…was here that Imran Khan took his first baby-steps for Sussex as a recent graduate from Oxford University. The opposition was Ireland. The ground was tiny and the start was…
…Their route to the Ashes will see history be created when they play Ireland in the first ever Test meeting between the two nations. The Lord’s Test with Ireland will…
By Chris Stocks It is more than three years since Mark Wood made his debut for England in a one-day international against Ireland in Dublin. The fact that match was…
…his finger last month. Azhar Ali has reaped modest results from the crease this season in Tests against Ireland and England, scoring 73 runs across six innings. The 33-year-old had…
…standing in the process. Until Ireland’s inaugural Test in May, their captain Will Porterfield carried the unfortunate tag as the man with the most limited-overs international centuries without having made…
…day, Ireland beat Pakistan, knocking them out in the opening round; Bangladesh beat India, too, setting up India for an ignominious first round exit of their own. Sadly, we know…
…2020 as well as further Tests against Zimbabwe, Ireland and Bangladesh over the four-year FTP window. England future Test tours 2019 West Indies (away) 3 matches Ireland (home) 1 match…
…as they have been unbelievable.” Winning one Test against Ireland and another against England, after the amount of cynicism expressed by all and sundry at home and abroad regarding the…
…this first Test. “The players have been out in India for the past six weeks or so and they’ve prepared as well as possible. Ireland have had their debut Test…
…fellow Associates Hong Kong and Nepal. Then came the Super Six stage. First, Scotland beat the UAE easily enough. Then came an agonising defeat to Ireland, when Andy Balbirnie should…
…39-year-old played in Ireland’s inaugural Test against Pakistan in his home city of Dublin earlier in May, but the veteran has taken the decision to move into coaching having been…
…India’s upcoming tours to Ireland and England.” With batsman Dean Elgar set to end his stay at Surrey to join up with South Africa at the end of this month,…
…throwing their weight behind old associate Manohar and the ECB unwilling to endorse Clarke. Manohar’s policies to date have seen Ireland and Afghanistan granted Full-Member status, but also refused to…
…his side’s favour and set him up for a fruitful international career. A surprise selection for Pakistan’s Test squad for the tour of Ireland and England, Fakhar, who has been…
…are using that to hopefully become a mainstream sport in Ireland. As Ireland’s cricket schedule looks set to balloon as part of the ICC’s Future Tours Programme, Deutrom says more…
…play Northamptonshire, before they play Ireland as the nation’s first opponents since gaining full-Member status last year along with Afghanistan. Pakistan tour of England 2018 schedule Northamptonshire v Pakistan (May…
…year. No longer associate nations, Ireland and Afghanistan will enter the rankings once they play their historic Tests against Pakistan and India. 1 India – 125 2 South Africa –…
…that World Cup now, you wouldn’t have teams getting absolutely bundled. “You could easily chuck Scotland and the Netherlands in there or Ireland and Zimbabwe as well, so that’s a…
…world. Cricket Ireland have unashamedly made New Zealand their model, working closing with New Zealand Cricket on understanding how a country with a smaller economy and fewer people than Ireland…
…and reacquainting themselves with the rhythms of 50-over cricket – a format that has its distinct rhythms to T20, and cannot be treated as a mere extension of it. Ireland,…
…a decade together, each finishing with 60-odd Test caps and more than 200 ODI appearances to their name. Ireland’s Kevin and Niall O’Brien experienced similar parity throughout their careers, if…
…team. Anthony Ireland The year before I signed for Gloucestershire, I was in the second team a lot with him and his ability was incredible. He’s one of the biggest…
…nations, Afghanistan, Ireland and Zimbabwe, play either each other or against the top nine nations – four-day Tests will become increasingly common, or even the norm. That is pragmatic and,…
…teams to 12, and include Afghanistan, Ireland and Zimbabwe. Certainly it is heartening that the ‘small three’, including the two new Test nations, actually have a reasonable programme of games:…
…negotiations between the BCCI and ACB conclude. Six months after the rapid rise of Afghanistan and Ireland saw the two countries bestowed by the ICC with Test status, India have…