Author: Craig Easdown

Paul Stirling to join Test squad for Sri Lanka tour

DUBLIN – Paul Stirling will join up with Ireland Men’s Test match squad for the Sri Lanka leg of the current tour and will be available for selection for the second Test to be played in Galle between 24-28 April 2023.Stirling’s addition makes the travelling squad a 16-player party for the second Test of the…

Preview: Ireland Men’s return to Test cricket

Excitement is growing amongst Irish cricket fans with a 1,348-day wait soon to be over as Ireland Men enter the Test cricket arena once more as they take on Bangladesh in Dhaka on Tuesday. Play is scheduled to begin at 10am (local time) or 5am (Ireland time).When Cricket Ireland was granted International Cricket Council (ICC)…

Ireland’s commanding first tour win over Bangladesh gives bounce ahead of Test Match

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh – Paul Stirling and Matthew Humphreys starred to give Ireland a seven-wicket victory in their final white-ball match in Bangladesh.Humphreys took two wickets in his first three balls on T20I debut as Ireland bowled Bangladesh out for 124. In a standout performance with the ball, all seven of Ireland’s bowlers contributed to the…

Australia and West Indies loom large for Ireland Women as part of summer programme

DUBLIN – Irish cricket fans will be able to enjoy watching the world’s number one women’s cricket team, Australia, when the recently-crowned T20 World Champions visit Clontarf for a three-match ODI series this July. The series will be preceded by a six-match tour to the Caribbean for a series against the West Indies and followed…

Ireland Wolves warm-up fixture against Bangladesh confirmed for May

DUBLIN – Cricket Ireland today confirmed a 50-over warm-up match will be played between Ireland Wolves and Bangladesh Men on Friday 5 May 2023 ahead of the three-match World Cup Super League series between Ireland Men and Bangladesh Men.This is not the first time the two squads have met – the Ireland Wolves beat Bangladesh…

Carrie Archer to step down as National Selector

DUBLIN – Carrie Archer has today confirmed she will step down as Women’s National Selector after almost seven years involved on the panel.Originally appointed as a selector in May 2016, Archer was announced as Chair of Selectors in 2018. Player, coach, development officer, team manager and selector, Archer has held many roles within cricket –…

Bangladesh take unassailable lead in T20I series

CHATTOGRAM – Bangladesh took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20I series as they stormed to a 77-run victory in Chattogram.Litton Das struck Bangladesh’s fastest-ever T20I fifty off 18 balls, opening with Rony Talukdar to form a blistering partnership worth 124 runs off 56. A late-innings cameo from Shakib-Al-Hasan took Bangladesh to 202-3 in…

Bangladesh quell Ireland in rain-affected T20I

CHATTOGRAM – Bangladesh powered to victory over Ireland in the first T20I of the series, scoring 207 before Taskin Ahmed starred in a rain-affected chase.Rony Talukdar notched his maiden T20I half-century score as Bangladesh hit their third-highest score in men’s T20Is, as he and Litton Das wreaked havoc in the powerplay. The openers put on…

CIYMS finish third in Europe after inspirational tournament run

MALAGA, Spain – After a hugely entertaining ten days of play, Belfast’s CIYMS fell at the penultimate stage of the European Cricket League to English side Hornchurch by 7 wickets.Having qualified for the competition following a six-wicket victory over Cork Harlequins in the Clear Currency All-Ireland T20 Cup at the Mardyke, CIYMS headed to Spain…

Stirling steps in as T20I captain as Balbirnie rested from series

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh – Ireland Men’s captain Andrew Balbirnie will be rested from the T20 International series against Bangladesh this week, with Paul Stirling stepping into the role it was confirmed today. Stirling has captained Ireland six times in T20Is in the past and has been vice-captain of Ireland Men since 2019. Lorcan Tucker will act…