
New Zealand and Pakistan fixtures postponed as CI Board meets to discuss impact of COVID-19
DUBLIN – The Board of Cricket Ireland held a ‘virtual’ board meeting yesterday afternoon to consider a number of significant issues related to impacts on…

Interview with Ed Joyce: Malahide was an unusually emotional and nervous Test debut
DUBLIN – A Test match debut is a major and often nerve-wracking life experience for any cricketer. Nerves don’t discriminate though as even Ed Joyce…

O’Brien brothers reflect on the two-year anniversary of the start of the Malahide Test match
DUBLIN – Two years ago today Irish sporting history was made with the bowling the first ball in Test cricket for the Ireland Men’s team.…

Joyce: World Cup Qualifier postponement understandable but new preparation programme now required
DUBLIN – Ed Joyce, Head Coach of the Ireland Women’s cricket team, today expressed his understanding about the International Cricket Council’s decision to postpone the…

Update on COVID-19 and the Irish cricket season
The Irish and UK Governments have made a series of announcements around their plans for resumption of economic and social activity in the Republic and…
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Inter-Provincial Fixtures Announced
The fixtures and venues for the 2015 Inter-Provincial Series have been confirmed today, with the season getting underway in Stormont on Friday May 1st.There will…

William Porterfield Reaction
William Porterfield spoke to the press to give his reaction to Ireland’s four wicket win over the West Indies. Full hour long highlights of Ireland’s…

HIGHLIGHTS: Ireland v West Indies
Watch the exclusive highlights of Ireland’s brilliant run-chase against the West Indies in their opening match of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Full hour…

Porterfield looks forward to West Indies match
William Porterfield looks forward to the West Indies clash at the captain’s pre-match press conference.Q. Your third World Cup campaign. Are you excited about the…

Ireland beat West Indies by 4 wickets
Ireland announced their arrival at this year’s World Cup with a 4- wicket victory over the West Indies in Nelson on Monday. Such has been…

Gary Wilson Previews West Indies Clash
With just over 24 hours to go until Ireland’s opening match in the ICC Cricket World Cup, Gary Wilson previews the match for www.cricketireland.ie.The build…

Ireland begin Intercontinental Cup title defence against UAE
The International Cricket Council today announced the schedule for and the ICC Intercontinental Cup from 2015 to 2017. The opening round of the ICC Intercontinental…

UTV Ireland to Broadcast Ireland’s ICC Cricket World Cup Campaign
Cricket Ireland is delighted to announce that UTV will be supporting Ireland’s 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup campaign, by exclusively broadcasting hour-long highlights packages on…

Balbirnie talks World Cup Preparation
As the team travelled to New Zealand for their World Cup opener against the West Indies in Nelson, www.cricketireland.ie caught up with Andrew Balbirnie to…

Chase and McBrine Rewarded with Central Contracts
Cricket Ireland has announced central contracts for 24 players for 2015, nine of whom are in the second year of a two year contract. Malahide…

Andrew White Retires From International Cricket
Andrew White has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect.Click Here for Andrew White Photo Tribute Gallery The 34 year-old, his country’s most…

Ireland lose to Scotland in World Cup warm-up
Ireland’s official World Cup warm-up programme got off to a poor start in Blacktown, Sydney on Tuesday as William Porterfield’s men were on the wrong…

Peter Chase on life at the World Cup
CricketIreland.ie caught up with Peter Chase at Ireland’s training session today to talk about what it’s like to be at a World Cup, and how…

LISTEN: Brett Lee and Craig Young on preparation of Ireland’s quick bowlers
Today at Ireland’s Sydney training base www.cricketireland.ie caught up with Ireland’s new bowling coach Brett Lee and Ireland quick bowler Craig Young about working with…

William Porterfield assesses Ireland’s chances at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
Ireland captain William Porterfield was speaking today at the pre-tournament captain’s press conference in Sydney where he looked at Ireland’s chances heading into the ICC…




















