Greg Molins | |
Fullname: | Gregory Lee Molins |
Birth Date: | 19 March 1976 |
Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Country: | Ireland |
International: | true |
Internationalspan: | 1996–1999 |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 4 |
Runs1: | 3 |
Bat Avg1: | 1.50 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 2* |
Deliveries1: | 551 |
Wickets1: | 8 |
Bowl Avg1: | 37.50 |
Fivefor1: | 0 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 3/62 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Column2: | List A |
Matches2: | 4 |
Runs2: | 10 |
Bat Avg2: | 3.33 |
100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
Top Score2: | 10 |
Deliveries2: | 162 |
Wickets2: | 3 |
Bowl Avg2: | 48.66 |
Fivefor2: | 0 |
Tenfor2: | 0 |
Best Bowling2: | 2/44 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 3/– |
Date: | 11 June |
Year: | 2015 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4340/4340.html CricketArchive |
Gregory Lee Molins (born 19 March 1976) is a former Irish cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spinner, he represented the Irish national side between 1996 and 1999, including at the 1997 ICC Trophy.
Molins is part of a prominent Irish cricketing family, with his older brother, Jason, and cousin, Lara, also representing Ireland internationally.[1] [2] He was born in Dublin, and attended The High School there, playing for the school team. He first came to prominence at the 1993 under-18 interprovincial tournament, taking three five-wicket hauls for Leinster to be named player of the tournament.[3] Molins made his senior interprovincial debut in 1994, and the following year debuted for the Irish under-19 team.[4] His first senior match for Ireland came in a friendly against Wales in June 1996.[3] Later in the year, in August, he made his first-class debut, in what was then the annual fixture against Scotland.[5]
At the 1997 ICC Trophy, Molins played in three of Ireland's matches, against Gibraltar, the United States, and Kenya, but took only two wickets.[6] His 1997 season also included limited-overs games for Ireland in two English competitions (the Benson & Hedges Cup and the NatWest Trophy),[7] and also in the Triple Crown Tournament.[4] Molins' last capped game for Ireland came in 1999, when he was only 23.[3] He continued playing interprovincial matches into the 2000s and Leinster Senior League matches into the 2010s, and toured Namibia with the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 2001.[4] In 2008, Molins and his brother, both of Jewish extraction, were selected for an Israeli composite side which played against India A to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Israel's independence.[8] The team also included various other Jewish players from around the world (including Adam Bacher, Steven Herzberg, Michael Klinger, and Bensiyon Songavkar), and two non-Jewish guest players (Roland Lefebvre and Jonty Rhodes).[9] In April 2015, Molins was appointed a selector for the Irish national team.[10]