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Afghanistan to travel to India for first ever Test match

11 December 2017 0 comments

…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…

Nixon column: Strict criteria to sign overseas players needs to be relaxed

21 November 2017 0 comments

…to be world class. But I can’t go near him because he doesn’t want to go Kolpak and wants to play for Ireland. He’s suffering because Irish first-class cricket isn’t…

Planet Cricket: How Bangladesh can cure their travel sickness

3 November 2017 1 comment

…also use the opportunity provided by Ireland’s elevation to Test cricket. In Irish conditions, Bangladesh would still rightly expect to win a Test series, but the experience of facing Ireland’s…

Dream Team XI: Dawid Malan

25 October 2017 0 comments

…taking it, too, before that unfortunate injury. Tim Murtagh It’s great to see Murts getting a chance with Ireland in Tests, we’ve seen him do it with the Associates, but…

Planet Cricket: Flawed plans in the World Test League but it’s a move in right direction

17 October 2017 0 comments

…bring the same number of total points as someone winning the Ashes series 5-0. Afghanistan and Ireland, elevated to Test status in June, have effectively been demoted to the ‘small…

ICC gives green light to Test and ODI overhaul

13 October 2017 0 comments

…is exactly that, a trial, just in the same way day-night tests and technology have been trialled.” As things currently stand, Zimbabwe and recently inducted Tier One nations Ireland and…

Hollioake reiterates his commitment to Afghanistan after bomb scare

19 September 2017 0 comments

…public were killed.” Newly-accredited with ICC Test member status along with Ireland, Afghanistan still faces major security concerns after intervention from Western powers earlier this century. Hollioake stated he would…

Five-star Mark Wood sends a reminder to England selectors

3 July 2017 0 comments

…squad for ODI matches against Ireland and South Africa where he built up his confidence, including a magical final over to deliver a series victory over the Proteas at the…

Planet Cricket – At last! Ireland and Afghanistan pass the Test

28 June 2017 0 comments

…in the case of Ireland, encourage players with Irish links to forge careers there rather than, say, Australia. For a Sheffield Shield player with Irish family links, playing for Ireland…

Clark sends Durham to victory on a day of firsts

26 June 2017 0 comments

…total. After Ireland’s Barry McCarthy (4-65) helped keep Glamorgan in sight second time round with his medium pace, Durham found themselves in a position to secure their first Championship victory…

Middlesex’s title defence gains momentum with significant win over Yorkshire

26 June 2017 0 comments

…and international call-ups, there was a lot of responsibility on Stirling. “It’s about time I scored a bit more consistently,” said the Ireland all-rounder. “But I don’t want to take…

Robinson’s charges are now hitting the right notes

30 May 2017 0 comments

…in a friendly fixture against Ireland. At the time, she tweeted, “I can’t thank the staff enough for helping me achieve more than I hoped for this tour. I didn’t…

Planet Cricket – Milne ruffling new feathers!

29 May 2017 0 comments

…another tyro. And last week, Milne played for New Zealand in Ireland, his first international for a full 14 months. Milne at his best is an intoxicating sight. He has…

Peter Hayter column – A claim of top Billings is often perilous

23 May 2017 0 comments

…(seventh), one against West Indies (ninth) and one against Ireland (12th out of 12). Their best performance was the first of the sequence, when they shocked beaten World Cup finalists…

Derek Pringle column – Bounce… It puts skids on the best…

16 May 2017 0 comments

There wasn’t much to be gleaned from England’s two 50-over matches against Ireland, which Eoin Morgan’s team won at a canter. Blown away in the first, at Bristol, Ireland were…

Peter Hayter column – New Road embodies the true values of cricket

16 May 2017 0 comments

You had to have been there. While the biggest names in world white-ball cricket were slogging themselves bandy in the Indian Premier League and England and Ireland’s ODI cricketers were…

Kiwis show how to love the IPL

15 May 2017 0 comments

Tim Wigmore applauds the sensible approach taken by New Zealand over player release for T20s New Zealand arrive in Ireland this week for their tri-series against Bangladesh and the hosts….

Allan Donald: England man Woakes can be one of the best!

12 May 2017 0 comments

…he’s a better cricketer for all those reasons.” Woakes will miss England’s first two one-day assignments of the summer against Ireland but will return to the squad for the series…

Alison Mitchell column – Sledging ain’t all that heavy, he’s my brother

9 May 2017 0 comments

…and Graeme Pollock, Andy and Grant Flower, Ben and Adam Hollioake, and more recently Shaun and Mitch Marsh for Australia and WA, Niall and Kevin O’Brien for Ireland and Leicestershire,…

England v South Africa: Kolpak Absentees Put Proteas on the Back Foot

9 May 2017 0 comments

…earlier, two-match series with Ireland as they play out the late stages of the IPL and this has been a long tournament; one that has taken its toll on the…

Jake aiming to have a Ball Down Under!

9 May 2017 0 comments

…Ireland and South Africa before a Champions Trophy that England go into as favourites, an unusual position for a side that have never won a major global 50 over competition….

Rest assured, I’ll be ready now says Root

2 May 2017 0 comments

…of the busiest-ever international summer – it starts with an ODI against Ireland in Bristol a week today and ends on September 29 – and then a winter that includes…

Friendly rivalry is driving Wilson on

25 April 2017 0 comments

…a home World Cup, with three matches against Ireland set to come next week – and head coach Mark Robinson has spiced things up by splitting his 25-strong squad in…

Afghans have edge now but don’t write off Irish

11 April 2017 0 comments

…same day their first team thrashed Ireland). What Ireland would give for such kind treatment by England, who have only deigned to send a below-par team to the Emerald Isle…

England women name squad for UAE training camp

24 March 2017 0 comments

…the team’s preparations ahead of the ICC Women’s World Cup in England this summer. The matches against the Ireland XI will take place on April 24, 26 and 28 at…

Search Results for "ireland"

Afghanistan to travel to India for first ever Test match

Nixon column: Strict criteria to sign overseas players needs to be relaxed

Planet Cricket: How Bangladesh can cure their travel sickness

Dream Team XI: Dawid Malan

Planet Cricket: Flawed plans in the World Test League but it’s a move in right direction

ICC gives green light to Test and ODI overhaul

Hollioake reiterates his commitment to Afghanistan after bomb scare

Five-star Mark Wood sends a reminder to England selectors

Planet Cricket – At last! Ireland and Afghanistan pass the Test

Clark sends Durham to victory on a day of firsts

Middlesex’s title defence gains momentum with significant win over Yorkshire

Robinson’s charges are now hitting the right notes

Planet Cricket – Milne ruffling new feathers!

Peter Hayter column – A claim of top Billings is often perilous

Derek Pringle column – Bounce… It puts skids on the best…

Peter Hayter column – New Road embodies the true values of cricket

Kiwis show how to love the IPL

Allan Donald: England man Woakes can be one of the best!

Alison Mitchell column – Sledging ain’t all that heavy, he’s my brother

England v South Africa: Kolpak Absentees Put Proteas on the Back Foot

Jake aiming to have a Ball Down Under!

Rest assured, I’ll be ready now says Root

Friendly rivalry is driving Wilson on

Afghans have edge now but don’t write off Irish

England women name squad for UAE training camp

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