Players / Dave Langford-Smith

Ireland's opening bowler hangs up his boots

Langford-Smith announces retirement

Apr 4, 2008: Dave Langford-Smith, the Ireland opening bowler, has announced his retirement from international cricket

Bangladesh v Ireland, 2nd ODI, Mirpur

Reza bowls Bangladesh to series win

Mar 20, 2008: A five-wicket haul by the right-arm medium pacer Farhad Reza, backed by restrictive spells by the left-arm spinners shot out Ireland for 162 to claim an 84-run victory in the second one-dayer at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium and a 2-0 series win

Intercontinental Cup, 2007-08

Rankin blow for Ireland

Feb 23, 2008: Ireland's hopes of a third successive Intercontinental Cup win have suffered a blow with Boyd Rankin ruled out of next month's match against UAE

Ireland v Bermuda, Intercontinental Cup, Clontarf

Langford-Smith wraps up huge win

Aug 25, 2007: David Langford-Smith took five wickets as Ireland wrapped up a three-day win against Bermuda at Clontarf by an-innings-and-146 runs

Ireland v Sri Lanka, Super Eights, Grenada

Scalping, spraying and smashing

Apr 18, 2007: Plays of the Day, Ireland v Sri Lanka, Super Eights, Grenada

Birrell disillusioned with coaching

'Scrapper' Johnston fights his former country

Apr 12, 2007: Adrian Birrell, the Ireland coach, will look to his Australian-born captain Trent Johnston to fight fire with fire when the World Cup debutants clash with Ricky Ponting's defending champions in Barbados on Friday

Ireland v New Zealand, Super Eights, Guyana

Ferret celebrations and cracked windows

Apr 9, 2007: Dileep Premachandran picks out interesting snippets from the day's play

Plays of St Patrick's Day

Elvis lives and Ireland plan a long Caribbean stay

Mar 17, 2007: Plays of St Patrick's Day

Ireland v ZImbabwe, Group A, Jamaica

All set for an even battle

Mar 14, 2007: While Zimbabwe will be trying to prove the doubters wrong, Ireland may just want to enjoy their first World Cup appearance at Jamaica

Canada v Ireland, 2007 World Cup warm-up

Langford-Smith seals impressive Ireland win

Mar 8, 2007: Dave Langford-Smith's four wickets helped Ireland thrash Canada by seven wickets in their warm-up match at St Augustine in Port-of-Spain

South Africa v Ireland, 2007 World Cup

Allround Hall saves South Africa

Mar 5, 2007: Andrew Hall saved South Africa's blushes in their opening World Cup warm-up match against Ireland at the Frank Worrell Ground in Trinidad

World Cup 2007

Ireland stick with tried and tested

Feb 13, 2007: As expected, Ireland have stuck with their World Cricket League squad for the World Cup

World Cricket League 2006-07

Life is good beyond the Test world

Feb 9, 2007: Martin Williamson looks back at the performances of the six leading Associates in the World Cricket League and what they can take out of the event ... and what it means for their chances in the World Cup

Scotland v Ireland, Aberdeen, 4th day

Rain ruins Scotland's chances

Aug 20, 2006: Rain wiped out the final day at Aberdeen ruining Scotland's slim chances of victory against Ireland

Scotland v Ireland, ICC Intercontinental Cup, 2nd day

Five-star Brown wrecks Ireland

Aug 18, 2006: Dougie Brown took five wickets for Scotland to put them in a very strong position against Ireland after the first innings

Scotland v Ireland, ICC Intercontinental Cup, 1st day

Scotland struggle after Langford-Smith's five

Aug 17, 2006: David Langford-Smith took five wickets for Ireland on the first day of their Intercontinental Cup match at Aberdeen against Scotland who were dismissed for 265

Ireland v Netherlands, European Championship, Ayr

Ireland secure European title

Aug 9, 2006: Ireland secured the European Championship title when their final match against the Netherlands, at Ayr, was abandoned because of rain

Scotland v Ireland, European Championships, Ayr

Morgan stars as Ireland shock Scotland

Aug 6, 2006: Ireland stormed to a surprisingly comprehensive 85-run win over Scotland in the 3rd match of the European Cricket Championships at Ayr

Ireland v Denmark, European Championships, Glasgow

Ireland beat Denmark in opener

Aug 5, 2006: David Langford-Smith helped Ireland open their European Championships campaign with a 99-run win over Denmark, in Glasgow, as he scored 22 then took three wickets

Ireland v Namibia, Clontarf, 4th day

Ireland beat weather for win

May 20, 2006: Ireland managed to beat the weather and completed a five-wicket win over Namibia at Clontarf