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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Club hope to give long-serving coach "send-off he deserves" after seven years in the role https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/398600/398663.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1502329.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1502329.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/hampshire-target-white-ball-double-as-coach-birrell-prepares-to-step-down-1502329 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:42:36 GMT Adi Birrell to take over in 2025 as Hampshire strengthen ties with local Hundred team https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/365900/365997.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1469271.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1469271.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/mens-hundred-2025-stephen-fleming-steps-down-as-southern-brave-head-coach-1469271 Thu, 16 Jan 2025 13:01:58 GMT This is his first role as head coach after having previously served as consultant for SA and Lions https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/259400/259438.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1320122.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1320122.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/excited-nervous-and-have-all-these-emotions-popping-up--jp-duminy-on-boland-coaching-gig-1320122 Wed, 15 Jun 2022 15:50:00 GMT https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/283400/283412.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1168807.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1168807.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1168807 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa assistant coach Adrian Birrell believes his side can still come away from the third Test with a draw https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/260600/260669.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/new-zealand-v-south-africa-2016-17/content/story/1088956.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/new-zealand-v-south-africa-2016-17/content/story/1088956.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1088956 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Although the Delhi Test is a dead rubber, another defeat for South Africa would make it the first time since 2006 that they have lost every completed match of a series https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/226800/226891.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-south-africa-2015-16/content/story/946125.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-south-africa-2015-16/content/story/946125.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-946125 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Having been with Ireland for five years, current South Africa assistant coach Adrian Birrell knows they would fight even harder to make their claim on behalf of the Associates https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/206900/206931.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015/content/story/841889.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015/content/story/841889.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-841889 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Adrian Birrell has been named South Africa's assistant coach and Claude Henderson has been appointed as a specialist spin-bowling consultant https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/74000/74055.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/647609.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/647609.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-647609 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ireland's former coach Adrian Birrell has been selected to coach an all-star European line-up in a fixture against MCC at Lord's on June 7 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/other/content/story/295566.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/other/content/story/295566.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-295566 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Adrian Birrell warned that Ireland's cricket administrators that they need to take radical steps to ensure that their top players are available for future international engagements https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/291405.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/291405.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-291405 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ireland's incredible World Cup journey comes to a conclusion in Grenada, when they take on the tournament's mystery men, Sri Lanka, whose controversial selection policy resulted in a thumping defeat in their last match against Australia https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/291036.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/291036.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-291036 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 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 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/290090.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/290090.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-290090 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For Ireland it is another opportunity to justify their place in this leg of the competition while for South Africa the 'preparation, our mental training is the same it would have been for any other game of the Super Eights' https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/288572.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/288572.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-288572 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dileep Premachandran catches up with Adrian Birrell, the Ireland coach, on the eve of their match against South Africa https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/288571.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/288571.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-288571 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ed Joyce, who starred for Ireland when they qualified for the World Cup, hopes his inside knowledge of the team will give England an edge when they meet Ireland in Guyana on Friday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/287717.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/287717.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-287717 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The feel-good bubble had to burst sometime https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/287000.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/287000.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-287000 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT There was absolutely nothing perfunctory about this Irish win https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/285833.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/285833.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-285833 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The sudden spurt of interest in cricket in Ireland will push the side to perform creditably against Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/285653.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/285653.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-285653 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Phil Simmons has been confirmed as Ireland's next coach and will take over from Adrian Birrell, who steps down after the World Cup https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/281572.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/281572.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-281572 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sometimes it helps to have friends in high places and Ireland's preparations for the World Cricket League in Nairobi next week have certainly benefited from having a coach who hails from South Africa https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/worldcricketleague/content/story/277275.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/worldcricketleague/content/story/277275.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-277275 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Adrian Birrell, the Ireland coach, has told the Irish Cricket Union (ICU) that he will be taking the option of ending his contract following the World Cup https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/243045.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/243045.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-243045 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ICC's Winter Training Camp has been about more than simply improving players from the six Associate countries to have qualified for the 2007 Cricket World Cup https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/other/content/story/229396.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/other/content/story/229396.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-229396 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ireland are considering offering key players semi-professional contracts as they gear up for a key 15 months which culminates in the 2007 World Cup https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/other/content/story/229388.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/other/content/story/229388.html 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