Cricket News

Ireland have named a strong squad for the ICC Twenty20 World Cup Qualifiers which will be held in Belfast between August 2 to 4

Scotland were delighted to record a convincing five-wicket victory over their great rivals Ireland at Mannofield Park with Gavin Hamilton hitting his maiden ODI century

It was a day of records and near-records at Mannofield Park in Aberdeen, as a rampant New Zealand team totally outclassed a threadbare Ireland by a record ODI margin of 290 runs

New Zealand can't quite begin their long journey home yet, and with the taste of victory champagne still fresh following the series victory at Lord's on Saturday they now have two ODIs in Aberdeen, the first of which is against Ireland

Kyle McCallan, Ireland's captain, picked up three wickets as they comfortably beat Bangladesh A for the second time in three days in Bangor

Affiliates and Associates stand to make substantial gains in new funding proposals to be approved by the ICC at its annual conference

Offspinners Afy Fletcher and Anisa Mohammed shared seven wickets between them to restrict Ireland to 163 after which Stefanie Taylor scored her maiden half-century to take West Indies to a comfortable six-wicket win

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

West Indies cherished their first ever Twenty20 international with a 75-run rout over Ireland at the Rush Cricket Club in Dublin on Friday

Ireland's squad to face New Zealand and Scotland in the tri-series next week has been further depleted by the withdrawal of Eoin Morgan

Ireland will head into the third and final one-dayer looking to square the series after the second ODI in Dublin was washed out without a ball being bowled

West Indies women kicked off their Europe tour with a five-wicket win over Ireland in a rain-interrupted game at Dublin

John Wright, the former president and secretary of the Irish Cricket Union, has died aged 65 following a short illness

Ireland will be without William Porterfield and Niall O'Brien for their one-day internationals against Scotland and New Zealand in Aberdeen next week

Scotland are preparing to face the twin challenge of New Zealand and Ireland in the one-day tri-series at Mannofield in Aberdeen next week, the first time the ground has hosted ODIs

The Australian Southern Stars completed their eleven-match tour of the British Isles with a clean-sweep of the three one-day international series against Ireland on the weekend

Ireland celebrated their elevation to Test status in women's cricket with a crushing win over their Pakistani counterparts at College Park, Dublin on Monday

The World Order in women's cricket is significantly different to that of the men's game

Bangladesh have named a squad of 14 for their A tour of Ireland next week, in which they will play four games

Kevin O'Brien will captain a strong Ireland A side for their three-day match against Bangladesh A in Dublin which begins on June 23