{{Short description|Irish cricketer (born 1981)}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Ryan Haire | image = | country = Ireland | fullname = Ryan Samuel Haire | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|5|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Dundonald, County Down, Northern Ireland | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm leg break | role = | international = true | odidebutdate = 1 July | odidebutyear = 2008 | odidebutagainst = New Zealand | odicap = 26 | lastodidate = 2 July | lastodiyear = 2008 | lastodiagainst = Scotland | odishirt = | hidedeliveries = true | club1 = Ireland | year1 = 2000 | columns = 2 | column1 = ODI | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 56 | bat avg1 = 28.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/1 | top score1 = 54 | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | column2 = First-class | matches2 = 1 | runs2 = 0 | bat avg2 = 0.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 0 | catches/stumpings2 = 0/– | date = 7 August | year = 2009 | source = https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10221/10221.html CricketArchive }}
'''Ryan Samuel Haire''' (born 1 May 1981)<ref name="CAP">[https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10221/10221.html Cricket Archive profile]</ref> is an Irish cricketer from Northern Ireland.
A left-handed batsman and leg spin bowler who is an occasional wicket-keeper<ref name="CAP" /> he played five times for the Ireland cricket team in 2000<ref name="CESZP">[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire4012.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile]</ref> including one first-class match.<ref>[https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10221/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Ryan Haire at Cricket Archive]</ref>
==Playing career==
He first featured for the Ireland cricket team at Under-19 level, playing in the 1999 European Championship<ref>[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/1999/TOURNAMENTS/EUROU19/TEAMS/ireland.shtml Ireland squad for the 1999 European Under 19 Championship at CricketEurope]</ref> and the following years U/19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka.<ref>[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2000/TOURNAMENTS/U19WORLDCUP/TEAMS/ireland.shtml Ireland squad for the 2000 U/19 World Cup at CricketEurope]</ref>
He made his debut for the senior side later in 2000, playing two matches against the MCC in Eglinton, County Londonderry in May.<ref name="CESZP" /> He was then named in the Irish squad for that year's European Championship,<ref>[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2000/TOURNAMENTS/EUROCHAMS/TEAMS/ireland.shtml Ireland squad for the 2000 European Championship at CricketEurope]</ref> playing in the matches against Denmark and Italy.<ref name="CESZP" /> The following month, he played what to date is his final match for Ireland against Scotland,<ref name="CESZP" /> which is his only first-class match.<ref name="CAP" />
Whilst he has not played for the Irish senior side since 2000, he has continued to play at lower levels. He played for an Ireland Development XI in 2001,<ref>[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2001/TOURNAMENTS/EURODEVELOPMENT/SQUADS/ireland.shtml Ireland squad for the 2001 European Development Championship at CricketEurope]</ref> and for Ireland A in 2003.<ref>[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2003/TOURNAMENTS/EURODEVELOPMENT/squads.shtml Squads for the 2003 European A championship at CricketEurope]</ref> He was named in the Ireland squad for the 2004 European Under-23 Championship,<ref>[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2004/TOURNAMENTS/EUROU23/squads.shtml Squads for the 2004 European Under-23 Championship at CricketEurope]</ref> but the tournament was abandoned due to the weather.<ref>[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2004/TOURNAMENTS/EUROU23/about.shtml 2004 Under-23 European Championship at CricketEurope]</ref> He also played in two 2005 ICC Trophy warm-up matches for a Northern Cricket Union President's XI against Bermuda and the USA.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10221/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Ryan Haire at Cricket Archive]</ref>
==Statistics==
In all matches for Ireland, he scored 47 runs at an average of 11.75, with a top score of 31 not out in his first match against the MCC.<ref name="CESZP" />
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haire, Ryan}} Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from County Down Category:Irish cricketers Category:Ireland One Day International cricketers