now to try and play for Ireland again. There are a few reasons for this, with the most obvious being that I'm a born and bred Irishman. Secondly, I feel I have a lot to offer to Irish cricket. I had a very successful 2009 with Sussex winning the Most Valuable Player award for the Friends Provident trophy and also two winners medals in theTwenty20 Cup and Nat West Pro40 competition. I feel I'm playing the best cricket of my career and would like to bring this form with me to help Ireland be even more successful on the world stage, a success which I am committed to running in tandem with my Sussex career, in the same way that other Irish players have satisfied club and country commitments really well.

— Ed Joyce, May 2010[16]

Under normal circumstances it takes four years to qualify to play for a country; having played for England at the 2007 World Cup in April 2007, Joyce was set to miss playing for Ireland in the 2011 tournament, taking place in February.[17]

In October it was announced that Joyce and former New Zealand international Hamish Marshall would tour India with Ireland; it was hoped that it would assist their integration into the team in the event the ICC allowed them to play for Ireland in ODIs.[18]

In November 2010, the ICC announced that Joyce's qualification period would be shortened by the ICC and that he would be allowed to play for Ireland at the World Cup,[17] and he was subsequently selected in Ireland's 15-man squad for the tournament.[19]

In May 2015 Joyce and fellow cricketer Tim Murtagh announced their retirement from T20 cricket[20] (although Murtagh subsequently reversed his decision to retire from the format).[21]

In June 2015 Joyce scored 231 runs in the first innings against the United Arab Emirates in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup at Malahide. It was the highest by an Ireland player in multi-day cricket and was the first double century scored by an Irish player on home soil.[22][23]

International record

Joyce's ODI and T20I batting and fielding statistics
  Matchs Runs Avge 100/50 HS Ct
England (ODI)[6] 17 471 27.70 1/3 107 6
Ireland (ODI)[6] 33 1102 33.39 2/7 116* 8
England (T20I)[7] 2 1 1.00 0/0 1 0
Ireland (T20I)[7] 16 404 36.72 0/1 78* 5

Family

Ed Joyce is one of nine siblings, all of whom began their cricketing lives at Bray Cricket Club, now called North Wicklow, five of the Joyce siblings have represented Ireland at cricket. Brothers Gus and Dominick played for the Irish men's team (the latter in three ODI matches), while twin sisters, Isobel and Cecelia, have represented the Irish women for the past decade.[24] Another brother, John, is a successful chess player, ranked in the top 20 in Ireland and a former national Under-19 Champion. Their mother, Maureen Joyce, acted as an official scorer for two women's ODI matches against New Zealand in 2002.[citation needed]

International centuries

One Day International centuries

One Day International centuries for England

Ed Joyce's One Day International centuries for England
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result
1 107 9  Australia Australia Sydney, Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 2007 Won

One Day International centuries for Ireland

Ed Joyce's One Day International centuries for Ireland
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result
1 116* 34  Pakistan Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland Clontarf Cricket Club Ground 2013 Lost
2 112 49  Zimbabwe Australia Hobart, Australia Bellerive Oval 2015 Won

International Awards

One-Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 2 February 2007 107 (142 balls, 10x4) For England  England won by 92 runs.[25]
2 Kenya Beausejour Cricket Ground, Gros Islet 24 March 2007 75 (90 balls, 9x4, 1x6) For England  England won by 7 wickets.[26]
3 Kenya Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa 20 February 2012 88 (125 balls, 5x4, 3x6) ; 2 ct.  Ireland won by 117 runs.[27]
4 Zimbabwe Bellerive Oval, Hobart 7 March 2015 112 (103 balls, 9x4, 3x6)  Ireland won by 5 runs.[28]

Twenty20 International Cricket

Man of the Match Awards

# Series Date Against Match Performance Result
1 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 18 March 2012 Scotland 78* (58 balls, 6x4, 3x6)  Ireland won by 17 runs.[29]
2 Ireland in West Indies 19 February 2014 West Indies 40* (49 balls, 2x4)  Ireland won by 6 wickets.[30]
3 2014 ICC World Twenty20 19 March 2014 West Indies 2 ct. ; 43 (38 balls, 4x4, 1x6)  Ireland won by 21 runs (D/L).[31]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Player profile: Ed Joyce from ESPNcricinfo
  2. ↑ Joyce ready to seize his chance, bbc.co.uk; accessed 4 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Ed Joyce may return to play for Ireland in World Cup, bbc.co.uk; accessed 4 December 2015.
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  13. ↑ Uncapped Joyce wins Ashes call-up, bbc.co.uk; accessed 4 December 2015.
  14. ↑ Scorecard, cricinfo.com; accessed 4 December 2015.
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  24. ↑ Keeping it in the family, bbc.co.uk; accessed 4 December 2015.
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