Lorcan Tucker


Lorcan Tucker is an Irish cricketer. He was part of Ireland's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his international debut for the Ireland cricket team in September 2016. 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.

Domestic and T20 career

He made his List A debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Cup on 4 June 2017. He made his first-class debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship on 5 June 2017. In April 2019, he was one of five cricketers to be awarded with an Emerging Player Contract by Cricket Ireland, ahead of the 2019 domestic season.
In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Dublin Chiefs in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.

International career

He made his Twenty20 International debut against Hong Kong on 5 September 2016. In January 2017 he was called up as a replacement for the injured Stuart Thompson for Ireland's squad in the 2017 Desert T20 Challenge.
In January 2019, he was named in Ireland's T20I squad for the Oman Quadrangular Series. At the same time, he was also named in Ireland's Test, One Day International and T20I squads for their series against Afghanistan in India, but did not play during the tour. In April 2019, he was named in Ireland's ODI squads for the one-off match against England and the 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series. He made his ODI debut for Ireland against England on 3 May 2019.
In June 2019, he was named in the Ireland Wolves squad for their home series against the Scotland A cricket team. In July 2019, he was named in Ireland's Test squad for their one-off match against England at Lord's, but he did not play.
In September 2019, he was named in Ireland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. On 10 July 2020, Tucker 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.