Ireland adapting to life in Ageas Bowl bio-bubble ahead of England series

The series in England comes after four months of inaction at all levels for Ireland’s men

The Ageas Bowl has already played host to the first England-West Indies test match earlier this month. Photo: Adrian Dennis/NMC Pool/PA Wire. 

Ireland’s cricketers have adapted seamlessly to the ‘new normal’ which, in their case, is an Ageas Bowl bio-bubble where they face England in the first of three ODIs this Thursday.

The squad and support staff arrived at the Southampton venue on Saturday via chartered flight and will remain in a sporting version of splendid isolation throughout the series, splitting their time between the on-site hotel, the various practise facilities and the main pitch itself.