Dublin, July 2 (IANS) The European T20 Premier League (ETPL) completed its first-ever Player Draft in Dublin on Thursday, marking a major milestone ahead of the tournament’s inaugural season. The league’s six franchises selected 36 players, 12 each from Cricket Ireland, Cricket Scotland, and the Royal Dutch Cricket Association (KNCB), to finalise their core squads, with Irish all-rounder Jai Moondra and veteran batter Paul Stirling among the headline picks.The draft saw an even distribution of t…
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Belfast, June 29 (IANS) Former skipper Gary Wilson was on Monday appointed as the new head coach of the Ireland men’s cricket team, as he becomes the first Irish-born coach to take charge of the national side in over three decades.Wilson, 40, represented Ireland 292 times across a distinguished 15-year international career before retiring in 2020 and succeeding Heinrich Malan in the head coach role. Previously, Malan stepped down just a day after Ireland secured a historic 2-0 T20I series triump…
Belfast, June 29 (IANS) In a major development following their historic 2-0 T20I series triumph over India, Ireland head coach Heinrich Malan announced on Monday that he will be stepping down from his role.Malan, whose current contract was slated to run until early 2027, informed his players and support staff that he is stepping away as part of a planned transition aligned with the next ICC ODI World Cup cycle. Appointed to the role in March 2022 after Graham Ford left the job, Malan oversaw a g…
Belfast, June 26 (IANS) Ireland captain Lorcan Tucker hailed his side’s resilience after they registered a historic 34-run victory over India in the opening T20I, describing the triumph over the reigning T20 World Cup winners as “pretty special” while praising his players for staying composed during difficult phases of the match.Ireland recovered from 36/3 to post 182/9, thanks to Tucker’s 50 and Gareth Delany’s 49, before bowling India out for 148 in 18.5 overs. Matthew Hollard and Matthew Hump…
Belfast, June 24 (IANS) Cricket Ireland has confirmed that teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will be provided with a separate dressing room arrangement during India’s two-match T20I series in Ireland, starting at the Civil Service Cricket Ground in Stormont on Friday.The move ensures that strict compliance with mandatory child safeguarding policies and UK law is maintained for 15-year-old Sooryavanshi. “The Indian team has been given three separate rooms in the pavilion, and safegua…
Belfast, June 22 (IANS) Wicketkeeper-batter Lorcan Tucker has been appointed as Ireland’s new T20I captain and will lead a new-look 14-member squad hit by injuries to senior players for this week’s two-match series against India, to be played in Stormont on June 26 and 28.Tucker has served as vice-captain since 2025 and previously filled in twice as skipper. But he now takes over the reins full-time from Paul Stirling, which makes Ireland a side with different captains across all three formats.”…
Dublin, May 22 (IANS) Cricket Ireland has announced a squad led by Andrew Balbirnie to take the field when they host New Zealand for a one-off Test match at Stormont, Belfast, from May 27 to 30. Balbirnie is all set to lead the side for the 10th time in the longer format.Ireland have also confirmed the absence of Paul Stirling, Barry McCarthy, Josh Little, Gavin Hoey, and Jordan Neill, who are all ruled out due to injury. Hoey is sidelined due to a side strain, while Stirling is nursing a calf i…
Dublin, May 20 (IANS) Gaby Lewis will captain Ireland in the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in England, set to happen from June 12 to July 5. But Gaby will miss the preceding tri‑series against Pakistan and West Indies in Clontarf as she continues her recovery from a leg injury.Cricket Ireland also said Orla Prendergast, ranked seventh among women’s T20I all‑rounders, will lead the side in the tri‑series before resuming her role as vice‑captain at the T20 World Cup. Gaby finished…
Dublin, May 12 (IANS) Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, who is one of the European T20 Premier League (ETPL) co-founders, has hailed the inclusion of cricket in the Olympic Games as a “wonderful” development that will bridge the gap between the Indian subcontinent and the global sporting extravaganza. Cricket will officially return to the Olympic Games at Los Angeles 2028, marking its second-ever Olympic appearance – 128 years after its debut in Paris 1900, when Great Britain claimed gold in …
Dublin, May 11 (IANS) Former India captain and head coach Rahul Dravid was on Monday announced as the owner of the European T20 Premier League (ETPL) franchise Dublin Guardians, completing the league’s six-team structure ahead of its highly anticipated 2026 launch.ETPL completed its six-team franchise line-up at a landmark event in Dublin, where Rahul Dravid was officially unveiled as owner of the Dublin franchise ahead of the league’s 2026 launch. The event brought together franchise owners…