Kenya v Ireland, Intercontinental Cup, Mombasa, 2nd day

Ireland clinch tense batting nightmare

Feb 12, 2012: The flood of wickets that had begun on day one in Mombasa did not abate, and at the end of it Ireland squeaked home during an extremely tense finish, beating Kenya by ten runs

Kenya v Ireland, Intercontinental Cup, Mombasa, 1st day

Spinners run riot on 22-wicket day

Feb 12, 2012: Twenty-two wickets fell on the first day, 21 of them to the spinners. Twenty-two catches were taken, yet only one by a wicketkeeper

Ireland v Canada, Intercontinental Cup ODI, Dublin

Ireland spinners star in victory

Sep 20, 2011: Ireland made it back-to-back one-day victories against Canada with a 56-run win at Clontarf despite an improved showing in the field from the visitors

Ireland v Canada, Intercontinental Cup, Dublin, 2nd day

Ireland wrap up innings victory

Sep 14, 2011: Ireland wrapped up victory by an innings and 11 runs over a mismatched but game Canada side on the second day of their Intercontinental Cup 2011-13 match

Albert van der Merwe

From Belville via Belfast

Mar 15, 2011: As a boy Albert van der Merwe watched South Africa return to international cricket, and dreamed of playing at Eden Gardens. Now he's living that dream - only not for the country he was born in

Canada v Ireland, 2nd ODI, Toronto

Stirling assault blows away Canada

Sep 8, 2010: Paul Stirling, the 20-year-old Ireland opener, played the innings of his life, smashing 177 from 134 deliveries to set up an easy win over Canada and tie the two-match ODI series

Ireland v Netherlands, Intercontinental Cup, Dublin, 1st day

Dockrell stars on rainy first day

Aug 11, 2010: Twelve wickets tumbled on a rainy first day of the Intercontinental Cup clash between Ireland and Netherlands in Dublin, the hosts closing the day 100 runs in arrears at 88 for 2