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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Uncapped opening batsman Niall McDonnell has been included in Ireland's 14-man squad for the upcoming two-match ODI series against Pakistan https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/130100/130139.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/515768.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/515768.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-515768 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Ireland allrounder Andre Botha has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 35, after an injury-plagued finale to a career in which he represented his country on 141 occasions https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/129700/129742.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/513737.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/513737.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-513737 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ireland secured an impressive four-wicket victory against Zimbabwe to highlight their potential for making a mark on the World Cup https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/128200/128240.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/story/500926.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/story/500926.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-500926 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A fighting 121-run stand for the ninth wicket, a probing opening spell and a late run-out helped Canada dominate much of the third day in a game in which the advantage has swung from one side to the other. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2010/content/story/475634.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2010/content/story/475634.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-475634 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A five-wicket haul by Henry Osinde and a strong second-innings start anchored by Zubin Sukari helped Canada dominate most of the second day in Toronto, but Ireland struck towards the end to reclaim control https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2010/content/story/475542.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2010/content/story/475542.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-475542 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Hiral Patel, the 18-year-old Canada opener, produced a sensational display on debut to set up victory for Canada over Ireland in the Associates Twenty20 Series at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/113600/113634.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/2010iccwt20/content/story/446730.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/2010iccwt20/content/story/446730.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-446730 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket Ireland has announced it will award six full-time contracts in the build-up to the 2011 World Cup https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/444276.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/444276.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444276 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricinfo presents the plays of the day from the ICC World Twenty20 match between India and Ireland at Trent Bridge https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/104600/104671.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wt202009/content/story/408374.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wt202009/content/story/408374.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-408374 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After an exciting tie Ireland finally clinched victory by four runs via a one-over eliminator https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/104100/104167.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wt202009/content/story/406943.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wt202009/content/story/406943.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-406943 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ireland have virtually retained the same squad that won the recent World Cup Qualifiers tournament in South Africa https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/103200/103256.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wt202009/content/story/403254.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wt202009/content/story/403254.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-403254 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Gordon Drummond replaced Gordon Goudie in the Scotland squad, Ashif Mulla replaced John Davison in the Canada squad and Phil Eaglestone replaced Andre Botha in the Ireland squad https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/iccwcq2009/content/story/399143.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/iccwcq2009/content/story/399143.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-399143 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Four Ireland players and three from Namibia have been chosen in an ICC Intercontinental Cup team of the tournament, ahead of the final between the two teams on Thursday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/375700.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/375700.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-375700 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kenya's miserable tour of Britain continued on Sunday with a 33-run defeat by Ireland in the first of three ODIs https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/366140.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/366140.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-366140 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Low-scoring matches are not usually very exciting as they tend to be one-sided, but the game between the Celtic rivals ended up a thriller. Ireland, after dismissing Scotland cheaply, eventually scraped home by four wickets with one ball to spare, after c https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/iccworldtwenty20/content/story/363426.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/iccworldtwenty20/content/story/363426.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-363426 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ireland defended their European Championship title with a comfortable seven-wicket victory against Scotland at Clontarf https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/363165.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/363165.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-363165 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ireland continued their domination over Netherlands on the third day in Rotterdam, compiling 400 for 6 before blowing the home side away for just 127. Following on, Netherlands limped to 49 for 3 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/360776.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/360776.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-360776 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Only 19 overs were possible on the second day in Rotterdam, but there was enough time for Andre Botha to progress from his overnight 103 to 152, and Ireland went to stumps on 296 for 4 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/360652.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/360652.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-360652 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andre Botha's century meant Ireland took the honours on a rain-shortened opening day against Netherlands in Rotterdam. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/360534.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/360534.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-360534 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andre Botha struck an unbeaten 41-ball 62 which included four fours and two sixes to take Ireland to 161 for 6, before their bowlers combined to bowl out Bangladesh A for a paltry 79 to complete an emphatic 82-run win in Eglinton https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/358424.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/358424.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-358424 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The 17-year-old Cliftonville batsman, Paul Stirling, has been called into the Ireland squad for next month's tour of Bangladesh https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/336566.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/336566.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-336566 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ireland continued to pummel a sorry Bermuda at Clontarf. On the second day of four, they reached 524 for 8 declared and then reduced the visitors to 180 for 8 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/308224.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/308224.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-308224 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT William Porterfield hit his highest first-class score and Andre Botha made his second century in two Intercontinental Cup matches as Ireland took control on the opening day against Bermuda at Clontarf https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/308069.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/308069.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-308069 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Career-best hundreds from Andre Botha and Alex Cusack ensured Ireland took the maximum bonus points available from their Intercontinental Cup tie against Scotland at Stormont https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/306726.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/306726.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-306726 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Scotland's go-slow tactics on the first day gave way to some more adventurous batting today from both sides at Stormont. At the close, Ireland were 179 for 4 in reply to Scotland's 314 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/306496.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/306496.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-306496 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In their final match of the series, against Scotland, Botha picked up 3 for 27 in nine overs after having added 46 with Niall O'Brien as Ireland beat Scotland by 23 runs. But Ireland failed to gain the bonus point point needed to share the series title wi https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/4natireland/content/story/302155.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/4natireland/content/story/302155.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-302155 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Allrounder Andre Botha will miss Ireland's one-day internationals against India and South Africa later this month after having an injection aimed at sorting out a long-standing elbow problem https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/297850.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/297850.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-297850 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Plays of the day from Ireland's win over Bangladesh https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/290662.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/290662.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-290662 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A hamstring injury sustained during training has put Ireland allrounder Andre Botha's availability for the game with New Zealand on April 9 in doubt https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/289238.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/289238.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-289238 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kyle McCallan has hit back at critics who have implied that Ireland's success in the World Cup has been based on overseas players https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/287886.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/287886.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-287886 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For a few agonising moments, it appeared as though a St Patrick's Day that had promised so much might end up delivering nothing but heartbreak https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/285827.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/285827.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-285827 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT While Zimbabwe will be trying to prove the doubters wrong, Ireland may just want to enjoy their first World Cup appearance at Jamaica https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/285291.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/285291.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-285291 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Hall saved South Africa's blushes in their opening World Cup warm-up match against Ireland at the Frank Worrell Ground in Trinidad https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/282611.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/282611.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-282611 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT As expected, Ireland have stuck with their World Cricket League squad for the World Cup https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/280255.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/280255.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-280255 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ireland put their World Cricket League disappointments behind them in grand style as they produced a record-breaking performance on the opening day of their Intercontinental Cup match against UAE in Abu Dhabi https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont/content/story/279868.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont/content/story/279868.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-279868 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ireland secured the European Championship title when their final match against the Netherlands, at Ayr, was abandoned because of rain https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/256045.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/256045.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-256045 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ireland all but booked their place in October's Intercontinental Cup semi-finals with a clinical batting performance against Holland in Dublin https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont/content/story/217048.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont/content/story/217048.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-217048 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT