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Match Report: Ireland Under-19s vs South Africa U-19s

Ireland opened their ICC Under-19s World Cup 2010 with a loss last night (morning local time in New Zealand). The underdogs from the outset, Ireland suffered an early batting collapse and lost to South...

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U19 Player Ratings vs South Africa

Andrew BalbirnieNot the best World Cup start from Ireland's captain. Only scored a single run from 24 balls. Was somewhat better bowling, taking 1-45 in 9 overs with one maiden, but would need higher...

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U-19 Preview: Ireland vs Australia

Ireland play their second Group B game at the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2010 tonight against Australia. The match starts at 9:30 p.m. our time, or 10:30 tomorrow local time in New Zealand.It's going to be...

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Match Report: Ireland Under-19s vs Australia U-19s

Ireland sadly slumped to their second defeat at the ICC Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. The result was a resounding 209 run defeat to Australia. Australia are one of the favourites for the...

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U19 Player Ratings vs Australia

Player ratings for Ireland's second Group B game at the 2010 ICC Under-19 World Cup against Australia.Andrew BalbirnieAnother below-expectations performance from the Ireland captain. Improved slightly...

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Match Report: Ireland Under-19s vs USA U-19s

Ireland played their last Group B game at the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup last night against rivals USA, who had beaten the Irish youth side just a few weeks previous. This time, the men in green...

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U19 Player Ratings vs USA

Ireland won their third and final group game at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand by five wickets thanks to fantastic batting from Paul Stirling and equally inspired bowling by Lee...

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Royal Bangalore sign Eoin Morgan in IPL Auction

Former Ireland international Eoin Morgan was the only English player signed at the IPL Auction this morning. The current England One Day International player has made a name for himself playing...

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Match Report: Ireland vs Afghanistan Day 1

At the close of play on Day 1 of Ireland's First Class four-day match against Afghanistan in the ICC Intercontinental Cup, the boys in green are still at bat with a marvellous score of 324/7.Ireland...

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U19 Player Ratings v Bangladesh

Ireland sadly lost by 195 runs to Bangladesh in the ICC Under 19 World Cup Plate competition - for the best runners up, and essentially came 10th in the World Cup overall. Not a terrible result for...

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Ireland U19 World Cup Player Stats

Ireland came 10th at the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, coming 3rd in Group B, and losing out in the Plate Final to Bangladesh. Here is how the players performed at the tournament.Ben...

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Ireland World Twenty20 Qualifying Squad Announced

The squads for the World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Dubai and Abu Dubai from February 9th to 15th have been announced. Eight teams are battling for two places. The winner of the tournament will...

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Sri Lanka A T20 Match Report

A solid opening innings from Ireland was not enough to overcome Sri Lanka A on Sunday at the Nondescripts Cricket Ground in Colombo. Ireland batted strongly with five players scoring 20 or more, and...

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Afghanistan T20 Match Report

After losing to Sri Lanka A in their first game, Ireland turned things around to beat Afghanistan in the Associates Twenty20 Series. A marvellous stint at bat from captain William Porterfield was the...

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Canada T20 Match Report

Eighteen year-old Hiral Patel was the hero for Canada as they defeated Ireland by four runs in a tense Twenty20 Cricket match in Sri Lanka at the Associates T20 Series. It was Patel's debut, and his 88...

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Ireland v Afghanistan T20 Match Report

Afghanistan 139/8 defeated Ireland 126/10.Ireland sadly slumped to defeat in their opening ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Dubai. They played Afghanistan in Group A, and after winning the toss, chose...

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Kevin O'Brien reaches 100 internationals

Yesterday, Kevin O'Brien became only the tenth Irish cricketer to reach the milestone of one hundred international caps. He's also the youngest (and fastest) player to reach that mark for Ireland.The...

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Ireland to play Jamaica ahead of World Twenty20

Cricket Ireland yesterday announced that Ireland would be taking on Jamaica in April ahead of the World Twenty20 which begins at the end of that month. Ireland will be competing in a three-day first...

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Ireland v USA T20 Match Report

Ireland achieved their record high score in Twenty20 Cricket yesterday as they opened with a marvellous 202 (for 4) against the United States of America. William Porterfield won the toss and chose to...

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Ireland v Scotland T20 Match Report

Ireland qualified for the Super Fours section of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifying tournament yesterday with a marvellous all-round game of cricket.Once again Ireland won the toss and chose to bat....

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