Having been born on November 1st, 1999, Joshua Brian Little is a cricketer who hails from Ireland. It was in September 2016 that he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team on the international stage. There are other Twenty20 franchise competitions that he has participated in, the most notable of which being with Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League. Cricket Ireland’s development program was the catalyst for Josh Little’s rise to prominence.
As a ten-year-old student at St. Andrews Primary School, he discovered softball cricket for the first time. His development cricket coach in Dublin, Andrew Leonard, who is now a well-known broadcaster, was there to lead him through the process. During his time at Pembroke Cricket Club, he quickly progressed through the ranks by participating in the Under-11 program. In addition, he played competitive matches for Pembroke Cricket Club in the Under-15 age bracket, where he competed against players such as Andy Balbirnie, who would go on to become the captain of the Irish national cricket team.
In addition, Little was a member of the Monkstown Hockey Club, where he played the sport of field hockey. He even played for the Ireland national field hockey team at the age-group level, particularly for the Irish Under-16 squad. The year 2016 saw him participate in Ireland’s bilateral home series against Sri Lanka as a net bowler. He was just 16 years old at the time. On the 5th of September 2016, Little made his debut in the Twenty20 International (T20I) competition against Hong Kong.
The youngest player to ever compete at that level was Waqas Khan of Hong Kong, who was 16 years old when Little made his debut. Little was the second-youngest player to ever compete at that level. Early on in his Twenty20 International career, Little was selected to be a part of Ireland’s side for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2016. The first time Little was selected for Ireland’s Twenty20 International team came in March 2017, when they were playing Afghanistan in India for a series. Nevertheless, he was unable to participate due to obligations related to his studies.
Joshua Little Biography
| Name | Joshua Little |
| Full Name | Joshua Brian Little |
| Date of Birth | 1 November 1999 |
| Place of Birth | Dublin, Ireland |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Father’s Name | NA |
| Mother’s Name | NA |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | NA |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Left arm Fast medium |
| ODI Debut | 3 May 2019 vs. England |
| Test Debut | NA |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
The announcement that he will be a part of Ireland’s team for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2018 came in December of 2017. Ireland’s Twenty20 International teams for the Oman Quadrangular Series and the series against Afghanistan in India were both selected to Little in January 2019. In April 2019, he was selected to be a member of Ireland’s One-Day International (ODI) teams for the one-off match against England as well as the 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series. On May 3, 2019, he made his only one-day international debut for Ireland against England.
Little was selected to be a part of Ireland’s 21-man squad that departed for England on July 10, 2020, to begin practicing behind closed doors for the One-Day International series that will be played against the England cricket team. At the beginning of February 2021, Little was selected to be a part of the Ireland Wolves’ team that would go to Bangladesh. Little earned a spot in Ireland’s provisional squad for the 2021 ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup in September of the same year.
Little was able to get rid of Kane Williamson, James Neesham, and Mitchell Santner at the same time during a match against New Zealand on November 4, 2022, which was part of the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup. Little achieved the distinction of being the sixth player in the history of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup to achieve a hat-trick. Furthermore, Little became the second bowler to accomplish this feat during the 2022 edition of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup, following in the footsteps of Karthik Meiyappan of the United Arab Emirates.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 11 | 228 | 339 | 11 | 4/45 | 30.82 | 8.92 | 20.73 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 24 | 45 | 4 | 4/45 | 11.25 | 11.25 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10 | 204 | 294 | 7 | 2/25 | 42.00 | 8.65 | 29.14 | 0 | 0 |
Additionally, he became the second Irish bowler to complete a hat-trick in a Twenty20 International match, following in the footsteps of Curtis Campher. Both of these bowlers accomplished their feats in Twenty20 World Cup competitions. During the Super 12 phase of the 2022 Twenty20 World Cup, he finished with seven scalps in four matches. This was his last performance of the tournament. When he took 39 wickets in 26 Twenty20 International matches in 2022, he established a new record for the nation of Ireland in terms of the number of wickets he took in Twenty20 Internationals in a single calendar year.
He was also the second top wicket-taker in all Twenty20 Internationals in 2022, with only Tanzania’s Yalinde Nkanya, who had taken 45 wickets in 28 matches, being the greatest wicket-taker during that period. In addition, he is the holder of the record for the greatest number of wickets taken in Twenty20 Internationals by a bowler from a full member country in a single calendar year. When it comes to the most wickets taken in Twenty20 Internationals in a single calendar year, he is second only to the person who owns the record.
As a result of his outstanding performance in the 2016 Under-19 World Cup, he was able to get 11 wickets, which not only helped him get into the senior Irish team within a year but also helped him advance to the senior team. In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Times Ireland, Little stated that a “five-minute chat with Ford changed his entire perception of things and since then he has been head down, just gym and cricket.” Little’s mentality was shaped by Graham Ford, who was the one who made him seriously consider making cricket a professional career. Little’s mentality was shaped by Ford.
