Georgina Dempsey Personal Details:
Name: Georgina Dempsey
Date of Birth: 29th July 2004
Batting Style: Right-hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm Medium
Role: All-rounder
Georgina Dempsey arrives at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 as one of Ireland’s promising young all-round options, a 21-year-old right‑handed batter and right‑arm medium pacer whose blend of power, handy seam bowling and family-rooted cricketing upbringing makes her an intriguing pick as Ireland chases a more competitive campaign in an expanded 12-team tournament.
Ireland, making their fifth World Cup appearance, open their Group 2 schedule against Scotland at Old Trafford on 13 June as part of a pool that also features hosts England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and the West Indies; with Gaby Lewis now at the helm, Dempsey arrives off a season of domestic and international ups and downs that underline both her upside and areas for growth.
Georgina Dempsey’s pathway has had early flashes of match-defining potential. She debuted in T20Is on 27 May 2021 against Scotland in Belfast and, across 20 T20Is to date, has contributed 22 runs in six innings with the bat and taken 13 wickets in 19 bowling innings, figures that speak to her primary role as a bowling all-rounder at the international level. Her bowling returns, 13 wickets at an average of 23.76 and an economy of 6.59, highlight a knack for control and penetration in the powerplay and middle overs, while her batting numbers suggest she is still carving out a consistent role lower in the order.
At home, Dempsey’s domestic exploits have been eye-catching. Representing Phoenix and, more recently, Typhoons in the Cricket Ireland Women’s Super T20 Series 2026, she struck a remarkable 139 not out off 68 for Phoenix in August 2021, the highest individual score in Ireland Women’s Senior T20 cricket, showcasing genuine boundary-hitting ability when given licence.
In the Super T20 Series this year, she finished as Typhoons’ fourth-highest run-scorer with 62 runs from four innings (strike rate 114.81, average 20.66) and also finished joint third in her side’s wicket charts with four wickets from five matches (average 39.25, economy 9.81). Those numbers underline her dual role: a batter capable of sudden acceleration and a seam option who can chip in with crucial breakthroughs.
Georgina Dempsey was not a part of the Ireland squad for the Global Qualifiers in Nepal earlier this year, which sealed qualification for this World Cup with a comprehensive 62-run win over Thailand on 1 February 2026, where Ireland finished second in the qualifiers with three wins from five games.
More immediately, she has been involved in Ireland’s tri-series (28 May–4 June) against the West Indies and Pakistan, a useful build-up in which Ireland, under stand-in captain Orla Prendergast in Gaby Lewis’s absence, experienced a narrow defeat and then two wins, testing squad depth in match conditions similar to those she will face in England and Wales.
Off the field, Dempsey’s foundations are unmistakably Irish and family-centred. Raised in Dublin in an athletic household, she followed her older brother Theo into cricket and developed through Phoenix Cricket Club with strong logistical and emotional support from her parents. That backing has been a constant in her rise to international cricket, and her surname, traditional Irish in origin, mirrors a deep sense of place and pride in representing Ireland on the world stage.
At 21, Georgina Dempsey is not yet a finished product, but she carries match-winning credentials, a capacity to produce huge T20 innings, useful medium-pace bowling with tidy control, and the temperament shaped by domestic highs and international exposure. In a tougher, expanded World Cup group, Ireland will rely on young multi-dimensional players like Dempsey to stretch oppositions and offer the balance that can turn close games in their favour.
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