Middlesex Cricket yesterday announced that left-arm Ireland international quick, Josh Little, will join the Club in the 2025 season, subject to Cricket Ireland issuing a No Objection Certificate and around his international and Irish domestic commitments. He follows a line of Irish talent that has blossomed in NW8.
Dublin-born Little, 25, will primarily feature for Middlesex in this season’s Vitality Blast campaign, although is available to represent the Club in other formats if required.
Little brings valuable international experience
The left-arm quick has a wealth of experience of playing in some of the biggest franchise competitions around the world, having represented Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League, Trinbago Knight Riders in the Caribbean Premier League, Pretoria Capitals in the SA20, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in the ILT20, LA Knight Riders in Major League Cricket, the Dambulla Giants in the Lanka Premier League, and closer to home, both Manchester Originals and Welsh Fire in the Hundred.
On the International stage he has represented his country in both ODI and T20I formats, playing 39 ODI’s and 71 T20 Internationals. He has taken 139 international wickets across both white-ball formats, with best bowling figures of 6 for 36 in an ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare on Ireland’s winter tour in December 2023.
He made an immediate impact for Ireland on the international stage, taking 4 for 45 on his ODI debut against England in Dublin, and has featured for his country in three T20I World Cups.
This summer will see him make his debut in the Vitality Blast for Middlesex, one of the only major global T20 tournaments he has yet to feature in.
Speaking of Josh Little joining Middlesex for this year’s Blast campaign, Alan Coleman, Director of Cricket for Middlesex, commented:
“To secure a player of Josh’s T20 experience and proven ability is huge for us, as he has performed at the highest level of white-ball cricket around the world for the last few years. He brings something different to our attack. He’s got genuine pace, is a left-armer, which in itself poses problems for batters, has a fierce short ball, and has skills that make him perfect for bowling both at the top and in the death overs of an innings”.
Will Little emulate the success of former Irish colleagues?
Josh Little himself, expressed his delight at joining Middlesex and, like many who arrive in NW8, was “hugely excited to be playing at Lords” and can’t wait to “put in the hard yards both on and off the field”.
Little becomes the latest in a line of Irish international talent to grace the club, following in the footsteps of Tim Murtagh, Ed Joyce, Paul Stirling, Eoin Morgan and Andy Balbirnie amongst others. Whether he will take ownership of the Nursery End in the same manner of his former Irish colleague Murtagh remains to be seen. The Lord’s slope, as Guerilla Cricket followers well know, will forever be measured as ‘1.3 Tim Murtaghs’.
