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ICC Women's Championship
| P | W | T | NR | L | Pts | |
| Australia | 24 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 39 |
| India | 24 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 37 |
| England | 24 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 32 |
| South Africa | 24 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 25 |
| Sri Lanka | 24 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| New Zealand | 24 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| Bangladesh | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| Pakistan | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 17 |
| West Indies | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 14 |
| Ireland | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 |
ICC Women's Championship
3rd ODI: India beat Ireland by 304 runs
Rajkot, 15 January.
India 435/5 (50 overs: P Rawal 154, S Mandhana 135, R Ghosh 59, T Hasabnis 28; O Prendergast 2-71)
Ireland 131 (31.4 overs: S Forbes 41, O Prendergast 36; D Sharma 3-27, T Kanwar 2-31)
India's openers Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal both scored centuries (BCCI)
A new record ODI score for India as openers Smriti Mandhana and Prakita Rawal both posted centuries in an opening partnership of 233 giving an indication of what was in store for Ireland’s bowlers. No let up in the second half of the innings as Richa Ghosh blasted a half century (10x4, 1x6). One commentator saying if it had been a boxing match the referee would have stepped in long ago! Gaby Lewis gone in the first over LBW missing a pull shot and Christina Coulter Reilly is bowled without scoring, not the start Ireland were hoping for. Two 'new' spinners await the Girls in Green today - Tanuja Kanwar a slow left armer and off spinner Minnu Mani. Promising third wicket stand of 64 is ended with the dismissal of Prendergast, quickly followed by the run out of Forbes. Wickets continued to tumble on a day to forget.
Women's Under 19 T20 World Cup
Warmup: Malaysia lost to Ireland by 5 wickets
KTJ School Ground, Semblan, KL, 15 January.
Malaysia 70/9 (20 overs: N MacNulty 3-14, K McCartney 2-4, E Magee 2-16, J Jackson 1-5, L McBride 1-14) Ireland 73/5 (13.4 overs: A Harrison 21*, A Walsh 17, A Squires 10)
Ireland's last 'official' warmup match before they face England early on Saturday looks to be not much more of a challenge than their last run out against a scratch MCA XI when they were forced to contrive targets to chase in order to have some batting time. Ireland 28/3 off 5 overs so maybe not just as straightforward as one was thinking, but in the end a comfortable win.
Irish International
Test hopes for Ireland?
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South Africa are looking for suitable warm-up opponents ahead of the World Test Championship at Lord's in June.
Ireland name squads for Zimbabwe tour
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Morgan Topping has been included in the Ireland squad that will play seven matches against Zimbabwe next month.
Bready set to host West Indies
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There's good news in the offing for North West cricket fans with West Indies scheduled to play three T20I's at the County Tyrone venue next year.
Ireland stats for 2024
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It may be only October but that's it for Ireland Men in 2024 who have no more scheduled games until next year.
Impressive Ireland gain consolation win over South Africa
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PAUL STIRLING recorded his highest score of the season in Abu Dhabi last night as Ireland turned the tables on South Africa to claim the dead rubber of their one-day international series by 69 runs.
Ireland look to end testing year on a high
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Cricket Ireland seem to view Test matches - the pinnacle of the game, and the reason they receive five times the funding of Scotland and the Netherlands — as a necessary nuisance, at best.
Ireland slump to second defeat
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PAUL STIRLING lost his fourth consecutive toss at the Sheikh Zayed stadium to condemn Ireland to another hot, sweaty four hours in the field and ultimately a 174-run loss to South Africa in the second of three one-day internationals.
Adair in the ascendancy
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IRELAND lost their first one-day international against South Africa, but their newest star was busy packing his bags for his next adventure. A T20 specialist, he is off to spend the winter with the University of Adelaide, hoping to sharpen his game on the hard Australian pitches.
Irish Women's Representative
Ireland whitewashed in India
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Ireland women’s ill-fated mini-tour of India ended in a record 304-run defeat in Rajkot as their hosts completed a 3-0 whitewash in the World Championship one-day international series.
MacNulty excited by World Cup challenge
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Merrion's Niamh MacNulty will be at the helm as Ireland U19 Women begin their World Cup journey on Saturday with a tough group opener against England.
Ireland World Cup preparations disrupted after South Africa cancellation
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Ireland U19's scheduled World Cup warm-up match against South Africa was cancelled on Monday following travel delays at Cape Town meant their opponents arrival was delayed.
Battling Ireland beaten by India
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Wicketkeeper Christina Coulter Reilly starred with a top score of 80, which featured 10 boundaries, while opener Sarah Forbes made an impressive 38 and former skipper Laura Delany weighed in with 37.
Morrissey replaces Maguire in Ireland U19 World Cup squad
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The Event Technical Committee of the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025 has approved Genevieve Morrissey as a replacement for Aimee Maguire in the Ireland squad.
Prendergast and Sargent shortlisted for ICC Awards
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There was a double boost for Irish cricket with nominations for Freya Sargent and Orla Prendergast in the annual ICC Awards.
Lowe called up to Ireland U19 squad
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There was an early Christmas present for Lisburn's Rebecca Lowe as she was called up to the Ireland Under 19 squad for the World Cup in Malaysia next month.
Ireland Women's U19 squad named
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A 15-player squad has been selected for the 2025 ICC Under-19s Women’s T20 World Cup which will be held in Malaysia from 13 January to 2 February 2025.
Ireland Clean Sweep
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Laura Delany smashed three consecutive fours to pull off a thrilling last-over win as Ireland claimed a 3-0 clean sweep over Bangladesh in their T20 international series.
Ireland complete clean sweep of Bangladesh
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A week is a long time in politics and also in cricket it seems.
Northern
Historic tour lined up for NCU
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18 boys from the NCU area will be heading to India for ten days to experience the tour of a lifetime next month.
North Down pick up South African Copeland
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North Down will be the destination for young South African all-rounder Michael Copeland for the 2025 season.
New professional for Waringstown
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Waringstown have confirmed the signing of Daniel van der Merwe as their overseas professional for the 2025 season.
Hayden Melly signs for Cliftonville Academy
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Cliftonville Academy have confirmed the signing of wicket-keeper batsman Hayden Melly for the 2025 season.
Leinster
Jeremy Bray stepping down as Hills Head Coach
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The Hills have announced that Head Coach Jeremy Bray is stepping down at the end of the month, but will continue to have a role at Milverton.
Malahide - coming of age stage
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Every club goes through different stages. In the beginning a group of enthusiasts come together and the seeds of an association germinate and a club is formed.
New overseas professional for Merrion
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Merrion have confirmed South African Muhammad Manack as their overseas professional for the 2025 season.
Death of Phyllis Spence
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There was sad news over the weekend with the death of Phyllis Spence, who is the mother of former international Adele Spence and a grandmother of current Clontarf international Freya Sargent,
Clontarf confirm Seamus Lynch signing
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Clontarf have confirmed that Seamus Lynch has joined them from Terenure.
New professional for Clontarf
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Clontarf have signed Australian all-rounder Patrick Xie for the 2025 campaign.
First-class debut for Maritz
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Lara Maritz had a winning debut on her first-class debut in South Africa at the weekend.
North West
NW Senior Cup draw made
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The draw has been made for the first round of the 2025 North West Senior Cup with the competition's most successful side Sion Mills making a return to the region's blue riband event.
New overseas professional for Glendermott
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Glendermott have confirmed the signing of South African all-rounder Rubin Hermann for the 2025 campaign.
Change of professional for Eglinton
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Eglinton have been forced into a change of professional after their original choice failed to meet the required criteria for a visa.
Ardmore granted planning for multi-purpose hall extension
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Ardmore CC have secured planning approval for a multi-purpose hall extension to their existing pavilion at the Bleachgreen.
Back to 50 overs for NW cricket
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The top two divisions of North West cricket will be played over 50 overs once again in 2025.
Senior clubs set for 50 overs return?
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Senior clubs will have the chance to return to 50 overs cricket if a proposal is passed by the clubs this week.
The View
Andrew Nixon: 11 January
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Two tiered Tests, inaction on Afghanistan and the return of the "EuroSlam".
Barry Chambers: 9 January
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Can we look forward to Ireland Men playing more cricket in 2025? Will the artist formerly known as the Euroslam finally be debuting in 2025?
Deryck Vincent: 26 October
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Smiles all round as Ireland reached the World Cup final.
Barry Chambers: 17 October
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The demise of the interpros, Laura Delany being replaced as Ireland captain, and was money really saved by going to the UAE?
Deryck Vincent: 18 September
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Winning, losing, drama and chaos. Deryck Vincent looks back at a strange season that thankfully had a happy ending.
Nathan Johns: 11 September
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Inside the decision to have Graeme West take over from Richard Holdsworth as the man responsible for all of Cricket Ireland's high performance strategy.
Irish Men's Youth Representative
Newbuildings duo named in Ireland U19 squad
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Lewis Campbell and Charlie Downey have been included in the Ireland U19 Men's Winter training squad.
Ireland beat Scotland Academy again
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Ireland Under 19's made it two wins from two against Scotland's Academy side to end their four-match series at Loughborough.
England too strong for Ireland in U19 ODI
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England Under 19s once again proved too strong for their Irish counterparts as they recorded a convincing 108-run win in their second Youth ODI at Loughborough.
Neill hundred as Ireland beat Scotland in U19 clash
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Jordan Neill and Freddie Ogilby were in the runs as Ireland beat Scotland.
Ireland name U19 squad for clashes with England and Scotland
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Ireland Under-19s have named their squad for a Youth ODI Tri-Series against England and Scotland later this month at Loughborough University.
Other News
European T20 tournament gets green light
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Cricket Ireland are hopeful that the new venture finally gets off the ground unlike the ill-fated Euroslam tournament.
Delany and Hoey in the runs Down Under
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Gareth Delany and Gavin Hoey have both adjusted well to life in Australia with the pair among the runs in recent weeks.
Winning start for Adair and Stirling in Abu Dhabi T10
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Mark Adair and Paul Stirling were both on the winning side as the Abu Dhabi T10 got underway on Thursday.
CI Club Grant Scheme returns
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This annual scheme will provide over €160,000 in new funding for projects that deliver on club infrastructure upgrades, essential equipment purchases and the development of inclusivity projects just over 1% of the annual CI budget.
Adair brothers off to the USA
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Irish internationals Ross and Mark Adair will be playing in the USA next month in yet another T20 competition.
CricketEurope International
20 female coaches at U19 World Cup
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The number of females in coaching roles across participating teams has risen from 12 to 20, compared to the inaugural staging in 2023. Australia, Samoa and Scotland have all-female coaching teams, while Nigeria and South Africa’s coaching teams are staffed by a majority of females.
Match officials appointed for U19 World Cup
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Ireland's Aidan Seaver among those appointed for Under 19 World Cup.
U19 World Cup Group D preview
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Teams with a point to prove make up Group D of the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025.
U19 World Cup Group C preview
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Two returning nations and two debutants make up an intriguing mix in Group C of the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup.
U19 World Cup Group B preview
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Group B of the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025 will see England, Ireland, Pakistan and USA face off across three matchdays at the Johor Cricket Academy Oval.
Bermuda remain in front in Americas qualifying
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Another win for Bermuda, but the race for the other two spots is heating up.
Bermuda out in front after third round of matches
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The tournament favourites top the table heading into the rest day.
Americas sub-regional continues in Argentina
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Wins for hosts, Mexico, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands on day two in Buenos Aires.
Fraser to lead Scots in ECC tournament
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The Scotland squad has been selected for the forthcoming Women’s European Cricket Championship in Cartama, Spain.
Damp start to Americas qualifying in Buenos Aires
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The nine team Americas sub-regional qualifier gets underway in Argentina.
View the latest international, interprovincial and provincial league tables.
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