Ireland Cricket Team
Ireland Cricket Team: Current Squad
Ireland Cricket Team: Facts and Records
The first international game of cricket in Ireland was played on 10 and 11 September 1855
The first recorded all-women’s cricket match was to take place in Cork in the 1890s.
The ICC said in 2015 that Ireland would be granted Test status in 2019 should they win the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup and beat the 10th ranked Test nation in a four-match Test series in 2018.
Statistically, the best Irish cricketer of all time is William Kyle McCallan
The youngest player in the Irish team wasn’t born when India’s star player played in his first World Cup
Ireland Cricket Team: history, composition and achievements
The Ireland cricket team represents the country in international competitions, participates in ODI, Test and T20I Cricket. At the same time, the history of the Irish team in the ICC began quite recently, in 2017. We tell you about what this team is, what path it has traveled to participate in first-class tournaments and who enters the field in its composition.
Ireland cricket team: the main achievements in the history of the team
The Irish have been playing cricket since the XVIII century, and by the beginning of the XIX century, cricket was already loved throughout the country. The first clubs began to be created, and already in 1855, the Irish in Dublin accepted the English. Everything seemed to be going fine, but then, in 1884, Ireland practically stopped playing cricket for more than 80 years. The reasons for this were political: the country did not encourage the practice of foreign sports, especially English ones. The history of Irish cricket resumed only in 1971, and until that time, certain prohibitions were imposed on cricketers, including the fact that they could play Irish sports, and the sports association did not very support cricket matches. Despite this, even during the ban period, the Irish played with Canada, the United States and South African teams.
The Ireland cricket team joined the ICC in 1993 and began to take part in tournaments held by this organization.
- ICC Cricket World Cup.The Irish became participants of this tournament for the first time in 2007, and before that, they could not qualify for many years in a row. In the group stage, they defeated Pakistan and Zimbabwe, veterans of the tournament – it was a success. Ireland has never won the title at the moment and has never played in the final. But the team has the Cricket World Cup Qualifier title, won in 2009. The national team does not manage to qualify every season; for example, they did not qualify for participation in 2019.
- ICC T20 World Cup. Ireland took part in this competition for the first time in 2009, the best result – Super 8s – also falls on this year.
The Irish national cricket team received the status of a full member of the ICC only in 2017, so all the most significant victories are still ahead.
As of June 2021, the team occupies the 12th position in the ODI and T20I ratings, and it does not participate in Test Cricket.
The composition of the Ireland cricket team and player ratings
Ireland is a very inexperienced team at the moment in international competitions. Therefore, its players have not yet managed to occupy the top lines of the ICC rating. At the moment, the highest line in the ICC ranking among the Irish is occupied by Gareth Delany; he is in the fifth place All-Rounder Ranking (T20I). In addition, Paul Stirling is ranked 20-21 together with Australian Glenn Maxwell in the Batting Ranking (ODI).
At the moment, the Ireland cricket team consists of the following players:
- Andrew Balbirnie, Simi Singh, Barry McCarthy, Lorcan Tucker, George Dockrell, Kevin O’Brien, Gareth Delany (all Leinster Lightning).
- Harry Tector, Shane Getkate, James McCollum, Mark Adair, Gary Wilson (all – Northern Knights).
- Andy McBrine, Craig Young, William Porterfield (all – North West Warriors).
- Paul Stirling (Middlesex).
Ireland Cricket Team: table of the management and players
| Shirt Number | Name | Cricket Formats | Notes |
| Batsmen | |||
| Stephen Doheny | T20I | ||
| 7 | James McCollum | ODI | Full-time contract with CI |
| 6 | William Porterfield | ODI | Full-time contract with CI |
| 63 | Andrew Balbirnie | ODI T20I | Captain (ODI, T20I), Full-time contract with CI |
| William McClintock | T20I | ||
| 1 | Paul Stirling | Vice-Captain (ODI, T20I), Full-time contract with CI | |
| 13 | Harry Tector | ODI T20I | Full-time contract with CI |
| Bowlers | |||
| 28 | Peter Chase | Full-time contract with CI | |
| 23 | David Delany | Full-time contract with CI | |
| 82 | Josh Little | ODI T20I | Full-time contract with CI |
| 60 | Barry McCarthy | ODI T20I | Full-time contract with CI |
| 44 | Craig Young | ODI T20I | Full-time contract with CI |
| 35 | Andy McBrine | ODI | Full-time contract with CI |
| Ben White | T20I | Full-time contract with CI | |
| All-Rounders | |||
| 32 | Mark Adair | ODI T20I | Full-time contract with CI |
| 85 | Curtis Campher | ODI T20I | Full-time contract with CI |
| 64 | Gareth Delany | ODI | Full-time contract with CI |
| 50 | George Dockrell | ODI T20I | Full-time contract with CI |
| 58 | Shane Getkate | T20I | Retainer contract with CI |
| 22 | Kevin O’Brien | ODI T20I | Retainer contract with CI |
| 21 | Simi Singh | ODI T20I | Full-time contract with CI |
| Graham Kennedy | ODI | ||
| Wicket-Keepers | |||
| Neil Rock | ODI T20I | ||
| 3 | Lorcan Tucker | ODI T20I | Full-time contract with CI |
| Coaches | |||
| Chris Siddell | Manager | ||
| Richard Holdsworth | Director of cricket | ||
| Graham Ford | Head coach | ||
| Ben Smith | Batting coach | ||
| Ryan Eagleson | Bowling coach | ||
| William Porterfield | Fielding coach | ||
| Gary Wilson | Wicketkeeping coach | ||
Graham Ford has been coaching the Ireland cricket team since 2018. Before that, he worked with the teams of South Africa, Sri Lanka and Surrey.
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