Andy McBrine


Andrew Robert McBrine is an Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off spin. On 26 May 2013, McBrine made his first-class debut for Ireland against Scotland. He made his One Day International debut against Scotland in September 2014. McBrine is the son of Alexander McBrine and the nephew of James McBrine, both of whom also played cricket for Ireland.
In May 2018, he was named in a fourteen-man squad for Ireland's first ever Test match, to be played against Pakistan later the same month, but he was not selected to play.
In December 2018, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season. In January 2019, he was named in Ireland's squad for their one-off Test against Afghanistan in India. He made his Test debut for Ireland against Afghanistan on 15 March 2019.
In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Belfast Titans in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.
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. On 10 July 2020, McBrine was named in Ireland's 21-man squad to travel to England to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against the England cricket team.