New Delhi. There are some families in cricket whose two or more members have played at the international level. Some families seem to be carrying forward the legacy of cricket. In these families, grandfather, father and son, all three have played top level cricket. In this sequence, pairs of two, three and four brothers have also shown their talent in international cricket. Some pairs of brothers have played international cricket from the Indian side, the prominent ones being Mohinder-Surinder Amarnath, Irfan-Yusuf Pathan and Hardik-Krunal Pandya.
Among the trio of brothers who played cricket at the international level, the Chappell brothers of Australia – Ian, Greg and Trevor are prominent, while four members each from Pakistan’s Mohammed and Sri Lanka’s Ranatunga family have played for their country. Four brothers of the Mohammed family – Wazir, Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq played for Pakistan in international cricket. Similarly, four brothers of the Ranatunga family – Dhammika, Arjun, Nishantha and Sanjeev played for Sri Lanka.
In this fraternity of cricketers, there is a family whose two brothers and two sisters have represented the country at the international level. The matter does not end here. One of these four siblings has played international cricket for two countries and has also been a part of the ODI-T20 World Cup (ICC T20 World Cup). We are talking about the famous Joyce family of Ireland.
Joyce family has been popular in Ireland
The most famous face of the Joyce family, Edmund Christopher Joyce alias Ed Joyce, has not only played for Ireland and England in international cricket but has also scored six centuries in ODIs. Ed’s younger brother Dominic Ignatius Joyce alias Dom Joyce has also played three ODIs for Ireland. Ed’s elder brother Augustin alias Gus Joyce has also played a first class match. Sisters also did not lag behind brothers in this matter. Ed’s two sisters Isobel Joyce and Cecelia Joyce have also represented Ireland in international cricket. Isobel and Cecelia are twins. The Joyce family is extremely popular in Ireland because of their cricket skills.
Two brothers made their debut in the same match with teams from different countries
Let’s talk about Ed Joyce, who played the most international cricket from the Joyce family. Born in Dublin, Ed has four brothers and four sisters in his family. All of them have been very passionate about cricket. Ed was the first to enter international cricket. Ed, who played a significant role in Ireland qualifying for the 2007 World Cup, shifted to England for better career and opportunities and played his first World Cup (ODI) for this country in 2007. Ed made his ODI debut for England against Ireland on 13 June 2006. The interesting thing is that in this ODI, he was playing for England while his younger brother Dom was playing for Ireland. This match became very interesting due to the two brothers playing for different countries. However, both could not make a big contribution in the match. Ed, who opened for England, was dismissed after scoring 10 runs, while Dom, who came in as opener for Ireland, could not even open his account.
Ed Joyce played three World Cups, one for England and two for Ireland.
Dublin-born Ed Joyce (left) played international cricket for England and Ireland. Ed Joyce/X
Ed played three ODI World Cups, out of which he was a member of the England team in the 2007 World Cup, while in 2011 and 2015 he was a member of his native Ireland team. In the 2007 World Cup, Ed scored 152 runs in 5 matches at an average of 30.40, in the 2011 World Cup he scored 176 runs in 6 matches at an average of 29.33 and in the 2015 World Cup, he scored 246 runs in 6 matches at an average of 41.00. Playing for Ireland, he also scored a century against Zimbabwe in the 2015 World Cup.
Scored one century for England and 5 centuries for Ireland in ODIs
In his international career from 2006 to 2018, Ed played 78 ODIs and scored 2622 runs at an average of 38, which included 6 centuries. He scored one of these centuries while playing for England and five while playing for Ireland. Talking about both the countries, while playing for England, Ed Joyce scored 471 runs (highest 107) in 17 ODIs at an average of 27.70 and while playing for Ireland, he scored 2151 runs (highest 160*) in 61 ODIs at an average of 41.36. He played his last ODI for Ireland against Zimbabwe in March 2018.
Left is right… Left-handed batsman-bowler has shone brightly for India in the T20 World Cup
Played in 2012 and 2014 T20 World Cup
On 15 June 2006, Ed made his T20I debut for England. He did not get a chance to bat in this match against Sri Lanka. Ed played two T20I matches for England and 16 T20I matches for Ireland. In total, he scored 405 runs (one half-century) at an average of 33.75 in 18 T20Is, which includes 1 run in an innings of two matches for England and 404 runs in 16 matches for Ireland. He also played the T20 World Cup of 2012 and 2014 for Ireland. He scored 33 runs at an average of 16.50 in two matches in 2012 and 93 runs at an average of 31 in three matches in 2014. After the Sylhet match against Netherlands under the T20 World Cup 2014, Ed could never play a T20I. Ed played his last international match in May 2018 in the form of a test against Pakistan. In this test match between Ireland and Pakistan, Ed scored 4 runs in the first innings and 43 runs in the second innings. Pakistan team won the match by 5 wickets.
This batsman has hit 6 sixes in 6 balls twice in T20I, will show his talent in the World Cup also
Both the twin sisters had a long international career
Ed Joyce’s brother Dom Joyce’s international career was limited to three ODIs. Right-handed batsman Dom scored 29 runs in three ODIs for Ireland. Sister Isobel played one Test, 79 ODIs and 55 T20 matches for Ireland from 1999 to 2018 as an all-rounder. She took 6 wickets in the only Test. Isobel has 995 runs and 66 wickets in 79 ODIs and 944 runs and 33 wickets in 55 T20s. Another sister Cecelia was part of the Ireland team from 2001 to 2018 as an opener. During this time, Cecelia scored 1172 runs with the help of three half-centuries in 57 ODIs and 659 runs with the help of one half-century in 43 T20Is.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : May 23, 2024, 07:16 IST