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The Ireland men's cricket team represents All-Ireland in international cricket. The Irish Cricket Union, operating under the brand Cricket Ireland, is the sport's governing body in Ireland, and they organise the international team. The team have a number of home grounds, including Malahide in County Dublin, Stormont, Belfast, Bready in the north-west and Clontarf in Dublin city. A further ground is planned for the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown, Dublin for 2030.[1] Due to the short season allowed by the Irish climate, and lack of large scale facilities, Ireland also occasionally play 'home matches' in venues in England and further abroad.

Ireland's men participate in all three major forms of the international game, Test, One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. They are the 11th Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), and the second Full Member from Europe, having been awarded Test status, along with Afghanistan, on 22 June 2017.[2][3][4][5] Ireland and Afghanistan are the most recently appointed Test-playing nations.

Modern Cricket was introduced to Ireland in the 19th century, though cricket may have partly evolved from earlier Gaelic games invented in Ireland.[6][7][8][9] The first match played by an Ireland team was in 1855. Ireland toured Canada and the United States in the late 19th century, and occasionally hosted matches against touring sides. Ireland's most significant early international rivalry, with the Scotland national cricket team, was established when the teams first played each other in 1888.[10] Ireland's maiden first-class match was played in 1902.

Ireland were elected to Associate membership of the ICC in 1993, but played their first full ODI in 2006 against England in the build-up to the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, their first successful qualification. At that tournament, a series of eye-catching results against Full Members, including a draw against Zimbabwe, and wins against Pakistan and Bangladesh confirmed Ireland's ODI status after the competition. Since then, they have gone on to play 197 ODIs, resulting in 78 victories, 101 defeats, 15 no results, and 3 ties.[11] Contracts for players were introduced in 2009, marking the transition to becoming a professional team.

Further success in the shortest format meant the Ireland team also qualified for the 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2022,[12][13] and 2024Template:Efn World Twenty20 competitions, and have qualified for the future 2026 T20 World Cup by ICC men's T20 world rankings.

Before attaining Test status, Ireland also played first-class international cricket in the ICC Intercontinental Cup, which they have won four times between 2005 and 2013. Due to their successes in the first-class ICC Intercontinental Cup competition, and further high-profile wins at the World Cups of 2011 (against England) and 2015 (against West Indies and Zimbabwe), they were labelled the "leading Associate"[14] and stated their intention to become a full member by 2020. This intention was realised in June 2017, when the ICC unanimously decided to award Ireland and Afghanistan Full Member status, which allows them to participate in Test matches.[15] Ireland's first test was a home fixture at The Village, Malahide between 11–15 May 2018 against Pakistan, and they have played tests somewhat sporadically since. Their first test victory was against fellow new boys Afghanistan in Sharjah on 12 March 2024.

Ireland remain the only test playing nation, where the women's team have played a test match before the men's team.[16] Ireland was a women's test nation seventeen years before the men, playing their only test also against Pakistan.

History

Early history

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All-Ireland United Cricket team at Phoenix Park, Dublin, ca. 1858

The first mention of modern cricket in Ireland was in 1731 when the Military of Ireland and the Gentlemen of Ireland took each other on in the Phoenix Park, where the game still thrives in one of the world's oldest established cricket clubs. However, the origins of Cricket may, in fact, have come from Ireland, via the ancient Gaelic game of 'Katty', a precursor to the modern game of Rounders in Ireland. Katty was exported around the world by Irishmen serving in the British Army and the game was adopted as both a training and recreational activity by British Army soldiers. The evolution of Katty in the empire is reflected in the use of anglicised Gaelic terms such as crioc, crios, bail, googly, still used in cricket as we know it today.[6][7][8][9]

Modern Cricket was introduced to Ireland by the English in the towns of Kilkenny and Ballinasloe in the early 19th century. In the 1830s, the game began to spread; many of the clubs which were founded in the following 30 years are still in existence today.[17] The first Irish national team played in 1855 against The Gentlemen of England in Dublin. In the 1850s, the Englishman Charles Lawrence was responsible for developing the game in Ireland through his coaching.[17] In the 1850s and 1860s, Ireland was visited for the first time by touring professional teams. Ireland's first match against Marylebone Cricket Club (the M.C.C.) was in 1858.[17][7]

Cricket had flourished throughout the Ireland until the early 1880s. However, the Irish Land War, the Gaelic Revival cultural movement and its offshoot the Gaelic Athletic Association, founded in 1884, began to challenge the popularity of cricket.[18] There were widespread calls to establish a national cricketing union in Ireland the 1870s to oversee the sport but landlords who owned the estates on which cricket was predominantly played declined to do so, many believing the game would distract their tenant farmers from working and thus impact the estates' income at a time when the land war was already depleting landlords wealth. One of those to call for a formal body to organise cricket was Michael Cusack, later the founder of the GAA. Cusack, was a keen cricketer, later tried to organise cricket under the umbrella of the newly formed Gaelic Athletic Association. His motion, however, lost out narrowly. Consequently, in 1902 cricket fell under the GAA's newly introduced Law 27 banning its members from playing "foreign", in practice, British, games. Until the ban was lifted in 1970, anyone playing foreign games, such as cricket or association football, was banned from the membership of the GAA, the organisation responsible for games such as hurling, Gaelic football, rounders, and Gaelic handball.[19]

Thereafter Cricket in Ireland declined in popularity, especially in the era after the land war as the sport became associated with being a "garrison game" of the British Army. Participation became increasingly restricted to Catholic and Protestant public schools, the Anglo-Irish population, and unionists. Irish teams toured Canada and the US in 1879, 1888, 1892, and 1909. On top of this, Ireland defeated a touring South African side in 1904.[17] Their first match with first-class status was played on 19 May 1902 against a London County side including W.G. Grace. The Irish, captained by Sir Tim O'Brien, won convincingly by 238 runs.[20] An Irish Cricket union was eventually set up in 1923 but some clubs refused to recognise its legitimacy. It was only in 2001 that Cricket Ireland became the official oversight body for cricket in Ireland recognised by all cricket clubs on the island.[6][7][8][9]

Before 1993

After the 1902 tour of England, where four matches yielded one win, two draws and one loss, Ireland did not play first-class cricket again for five years.[21] Although the team had lost to the South Africans in 1894 – Ireland's first match against a Test-playing nation – Ireland defeated South Africa in 1904; it was the team's first victory against a Test side.[22] In 1909, the first annual first-class match between Ireland and Scotland was held, and an annual match against the MCC was arranged from 1924 onwards.[17]

The Irish played yearly first-class matches with the Scots, only interrupted by world wars, until 1999, but all their other cricket depended upon touring international sides finding it convenient to include a visit to Ireland in their schedules. However, Ireland sometimes surprised Test nations on these occasions, beating the West Indies by 60 runs in a three-day match in Dublin in 1928, for example; it was Ireland's first match against the West Indies.[22] In 1969, in a match played at Sion Mills in County Tyrone, the team defeated a West Indian side including Clive Lloyd and Clyde Walcott by nine wickets, after bowling them out for 25.[23] This was the last time Ireland defeated a touring side until 2003, when they beat Zimbabwe by ten wickets.[24]

The Scots and the Irish were mostly competing with Sri Lanka for the title as the best non-Test nation at the time – indeed, Ireland drew with Sri Lanka in a rain-hit first-class match in 1979, Ireland scoring a total of 341 for 7 in two innings, while Sri Lanka made 288 for 6 in one innings. Ireland, along with Scotland and the Netherlands, has at times played in competitions for English county cricket sides, including the Benson & Hedges Cup and the Friends Provident Trophy (previously the C&G Trophy). Since there is no nationality restriction in county cricket, non-Irish people were allowed to compete for Ireland in these matches. For example, Hansie Cronje of South Africa played for Ireland in 1997,[25] as did New Zealander Jesse Ryder in 2007.[26]

Associate Member (1993–2007)

Ireland joined the ICC as an Associate Member in 1993, a year before Scotland.[27] This meant Ireland could play in the ICC Trophy for the first time in 1994, and they finished seventh in the tournament.[28] Three years later they progressed to the semi-finals of the competition but lost the third place play-off with Scotland, thus missing a place at the 1999 cricket World Cup. Ireland finished eighth in the 2001 tournament.[29] After this, Adrian Birrell was hired as coach.[8]

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Ireland playing against Essex in the Friends Provident Trophy at Clontarf in 2007.

With the introduction of the ICC Intercontinental Cup in 2004,[30] Ireland had a chance to play first-class on a regular basis. After failing to progress beyond the group stages in the 2004 competition,[31] Ireland won their first Cup title in October 2005 with a six-wicket win over Kenya.[32] The 2005 ICC Trophy, which was hosted in Ireland – the group stages in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the final stages in Dublin, Republic of Ireland – saw the Irish make the final, which they lost to Scotland.[33] Though Ireland were runners-up, they had secured their place at the 2007 World Cup as well as an extra $500,000 over the next four years from the ICC to encourage development of Irish cricket.[34] They also gained official ODI status.[34]

Ireland's inaugural ODI was played in front of a full house of 7,500 spectators at Stormont, Belfast, on 13 June 2006 against England. It was the first time Ireland had played the full England side. Though Ireland lost by 38 runs, they were praised by Andrew Strauss, England's stand-in captain.[35][36] Template:Single-innings cricket match August saw them participate in Division One of the European Championship, against Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Scotland. The games against the Netherlands and Scotland had ODI status. In the tournament, and what was the team's second ODI, Ireland recorded their first ODI win, beating fellow Associates Scotland by 85 runs after man-of-the-match Eoin Morgan made 99.[37] Although the match against the Netherlands was a no-result, Ireland won the European Championship title.[38] Ireland's second Intercontinental Cup title came in the 2006–2007 competition. They faced Canada in the final and won by an innings and 115 runs, the four-day match concluding within two days. This made Ireland the first team to successfully defend the Continental Cup.[39]

For the 2006 season, the C&G Trophy was reorganised to include a round-robin stage instead of being entirely knock-out. Whereas Ireland had only one match guaranteed in the tournament before, they now had more fixtures against English county sides. Ireland recorded one win in their nine matches.[40] Ireland participated in the competition until it was restructured again in 2009. In that time they played 25 matches and won two.[41][42] The latter of those victories was against Worcestershire; in that match Ireland bowled Worcestershire out for 58, which was their lowest ever one-day total. It was the first time that Ireland had bowled out a county for less than 100.[43][44] Ireland were invited to participate in the reformatted competition from 2010 onwards, but chose not to do so, and instead focused their limited financial resources on international cricket.[45]

One-Day International status without test status (2007–2016)

At the start of 2007, Ireland saw more than three months of almost constant cricket. First was a visit to Kenya, where they took part in Division One of the ICC World Cricket League. They finished fifth in the league after four narrow defeats, and Kenya won the league.[46] Before the World Cup, the team participated in a high-performance camp in South Africa.[47] Ireland's performance in their inaugural World Cup in the 2007 Cricket World Cup took many pundits by surprise. In their first game, on 15 March, they tied with Zimbabwe, primarily thanks to Ireland's first ever World Cup century by man-of-the-match Jeremy Bray and economical bowling in the final overs by Trent Johnston and Andre Botha.[48] In their second match, played on Saint Patrick's Day, they beat the fourth-ranked team in the world, Pakistan, by three wickets, thus knocking Pakistan out of the competition.[49] Template:Single-innings cricket match These two results were enough to advance Ireland to the Super-8 stage of the tournament. In their final group-stage game, the West Indies beat them by eight wickets.[50] In the Super 8 stage, they lost their matches against England, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and Sri Lanka, but recorded a 74-run victory against Test-playing nation Bangladesh, the 9th-ranked team in the world. The team received a heroes' welcome in Dublin.[51]

After the World Cup, former West Indies cricketer Phil Simmons took over the role of coach from Birrell.[52] India were scheduled to play South Africa in a series of One Day Internationals in Ireland in June 2007. Ireland also played one-off matches at Stormont against the two teams. Missing several players from their World Cup squad, Ireland lost both games.[53] Ireland hosted a quadrangular tournament in Dublin and Belfast in July involving the West Indies, the Netherlands, and Scotland. Ireland and the West Indies both won their games against Scotland and the Netherlands with their direct encounter ending in no result due to rain. The West Indies won the tournament because of a bonus point won against the Netherlands.[54] Trent Johnston stepped down as captain and was replaced by William Porterfield in March 2008.[55]

The 2007–08 ICC Intercontinental Cup began in June, with Ireland playing their first match in August. In November 2008, the team's campaign ended. After finishing second in the round-robin stage of the competition, Ireland faced Namibia in the final. Ireland won by nine wickets, securing their third consecutive Intercontinental Cup title.[56] In March 2008 Ireland toured Bangladesh, playing three ODIs against the hosts and losing all of them.[57] In July, Ireland played a tri-series against New Zealand and Scotland in Aberdeen but lost both matches.[58]

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Ireland playing against Pakistan at the Kennington Oval during the 2009 T20 World Cup. Niall O'Brien is keeping wicket whilst and Trent Johnston is the fielder.

Reigning champions Ireland hosted the European Cricket Championship (Division One) in late July and they won their third European title, winning every match, including the decisive encounter against Scotland by seven wickets.[59] In early August, Ireland hosted five other Associate nations at the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Belfast; this was Ireland's Twenty20 International debut. Ireland would have faced the Netherlands in the final, however the match was rained off and the teams shared the trophy.[60] By getting to the final of the tournament, Ireland qualified for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England in June 2009. Later in August, Ireland were due to play three ODIs at home against Kenya. Ireland won the first game, the second game could not be finished due to rain and the last match was completely washed out.[61] In October, the team visited Kenya for a tri-series of ODIs with the hosts and Zimbabwe. Only two of Ireland's four games in the round-robin stage could be played, the others were rained off. Ireland lost their first match to Zimbabwe,[62] but won their second against Kenya, though they failed to qualify for the final.[63][64]

In the run-up to the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, Ireland were deprived of batsman Eoin Morgan, similarly to Ed Joyce several years earlier, who was selected to play for England, making him ineligible to play for Ireland again.[65] Ireland played their first Twenty20 International against a full ICC member side on 8 June 2009 and in their opening match of the tournament defeated Bangladesh by four wickets and knocked them out of the tournament.[66][67] Ireland progressed to the second stage of the competition. They were grouped with New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and lost all three of their matches. In 2009, Ireland played nine ODIs, winning the seven they played against Associate nations, losing their only match against a Test team (England), and one match was abandoned.[68]

Ireland played 17 One Day Internationals in 2010, winning 11 (including a victory over Bangladesh) and losing six.[69] Ireland were knocked out of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, hosted by South Africa in April and May, after being beaten by the West Indies and a washed out match against England.

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Captain William Porterfield batting against England during Malahide Cricket Club Ground's inaugural ODI in 2013.

The 2011 Cricket World Cup was held between February and March and hosted by Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Though Ireland did not progress beyond the first round they secured a historic victory against England.[70] Ireland beat England by 3 wickets with Kevin O'Brien hitting the fastest century in World Cup history, managing the feat in just 50 balls.[71] In passing England's total of 327 for victory, Ireland broke the record for the highest successful run chase in the World Cup.[72] Template:Limited overs matches Shortly after the tournament ended, the ICC announced that the World Cups in 2015 and 2019 would contain ten teams; the Associate countries, who were most likely to miss out in a tournament with fewer teams strongly objected, and, led by Ireland, urged the ICC to reconsider. In June the decision was reversed.[73][74] After the World Cup Ireland played Pakistan, England, and Scotland in ODIs but lost each match.[70] A further ODI against Sri Lanka was rained off. In all, Ireland played 12 ODIs in 2011, winning four.[75]

Ireland qualified for the 2015 Cricket World Cup, and were promoted to the ICC ODI Championship, leaving the World Cricket League, but not the ICC Intercontinental Cup. In their first match of the World Cup, Ireland defeated the West Indies by 4 wickets, chasing down 304 runs with 25 balls to spare.[76] Template:Single-innings cricket match In their second match they beat the United Arab Emirates by two wickets with four balls to spare; the target was 279. Out of only five successful World Cup chases of 300 runs or more, Ireland have provided three.[77][78]

In July 2016, Ireland played in its first five-match ODI series against Afghanistan which ended 2–2 with the first ODI being washed out. In September, Ireland toured South Africa for a one match ODI series against Australia and the hosts but lost both games. At the ICC's board meeting in October, Ireland was awarded first-class status for its domestic competition, the Inter-Provincial Championship.

In May 2017, Ireland travelled to England to play a two-match ODI series for the first time, though they ended up losing both games.

Test status (2017–present)

In January 2012 Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom publicly declared Ireland's ambition to play Test cricket by 2020. Their desire to achieve Test status was in part to stem the tide of Irish players using residency rules to switch to England for the opportunity to play Test cricket. Deutrom outlined the ambition as he unveiled the new strategic plan for Irish cricket to 2015. The plan set out a series of stretching goals including increasing the number of participants in the game to 50,000, setting a target of reaching 8th in the World rankings, establishing a domestic first-class cricket structure, and reinforcing cricket as the fifth most popular team sport in Ireland.[79][80]

Deutrom had already sent a letter to the ICC in 2009 stating his board's intention to apply for Full Membership – a potential pathway to Test cricket – and to seek clarification on the process.[81] Former Australian bowler Jason Gillespie said that if Ireland got Test status it "would be huge news in world cricket, and it would be a massive positive story for the world game".[82] Following Ireland's victory over the West Indies in the 2015 Cricket World Cup, former fast bowler Michael Holding said that the International Cricket Council should grant Ireland Test status immediately, saying "they need to be recognised now".[83] 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.[84]

However, on 22 June 2017, after more than a decade of playing top-class international cricket, full ICC membership was granted to Ireland (along with Afghanistan) at an ICC meeting in London, thus making them the eleventh Test cricket team.[85] In October 2017, the ICC announced that Ireland's first Test match would be at home against Pakistan in May 2018.[86][87] Ireland played their first 'touring' Test in India in March 2019 against fellow newcomers Afghanistan, where they lost by 7 wickets. This was followed by a four-day Test match against England at Lord's in July 2019.[88] According to the ICC Future Tours Programme for 2019–23, Ireland are scheduled to play sixteen Tests, but along with Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, are not included in the first two editions of the ICC World Test Championship.[89]

Template:Two-innings cricket match Ireland played England in a four-day Test match at Lord's in July 2019. Even though they bowled England out for 85 before lunch on the first day, they were themselves all out for 38 in the final innings, losing the match by 143 runs.[90]

In October 2019, Andrew Balbirnie was appointed Test and ODI captain and one month later, in November he also took over the captaincy of T20I from Gary Wilson, thus becoming all format captain for Ireland.[91]

On 16 January 2022, Ireland claimed their first away ODI series win over a fellow Test nation by beating the West Indies by two wickets at Sabina Park in Jamaica.[92] On 31 March 2023, Ireland claimed their first win against Bangladesh on Bangladeshi soil in the third match of their T20 three match series.[93] Ireland achieved their first-ever series win in Zimbabwe, after winning a three-match series 2–1 in December 2023.[94] The following week they followed up their T20 success with a 2–0 one-day international series victory, which was their first ODI series win in Zimbabwe.[95]

Ireland won their first Test on 1 March 2024 (after losing their first seven), defeating Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi by six wickets.[96] Template:Two-innings cricket match

A couple months after their first Test victory, Ireland secured their first T20 victory over Pakistan in two attempts, winning by five wickets with one ball remaining.[97] In July 2024 Ireland beat Zimbabwe by four wickets at Stormont and recorded a second consecutive Test victory and a first on home soil.[98] In September 2024 Ross Adair's maiden century powered Ireland to their first T20 win over South Africa to share the series 1–1.[99] Ireland followed this up with a 69-run victory over South Africa in the final match of their ODI series, their second ever victory over South Africa in the ODI format.[100] In May 2025 Ireland beat the West Indies by 124 runs in the first ODI in Dublin marking, its biggest win by runs against a Full Member and their fourth-biggest victory overall.[101]

International grounds

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Ground Location Provincial team Capacity First Used Test ODI T20I
Clontarf Cricket Club Ground (Castle Avenue) Dublin Leinster Lightning 3,200 1999 — 25[102] 1[103]
Civil Service Cricket Club Ground (Stormont) Belfast Northern Knights 7,000 2006 1 31[104] 17[105]
Malahide Cricket Club Ground (The Village) Malahide Leinster Lightning 11,500 2013 1[106] 16[107] 13[108]
Bready Cricket Club Ground Magheramason North West Warriors 3,000 2015 — 1[109] 9[110]

Governing body

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Flag of the Irish team

The Irish Cricket Union (ICU) – the governing body of Irish cricket – was officially founded in 1923, although its predecessor had been active since 1890.[17]

In common with a number of other Ireland sporting governing bodies, the Union was formed to represent cricket throughout the island of Ireland, rather than just the Republic of Ireland. In common with its counterparts for rugby union, rugby league and field hockey, the Union therefore does not use the Irish tricolor, but instead employs its own flag, which is used by such bodies as the International Cricket Council to represent the team and in ICC tournaments; "Ireland's Call" is used as the national anthem.[111][112]

After the World Cup, Irish cricket had poor results in the 2007 Friends Provident Trophy, as many players were unavailable. The Irish cricket team was an amateur side and most of the players had full-time jobs with commitments conflicting with cricket.[47]

Warren Deutrom, the chief executive of the ICU, has stated that it wants to "seek actively to place Irish players into top-level cricket, by developing relationships with [especially] county cricket which will incorporate appropriate player release for Irish international duty, and feeder systems for developing Irish cricketers".[113] The reorganised ICU sought closer links with the English county teams, to encourage the development of age group cricket, and to introduce a professional element into the Irish game. They also want to take the Ireland cricket team on winter tours more often.[113]

In an attempt to prevent the game losing players to counties or other commitments such as jobs, it was suggested that central contracts should be introduced.[114] This was done in June 2009, with the first two going to Trent Johnston and Alex Cusack.[66] The number of full-time contracts was expanded to six in January 2010 with support for a further nine players; the contracts were split into three categories.[115][116] In January 2012 the number of contracts was increased to 23, and coach Phil Simmons highlighted the process of becoming professional as an important factor in the team's success.[117]

Team colours

In Test matches, Ireland wears cricket whites, with the optional sweater or vest with a green v-neck with the Cricket Ireland logo on the centre. The shirts feature the Cricket Ireland logo on the right breast, the manufacturer logo on the sleeve and the sponsor logo on the left breast. The fielders wear a navy blue cricket cap or a white sunhat with the Cricket Ireland logo. The batsman helmets are coloured similarly. In limited-overs cricket, Ireland wears an emerald green (in ODI) or lawn green (in T20) uniform with dark blue and white accents and feature the Cricket Ireland logo on the right breast, the sponsor logo on the centre and the manufacturer logo on the left breast. The fielders wear a dark blue baseball-style cap or sunhat.[118]

Dark blue, sometimes referred to as 'presidential blue', taken from both the Irish Presidential seal and the Irish quarter of the British Royal coat of arms, is historically considered a secondary national colour of Ireland, and frequently appears along with green on the kit of all-island teams e.g. hockey and rugby union.[119]

In ICC-regulated tournaments, the sponsor logo goes to the non-leading arm sleeve, making space for the inscription "IRELAND" written in white, on the centre section of the shirt. The current kit supplier is Macron, who signed a four-year deal in April 2023.[120]

Tournament history

Cricket World Cup

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World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Template:Flagicon 1975 Not eligible
Template:Flagicon 1979
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1983
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1987
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1992
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1996 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1999
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2003
Template:Flagicon 2007 Super 8 8/16 9 2 6 1 0
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2011 Group Stage 11/14 6 2 4 0 0
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2015 9/14 6 3 3 0 0
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2019 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2023
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2027 TBD
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2031
Total Super 8 (2007) 3/12 21 7 13 1 0

T20 World Cup

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T20 World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Template:Flagicon 2007 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2009 Super 8 8/12 5 1 4 0 0
Template:Flagicon 2010 Group stage 9/12 2 0 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon 2012 2 0 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon 2014 13/16 3 2 1 0 0
Template:Flagicon 2016 15/16 3 0 2 0 1
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2021 14/16 3 1 2 0 0
Template:Flagicon 2022 Super 12 10/16 8 3 4 0 1
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2024 Group stage 18/20 4 0 3 0 1
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026 Group stage 13/20 4 1 2 0 1
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2028 Qualified
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030 Qualified as co-hosts
Total Super 8 (2009) 9/10 33 8 19 0 5

Other tournaments

ICC Trophy / World Cup Qualifier
(One day, List A from 2005) 		Intercontinental Cup
(FC) 		ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
(T20I/Twenty20) 		T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final
  • 1979–1990 inclusive: Ineligible (not an ICC member)
  • 1994: Second round
  • 1997: 4th place
  • 2001: 7th place
  • 2005: 2nd place (qualified)
  • 2009: Won (qualified)
  • 2014: Pre-qualified through ICC WCL Championship
  • 2018: 5th place
  • 2023: 7th place
  • 2009: Won (qualified)
  • 2010: 2nd place (qualified)
  • 2012: Won (qualified)
  • 2013: Won (qualified)
  • 2015: 3rd place (qualified)
  • 2019: 3rd place (qualified)
  • 2022: 2nd place (qualified)
  • 2023: 2nd place (qualified)
ICC 6 Nations Challenge/
World Cricket League (ODI) 		European Championship (OD/ODI) ‡ Triple Crown
(Tournament defunct)
  • 2000: 3rd place
  • 2002: Did not participate
  • 2004: Did not participate
  • 2007: 5th place (Division One)
  • 2010: Won (Division One)
  • 2011–13: Won (ICC WCL Championship)
  • 1996: Won
  • 1998: 4th place (Division One)
  • 2000: 4th place (Division One)
  • 2002: 3rd place (Division One)
  • 2004: 2nd place (Division One)
  • 2006: Won (Division One)
  • 2008: Won (Division One)
  • 2010: 2nd place (Division One) as Ireland A
  • 1993: 2nd place
  • 1994: 3rd place
  • 1995: 3rd place
  • 1996: Won
  • 1997: 3rd place
  • 1998: 3rd place
  • 1999: 4th place
  • 2000: 2nd place
  • 2001: 4th place

‡ Only the matches between Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands in the 2006 tournament have official ODI status.

European Annual Tri-Series (T20I)

Result summary
Year Position GP W L T NR
Template:Flagicon 2018 3/3 4 1 2 1 0
Template:Flagicon 2019 1/3 4 2 1 0 1
Total 8 3 3 1 1

Current squad

This lists all the active players who have played for Ireland in the past year (since 21 February 2025) and the forms in which they have played, or any players (in italics) outside this criterion who have been selected in the team's most recent squad. In addition, it includes all players contracted by Cricket Ireland in June 2025,[121] apart from PJ Moor who retired from international cricket in July 2025.[122]

Key

  • S/N = Shirt number
  • Con = Contract type (Full-time / Part-year)
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Con Forms S/N Captaincy Last Test Last ODI Last T20I
Batters
Ross Adair Template:Age Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Northern Knights F/T T20I 15 — — Template:Cricon 2026
Andrew Balbirnie Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm off-break North West Warriors F/T Test, ODI 63 Test (C) Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2024
Cade Carmichael Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm medium Northern Knights — Test, ODI 8 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2025 —
Paul Stirling Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm off-break Northern Knights F/T Test, ODI, T20I 1 ODI (C) & Test (VC) Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2026
Harry Tector Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm off-break Leinster Lightning F/T Test, ODI, T20I 13 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2026
Tim Tector Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm off-break Leinster Lightning — T20I 4 — — Template:Cricon 2026
Morgan Topping Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm off-break Northern Knights P/Y — 29 — — —
All-rounders
Curtis Campher Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Munster Reds F/T Test, ODI, T20I 32 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2026
Gareth Delany Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm leg-break Munster Reds F/T T20I 64 — Template:Cricon 2023 Template:Cricon 2026
George Dockrell Template:Age Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Leinster Lightning F/T ODI, T20I 50 Template:Cricon 2023 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2026
Jordan Neill Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Northern Knights — Test, ODI 39 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2025 —
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Ben Calitz Template:Age Left-handed Right-arm slow Northern Knights — T20I 72 — — Template:Cricon 2026
Stephen Doheny Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm off-break Munster Reds P/Y Test 20 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2024 Template:Cricon 2023
Neil Rock Template:Age Left-handed — Northern Knights F/T T20I 5 — Template:Cricon 2022 Template:Cricon 2025
Sam Topping Template:Age Left-handed — North West Warriors — — — — — —
Lorcan Tucker Template:Age Right-handed — Leinster Lightning F/T Test, ODI, T20I 3 ODI, T20I (VC) Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2026
Pace bowlers
Mark Adair Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Northern Knights F/T Test, ODI, T20I 32 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2026
Matthew Foster Template:Age Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium Northern Knights P/Y — 52 — — —
Fionn Hand Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm medium Leinster Lightning P/Y T20I 71 Template:Cricon 2023 Template:Cricon 2024 Template:Cricon 2025
Graham Hume Template:Age Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium North West Warriors F/T ODI, T20I 41 Template:Cricon 2023 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2025
Josh Little Template:Age Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium Leinster Lightning F/T ODI, T20I 82 — Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2026
Thomas Mayes Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Northern Knights — ODI 22 — Template:Cricon 2025 —
Barry McCarthy Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Leinster Lightning F/T Test, ODI, T20I 60 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2026
Liam McCarthy Template:Age Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Munster Reds P/Y ODI, T20I 34 — Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2025
Craig Young Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium North West Warriors F/T Test, T20I 44 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2024 Template:Cricon 2026
Spin bowlers
Gavin Hoey Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm leg-break Leinster Lightning P/Y Test 59 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2024 —
Matthew Humphreys Template:Age Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Northern Knights F/T Test, ODI, T20I 11 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2026
Andy McBrine Template:Age Left-handed Right-arm off-break North West Warriors F/T Test, ODI 35 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2025 Template:Cricon 2022
Ben White Template:Age Right-handed Right-arm leg-break Munster Reds F/T T20I 86 Template:Cricon 2023 Template:Cricon 2023 Template:Cricon 2025

Coaching staff

Position Name
High performance director Graeme West
Head coach Template:CriconHeinrich Malan
Batting and wicketkeeping coach Gary Wilson
Fast bowling coach Ryan Eagleson
Spin bowling coach Chris Brown
Fielding coach

Coaching history

Records

International match summary – Ireland[125][126][127]

Playing record
Format M W L T D/NR Inaugural match
Tests 12 3 9 0 0 11 May 2018
One-Day Internationals 210 83 108 3 16 13 June 2006
Twenty20 Internationals 188 78 99 2 9 2 August 2008

Last updated 14 February 2026

Test matches

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Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break Most Test runs for Ireland[131]

Player Runs Average
Lorcan Tucker 703 43.93
Andy McBrine 581 32.27
Andrew Balbirnie 548 23.82
Paul Stirling 521 26.05
Harry Tector 474 26.33

Template:Col-break Most Test wickets for Ireland[132]

Player Wickets Average
Andy McBrine 33 41.69
Mark Adair 25 28.60
Barry McCarthy 16 20.00
Matthew Humphreys 15 37.13
Tim Murtagh 13 16.38

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  • Bold – still playing for Ireland

Test record versus other nations[125]

Opponent Matches Won Lost Draw Tied First win
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Template:Cr 2 2 0 0 0 28 July 2024

Records complete to Test #2607. Last updated 23 November 2025.

One-Day Internationals

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Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break Most ODI runs for Ireland[136]

Player Runs Average
Paul Stirling 6,005 37.76
William Porterfield 4,343 30.58
Kevin O'Brien 3,619 29.42
Andrew Balbirnie 3,264 32.00
Niall O'Brien 2,581 28.05
Ed JoyceTemplate:Efn 2,151 41.36
Gary Wilson 2,072 23.81
Harry Tector 1,992 47.32
George Dockrell 1,459 22.44
Curtis Campher 1,113 33.72

Template:Col-break Most ODI wickets for Ireland[137]

Player Wickets Average
Kevin O'Brien 114 32.68
George Dockrell 111 35.89
Boyd RankinTemplate:Efn 96 28.27
Andy McBrine 91 38.01
Craig Young 81 25.85
Barry McCarthy 81 29.20
Tim Murtagh 74 30.94
Trent Johnston 66 32.04
Mark Adair 71 33.95
Alex Cusack 63 23.96

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Highest ODI scores for Ireland[138]

Player Runs Opposition Venue Competition Date
Paul Stirling 177 Canada Toronto Irish cricket team in Canada in 2010–11 7 September 2010
Paul Stirling 162 UAE Bulawayo 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier 27 June 2023
Ed Joyce 160* Afghanistan Belfast Afghan cricket team in Ireland in 2016 19 July 2016
Andrew Balbirnie 145* Template:Cr Dehradun Irish cricket team against Afghanistan in India in 2018–19 5 March 2019
Paul Stirling 142 Template:Cr Southampton Irish cricket team in England in 2020 4 August 2020
Kevin O'Brien 142 Kenya Nairobi (Ruaraka) 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One 2 February 2007
Harry Tector 140 Bangladesh Chelmsford Bangladeshi cricket team against Ireland in England in 2023 12 May 2023
William Porterfield 139 UAE Dubai 2017–18 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series 13 January 2018
Harry Tector 138 Afghanistan Sharjah Irish cricket team against Afghanistan in the UAE in 2023–24 7 March 2024
Andrew Balbirnie 135 West Indies The Village, Malahide 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series 11 May 2019
  • Bold – still playing for Ireland

ODI record versus other nations[126]

Opponent M W L T NR First win
v. Full members
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Template:Cr 15 2 11 0 2 2 March 2011
Template:Cr 3 0 3 0 0
Template:Cr 7 0 7 0 0
Template:Cr 7 1 5 1 0 17 March 2007
Template:Cr 11 2 8 0 1 13 July 2021
Template:Cr 5 0 5 0 0
Template:Cr 18 4 12 0 2 16 February 2015
Template:Cr 25 11 10 1 3 30 September 2010
v. Associate Members
Template:Cr 1 1 0 0 0 31 January 2007
Template:Cr 8 6 2 0 0 6 April 2009
Template:Cr 10 7 2 0 1 24 August 2008
Template:Cr 1 1 0 0 0 4 July 2023
Template:Cr 13 8 3 1 1 11 July 2007
Template:Cr 1 0 1 0 0
Template:Cr 1 1 0 0 0 6 March 2018
Template:Cr 21 15 5 0 1 5 August 2006
Template:Cr 9 8 1 0 0 25 February 2015
Template:Cr 1 1 0 0 0 30 June 2023

Records complete to ODI #4877. Last updated 25 May 2025.

Twenty20 Internationals

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Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break Most T20I runs for Ireland[141]

Player Runs Average
Paul Stirling 3,895 26.31
Andrew Balbirnie 2,392 23.45
Kevin O'Brien 1,973 21.21
Harry Tector 1,845 24.93
Lorcan Tucker 1,730 22.76
George Dockrell 1,388 20.41
Gary Wilson 1,268 21.13
Gareth Delany 1,245 20.40
William Porterfield 1,079 20.35
Curtis Campher 1,067 20.92

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Most T20I wickets for Ireland[142]

Player Wickets Average
Mark Adair 142 19.80
George Dockrell 91 22.10
Craig Young 87 22.24
Josh Little 85 25.15
Barry McCarthy 73 29.28
Gareth Delany 59 26.47
Kevin O'Brien 58 19.81
Boyd Rankin 54 22.12
Simi Singh 44 27.84
Ben White 36 27.38

Template:Col-break Highest T20I scores for Ireland[143]

Player Runs Opposition, Date
Kevin O'Brien 124 Hong Kong, 7 Oct 2019
Paul Stirling 115* Zimbabwe, 1 Sep 2021
Ross Adair 100 South Africa, 29 Sep 2024
Harry Tector 96* Italy, 25 Jan 2026
Paul Stirling 95 West Indies, 15 Jan 2020
Lorcan Tucker 94* Austria, 23 Jul 2023
Lorcan Tucker 94* Oman, 14 Feb 2026
Paul Stirling 91 Afghanistan, 23 Feb 2019
Gareth Delany 89* Oman, 21 Oct 2021
Lorcan Tucker 84 United States, 23 Dec 2021

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T20I record versus other nations[127]

Opponent M W L T NR First win
v. Full members
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Template:Cr 11 3 7 0 1 8 June 2009
Template:Cr 4 1 2 0 1 26 October 2022
Template:Cr 8 0 8 0 0
Template:Cr 5 0 5 0 0
Template:Cr 5 1 4 0 0 10 May 2024
Template:Cr 7 1 6 0 0 29 September 2024
Template:Cr 4 0 4 0 0
Template:Cr 9 3 4 0 2 19 February 2014
Template:Cr 18 8 8 0 2 17 March 2014
v. Associate Members
Template:Cr 1 1 0 0 0 23 July 2023
Template:Cr 1 1 0 0 0 19 February 2022
Template:Cr 1 1 0 0 0 3 August 2008
Template:Cr 5 2 3 0 0 22 March 2012
Template:Cr 1 1 0 0 0 21 July 2023
Template:Cr 1 1 0 0 0 21 February 2022
Template:Cr 4 2 2 0 0 7 October 2019
Template:Cr 4 3 1 0 0 20 July 2023
Template:Cr 2 2 0 0 0 25 October 2019
Template:Cr 5 5 0 0 0 4 August 2008
Template:Cr 2 1 1 0 0 2 November 2019
Template:Cr 3 3 0 0 0 13 July 2015
Template:Cr 15 7 7 0 1 13 February 2010
Template:Cr 1 1 0 0 0 26 October 2019
Template:Cr 7 5 2 0 0 13 February 2019
Template:Cr 4 2 2 0 0 12 October 2021
Template:Cr 16 9 4 1 2 2 August 2008
Template:Cr 13 6 7 0 0 19 March 2014
Template:Cr 2 1 1 0 0 23 December 2021

Records complete to T20I #3708. Last updated 14 February 2026.

First-class

  • Highest team total: 589/7 declared v. UAE, 13 March 2013, ICC Intercontinental Cup match at Sharjah, UAE[144]

Most First-class runs[145]

Player Matches Innings Average 100s Runs
Kevin O'Brien 38 56 40.17 2 1848
William Porterfield 28 46 40.95 5 1802
Andrew White 30 41 52.81 5 1637
Stanley Bergin 27 52 34.26 2 1610
Niall O'Brien 21 33 49.23 6 1526

Most First-class wickets[146]

Player Matches Overs Average 5WI Wickets
Jimmy Boucher 28 905.4 14.04 18 168
Trent Johnston 28 632.1 17.20 32 97
Alec O'Riordan 25 749.4 21.39 5 75
George Dockrell 18 642.3 26.06 3 71
Dermott Monteith 19 695.2 18.96 5 70

Highest individual innings[147]

Player Score Opponents Date Venue
Ed Joyce 231 UAE 2–3 June 2015 Malahide
Eoin Morgan 209* UAE 11 February 2007 Abu Dhabi
Andrew Balbirnie 205* Netherlands 15 August 2017 Malahide
Ed Joyce 205 Namibia 24 October 2015 Windhoek
Jeremy Bray 190 UAE 25 February 2005 Windhoek
Andre Botha 186 Scotland 9 August 2007 Belfast
William Porterfield 186 Namibia 24 October 2015 Windhoek
Niall O'Brien 176 UAE 23 October 2005 Windhoek
Niall O'Brien 174 UAE 6 March 2008 Abu Dhabi
Andre Botha 172 Netherlands 9 July 2008 Rotterham

Best bowling in an innings[148]

Player Figures Opponents Date Venue
Francis Fee 9/26 Scotland 27 July 1957 College Park
Garfield Harrison 9/113 Scotland 11 August 1990 Myreside
Scott Huey 8/48 MCC 04 September 1954 College Park
Robert Gregory 8/80 Scotland 29 August 1912 Rathmines
Bob Lambert 7/11 Scotland 21 July 1910 College Park
Jimmy Boucher 7/13 New Zealand 11 September 1937 Rathmines
Jimmy Boucher 7/18 Scotland 24 June 1950 North Inch Perth
Dermott Monteith 7/38 Scotland 11 August 1973 Mardyke
Roy Torrens 7/40 Scotland 10 August 1974 Cambusdoon Ayr
Henry Morgan 7/41 Scotland 17 June 1933 Ormeau

Note: Ivan Anderson's 198* v. Canada was in a non-first-class match

See also

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Notes

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Further reading

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  • Do They Play Cricket in Ireland? The 25-year Journey to a Test Match at Lord's{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Pitch Publishing(2021). ISBN 9781785318405

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