- Joined
- Sep 11, 2023
- Runs
- 21,897
In February 2023, Tucker was named in Ireland's Test squad for their tours of Bangladesh in March 2023 and Sri Lanka in April 2023. He was also named in the T20I and ODI squads for the tours. He made his Test debut against Bangladesh on 4 April 2023 and scored his maiden Test century. He also became the second Irishman to score a century in Tests on debut and the first to score an away Test century. He became the sixth wicket-keeper to score a Test century on debut and the first Irish wicket-keeper batter to score a century on debut.
He also became only the second wicket-keeper batsman to score a Test century on debut away from home, after England's Ben Foakes. Additionally, he became the first wicket-keeper batter to score a century in his team's second innings of his debut Test match, while the other five keeper batters, including Sri Lanka's Brendon Kuruppu and Romesh Kaluwitharana, England's Matt Prior, New Zealand's Tom Blundell, and England's Ben Foakes, all scored centuries on their debuts in their teams' first innings. Tucker also became the second Irish batsman to score a century on Test debut.
In December 2022, he was signed by MI Emirates to play in the inaugural season of the International League T20 franchise league based in the UAE. He made his debut on 29 January against Desert Vipers. Tucker scored 85 runs from 4 innings in the tournament at a strike rate of 120. He was controversially retired out in a game against Abu Dhabi Knight Riders while on 33(23).
He was one of six Irish players who signed up to play at the 2022 USA T20 Open.
In June 2023, Tucker was signed by the Colombo Strikers for the 2023 edition of the Lanka Premier League; however, he did not play in the competition. He was also signed by the Trinbago Knight Riders for the 2023 Caribbean Premier League, featuring in seven matches.
