Ross Adair

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ross Adair

• Ross has been playing cricket since the age of 11. His interest in cricket increased after the 2005 Ashes series between England and Australia.

  

• At Irish under-13s, Ross used to bat at number 10 and was the opening bowler for his team. Later, he shifted his focus towards batting as he started gaining weight.

• Ross started playing rugby for the Sullivan Upper School in 2011. Later, he began to play professional rugby for Ulster in the Pro12 competition in the 2014-15 season.

• He had to take out a £15,000 medical loan to finance the operation for his hip injury. He sustained the injury while playing in the English championship and faced financial difficulties after being released by the Jersey Reds club.

  

• After recovering from the injury, Ross returned to rugby at an amateur level with Ballynahinch RFC and even won the Ulster Senior League in 2019. Later, he decided to leave rugby when he realized he would not be able to make a comeback in professional rugby.

• After rugby, Ross worked in a real estate company and at the same time he pursued cricket.

• On 20 August 2020, Ross made his T20 debut for the Northern Knights in the Inter-Provincial Trophy.

• Ross gave tribute to his rugby career by choosing the number 15 jersey in cricket.

• Ross made his List A debut for Northern Knights on 30 June 2021 in the Inter-Provincial Cup.

• Ross received his international debut cap from his brother Mark Adair. The pair also became the first set of brothers to play for Ireland in an international match since Niall and Kevin O’Brien at Malahide in 2018.

• Ross was included in Ireland’s squad for the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup held in the United States.

• In September 2024, Ross made headlines when he scored his maiden international century against South Africa in Abu Dhabi and helped his team to win the match by 10 runs; he scored 100 runs off 58 balls.