Joshua Little


Joshua Little is an Irish cricketer. He made his international debut for the Ireland cricket team in September 2016.

International career

He made his Twenty20 International debut against Hong Kong on 5 September 2016. Little was 16 years old at the time of his debut, making him the second-youngest to have played at that level, after Hong Kong's Waqas Khan. Prior to his T20I debut, Little was named in Ireland's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
Little was originally named in Ireland's T20I squad for their series against Afghanistan in India in March 2017. However, he had to withdraw because of education commitments. In December 2017, he was named in Ireland's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
In January 2019, he was named in Ireland's T20I squads for the Oman Quadrangular Series and the series against Afghanistan in India. In April 2019, he was named in Ireland's One Day International 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.
On 10 July 2020, Little 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.

Domestic and T20 career

He made his List A debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Cup on 19 June 2018. He made his first-class debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Championship on 20 June 2018. 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.