Stories by tag: Ireland

Ireland, Scotland Women to play series in Spain

News Tom Grunshaw - 23rd October 2020

Ireland and Scotland’s women’s teams will return to action next month when they meet for a five‑match series in Spain. The series...

High stakes as European Cricket League beckons

European Cricket League Tom Grunshaw - 18th September 2020

A number of clubs will battle it out for ECL qualifcation this weekend, as seasons conclude across Europe.

Jersey’s teams back on stage

News Isaac Lockett - 4th September 2020

Both Jersey’s male and female international teams recently returned to action after the global standstill caused by the ongoing pandemic.

CWC Super League: Impure, not impotent

CWC Super League Nick Skinner - 23rd August 2020

“We construct a philosophy of failure, which finds in defeat a form of justification and a proof of the purity of our...

Are Irish pastures calling?

Opinion Rod Lyall - 27th July 2020

Sometimes, as Fred Klokker said when he floated the idea on Emerging Cricket’s recent podcast, inspiration comes from nowhere in the middle...

The Cricket World Cup Super League: context and promise it could deliver

#ECVoice Sudeep Saxena - 22nd July 2020

Back in 2017, ICC made the announcement of introducing the 'ODI Super League' - an ODI league post the 2019 World Cup...

Cricket for a New Decade Part II – A Global T20 Championship?

Opinion Tom Grunshaw - 18th July 2020

Originally posted by Tom Grunshaw on May 13, 2020 What to do about bilateral cricket? When...

Denmark’s Klokker calls for greater European opportunities in Irish First-Class cricket

EC Podcast Tom Grunshaw - 6th July 2020

Danish international player and high-performance coach Freddie Klokker has suggested the inclusion of a European XI in the Irish Interprovincial Championship, Ireland’s...

When Ireland ran the World Cup champions close

EC Rewind Rustom Deboo - 17th June 2020

Coming into this one-off match, played at the Castle Avenue in Clontarf, Dublin on June 17, 2010, Australia had notched nine successive...

Ireland fixtures affected by COVID-19

News Emerging Cricket - 15th May 2020

Cricket Ireland has held a virtual board meeting to discuss how to carry out cricketing operations in the wake of the COVID-19...

EC weekly roundup: Ireland break T20I drought against Afghanistan; more coronavirus cricket cancellations

News Nick Skinner - 15th March 2020

In a week when the global coronavirus outbreak worsened, with the World Health Organisation officially labelling it a pandemic, the main cricket...

EC weekly roundup: Precipitation and postponements, runfests and retirement

Asia Cup Nick Skinner - 8th March 2020

The Thai women this week wrapped up their T20 World Cup campaign with a frustrating washout, as Sydney rain denied them their...

EC weekly roundup: Thailand women headline a feast of Asian cricket

Asia Cup Nick Skinner - 2nd March 2020

There was Asian cricket aplenty this week in the Emerging Cricket world, as the Thailand women continued their T20 World Cup campaign,...

Kevin O’Brien to return to Kathmandu Kings XI for Everest Premier League 2020

Everest Premier League Tim Cutler - 25th February 2020

Ireland's Kevin O'Brien will return to the Kathmandu Kings XI for Everest Premier League 2020. With under three weeks...

EC weekly roundup: Thailand’s debut, Nepal central contracts, and more

News Nick Skinner - 23rd February 2020

Thailand’s women headline this EC weekly review, as they stepped onto the storied turf of the WACA ground to make their T20...

CIYMS CC of Belfast joins as ECL20 Ireland entrant

European Cricket League Daniel Beswick - 30th January 2020

The European Cricket League has announced that Cricket Ireland have become partners of their competition, with Belfast's CIYMS Cricket Club becoming Ireland's...

Nepal catapulted into global qualifiers as ICC announces 2021 men’s T20 World Cup pathway

Men's T20 World Cup Tim Cutler - 24th January 2020

Despite not proceeding beyond the Asia regional finals in qualification for this year's T20 World Cup after finishing behind Singapore and Qatar,...

Broader issues in spotlight after annus horribilis for Cricket Ireland

Opinion Tim Cutler - 18th December 2019

It hasn't been the best of years for Cricket Ireland, has 2019. There was a significant loss (a "six figure sum") due...

T20WCQ Team of the Tournament

Men's T20 World Cup Dan Kelly - 3rd November 2019

The T20 World Cup Qualifiers are over with the Dutch taking home the title overnight in the final over Papua New Guinea....

Simi Singh takes three as Ireland deny Namibia a podium finish

Men's T20 World Cup Tim Cutler - 3rd November 2019

Third place play-off: Ireland 135 (Balbirnie 46, Stirling 25, Smit 3-19, Williams 3-34) defeated Namibia 108 (Erasmus 51, Baard 17, Singh 3-25)...

The six qualifiers for the 2020 Men’s T20 World Cup

Men's T20 World Cup Tim Cutler - 2nd November 2019

Fourteen teams travelled to the UAE for the global qualifiers hoping to pick up one of the six places on offer at...

Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 – final tables and playoff schedule

Men's T20 World Cup Emerging Cricket - 29th October 2019

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019: Our most recent podcast:

Ready reckoner: Group B permutations & possibilities

Men's T20 World Cup Tim Cutler - 26th October 2019

Firstly, here's the Group B table after Day 9: GROUP BTEAM MWLPTNRRIreland*64281.591Oman*54181.388UAE53260.656Canada53260.433Jersey5234-0.039Hong Kong5234-0.383Nigeria5050-4.326 And here is...

Craig Young takes four as Ireland restrict Nigeria to 66, go top of group

Men's T20 World Cup Tim Cutler - 26th October 2019

Group B: Ireland 67/2 (Obrien 32. Ajekun 1-10) defeated Nigeria 66/9 (Adedeji 19, Young 4-13, Adair 2-10) by 8 wickets with 83...

Ireland eye top spot in Group B with crushing win over Jersey

Men's T20 World Cup Dan Kelly - 25th October 2019

Group B: Ireland 2/110 (Stirling 58*, Balbirnie 33, Perchard 1-16) defeated Jersey 105 all out (Stevens 25, Adair 3-10, Delany 2-12) by...

Day 5 T20 World Cup Qualifier podcast special, tables and reports

Men's T20 World Cup Emerging Cricket - 23rd October 2019

Here’s our second T20WCQ special as Tim Bes & Nick being you up to speed on the ICC Men’s T20 World...

Ireland bounce back to hand Oman first defeat

Men's T20 World Cup Nick Skinner - 22nd October 2019

Group B: Ireland 183/3 off 20.0 (G. Delaney 89*; Khawar Ali 1/28) defeated Oman 148/9 off 20.0 (Khawar Ali 50; Dockrell 2/24,...

Day 3 T20 World Cup Qualifier podcast special, tables and reports

Men's T20 World Cup Emerging Cricket - 21st October 2019

Five teams remain unbeaten after Day 3. On the other side, Namibia, Hong Kong, Bermuda and Kenya face an uphill battle, all...

Day 2 wrap: UAE, Scotland & PNG back in the hunt, Dutch strong, Ireland wobbly.

Men's T20 World Cup Tim Cutler - 20th October 2019

On Saturday, a bumper Day 2 of five matches gave us more pulsating cricket as the Netherlands won their second in two...

Rohan Mustafa drags UAE back into the light, hosts beat Ireland by 5 wickets

Men's T20 World Cup Tasneem-Summer Khan - 20th October 2019

Group B: UAE 129/5 (Mustafa 39, Usman 29, Adair 1-21) defeated Ireland 125 (Stirling 72, Mustafa 4-18) by five wickets with 18...

Day 1 wrap. Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier

Men's T20 World Cup Tim Cutler - 19th October 2019

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 got underway under the blazing sunshine of the UAE across Abu Dhabi and Dubai...

Balbirnie finishes off Hong Kong after another Stirling show

Men's T20 World Cup Tim Cutler - 19th October 2019

Ireland 154/2 (Balbirine 70*, Stirling 62, Aizaz 1-31) defeated Hong Kong 153/5 (Kinchit 79, Haroon 20, Adair 2-22) by 8 wickets with...

Not resting on either laurels or clovers. Ireland T20 World Cup Qualifier preview

Men's T20 World Cup Tasneem-Summer Khan - 16th October 2019

After painfully falling short of qualifying for the ICC 2019 World Cup, Ireland will be staking their claim to be one of the 6 sides to qualify for the 2020 T20 World Cup.

Day 2 (warm-up matches) wrap. Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier

Men's T20 World Cup Neil Joynson - 16th October 2019

Tuesday saw the second and final round of warm-up games for the T20 World Cup Qualifier in the UAE. There were some...

Day 1 (warm-up matches) wrap. Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier

Men's T20 World Cup Neil Joynson - 15th October 2019

The wait is almost over for the highly anticipated T20 World Cup Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates which will decide the...

14 players to watch at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier

Men's T20 World Cup Rustom Deboo - 14th October 2019

Rustom Deboo hones in on one name from each of the teams competing in the UAE as players to watch out for...

Oman Pentangular T20 Series – Final Table

Oman Pentagonal T20s Emerging Cricket - 10th October 2019

Al Amerat hosted the Oman Pentangular T20 series from 5 - 10 October. Read about the heroics from...

Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier – Group B: squads and draw

Men's T20 World Cup Emerging Cricket - 10th October 2019

Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier - Group B squads and draw. Full draw here. Group A squads here. Group...

Terrific Thailand qualify for first World Cup

Women's T20 World Cup Daniel Hay - 6th September 2019

Thailand have continued their remarkable year in T20s by booking themselves a place in the 2020 Women's T20...

Six teams still in contention going into final day of round robin action in Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier

Women's T20 World Cup Tim Cutler - 3rd September 2019

On Monday the PNG Lewas came agonisingly close to achieving the country's first ever win over a Full member - in men's...

Bangladesh favourites for women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier, as Namibia makes maiden appearance

Women's T20 World Cup Denis Musali - 24th August 2019

Two years ago in the Netherlands Bangladesh qualified for the 2018 T20 World Cup in West Indies as winners of the global...

EXCLUSIVE – Euro T20 Slam 2019 cancellation; franchise fees unpaid, players and suppliers furious at ‘unprofessional’ organisers

Euro T20 Slam Emerging Cricket - 15th August 2019

The Euro T20 Slam - the first T20 franchise event to be co-sanctioned by three boards; Full member Ireland, and Associates Netherlands...

Oman to host 5 nation T20I series prior to men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier

Oman Pentagonal T20s Tim Cutler - 10th August 2019

Oman will host Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands and Nepal for a five team T20 international series from October 5-10.

Ireland enjoy dream Lord’s day v England

News Daniel Beswick - 24th July 2019

Stumps day 1 - Ireland 207 all out (Balbirnie 55, Stirling 36, Curran 3/28, Stone 3/29) lead England 85 all out (Denly...

The final chapter? Associate nations at the World Cup: Part 5 (2011 & 2015)

EC Rewind Rustom Deboo - 15th July 2019

The 16-team format used for the 2007 World Cup proved to be short-lived, as the tournament reverted to a two-group structure of...

The Kenyan miracle and a St. Patrick’s Day for the ages: Associates at the World Cup, Part 4 (2003 & 2007)

EC Rewind Rustom Deboo - 8th July 2019

Bangladesh’s elevation to Test status in 2000, coupled with the increase in the number of participating teams by two on previous editions,...

Euro T20 slams door on Associates

Opinion Tim Cutler - 6th July 2019

The Euro T20 Slam yesterday announced details of their upcoming players draft, to be held in London on July 19. The owners...

No Associate overseas slots in Euro T20 Slam after London draft confirmed

Euro T20 Slam Emerging Cricket - 5th July 2019

The draft for the inaugural Euro T20 Slam will take place in London on 19th July, and after announcing that around 700 players from 22...

Afridi, Duminy, Tahir added to Slam roster, registrations open for overseas players

Euro T20 Slam Emerging Cricket - 28th May 2019

Overnight it was announced that registrations for overseas players wanting to be drafted for the inaugural Euro T20 Slam are open.

Associates at the World Cup, Part 1: 1975 & 1979

EC Rewind Rustom Deboo - 26th May 2019

Thanks to the International Cricket Council’s retrograde decision to reduce the number of the teams at the World Cup, the 12th edition of the...

ICC T20I Rankings Released

News Daniel Beswick - 3rd May 2019

The International Cricket Council has rolled out an 80-team rankings list for men's T20 Internationals, with 52 members making up the women's...

Euro T20 Slams into reality

Euro T20 Slam Emerging Cricket - 2nd May 2019

The details of the Euro T20 Slam have finally been unveiled to the public. Featuring two teams each from Ireland, Scotland and...

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