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DUBLIN – The next World Cup Super League series starts on Sunday at Malahide, where Ireland Men will take on New Zealand Men in three ODIs – 30 world cup qualification points are on the line.
See where the two sides are positioned on the World Cup Super League table here.

The official title of the series is: The ITW New Zealand Tour of Ireland ODI Series 2022.

FIXTURE SCHEDULE

Ireland Men v New Zealand Men ODI series
• Sunday 10 July: Ireland v New Zealand, 1st ODI (Malahide; start time 10.45am)
• Tuesday 12 July: Ireland v New Zealand, 2nd ODI (Malahide; start time 10.45am)
• Friday 15 July: Ireland v New Zealand, 3rd ODI (Malahide; start time 10.45am)

The ODI series will be followed by a T20I series:
• Monday 18 July: Ireland v New Zealand, 1st T20I (Stormont; start time 4pm)
• Wednesday 20 July: Ireland v New Zealand, 2nd T20I (Stormont; start time 4pm)
• Friday 22 July: Ireland v New Zealand, 3rd T20I (Stormont; start time 4pm)

ODI SQUADS

Ireland Men: Andrew Balbirnie (capt), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Andrew McBrine, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young.

New Zealand Men: Tom Latham (capt), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Dane Cleaver (wk), Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Adam Milne, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner, Will Young.

ATTENDING THE MATCHES

The first ODI on 10 July is sold out (capacity c.1,800)

Tickets for the second and third ODI are selling fast and can be purchased online at: www.ci.cricketireland.ie/tickets. Adults €25, kids €5.

BROADCAST DETAILS

In Republic of Ireland and the UK, matches will be shown on BT Sport as follows:

• 1st ODI – BT Sport ESPN
• 2nd ODI – BT Sport 2
• 3rd ODI – BT Sport 2
• 1st T20 – BT Sport 1
• 2nd T20 – BT Sport 1
• 3rd T20 – BT Sport 3

For the rest of the world, the broadcast details are:

• New Zealand: Spark Sport
• India: FanCode
• Sub Saharan Africa: SuperSport
• Caribbean: Flow Sports
• MENA: Etisalat
• South East Asia: Eleven
• US: Willow

RADIO / DIGITAL COVERAGE

talkSPORT (www.talksport.com) will be providing commentary of the series.

As one of the world’s biggest sports radio stations, talkSPORT has a commentary team that includes Tim Murtagh, Steve Harmison, broadcasters Neil Manthorp, Jarrod Kimber, Andrew McKenna and talkSPORT’s Cricket Editor Jon Norman.

To follow the action, download the talkSPORT app, re-tune your DAB radio in the UK, listen at talkSPORT.com or tell your smart speaker to ‘play talkSPORT 2’.

Along with talkSPORT’s online coverage in the Republic of Ireland, talkSPORT is also linking up with its sister stations, FM104 and Q102 in Dublin, 96FM and C103 in Cork, Live 95 in Limerick, LMFM in Drogheda and U105 in Belfast, so listeners can hear extended coverage, with live guests, highlights and player reaction.

Craig Easdown
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