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89-523: In 2014, a match between Ireland and Scotland in Dubai Triangular Series 2014–15 was called off. This was the first time that an ODI in the UAE had been a no result. In September 2019, both grounds were named as two of the venues to host cricket matches for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament. Following ODI centuries that have been scored at the venue. The following table summarizes

178-923: A quadrangular tournament in Dublin and Belfast in July involving the West Indies, the Netherlands, and Scotland. Ireland and the West Indies both won their games against Scotland and the Netherlands with their direct encounter ending in no result due to rain. The West Indies won the tournament because of a bonus point won against the Netherlands. Trent Johnston stepped down as captain and was replaced by William Porterfield in March 2008. The 2007–08 ICC Intercontinental Cup began in June, with Ireland playing their first match in August. In November 2008,

267-530: A T20 World Cup after 2023, with Malaysia being another possible contender. In November 2021, the ICC confirmed the hosts for the next four Men's T20 World Cup tournaments from 2024 to 2030. The United States and West Indies would co-host the 2024 edition, India and Sri Lanka to co-host the 2026 edition, Australia and New Zealand to co-host the 2028 edition and the 2030 edition is to be co-hosted by United Kingdom and Ireland. All ICC full members qualify automatically for

356-500: A domestic first-class cricket structure, and reinforcing cricket as the fifth most popular team sport in Ireland. Deutrom had already sent a letter to the ICC in 2009 stating his board's intention to apply for Full Membership – a potential pathway to Test cricket – and to seek clarification on the process. Former Australian bowler Jason Gillespie said that if Ireland got Test status it "would be huge news in world cricket, and it would be

445-430: A draw against Zimbabwe, and wins against Pakistan and Bangladesh confirmed Ireland's ODI status after the competition. Since then, they have gone on to play 197 ODIs, resulting in 78 victories, 101 defeats, 15 no results , and 3 ties . Contracts for players were introduced in 2009, marking the transition to becoming a professional team. Further success in the shortest format meant the Ireland team also qualified for

534-505: A massive positive story for the world game". Following Ireland's victory over the West Indies in the 2015 Cricket World Cup , former fast bowler Michael Holding said that the International Cricket Council should grant Ireland Test status immediately, saying "they need to be recognised now". The ICC said in 2015 that Ireland would be granted Test status in 2019 should they win the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup and beat

623-480: A second consecutive Test victory and a first on home soil. In September 2024 Ross Adair 's maiden century powered Ireland to their first T20 win over South Africa to share the series 1-1. Ireland followed this up with a 69-run victory over South Africa in the final match of their ODI series, their second ever victory over South Africa in the ODI format. The Irish Cricket Union (ICU) – the governing body of Irish cricket –

712-547: A time when the land war was already depleting landlords wealth. One of those to call for a formal body to organise cricket was Michael Cusack , later the founder of the GAA. Cusack, was a keen cricketer, later tried to organise cricket under the umbrella of the newly formed Gaelic Athletic Association. His motion, however, lost out narrowly. Consequently, in 1902 cricket fell under the GAA's newly introduced Law 27 banning its members from playing "foreign", in practice, British, games. Until

801-669: A total of 15 countries have hosted the tournament (including 6 island nations of the West Indies) . The next edition of the tournament will take place in India and Sri Lanka in 2026 . When the Benson & Hedges Cup ended in 2002, the ECB sought another one-day competition to fill with the younger generation in response to dwindling crowds and reduced sponsorship. The Board wanted to deliver fast-paced, exciting cricket accessible to fans who were put off by

890-476: A touring South African side in 1904. Their first match with first-class status was played on 19 May 1902 against a London County side including W.G. Grace . The Irish, captained by Sir Tim O'Brien , won convincingly by 238 runs . An Irish Cricket union was eventually set up in 1923 but some clubs refused to recognise its legitimacy. It was only in 2001 that Cricket Ireland became the official oversight body for cricket in Ireland recognised by all cricket clubs on

979-452: A year before Scotland. This meant Ireland could play in the ICC Trophy for the first time in 1994, and they finished seventh in the tournament. Three years later they progressed to the semi-finals of the competition but lost the third place play-off with Scotland, thus missing a place at the 1999 cricket World Cup . Ireland finished eighth in the 2001 tournament. After this, Adrian Birrell

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1068-503: Is made of silver and rhodium . It weighs approximately 7.5 kg (17 lb) and stands 51 cm (20 in) tall, with a width of 19 cm (7.5 in) at the top and 14 cm (5.5 in) at the base. Initially designed in 2007 by Minale Bryce Design Strategy, based in Queensland , Australia , the trophy was manufactured by Amit Pabuwal in India. Later, Links of London became

1157-512: Is used by such bodies as the International Cricket Council to represent the team and in ICC tournaments; " Ireland's Call " is used as the national anthem. In 2007, the ICU announced major changes to bring it into line with the main cricket governing bodies. After the World Cup, Irish cricket had poor results in the 2007 Friends Provident Trophy, as many players were unavailable. The Irish cricket team

1246-454: The 2007 Cricket World Cup took many pundits by surprise. In their first game, on 15 March, they tied with Zimbabwe , primarily thanks to Ireland's first ever World Cup century by man-of-the-match Jeremy Bray and economical bowling in the final overs by Trent Johnston and Andre Botha. In their second match, played on Saint Patrick's Day , they beat the fourth-ranked team in the world, Pakistan , by three wickets, thus knocking Pakistan out of

1335-597: The 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier . However the top eight full member teams in the ICC Men's T20I Team rankings on 8 October 2012 were given a place in the Super 10 stage. The remaining eight teams competed in the group stage , from which two teams advance to the Super 10 stage. Three new teams (Nepal, Hong Kong and the UAE) made their debut in this tournament. As part of a goal to heighten

1424-568: The Beige Brigade . Some of the players also sported moustaches/beards and hair-styles popular in the 1980s, taking part in a competition amongst themselves for "best retro look", at the request of the Beige Brigade. Australia won the game comprehensively, and as the result became obvious towards the end of the NZ innings, the players and umpires took things less seriously – Glenn McGrath jokingly replayed

1513-522: The Benson & Hedges Cup and the Friends Provident Trophy (previously the C&;G Trophy ). Since there is no nationality restriction in county cricket, non-Irish people were allowed to compete for Ireland in these matches. For example, Hansie Cronje of South Africa played for Ireland in 1997, as did New Zealander Jesse Ryder in 2007. Ireland joined the ICC as an Associate Member in 1993,

1602-630: The Cricket World Cup. India are the current champions and also the joint most successful side with West Indies and England after winning their 2nd title in the 2024 Tournament. The 2011 edition of the tournament was preponed to 2010 due to its replacement with the ICC Champions Trophy 2010. This scheduling bottleneck was caused after the 5th Edition of the ICC Champions Trophy , scheduled to be hosted by Pakistan in 2008

1691-526: The European Cricket Championship (Division One) in late July and they won their third European title, winning every match, including the decisive encounter against Scotland by seven wickets. In early August, Ireland hosted five other Associate nations at the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Belfast; this was Ireland's Twenty20 International debut. Ireland would have faced the Netherlands in

1780-486: The Gaelic Athletic Association , founded in 1884, began to challenge the popularity of cricket. There were widespread calls to establish a national cricketing union in Ireland the 1870s to oversee the sport but landlords who owned the estates on which cricket was predominantly played declined to do so, many believing the game would distract their tenant farmers from working and thus impact the estates' income at

1869-515: The ICC World Twenty20 ) is a biennial T20 cricket tournament, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) every 2 years since its inauguration in 2007 with the exception of 2011, 2018 and 2020. This event was rebranded from ICC World Twenty20 to ICC Men's T20 World Cup in November 2018. It is one of the most precious and widely viewed International cricket tournaments alongside

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1958-578: The Phoenix Park , where the game still thrives in one of the world's oldest established cricket clubs. However, the origins of Cricket may, in fact, have come from Ireland, via the ancient Gaelic game of 'Katty', a precursor to the modern game of Rounders in Ireland. Katty was exported around the world by Irishmen serving in the British Army and the game was adopted as both a training and recreational activity by British Army soldiers. The evolution of Katty in

2047-510: The Scotland national cricket team , was established when the teams first played each other in 1888. Ireland's maiden first-class match was played in 1902. Ireland were elected to Associate membership of the ICC in 1993, but played their first full ODI in 2006 against England in the build-up to the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup , their first successful qualification. At that tournament, a series of eye-catching results against Full Members, including

2136-641: The Stanford Super Series , took place in October 2008 between Middlesex and Trinidad and Tobago , the respective winners of the English and Caribbean Twenty20 competitions, and a 2008 Stanford Super Series team formed from West Indies domestic players; Trinidad and Tobago won the competition, securing US$ 280,000 prize money. On 1 November, the Stanford Superstars played England in what was expected to be

2225-478: The Trevor Chappell underarm incident from a 1981 ODI between the two sides, and Billy Bowden showed him a mock Penalty card (red cards are not normally used in cricket) in response. It was first decided that an ICC World Twenty20 would take place every two years, except in the event of a Cricket World Cup being scheduled in the same year, in which case it will be held the year before. The first tournament

2314-608: The Warwickshire Bears by 9 wickets in the final to claim the title. The first Twenty20 match held at Lord's , on 15 July 2004 between Middlesex and Surrey , attracted a crowd of 27,509, the largest attendance for any county cricket game at the ground – other than a one-day final – since 1983. Soon after with the adoption of Twenty20 matches by other cricket boards, the popularity of the format grew with unexpected crowd attendance, new domestic tournaments such as Pakistan's National T20 Cup and Stanford 20/20 tournament, and

2403-613: The West Indies by 60 runs in a three-day match in Dublin in 1928, for example; it was Ireland's first match against the West Indies. In 1969, in a match played at Sion Mills in County Tyrone , the team defeated a West Indian side including Clive Lloyd and Clyde Walcott by nine wickets, after bowling them out for 25. This was the last time Ireland defeated a touring side until 2003, when they beat Zimbabwe by ten wickets. The Scots and

2492-555: The final in Barbados . The 2026 tournament will be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, with the 2028 edition in Australia and New Zealand, as well as the 2030 tournament in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland following. The International Cricket Council's executive committee votes for the hosts of the tournament after examining bids from the nations which have expressed an interest in holding

2581-663: The 10th ranked Test nation in a four-match Test series in 2018. However, on 22 June 2017, after more than a decade of playing top-class international cricket, full ICC membership was granted to Ireland (along with Afghanistan) at an ICC meeting in London, thus making them the eleventh Test cricket team. In October 2017, the ICC announced that Ireland's first Test match would be at home against Pakistan in May 2018. Ireland played their first 'touring' Test in India in March 2019 against fellow newcomers Afghanistan , where they lost by 7 wickets. This

2670-637: The 1850s, the Englishman Charles Lawrence was responsible for developing the game in Ireland through his coaching. In the 1850s and 1860s, Ireland was visited for the first time by touring professional teams. Ireland's first match against Marylebone Cricket Club (the M.C.C.) was in 1858. Cricket had flourished throughout the Ireland until the early 1880s. However, the Irish Land War , the Gaelic Revival cultural movement and its offshoot

2759-443: The 2007 tournament, a bowl-out was used to decide the loser of tied matches. The ICC Men's T20 World Cup Trophy is presented to the winners of the final. The design of the trophy reflects the dynamism of Twenty20 cricket, representing the motion of the ball being hit to the boundary and the actions of fielders returning it, highlighting the interactive nature of the sport. It was designed and manufactured by Links of London , and

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2848-534: The 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2022, and 2024 World Twenty20 competitions, and have qualified for the future 2026 T20 World Cup by ICC men's T20 world rankings . Before attaining Test status, Ireland also played first-class international cricket in the ICC Intercontinental Cup , which they have won four times between 2005 and 2013. Due to their successes in the first-class ICC Intercontinental Cup competition, and further high-profile wins at

2937-456: The English county teams, to encourage the development of age group cricket, and to introduce a professional element into the Irish game. They also want to take the Ireland cricket team on winter tours more often. In an attempt to prevent the game losing players to counties or other commitments such as jobs, it was suggested that central contracts should be introduced. This was done in June 2009, with

3026-613: The ICC chose to relocate the tournament to India, and award Australia the 2022 edition as compensation. Due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in India , the tournament was played at venues in the United Arab Emirates and Oman instead, although India (via BCCI ) still remained the formal host. In June 2021, the ICC announced that the Men's T20 World Cup would expand to 20 teams beginning in 2024, divided into four groups of five each for

3115-532: The Irish climate, and lack of large scale facilities, Ireland also occasionally play 'home matches' in venues in England and further abroad. Ireland's men participate in all three major forms of the international game, Test , One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. They are the 11th Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), and the second Full Member from Europe, having been awarded Test status , along with Afghanistan , on 22 June 2017. Ireland and Afghanistan are

3204-418: The Irish were mostly competing with Sri Lanka for the title as the best non-Test nation at the time – indeed, Ireland drew with Sri Lanka in a rain-hit first-class match in 1979, Ireland scoring a total of 341 for 7 in two innings, while Sri Lanka made 288 for 6 in one innings. Ireland, along with Scotland and the Netherlands, has at times played in competitions for English county cricket sides , including

3293-415: The United Arab Emirates by two wickets with four balls to spare; the target was 279. Out of only five successful World Cup chases of 300 runs or more, Ireland have provided three. In July 2016, Ireland played in its first five-match ODI series against Afghanistan which ended 2–2 with the first ODI being washed out. In September, Ireland toured South Africa for a one match ODI series against Australia and

3382-661: The World Cups of 2011 (against England) and 2015 (against West Indies and Zimbabwe), they were labelled the "leading Associate" and stated their intention to become a full member by 2020. This intention was realised in June 2017, when the ICC unanimously decided to award Ireland and Afghanistan Full Member status, which allows them to participate in Test matches. Ireland's first test was a home fixture at The Village, Malahide between 11-15 May 2018 against Pakistan , and they have played tests somewhat sporadically since. Their first test victory

3471-573: The World Twenty20 later in the year. A separate qualification tournament was implemented for the 2009 World Twenty20 , and has been retained since then. The number of teams qualifying through the World Twenty20 Qualifier has varied, however, ranging from two (in 2010 and 2012 ) to six (in 2014 and 2016 ). In each group stage (both the preliminary round, the Super 12 round and Super 8 round), teams are ranked against each other based on

3560-474: The ban was lifted in 1970, anyone playing foreign games, such as cricket or association football , was banned from the membership of the GAA, the organisation responsible for games such as hurling , Gaelic football , rounders , and Gaelic handball . Though an Irish Cricket union was set up in 1923 some clubs refused to recognise it, it was only in 2001 that Cricket Ireland became the official oversight body for cricket in Ireland recognised by all cricket clubs in

3649-572: The brand Cricket Ireland , is the sport's governing body in Ireland, and they organise the international team. The team have a number of home grounds, including Malahide in County Dublin, Stormont, Belfast , Bready in the north-west and Clontarf in Dublin city. A further ground is planned for the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown, Dublin for 2030. Due to the short season allowed by

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3738-403: The competition. These two results were enough to advance Ireland to the Super 8 stage of the tournament. In their final group stage game, the West Indies beat them by eight wickets. In the Super 8 stage, they lost their five matches against England, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and Sri Lanka, but recorded a 74-run victory against Test playing nation Bangladesh , the 9th ranked team in

3827-527: The country. Thereafter Cricket in Ireland declined in popularity, especially in the era after the land war as the sport became associated with being a "garrison game" of the British Army. Participation became increasingly restricted to Catholic and Protestant public schools, the Anglo-Irish population, and unionists. Irish teams toured Canada and the US in 1879, 1888, 1892, and 1909. On top of this, Ireland defeated

3916-505: The empire is reflected in the use of anglicised Gaelic terms such as crioc, crios, bail, googly, still used in cricket as we know it today. Modern Cricket was introduced to Ireland by the English in the towns of Kilkenny and Ballinasloe in the early 19th century. In the 1830s, the game began to spread; many of the clubs which were founded in the following 30 years are still in existence today. The first Irish national team played in 1855 against The Gentlemen of England in Dublin. In

4005-461: The event. After South Africa in 2007, the tournament was hosted by England, the West Indies and Sri Lanka in 2009, 2010 and 2012 respectively. Bangladesh hosted the tournament in 2014. India hosted the tournament in 2016. After a gap of five years, India won the hosting rights of 2021 edition as well, but due to COVID-19 pandemic the matches were played in Oman and the United Arab Emirates. The 2022 edition

4094-495: The final stages in Dublin , Republic of Ireland – saw the Irish make the final, which they lost to Scotland. Though Ireland were runners-up, they had secured their place at the 2007 World Cup as well as an extra $ 500,000 over the next four years from the ICC to encourage development of Irish cricket. They also gained official ODI status. Ireland's inaugural ODI was played in front of a full house of 7,500 spectators at Stormont , Belfast , on 13 June 2006 against England. It

4183-410: The final, however the match was rained off and the teams shared the trophy. By getting to the final of the tournament, Ireland qualified for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England in June 2009. Later in August, Ireland were due to play three ODIs at home against Kenya. Ireland won the first game, the second game could not be finished due to rain and the last match was completely washed out. In October,

4272-548: The financial incentive in the format. The West Indies regional teams competed in what was named the Stanford 20/20 tournament. Allen Stanford backed the event financially, giving at least US$ 28,000,000 in funding money before he was convicted of fraud for a massive Ponzi scheme. It was intended that the tournament would be an annual event. Guyana won the inaugural event, defeating Trinidad and Tobago by 5 wickets and securing US$ 1,000,000 in prize money. A spin-off tournament,

4361-518: The first of five fixtures in as many years with the winner claiming a US$ 20,000,000 in each match. On 17 February 2005 Australia defeated New Zealand in the first men's full international Twenty20 match, played at Eden Park in Auckland . The game was played in a light-hearted manner – both sides turned out in kit similar to that worn in the 1980s, the New Zealand team's a direct copy of that worn by

4450-504: The first two going to Trent Johnston and Alex Cusack . The number of full-time contracts was expanded to six in January 2010 with support for a further nine players; the contracts were split into three categories. In January 2012 the number of contracts was increased to 23, and coach Phil Simmons highlighted the process of becoming professional as an important factor in the team's success. In Test matches, Ireland wears cricket whites, with

4539-778: The five-wicket hauls taken in ODIs at this venue. One T20I century has been scored at the venue. The following table summarizes the five-wicket hauls taken in T20Is at this venue. The following table summarizes the five-wicket hauls taken in WT20Is at this venue. This article about a cricket ground in Asia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ireland cricket team Test kit ODI kit T20I kit The Ireland men's cricket team represents all of Ireland in international cricket. The Irish Cricket Union, operating under

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4628-458: The following criteria: In case of a tie (that is, both teams scoring the same number of runs at the end of their respective innings), a Super Over would decide the winner. In the case of a tie occurring again in the Super Over, subsequent super overs would be played until there is a winner. Earlier, the match would be won by the team that had scored the most boundaries in their innings. During

4717-589: The group stage. The top two teams in each pool would advance to the Super 8 stage. The 2024 T20 World Cup was hosted by the West Indies and the United States. It was the first time the U.S. has hosted an ICC World Cup; the three U.S. venues included one existing stadium ( Central Broward Park ), a stadium that had been repurposed for cricket in 2023 ( Grand Prairie Stadium ), and the temporary Nassau County International Cricket Stadium . India won their second T20 World Cup title by defeating South Africa by 7 runs in

4806-607: The highest successful run chase in the World Cup. Shortly after the tournament ended, the ICC announced that the World Cups in 2015 and 2019 would contain ten teams; the Associate countries, who were most likely to miss out in a tournament with fewer teams strongly objected, and, led by Ireland, urged the ICC to reconsider. In June the decision was reversed. After the World Cup Ireland played Pakistan, England, and Scotland in ODIs but lost each match. A further ODI against Sri Lanka

4895-602: The hosts but lost both games. At the ICC 's board meeting in October, Ireland was awarded first-class status for its domestic competition, the Inter-Provincial Championship. In May 2017, Ireland travelled to England to play a two-match ODI series for the first time, though they ended up losing both games. In January 2012 Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom publicly declared Ireland's ambition to play Test cricket by 2020. Their desire to achieve Test status

4984-520: The island. After the 1902 tour of England, where four matches yielded one win, two draws and one loss, Ireland did not play first-class cricket again for five years. Although the team had lost to the South Africans in 1894 – Ireland's first match against a Test-playing nation – Ireland defeated South Africa in 1904; it was the team's first victory against a Test side. In 1909, the first annual first-class match between Ireland and Scotland

5073-573: The longer versions of the game. Stuart Robertson, the marketing manager of the ECB, proposed a 20-over per innings game to county chairmen in 2001, and they voted 11–7 in favour of adopting the new format. The first official Twenty20 matches were played on 13 June 2003 between the English counties in the T20 Blast . The first season of Twenty20 in England was a relative success, with the Surrey Lions defeating

5162-581: The match against the Netherlands was a no-result, Ireland won the European Championship title. Ireland's second Intercontinental Cup title came in the 2006–2007 competition . They faced Canada in the final and won by an innings and 115 runs, the four-day match concluding within two days. This made Ireland the first team to successfully defend the Continental Cup. For the 2006 season, the C&;G Trophy

5251-444: The most recently appointed Test-playing nations. Modern Cricket was introduced to Ireland in the 19th century, though cricket may have partly evolved from earlier Gaelic games invented in Ireland. The first match played by an Ireland team was in 1855. Ireland toured Canada and the United States in the late 19th century, and occasionally hosted matches against touring sides. Ireland's most significant early international rivalry, with

5340-502: The optional sweater or vest with a green v-neck with the Cricket Ireland logo on the centre. The shirts feature the Cricket Ireland logo on the right breast, the manufacturer logo on the sleeve and the sponsor logo on the left breast. The fielders wear a navy blue cricket cap or a white sunhat with the Cricket Ireland logo. The batsman helmets are coloured similarly. ICC World Twenty20 The ICC Men's T20 World Cup (formerly

5429-434: The profile of the World Twenty20 tournaments, the ICC announced in 2018 that they would be rebranded as the "T20 World Cup" beginning in 2020—when Australia was to host both the men's and women's tournaments in the same year. In July 2020, the ICC announced that the 2020 tournament had been postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . With Australian international travel restrictions not expected to be lifted until 2021,

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5518-509: The seven they played against Associate nations, losing their only match against a Test team (England), and one match was abandoned. Ireland played 17 One Day Internationals in 2010, winning 11 (including a victory over Bangladesh) and losing six. Ireland were knocked out of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 , hosted by South Africa in April and May, after being beaten by the West Indies and a washed out match against England. The 2011 Cricket World Cup

5607-589: The start of 2007, Ireland saw more than three months of almost constant cricket. First was a visit to Kenya, where they took part in Division One of the ICC World Cricket League . They finished fifth in the league after four narrow defeats, and Kenya won the league. Before the World Cup, the team participated in a high-performance camp in South Africa. Ireland's performance in their inaugural World Cup in

5696-456: The team visited Kenya for a tri-series of ODIs with the hosts and Zimbabwe. Only two of Ireland's four games in the round-robin stage could be played, the others were rained off. Ireland lost their first match to Zimbabwe, but won their second against Kenya, though they failed to qualify for the final. In the run-up to the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, Ireland were deprived of batsman Eoin Morgan , similarly to Ed Joyce several years earlier, who

5785-472: The team's campaign ended. After finishing second in the round-robin stage of the competition, Ireland faced Namibia in the final. Ireland won by nine wickets, securing their third consecutive Intercontinental Cup title. In March 2008 Ireland toured Bangladesh, playing three ODIs against the hosts and losing all of them. In July, Ireland played a tri-series against New Zealand and Scotland in Aberdeen but lost both matches. Reigning champions Ireland hosted

5874-705: The third match of their T20 three match series. Ireland achieved their first-ever series win in Zimbabwe, after winning a three-match series 2-1 in December 2023. The following week they followed up their T20 success with a 2-0 one-day international series victory, which was their first ODI series win in Zimbabwe. After losing their first seven tests, on 1 March 2024 Ireland won their first test defeating Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi by six wickets. A couple months after their first test victory, Ireland secured their first T20 victory over Pakistan in two attempts, winning by five wickets with one ball remaining. In July 2024 Ireland beat Zimbabwe by four wickets at Stormont and recorded

5963-427: The title including Ireland and Afghanistan as 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier . It was the first time the T20 World Cup tournament took place in an Asian country. The 2012 edition was to be expanded into a 16 team format however this was reverted to 12. The 2014 tournament, held in Bangladesh was the first to feature 16 teams including all ten full members and six associate members who qualified through

6052-438: The tournament was scheduled to take place in Australia but due to the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe, the tournament was postponed until 2021, with the intended host changed to India . The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was later relocated to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman due to problems relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in India , taking place 5 years after the previous (2016) iteration. The capacity in stadiums

6141-428: The tournament, with the remaining places filled by other ICC members through a qualification tournament, known as the T20 World Cup Qualifier . Qualification for the inaugural 2007 World Twenty20 came from the results of the first cycle of the World Cricket League , a 50-over league for ICC associate and affiliate members. The two finalists of the 2007 WCL Division One tournament, Kenya and Scotland , qualified for

6230-441: The world. The team received a heroes' welcome in Dublin. After the World Cup, former West Indies cricketer Phil Simmons took over the role of coach from Birrell. India were scheduled to play South Africa in a series of One Day Internationals in Ireland in June 2007. Ireland also played one-off matches at Stormont against the two teams. Missing several players from their World Cup squad, Ireland lost both games. Ireland hosted

6319-404: Was against Worcestershire ; in that match Ireland bowled Worcestershire out for 58, which was their lowest ever one-day total. It was the first time that Ireland had bowled out a county for less than 100. Ireland were invited to participate in the reformatted competition from 2010 onwards, but chose not to do so, and instead focused their limited financial resources on international cricket. At

6408-598: Was against fellow new boys Afghanistan in Sharjah on 12 March 2024. Ireland remain the only test playing nation, where the women's team have played a test match before the men's team. Ireland was a women's test nation seventeen years before the men, playing their only test also against Pakistan. The first mention of modern cricket in Ireland was in 1731 when the Military of Ireland and the Gentlemen of Ireland took each other on in

6497-486: Was an amateur side and most of the players had full-time jobs with commitments conflicting with cricket. Warren Deutrom, the chief executive of the ICU, has stated that it wants to "seek actively to place Irish players into top-level cricket, by developing relationships with [especially] county cricket which will incorporate appropriate player release for Irish international duty, and feeder systems for developing Irish cricketers". The reorganised ICU sought closer links with

6586-487: Was appointed Test and ODI captain and one month later, in November he also took over the captaincy of T20I from Gary Wilson , thus becoming all format captain for Ireland. On 16 January 2022, Ireland claimed their first away ODI series win over a fellow Test nation by beating the West Indies by two wickets at Sabina Park in Jamaica . On 31 March 2023, Ireland claimed their first win against Bangladesh on Bangladeshi soil in

6675-422: Was delayed and shifted to South Africa in 2009 due to security concerns. The Champions Trophy was converted into a quadrennial tournament after that. In May 2016, the ICC put forward the idea of having a tournament in 2018, with South Africa being the possible host, but the ICC later dropped the idea of a 2018 edition as the top member nations busied with bilateral commitments in 2018. The 2020 edition of

6764-556: Was followed by a four-day Test match against England at Lord's in July 2019 . According to the ICC Future Tours Programme for 2019–23, Ireland are scheduled to play sixteen Tests, but along with Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, are not included in the first two editions of the ICC World Test Championship . Ireland played England in a four-day Test match at Lord's in July 2019: In October 2019, Andrew Balbirnie

6853-410: Was held between February and March and hosted by Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Though Ireland did not progress beyond the first round they secured a historic victory against England. Ireland beat England by 3 wickets with Kevin O'Brien hitting the fastest century in World Cup history, managing the feat in just 50 balls. In passing England's total of 327 for victory, Ireland broke the record for

6942-501: Was held, and an annual match against the MCC was arranged from 1924 onwards. The Irish played yearly first-class matches with the Scots, only interrupted by world wars, until 1999, but all their other cricket depended upon touring international sides finding it convenient to include a visit to Ireland in their schedules. However, Ireland sometimes surprised Test nations on these occasions, beating

7031-514: Was hired as coach. With the introduction of the ICC Intercontinental Cup in 2004, Ireland had a chance to play first-class on a regular basis. After failing to progress beyond the group stages in the 2004 competition , Ireland won their first Cup title in October 2005 with a six-wicket win over Kenya. The 2005 ICC Trophy , which was hosted in Ireland – the group stages in Belfast , Northern Ireland,

7120-460: Was hosted by Australia, who won the tournament in the previous year. In December 2015, Tim Anderson, the ICC's head of global development, suggested that a future tournament be hosted by the United States. He believed that hosting the event could help spur growth of the game in the country, where it is relatively obscure and faces competition by other sports such as baseball . In 2020, the United States and West Indies expressed interest in co-hosting

7209-539: Was in 2007 in South Africa where India defeated Pakistan in the final. Kenya and Scotland had to qualify via the 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One which was a 50-over competition that took place in Nairobi . In December 2007 it was decided to hold a qualifying tournament with a 20-over format to better prepare the teams. With six participants, two would qualify for the 2009 World Twenty20 and would each receive $ 250,000 in prize money. The second tournament

7298-459: Was in part to stem the tide of Irish players using residency rules to switch to England for the opportunity to play Test cricket. Deutrom outlined the ambition as he unveiled the new strategic plan for Irish cricket to 2015. The plan set out a series of stretching goals including increasing the number of participants in the game to 50,000, setting a target of reaching 8th in the World rankings, establishing

7387-602: Was officially founded in 1923, although its predecessor had been active since 1890. In common with a number of other Ireland sporting governing bodies, the Union was formed to represent cricket throughout the island of Ireland, rather than just the Republic of Ireland . In common with its counterparts for rugby union , rugby league and field hockey , the Union therefore does not use the Irish tricolor , but instead employs its own flag, which

7476-604: Was rained off. In all, Ireland played 12 ODIs in 2011, winning four. Ireland qualified for the 2015 Cricket World Cup , and were promoted to the ICC ODI Championship, leaving the World Cricket League, but not the ICC Intercontinental Cup. In their first match of the World Cup, Ireland defeated the West Indies by 4 wickets, chasing down 304 runs with 25 balls to spare. In their second match they beat

7565-476: Was reduced to 70% of the maximum. As of 2024, nine editions have so far been played and a total of 24 teams have competed. Six national teams have won the T20 World Cup so far. Three teams, West Indies ( 2012 , 2016 ), England ( 2010 , 2022 ) and India ( 2007 , 2024 ) have won the competition twice each. Pakistan ( 2009 ), Sri Lanka ( 2014 ), and Australia ( 2021 ) have one title each. As of 2024,

7654-423: Was reorganised to include a round-robin stage instead of being entirely knock-out. Whereas Ireland had only one match guaranteed in the tournament before, they now had more fixtures against English county sides. Ireland recorded one win in their nine matches. Ireland participated in the competition until it was restructured again in 2009. In that time they played 25 matches and won two. The latter of those victories

7743-506: Was selected to play for England, making him ineligible to play for Ireland again. Ireland played their first Twenty20 International against a full ICC member side on 8 June 2009 and in their opening match of the tournament defeated Bangladesh by four wickets and knocked them out of the tournament. Ireland progressed to the second stage of the competition. They were grouped with New Zealand , Pakistan and Sri Lanka and lost all three of their matches. In 2009, Ireland played nine ODIs, winning

7832-658: Was the first time Ireland had played the full England side. Though Ireland lost by 38 runs, they were praised by Andrew Strauss , England's stand-in captain. August saw them participate in Division One of the European Championship, against Denmark, Italy , the Netherlands and Scotland. The games against the Netherlands and Scotland had ODI status. In the tournament, and what was the team's second ODI, Ireland recorded their first ODI win, beating fellow Associates Scotland by 85 runs after man-of-the-match Eoin Morgan made 99. Although

7921-537: Was won by Pakistan who beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in England on 21 June 2009. The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 tournament was held in West Indies in May 2010, where England defeated Australia by 7 wickets. The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 was won by the West-Indies, by defeating Sri Lanka at the finals. For the first time, a host nation competed in the final of the ICC World Twenty20. There were 12 participants for

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