Michael Halliday was a top-class off-break bowler who took 192 wickets from 1970 to 1989. First capped as a student in Trinity, he bowled for much of his first decade in the team in tandem with Dermott Monteith. His performance in Ireland’s first competitive game – a NatWest tie against Middlesex at Lord’s in 1980 – was his finest hour. Defending a mere 102, he took 4-22 off his 12 overs, including the scalps of test stars Mike Gatting, Mike Brearley, Clive Radley and Roland Butcher, as Ireland rattled the county. ‘The best exhibition of off-spin I have seen for quite a while,’ said Jim Laker.

His captaincy was notable for 17 successive lost tosses!