Dominick Joyce

Dominick "Dom" Ignatius Joyce (born 14 June 1981)^[1] is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman,^[1] he has played 69 times for the Ireland cricket team^[2] including three One Day Internationals,^[3] six international matches^[4] and twenty List A matches.^[5] He has also played second XI cricket for Middlesex and Somerset.^[6]

Playing career

Joyce's first taste of international cricket came in 2000, when he played for Ireland in the Under-19 World Cup. He first played for Ireland at senior level in July 2000^[2] in the European Championship in Scotland.^[7] This was followed by a three-match series against the MCC in May 2001^[2] and the 2001 ICC Trophy.^[8] This was followed by a match against Australia^[2] and an appearance in the Triple Crown Tournament.^[9] He made his List A debut in August 2001 against Wiltshire in the C & G Trophy.^[5]

In 2002 he played against the West Indies A team^[2] before taking part in the European Championship in Northern Ireland.^[10] The year finished with matches against the MCC and Berkshire. In 2003 he played matches against Denmark, an England Amateur XI, South Africa and Zimbabwe.^[2]

He again played in the European Championship in 2004^[11] and the following month was named in the Ireland squad for the 2004 European Under-23 Championship,^[12] though the tournament was abandoned due to rain.^[13] He then played for Ireland in two matches against Bangladesh.^[2] Earlier in the year, he made his first-class debut, playing against the Netherlands in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.^[4]

In 2005, he played against Loughborough UCCE, Warwickshire and Yorkshire^[2] before playing in the 2005 ICC Trophy.^[14] This was followed by Intercontinental Cup games against Scotland, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates and Kenya.^[4]

The following year, he played several matches in Ireland's C & G Trophy campaign,^[5] and an Intercontinental Cup match against Namibia^[4] before making his ODI debut against England^[3] in what was Ireland's first ODI.^[15] His brother Ed also made his ODI debut in that match, but he was playing for England. It was an unsuccessful ODI debut for Dominick, as he was bowled for a duck by Steve Harmison.^[16] He did not represent Ireland again for just under a year, when he was dismissed for 10 in a Friends Provident Trophy fixture against Middlesex at Clontarf, falling to a disputed catch by his brother Ed.^[17] He resumed his ODI career with a couple of appearances in Ireland's June internationals against India and South Africa at Stormont, scoring 18 and 11 in the respective fixtures.

Statistics

In all matches for Ireland, Joyce has scored 1480 runs at an average of 23.49, scoring eleven half-centuries, the highest of which was an innings of 67 against Wiltshire in August 2001. He has taken just one wicket, against the Netherlands in July 2004.^[2]

Family

Joyce is one of nine children of James "Jimmy" and Maureen Joyce.^[18][19]

Joyce comes from a cricketing family.^[20] His brothers Ed and Gus have also played cricket for Ireland, with Ed also playing for England. His sisters Isobel and Cecelia have both played for the Irish women's team.^[1] His mother Maureen was a cricket scorer.^[21][20] She was also scorer in two WODIs in 2002 when New Zealand women toured to Netherlands and Ireland.^[22]

References

1. ^ Cricket Archive profile
2. ^ CricketEurope Stats Zone profile Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ One-day Internationals played by Dominick Joyce Archived 11 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
4. ^ First-class matches played by Dominick Joyce at Cricket Archive
5. ^ List A matches played by Dominick Joyce at Cricket Archive
6. ^ Teams played for by Dominick Joyce at Cricket Archive
7. ^ Ireland squad for the 2000 European Championship Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
8. ^ ICC Trophy matches played by Dominick Joyce at Cricket Archive
9. ^ Scorecard of Ireland v Wales match in the 2001 Triple Crown Tournament featuring Dominick Joyce
10. ^ Ireland squad for the 2002 European Championship Archived 6 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine at CricketIreland
11. ^ Squads for the 2004 European Championship Archived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
12. ^ Ireland squad for the 2004 European Under-23 Championship Archived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
13. ^ 2004 European Under-23 Championship Archived 5 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
14. ^ Ireland squad for the 2005 ICC Trophy Archived 18 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine at the tournament's official website
15. ^ ODIs played by Ireland Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine at Cricket Archive
16. ^ Scorecard of Ireland v England ODI, 13 June 2006 at Cricinfo
17. ^ Joyce recalled to Irish side Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine by Barry Chambers, CricketEurope
18. ^ Wigmore, Tim (June 2016). "The first family of cricket". The Cricket Monthly. Archived June 3, 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
19. ^ Hariharan, Shruti (March 21, 2016). "The Joyces: Ireland's greatest cricketing family". Cricket Country. Archived Mar 23, 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
20. ^ "CBP Ep.5: The Joy(ce)s of cricket". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
21. ^ "Profile: Maureen Joyce". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
22. ^ "Maureen Joyce as Scorer in Women's ODI Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2021.