Marcus O'Riordan
 O'Riordan in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcus Kevin O'Riordan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 January 1998 Pembury, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2024 | Kent (squad no. 55) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 10 September 2019 Kent v Notts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 22 July 2021 Kent v Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo, 1 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marcus Kevin O'Riordan (born 25 January 1998) is an English former professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 2019 and 2025.[1]
O'Riordan was born at Pembury in Kent and was educated at Tonbridge School where he played in the school cricket XI.[2] He signed his first professional contract in August 2019 and made his debut for Kent later the same month in a 2019 t20 Blast match against Surrey at Canterbury.[3][4] He made his first-class debut for Kent in a County Championship match against Nottinghamshire on 10 September 2019 at Nottingham.[5]
O'Riordan's parents are from County Cork, Republic of Ireland and he began the 2019 season playing for Muckamore Cricket Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He trained with Northern Knights and played for the Irish Senior Academy team during the team's tour of England in April 2019 before being called back by Kent where he had been part of the county's Cricket Academy for the previous seven years.[6][7][8] He played age-group cricket for the county from under-11 level and first played for Kent's Second XI in 2014.[2] During the 2019/20 northern winter, O'Riordan played New South Wales Grade cricket for Belmont.[9][10]
O'Riordan took his first first-class wickets in Kent's opening match of the 2020 season. After scoring 42 not out in Kent's first innings, he took 3/71 in Essex's first innings.[11] He took a further three wickets in the following match, setting new best bowling figures of 3/50 against Sussex at Canterbury.[12][13] He made his List A debut on 22 July 2021 in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup.[14]
He suffered a shoulder injury whilst fielding and missed the second half of the 2022 season, although he returned to play for Kent in 2023.[15][16][17] After playing a total of 49 First XI matches for Kent,[2] O'Riordan left the club at the end of the 2025 season. A back injury had restricted his cricket during the season.[18][19]
References
- ↑ Marcus O'Riordan, CricInfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- 1 2 3 Marcus O'Riordan, CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 August 2019. (subscription required)
- ↑ Hogwood C (2019) Kent Cricket sign Marcus O’Riordan to first professional contract, Kent Online, 6 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ↑ Surrey fight their way back to claim one-run T20 Blast victory over Kent, The Cricketer (online), 23 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ↑ Hopps D (2019) Ageless Darren Stevens rejuvenates Kent challenge, CricInfo, 10 September 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ↑ Callender I (2019) North West trio named in Irish Academy squad, Belfast Telegraph, 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ Bushe A (2019) Bobby Rao named Muckamore coach as Moylena club announce two signings, The News Letter, 10 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ Neil Rock to captain Ireland Academy team in England, Johnston discusses squad and new faces, Cricket Ireland, 26 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ Callinan J (2019) Cricket: My Kitchen Rules champion Matt Gawthrop chasing different title as University captain, Newcastle Herald, 8 October 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ Callinan J (2019) Newcastle District Cricket Association: Belmont chasing runs from 'precarious position' against Cardiff-Boolaroo, Newcastle Herald, 4 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ Nick Browne reaches fifty for Essex but Kent remain in control, CricInfo, 2 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ↑ Ben Brown, Tom Clark underpin Sussex on even first day, CricInfo, 8 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ↑ Kent's Marcus O'Riordan takes three wickets against Sussex on day one of their Bob Willis Trophy match, Kent Online, 8 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ↑ Beckenham, Jul 22 2021, Royal London One-Day Cup, CricInfo, 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ↑ Reeves T (2022) Kent's Marcus O'Riordan ruled out for the rest of the season with shoulder injury, Kent Online, 27 July 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2025
- ↑ Friend N (2022) Marcus O'Riordan ruled out of rest of season, The Cricketer, 22 July 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ↑ O'Riordan ready for the challenge of 2023, Kent County Cricket Club, 3 April 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ↑ Reeves T (2025) Kent seam bowler George Garrett retires from professional cricket after the 2025 summer ends, Kent Online, 30 September 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ↑ Kent seamer Garrett retires from cricket, BBC Sport, 30 September 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2025.