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The 2024 Celtic Cup consists of two 50 over games and three T20s.

29 JULY – Ireland U-15s Boys vs Scotland U-15s Boys (First 50 over game)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to bat first, however soon got into trouble at 4-2.
• After some early consolidation wickets again fell with 25-4 becoming 50-7.
• Ireland kept up pressure bowling them out for 101 in 36.1 overs.
• Key contributors with the ball included Mark Robinson 2-7 (5), Ben Walsh 2-20 (8) and Toby Slye O’Connell with 2-18 (6).
• In response Ireland chased down the total in 23.4 overs, but lost Robbie McCollam and Marko Bates early on.

Scorecard here.

Won by 8 wickets

30 JULY – Ireland U-15s Boys vs Scotland U-15s Boys (Second 50 over game)

• Scotland again won the toss and elected to bat but then lost an early wicket.
• Ireland’s bowlers kept up the pressure but had to work harder for Scottish wickets – eventually bowling them out for 152 in 49.4 overs.
• Key contributors with the ball were Mark Robinson 2-27 (8), Ben Walsh 2-24 (10) and Zayan Malik 2-35 (10).
• Ireland’s batters started well with an opening stand of 46 between Callum Armstrong and Robbie McCollam.
• Captain Peter le Roux then helped guide the chase with 46* (58) along with help from Marko Bates 17* (34).

Scorecard here.

Won by 5 wickets

1 AUGUST – Ireland U-15s Boys vs Scotland U-15s Boys (First T20 game)

• Scotland again won the toss but this time elected to bowl first.
• Ireland scored 118 but were bowled out with two deliveries remaining in the innings.
• Key performances with the bat came from Gethin Kelleher (27 off 24), Toby Slye O’Connell (18 off 10) and Marko Bates (16 off 12).
• In response, Ireland bowled out Scotland for 94 in 18.3 overs – managing to build pressure up top and maintaining throughout.
• Key bowling performances came from Bobby Brolly with 2-9 (4), Mark Robinson 3-19 (3) and Ben Walsh 2-24 (4).

Scorecard here.

Won by 24 runs.

1 AUGUST – Ireland U-15s Boys vs Scotland U-15s Boys (Second T20 game)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to bat first, posting 143-3 from their 20 overs.
• Major contributions came from Callum Armstrong with 37 (41), Lorcan Craik 33 (26) and skipper Peter la Roux with 27 (27).
• With the ball, Ireland were then able to keep Scotland to 106-7 from their 20 overs.
• Key bowlers were Bobby Brolly with 3-16 (4), Gethin Kelleher 2-14 (3) as well as Toby Slye O’Connell 0-13 (4) to go with his late hitting.
• With the victory, Ireland led 4-0 in the Celtic Cup.

Scorecard here.

Won by 37 runs.

2 AUGUST – Ireland U-15s Boys vs Scotland U-15s Boys (Third T20 game)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl first in this final game of the U-15s Celtic Cup; holding a 4-0 lead across both formats.
• Scotland reached 93 all out from 19.5 overs with key bowling performances from Bobby Brolly 3-9 (4) and Gethin Kelleher 2-8 (2.5).
• In response, Ireland reached the total for the loss of 7 wickets, and with 6 overs remaining.
• Key batting performances came from Callum Armstrong 35 (35) and Lorcan Craik 18 (13) – helping Ireland to a 5-0 clean sweep of the U-15s 2024 Celtic Cup.

Scorecard here.

Won by 3 wickets (Ireland U-15s Boys claim the series 5-0)