Cricket News

The fifth ICC Awards will be held in Dubai on September 10, after plans to stage the event in Lahore fell through with the postponement of the Champions Trophy

Ireland's third ODI against Kenya was washed out in Belfast

Ireland's second ODI against Kenya was washed out in Belfast

Kenyan keeper guilty of breaching clause 1.2 of the ICC Code of Conduct

Kenya's miserable tour of Britain continued on Sunday with a 33-run defeat by Ireland in the first of three ODIs

Boyd Rankin will play for Ireland for the first time since the World Cup after being named in the squad to face Kenya

Suggestions that the ICC Champions Trophy might be switched to an alternative country continue to circulate

Ireland's rain-affected match against Canada was frustratingly cut short with no play possible on the fourth and final day, but Ireland have closed the gap on an already tightly packed top four in the Intercontinental Cup table

Sunil Dhaniram's 70 from 90 balls steadied a wobbling Canada reply to Ireland's 326 for 6 on the third day of their Intercontinental Cup match at Dublin. Only 37 overs were possible, however, due to the Malahide mizzle

Andrew White cracked an unbeaten 109 as Ireland set about making up for lost time against Canada following the opening-day wash-out

Scotland were crowned the winners of the ICC European U-19 Championship in Glasgow despite persistent rain allowing only two matches to be completed in the three-day tournament

Richard Done, ICC's High Performance Manager, has labelled the recent World Twenty20 Qualifiers in Ireland "a great success" while paying tribute to the hosts, Cricket Ireland

After the excitement of qualifying for the World Twenty20 tournament in England next year it's back to first-class cricket for Ireland on Thursday as they aim for a hat-trick of Intercontinental Cup titles

Ireland and Netherlands had to settle on sharing the World Twenty20 Qualifiers trophy after persistent rain lashed Belfast

Danielle Hazell spun the England Development side to a 33-run win over Ireland at Crowthorne on Sunday

This was another match of inexplicably abject batting with a close finish, as Ireland struggled to exceed Kenya's 67 all out before winning with just five balls and four wickets in hand

Ireland, defending what seemed an almost indefensible target after Duckworth-Lewis intruded, came out victors by four runs as Bermuda, who had done so well before the rain, self-destructed

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

South Africa women put the finishing touches to Ireland's miserable summer in beating them by 8 runs to leave them without a win in any form of the game this season

It's an exciting time to be involved in Twenty20 and the top six Associate nations get their chance at the big time when the World Twenty20 Qualifiers begin in Belfast on Saturday. The two finalists will quality for the World Twenty20 in England next year