Cricket News

Ireland were given a rude awakening by Scotland at the Grange, as their oldest rivals showed them that they can no longer rest on their laurels as No. 1 Associate nation

Mark Garaway has decided to leave his post as Cricket Ireland's High Performance Director, citing family reasons

The Scottish monsoon season put paid to Sri Lanka's ODI against Ireland on Monday

Ireland stamped their class on the second one-dayer against Namibia, outclassing their opponents by eight wickets after a tougher win a day earlier

Ireland needed John Mooney's 86 to see off a spirited performance from Namibia at Stormont

Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom has welcomed the about-turn on contentious plans to bar the Associate nations from the 2015 World Cup, but urged the ICC to give developing cricketing countries such as Ireland a fair chance to join cricket's

Ireland's Intercontinental Cup fixture against Namibia which was meant to start at Stormont on June 28 has been postponed due to visa issues facing the Namibia squad

Hamish Marshall's Ireland future was in doubt after financial complications emerged following his qualification for the country

Waqar Younis, the Pakistan coach, has backed Ireland to become tough opponents in their home conditions after his team played them in two one-day internationals in Belfast

A brilliant, belligerent century by Paul Stirling wasn't enough to take Ireland to victory over Pakistan in the second ODI

Trent Johnston has stressed on the importance of beating Pakistan in Belfast, saying that another Full-Member scalp will strengthen Ireland's case to be considered for the 2015 World Cup

William Porterfield, the Ireland captain, admitted his side had "let a few people down" by surrendering tamely to Pakistan in the first of two one-dayers in Belfast

Pakistan began their tour of Ireland, and Misbah-ul-Haq's new phase as ODI captain, on a high, beating the hosts by seven wickets after Junaid Khan had helped skittle them out for 96

Kevin O'Brien is focused on helping Ireland rise up the ODI rankings starting with the Pakistan series

The stakes are high for Ireland as they prepare for their first international assignment - a two-match ODI series against Pakistan - since the 2011 World Cup

Wicketkeeper Andrew Poynter will replace the injured Niall O'Brien in the Ireland squad for the two-ODI series against Pakistan in Stormont on May 28 and 30

Uncapped opening batsman Niall McDonnell has been included in Ireland's 14-man squad for the upcoming two-match ODI series against Pakistan

UAE and Namibia have been selected to join the top six Associate and Affiliate nations in the next edition of the Intercontinental Cup

Ireland allrounder Kevin O'Brien has scored two domestic contracts that will keep him busy this summer

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