Lorcan John Tucker (born September 10, 1996) is an Irish cricketer. He was part of the Irish squad for the 2016 U19 World Cricket Championship. In September 2016, he made his international debut for the Irish cricket team. In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to receive a central contract from Cricket Ireland, the first year that all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.

Domestic career

Tucker made his debut for Leinster Lightning at the 2017 Inter-Provincial Cup on June 4, 2017. He made his first-class debut for Leinster Lightning on June 5, 2017, at the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship.

In April 2019, he was one of five cricketers to play before being awarded an Emerging Player Contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 domestic season. In July 2019, Tucker was selected to play for the Dublin Chiefs in the first edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was canceled.

International career

Tucker made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Hong Kong on September 5, 2016. In January 2017 he was named to the Irish squad to replace the injured Stuart Thompson at the Desert T20 Challenge 2017.

In January 2019, Tucker was named to Ireland's T20I roster for the Oman Quadrangular Series. At the same time, he was also featured on Ireland's Test, One Day International (ODI), and T20I squads for their series against Afghanistan in India, but he did not play during the tour. In April 2019 he was named to Ireland's ODI squad for the one-off game against England and the 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series.

On May 3, 2019, he made his ODI debut for Ireland against England. In June 2019, Tucker was called up to the Ireland Wolves squad for their home series against cricket team Scotland A. In July 2019, he was called up to Ireland's test squad for their one-off game against England at Lord's but did not play. In September 2019, Tucker was named to the Irish squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.

On July 10, 2020, Tucker was called up to Ireland's 21-man squad to travel to England to train behind closed doors for the ODI series against the English cricket team. In February 2021, Tucker was named to the Ireland Wolves squad for their tour to Bangladesh. In September 2021, Tucker was named to Ireland's preliminary roster for the men's ICC T20 World Cup 2021.