George Dockrell

thumb|George Dockrell 2022 George Henry Dockrell (born 22 July 1992) is an Irish cricketer, who plays international cricket for Ireland, having learned his cricket at Leinster Cricket Club, Dublin. Known as an all-rounder, Dockrell is a right-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He was a member of the class of 2010 in Gonzaga College, Dublin. In December 2018, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season. In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland, the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis. Quotes I've definitely come a long way since my debut. Cricket is always evolving, and the cricket we play now is different to what and how we played nine years ago. You've just got to keep moving with that. My game's definitely more rounded from back then - I'd like to think I'm a lot better fielder and a lot better batter than I was. And with the bowling as well, with the huge amount of cricket that I've played, I've learnt a lot To be honest, there’s still much to learn and you pick up stuff every game. Cricket, as does sport in general, always keeps moving the developing and you need to keep up with that. It will be a never-ending process for me. As a spinner, it is often your role to try and squeeze the batters in the middle overs. Often. It teams get away at the top during the powerplay, then those middle overs are an opportunity to pull things back. With most spinners that tends to be the role you play, but you have to be flexible as it depends on the conditions on the day. There’s going to be a lot of cricket out here over the next month, and you'd expect the pitches will become a little more worn as the tournament goes on. Spin tends to play a bigger role in those conditions, so it's great we got some time in similar conditions this last week. The spin group works very well together and we're looking forward to playing our part. Most guys are pretty approachable to talk with about how they go about their cricket, so it’s been great being able to create opportunities for shared learning, which in turn creates a good atmosphere these days within international cricket. However, playing so much with and against other guys means you may know so much more about them, but they also know so much more about you as well.” We’ve had some good prep - especially the tough Tri-Series in Malahide where we got some good cricket under our belts. Then to come out to Muscat and perform the way we did on good pitches with some good tight contests, which is exactly what you want going into a tournament like this . So while we're had some good prep and had some good game time, what will be important now is the mental side of things and how we apply ourselves from here on in - that's probably going to be the biggest factor. George Dockrell Speaks After Ireland's World Cup Qualifier Warm-up Win Over Netherlands, March 2026, Cricket World by Cricket World External links Category:Cricketers from Ireland Category:1992 births Category:Living people