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The Ireland cricket team is the cricket team representing all of Ireland. Since 2017 they have been a Full Member of the International Cricket Council. Although Cricket in Ireland has had a presence since the early 1800s, it was in 1993 the Irish Cricket Union, the predecessor to Cricket Ireland, was elected to the International Cricket Council (ICC) as an Associate member. [1]
The team is administered by Cricket Ireland. They became associate members in 1993, and were granted full member status in 2017. They qualified for their first T20 World Cup in 2009, after winning the 2008 qualifier, they have qualified for every edition of the tournament since then. In eight editions that they have played, they have a win ...
The first One Day International to be held in Ireland came in the 1999 Cricket World Cup between Bangladesh and the West Indies at Castle Avenue, Dublin. In 2008, the Stormont in Belfast hosted the first Twenty20 International to be played in Ireland during the 2008 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier , with Canada playing the Netherlands .
Ireland's performance in their inaugural World Cup in the 2007 Cricket World Cup took many pundits by surprise. In their first game, on 15 March, they tied with Zimbabwe, primarily thanks to Ireland's first ever World Cup century by man-of-the-match Jeremy Bray and economical bowling in the final overs by Trent Johnston and Andre Botha. [55]
George Dockrell says Ireland's three-match home series against Pakistan will be ideal preparation for their T20 World Cup challenge next month.
While Ireland can look towards the autumn with the confidence of true contenders, it could take a fairy tale or two for England to even be at the World Cup ball. Scotland 26-14 Italy
Cricket in Ireland is governed by Cricket Ireland, which maintains the Ireland men's and women's cricket teams. Like several other sports in Ireland , cricket is organised on an All-Ireland basis. Following the team's success in the 2007 Cricket World Cup , the sport's popularity increased in Ireland. [ 1 ]
The 50-over World Cup is far older and has been competed for since back in 1975. Australia are the record winners having run out victorious on five occasions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015).