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Cricket Ireland announces men’s and women’s central contracts for 2024-25

Cricket Ireland - June 5, 2024

Photo Credit: Sam Navarro Cricket Ireland has today released its central playing contract lists for men and women with a total of 48 players now contracted, including a record number of full-time contracts handed to women. Player contracts were finalised and...

Governing Body News

High Performance improvements announced as Cricket Ireland plans for future

Cricket Ireland - May 31, 2024

Photo Credit: Sportsfile Cricket Ireland has today outlined a restructure of its High Performance and Cricket Operations functions to better meet the needs of the organisation as it enters its next period of growth. In 2017, Cricket Ireland was announced as...

Coaches: Hirings and Departures

Cricket Ireland: Heinrich Malan agrees contract extension until 2027

Cricket Ireland - May 28, 2024

Photo Credit: Sportsfile Ireland Men’s head coach Heinrich Malan has agreed a two-year contract extension that will take him up until mid-2027. Malan, 43, was appointed Ireland Men’s Head Coach in January 2022, beginning work in March that year on an...

Tournament News

Cricket Ireland: Men’s T20I Tri-Series announced ahead of T20 World Cup

Cricket Ireland - March 30, 2024

Photo Credit: Afghanistan Cricket Board Ireland Men’s T20 international squad will play four matches in the lead-up to this year’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup – the fixtures are part of a Tri-Series with Scotland and the Netherlands to be...

Associate Member Countries

Cricket Scotland to face Netherlands and Ireland ahead of Men’s T20 World Cup

Cricket Scotland - March 30, 2024

Photo Credit: ICC DUTCH AND IRISH PROVIDE T20 WORLD CUP WARMUP FOR SCOTS Scotland's Men will face Netherlands and Ireland in a T20i Tri-Series in the Netherlands in May, as final preparation for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The matches will...

Associate Member Countries

Cricket Netherlands: Ireland and Scotland travel to the Netherlands in May for T20I Tri-Series

Cricket Netherlands - March 30, 2024

Photo Credit: Cricket Netherlands In view of the ICC T20 Men's World Cup in June, for which the three countries have qualified, Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands will play a T20I Tri-Series in the Netherlands in May. The participating countries...

Tournament News

Cricket Ireland: Ireland Wolves will travel for an eight-match white ball tour of Nepal

Cricket Ireland - March 4, 2024

Photo Credit: Sportsfile Ireland Wolves will travel later this month for an eight-match white ball tour – playing both the Nepal Men’s senior team and Nepal A in Kathmandu. The tour will be led by Neil Rock, who has previously captained...

Tournament News

Cricket Ireland: Ireland Men are back in Test action next month as part of multi-format series

Cricket Ireland - January 10, 2024

Photo Credit: Bangladesh Cricket Board Ireland Men will return to Test cricket action next month when they face Afghanistan Men in Abu Dhabi – the red-ball match precedes three ODIs and three T20Is as part of a seven-match, multi-format series...

Players - Retirement

Cricket Ireland: Shauna Kavanagh pulls stumps on a 12-year international career

Cricket Ireland - August 18, 2023

Photo Credit: Sportsfile It’s been more than 12 years since Shauna Kavanagh made her international debut – one of only nine players to achieve 100 or more caps for Ireland Women. She will retire from international cricket at the end...

Players - Retirement

Cricket Ireland: Mary Waldron – Ireland’s most-capped female cricketer retires

Cricket Ireland - July 29, 2023

Photo Credit: Sportsfile Just over 13 years to the day from her international debut, Mary Waldron - Ireland Women’s most-capped player - has announced her retirement from playing cricket ending an international career that included 184 appearances and 148 dismissals. Dublin-born...

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