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Cricket Ireland Names 14 Man Squad For England ODI's

Tuesday, 28 July 2020 10:54

Two players are set to make Irish debuts in the format.

Cricket Ireland have named their 14 man squad for Thursday's first one day international against England. 

It'll take place at the Ageas bowl in Southampton with three ODI's scheduled to take place in total. 

Curtis Campher and Harry Tector are in line to make their Ireland debut's in this format of the game.

Captain Andrew Balbrinie leads a list of experienced names such as Paul Stirling, Will Porterfield, Boyd Rankin and Simi Singh. 

The complete 14-player match squad is:

  • Andrew Balbirnie (c)
  • Paul Stirling (vc)
  • Curtis Campher
  • Gareth Delany
  • Josh Little
  • Andrew McBrine
  • Barry McCarthy
  • Kevin O’Brien
  • William Porterfield
  • Boyd Rankin
  • Simi Singh
  • Harry Tector
  • Lorcan Tucker
  • Craig Young

Andrew White, Chair of National Men’s Selectors, said:

“These ODIs are not only a great opportunity for our squad to test themselves against the world champions, but are extremely important in the context of qualification for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. Every player in our squad is lacking game time as a result of the lockdown, so the two warm-up games gave the players an opportunity to gain their first competitive action since early March and there were some very positive performances on display over those two matches.”

“However, our deliberations on selection took into account not only those two warm-up games, but also form shown earlier in the year before lockdown. In addition, we also took into account that we have a larger squad here than would be normal, so we decided on a side for the first game only at this point. This means that the eight players who miss out on this playing squad may still have an opportunity to feature in the series.”

“One notable inclusion for Irish fans is Curtis Campher, who has been called up to the Ireland senior squad for the first time. Curtis has impressed selectors and coaches with both his batting and bowling, played very well for the Ireland Wolves against Namibia in February, has trained well in recent weeks and provides a great balance to the side. Fans saw a little of what he can offer during the intra-squad match last Wednesday, and we believe he’ll be ready to step up if called upon.”

“Another exciting one for Irish fans is Harry Tector, who comes into the reckoning now to make his ODI debut. Harry has already featured in 20 T20 Internationals for Ireland, and has demonstrated during warm-up games and in training that he is ready for this format of the game. His half-century on Sunday was against an excellent attack, and demonstrated a maturity in his batting for a player so early in their career.”

“Many players on this trip can consider themselves unfortunate to miss out in the first match day squad, including our leading wicket-taker in 2019, Mark Adair. As fans are aware, Mark underwent surgery earlier this year, and while that was successful, it has unfortunately meant that he is not yet back to the level that we need him at for international cricket. We know that he isn’t far away, but we also need to recognise that Sunday’s game was his first competitive outing since the Caribbean in January.”

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