Batting first in the game which was reduced to 45 overs-a-side Ireland were bowled out for 198.

Ireland's first ball in Test cricket did not go according to plan.

Cricket Ireland recorded a dominant 226-run Duckworth-Lewis victory over the United Arab Emirates in Harare, Zimbabwe, to progress through to the Super Six stage of the World Cup qualifying tournament.

Stirling and captain William Porterfield combined to set a record-breaking opening partnership of 205.

Ireland have been awarded Test status and given full member status following a meeting of the International Cricket Council [ICC], the sport’s governing body, in London yesterday.

When Cricket South Africa announced last November that they had invited Ireland to play two one-day internationals in Benoni ahead of their series against Australia in September 2016, there was some quiet jubilation in Irish cricketing circles.

Ireland all-rounder Kevin O’Brien says the younger members of the squad are ready to make the “step up” to the big stage in the ICC World Twenty20 in India.

When Ireland begin their ICC World T20 campaign against Oman on March 9, there may be just a handful of “Blarney Army” supporters in the 23,000-capacity cricket stadium in the Indian city of Dharamsala.

Vice-captain Kevin O’Brien has been named in the Ireland squad to tour Zimbabwe and Namibia in October.

In his first press conference as the new Irish cricket coach in April, John Bracewell admitted he had coveted the job long before Phil Simmons left for the West Indies.

New Ireland head coach John Bracewell will seek a meeting with Boyd Rankin in a bid to persuade the England fast bowler to play for Ireland again.

Cricket Ireland will appoint New Zealander John Bracewell as their new head coach in the next few days. He will replace Trinidadian Phil Simmons, who left in March to become head coach of the West Indies.

Before the World Cup, Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom said that it would be a "failure" if Ireland missed out on the quarter-finals.

‘Best Team in Europe’ proudly proclaimed Irish banners at Hamilton, revelling in England’s first-round exit from the World Cup. 

Ireland arrived in Canberra as one of only three teams to have a perfect record in the 2015 Cricket World Cup. 

After the euphoria of Ireland’s successful overhaul of 305 against the West Indies, some blithely assumed that the UAE would meekly subside.

Cricket: Ireland batsman Andy Balbernie believes his team-mate Ed Joyce’s experience could be crucial at the World Cup, which gets underway this weekend.

Irish cricket’s big day was spoiled by two of its returning sons, as England beat Ireland by six wickets in the RSA Challenge at Malahide.

Eoin Morgan hit a superb century against his native Ireland to ensure his adopted country England avoided embarrassment in the RSA Challenge one-day international in Dublin.

England are struggling after losing four early wickets in their pursuit of 270 in the RSA Challenge one-day international against Ireland in Dublin.

Ireland coach Phil Simmons believes cricket has gone from strength to strength in the country since his side’s stunning World Cup win over England.

When the fastest bowler Ireland has ever produced marks his run-up on this morning, most of the 10,000 spectators at Malahide Cricket Club will be willing him to fail.

Cricket Ireland have awarded 17 central contracts for the coming season.

Max Sorensen has been rewarded with an 'A' contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2013 season.

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.

All-rounder John Mooney is out of Ireland’s squad for the next month’s World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka due to a fractured finger.

Gary Wilson’s unbeaten half-century steered Ireland to a comfortable win over Oman in their ICC World Twenty20 qualifier in Abu Dhabi.

Ireland hammered the United States by 64 runs to win their third match in a rowat the ICC World Twenty20 qualifier in Dubai.

Ireland made it two wins out of three in the ICC World Twenty20 qualifiers after a narrow two-wicket victory over Italy in Abu Dhabi.

Ireland scraped past Italy to make it two wins from three in the ICC World Twenty20 qualifier in Dubai.

Ireland’s cricketers got their ICC World Twenty20 qualification campaign back on track with an empathic 10-wicket win over Kenya.

Ireland bounced back from their first-day defeat at the ICC World Twenty20 qualifier in Dubai with a 10-wicket victory over Kenya.

CRICKET Ireland (CI) have outlined an ambitious plan to become a Test-playing nation by 2020, in an attempt to prevent their top players declaring for England.

England’s new-look one-day international side survived a nervy batting display and a dangerous cameo from their Bangalore conqueror Kevin O’Brien to beat Ireland by 11 runs in the RSA Challenge at Clontarf this afternoon.

Ireland had the best of the first hour against a new-look England side in the RSA Challenge at Clontarf.

IRELAND have named a full-strength squad for next Thursday’s one-day international against England at Clontarf.

Opening batsman Niall McDonnell is the only new face in a 14-man Ireland squad to face Pakistan in two one-day internationals later this month.

IRELAND’S cricket team has been “outrageously” excluded from the 2015 World Cup despite beating England and Pakistan in the last two competitions.

Ireland's exit from the World Cup was confirmed today after a below-par batting display saw them go down by 131 runs to South Africa in Kolkata.

JP Duminy's valiant 99 helped South Africa battle through a top-half batting failure against Ireland's disciplined bowling to reach 272 for seven in their World Cup Group B game at Kolkata today.

Devon Smith’s patient century and Kieron Pollard’s quickfire 94 guided the West Indies to a 44-run victory in their World Cup Group B match against Ireland in Mohali today.

Ireland's Kevin O'Brien hit the fastest hundred in World Cup history to sentence shell-shocked England to an astounding three-wicket defeat at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium tonight.