Ireland National Cricket Team

Ireland is represented by a cricket team called Ireland cricket team. Up to 1993, the Irish Cricket Union did not get elected to the ICC (International Cricket Council) owing to political difficulties. Cricket was introduced to Ireland by the English. The spread of cricket started in the 1830s and continued up to the early 1880s, and several clubs still exist currently.

In the ICC Trophy, Ireland participated for the first time. However, out of seven games, Ireland lost four games and was ranked seventh in the trophy results. As the ICC Intercontinental Cup was introduced in 1994, this was an opportunity for Ireland to participate in first-class cricket regularly. In 2004, Ireland was defeated by Scotland in a group match, but in the next two editions of the tournament, Ireland was triumphant.

In the 2005 ICC Trophy, Ireland attained second place and, as a result, it qualified for the 2007 Cricket World Cup and gained official One Day International status until 2009. On 13 June 2006, the first official One Day International of Ireland was played against England at Belfast. In this match, while chasing England’s score of 301, Ireland finished with a good score of 263 for 9.

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Country	Ireland
Founded	1855
Captain	Andrew Balbirnie
Coach	Heinrich Malan
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The squad for the 2007 World Cup was declared by the Irish Cricket Union in August 2006. In this tournament, Ireland played quite well. On 15 March, the first match against Zimbabwe national cricket team was tied. In the next match, Ireland defeated Pakistan national cricket team by three wickets, thereby knocking Pakistan out of the competition. As Pakistan was the fourth-ranked team in the world, this outcome is considered one of the biggest shocks in international cricket history. Ireland further qualified for the Super 8 stage. In this stage, Ireland was defeated in the first four matches against Australia national cricket team, New Zealand national cricket team, South Africa national cricket team, and England. Then, Ireland won the match against Bangladesh national cricket team by 74 runs. Bangladesh was a Test-playing country and ranked 9th in the world. In the last match against Sri Lanka national cricket team, Ireland was defeated with 40 overs remaining and by 8 wickets. As Ireland had a highly successful World Cup tour, when the team arrived in Dublin on 24 April 2007, they were given a heroes’ welcome.

Bangladesh was a host to Ireland in March 2008, and the host won all three One Day Internationals.