Will Porterfield

William Porterfield

Personal information
Full name	William Thomas Stuart Porterfield
Born	(1984-09-06) 6 September 1984 (age 32) Donemana, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off break
Role	Opening batsman; Ireland captain
International information
National side	Ireland (2006–present)
ODI debut (cap 14)	5 August 2006 v Scotland
Last ODI	21 May 2017 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	6
T20I debut (cap 8)	2 August 2008 v Scotland
Last T20I	12 March 2017 v Afghanistan
T20I shirt no.	6
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–2010	Gloucestershire
2007	MCC
2010–present	Warwickshire
2017–present	North West Warriors
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 106 56 124 229 Runs scored 3,186 1,002 6,003 7,046 Batting average 31.54 20.87 30.16 32.47 100s/50s 9/14 0/3 8/32 11/40 Top score 119 72 186 119 Balls bowled – – 108 – Wickets – – 2 – Bowling average – – 69.00 – 5 wickets in innings – – 0 – 10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a Best bowling – – 1/29 – Catches/stumpings 52/– 22/– 133/– 113/–
Source: CricketArchive, 9 August 2017
Porterfield's voice recorded April 2015

William Thomas Stuart Porterfield (born 6 September 1984) is a Northern Ireland-born cricketer who has played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club and for the Ireland cricket team. A left-handed batsman, he has played for the senior Ireland since 2006 and the Under-19s since 2003. He has captained Ireland at all levels from Under-13 upwards. During Afghanistan T20I series in March 2017, he passed 1,000 runs in T20Is and became the first player for Ireland to do so.

On 31 January 2007, he scored his maiden ODI century with an unbeaten 112 to guide his side to victory over Bermuda. He followed it up in his next game with 104 not out against Kenya. In the 2007 World Cup he was man of the match with 85 against Bangladesh during a Super Eight game, which Ireland won.

Porterfield scored his maiden first-class century in late August 2007. In a match against Bermuda as part of the 2007–08 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Porterfield scored 166 runs from 326 balls.

In the 2011 Cricket World Cup, Porterfield reached a fifty against the Netherlands. He hit 68 off 98 balls and helped his team to victory over the Netherlands.

Porterfield was appointed Ireland captain at the start of the 2008 season, succeeding Trent Johnston. Porterfield said "I've learnt a lot from Trent – he brought young players through, looked after them and he set an example by how he went about his game and how he prepared on and off the field. I may be young but I've plenty of experience of captaincy and I love it, being out there right in the mixer. I was vice-captain under Trent and I filled in when he was off the field so I've had a taste of it".

Despite being Ireland's official captain, Porterfield chose to represent his county (Gloucestershire) instead of leading Ireland in their ODIs against Scotland and New Zealand in July 2008 in an attempt to secure a permanent position at Gloucestershire. He said "It's definitely the hardest decision I've ever had to make ... I feel it's the right decision for me at this stage in my career".