Event: T20 World Cup

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Ireland cricketers come to grips with training in coronavirus era

Ireland's senior men's cricketers have negotiated their first week at training in the Covid-19 era and team captain Andy Balbirnie believes the transition has been smooth if not completely seamless.

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Cricket Ireland still hopeful England series will be played in July

Cricket Ireland remain hopeful that their senior men's team will face England in a trio of one-day internationals late next month.

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D-day approaches for Irish cricket's summer plans

Cricket Ireland will this week decide whether their summer series against New Zealand and Pakistan can go ahead, or if they are to join the growing list of top sporting fixtures postponed or canned as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Mass gatherings banned until September: but what does that actually mean for sport?

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Andrew Balbirnie to captain Ireland for 1,000th game

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Dubliner Eoin Morgan lands €650k contract to play in seven-week IPL next year

How a call from a Dublin GAA star helped new Ireland cricket captain get past injury woes

Balbirnie was this week named as the captain for the Ireland test and one-day teams, replacing William Porterfileld who captained the side over 250 times.

Mon, 11 Nov, 2019

Ireland hammer Nigeria to book T20 play-off spot

Ireland booked a place in the play-offs of the T20 World Cup qualifiers with a crushing eight-wicket win over Nigeria in Abu Dhabi.

Sat, 26 Oct, 2019

Ireland finding their feet on the world stage

It was a Christmas like no other for Clare Shillington. The poverty on the streets of Delhi made it different. So too did the fact that she was about to make her ICC World Cup debut, aged 16.

Fri, 18 Mar, 2016

Joyce: Big scalp would ease pain

Ed Joyce hopes a victory over ICC World Twenty20 champions Sri Lanka in Dublin will help Ireland’s cricketers recover from their own shock exit from the tournament.

Tue, 06 May, 2014

Joyce plots T20 World Cup shocks

It is new territory for the Irish women’s cricket team as they competed at their first ICC Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh today.

Tue, 25 Mar, 2014

Ireland win first T20 match in final ball of game

Ireland have beaten Zimbabwe in an incredibly tight opening game of the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh.

Mon, 17 Mar, 2014

Ireland cruelly denied chance to advance in T20 World Cup

Ireland disappointingly went out of the T20 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka at the hands of the West Indies who didn’t even have to bat as the game at the Royal Premedasa Stadium in Colombo was abandoned at the end of Ireland’s innings due to heavy and persistent rain.

Tue, 25 Sep, 2012

Johnston confident after Ireland victory

Ireland warmed up for their T20 World Cup battle with Australia in fine fettle after they beat Bangladesh in a thrilling tie by five runs at the Moors Cricket Ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka yesterday.

Tue, 18 Sep, 2012

Irish eye special win in battle of Clontarf

IRELAND captain William Porterfield has admitted his team-mates are dreaming of doing “something special” and beating world champions Australia in their one-day international in Dublin today.

Thu, 17 Jun, 2010

Botha blow adds to Ireland injury woes

THE strength in depth of Ireland cricket will be tested over the coming weeks after the announcement yesterday that stalwart all-rounder Andre Botha may have to undergo a second operation on his right ankle.

Fri, 10 Apr, 2009

Connell leads Ireland to unlikely win

CONFUSION reigned at the T20 World Cup qualifiers last night before Ireland battled to a wonderful victory over Bermuda, the rain and the ICC organisers to earn a semi-final against Kenya this morning.

Mon, 04 Aug, 2008