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Ireland will be one of 13 teams which will participate in the new ODI league unveiled by the ICC in New Zealand today.
The format will guarantee the Irish regular series both home and away and is seen as a real boost for the game following on from their recent elevation to Full Member status and confirmation of their first men’s Test against Pakistan next May.

The league will see all games having real context, with the first edition of the league having each side play four home and four away series, comprising three ODIs moving to all teams playing each other from the second cycle onwards. The league will provide a direct World Cup qualification pathway when it gets under way in 2020.

Zimbabwe was also confirmed as the host country for the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers, where Ireland will bid to qualify for their fourth consecutive World Cup – that tournament is scheduled to held next March.

Ireland Women will also be on the qualification trail next summer as they travel to The Netherlands who were confirmed as host of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018. The ‘Girls In Green’ won the 2015 qualification event which was held in Thailand, beating Bangladesh in a last-ball thriller.


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