James Cameron-Dow - Ireland - Bowling Allrounder

James Cameron-Dow is an Irish cricketer, who was first selected for the national team on the tour to India to play Afghanistan in February 2019. He is a left-handed batsman with a first-class batting average of 36.77 and a left-arm orthodox bowler with 27 wickets in his short career of 6 matches.

Cameron-Dow made his List A debut for Northern Knights in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Cup in May 2018 and his first-class debut for the same side, Northern Knights, in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Championship a few days later in May 2018. It was an auspicious start, as he ended up being the leading wicket-taker for Northern Knights in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Championship, with fourteen dismissals in four matches.

In January 2019, he was named in Ireland's Test and One Day International (ODI) squads for their series against Afghanistan in India, a gamble of sorts for the Irish. Nevertheless, a nation that is new to Test cricket, and looking for a settled combination, he might just provide the balance required with the spin-bowling all-rounder option, particularly in future overseas tours to the subcontinent.

Written by Rishi Roy