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DUBLIN – Ireland Men’s cricket team is playing England Men in a three-match T20 International series at Malahide. This is the first-time the two sides have played a T20I series and the first-ever T20I between the two sides in Ireland.

The series will be played in Dublin at Malahide Cricket Club, with matches as follows:

17 September: Ireland Men v England Men – 1^st T20I (Malahide Cricket Ground; start 1.30pm)
19 September: Ireland Men v England Men – 2^nd T20I (Malahide Cricket Ground; start 1.30pm) *SOLD OUT
21 September: Ireland Men v England Men – 3^rd T20I (Malahide Cricket Ground; start 1.30pm) *SOLD OUT

Tickets are selling fast – Friday 19 September and Sunday 21 September are officially sold out, while Wednesday 17 September is close to sold out.

Fans can purchase tickets at: www.cricketireland.ie/tickets

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The two sides have only played each other twice in the T20I format – both matches were at ICC T20 World Cup tournaments.

The first match was in 2010 – it was a No Result
The second match being at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Melbourne where Ireland won by 5 runs (DLS).

THE SQUADS

Ireland Men

Paul Stirling (captain) (Northern Knights)
Ross Adair (Lisburn / Northern Knights)
Ben Calitz (Lisburn / Northern Knights)
Curtis Campher (Clontarf / Munster Reds)
Gareth Delany (Leinster / Munster Reds)
George Dockrell (Phoenix / Leinster Lightning)
Graham Hume (Waringstown / North West Warriors)
Matthew Humphreys (Lisburn / Northern Knights)
Barry McCarthy (Pembroke / Leinster Lightning)
Jordan Neil (CSNI / Northern Knights)
Harry Tector (Pembroke / Leinster Lightning)
Lorcan Tucker (Pembroke / Leinster Lightning)
Ben White (Phoenix / Munster Reds)
Craig Young (North Down / North West Warriors)

Head Coach: Heinrich Malan

England Men

Jacob Bethell (captain)
Rehan Ahmed
Sonny Baker
Tom Banton
Jos Buttler
Liam Dawson
Tom Hartley
Will Jacks
Saqib Mahmood
Jamie Overton
Adil Rashid
Phil Salt
Luke Wood
Jordan Cox
Sam Curran

Selection notes

Gareth Delany, Curtis Campher and Craig Young have come through the Emerald Challenge series and are available to play, however, Mark Adair, Fionn Hand and Josh Little are still working through rehabilitation programmes and are unavailable.
Ben Calitz has received his first senior international call-up for Ireland Men:
- 23-year old Ben Calitz was born in Vancouver, Canada and moved to Ireland in 2022.
- He has represented Canada at Under-19s level.
- He has played club cricket with Holywood CC, Muckamore CC and (now) Lisburn CC.
- In 2024 he made his debut for the Northern Knights, but has also represented Munster Reds in the Inter-Provincial Series.
- In April 2025, he was selected for the Ireland Wolves tour to UAE.

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