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Cricket Ireland offers 12 two-year central contracts as part of improved men’s contract system

Cricket Ireland - March 5, 2022

Photo Credit: Sportsfile Cricket Ireland has today confirmed 19 men’s central full-time contracts have been offered in 2022 – 12 of which are two-year deals. This year will see the reintroduction of two-year contracts which were last used in 2014-15 during...

Coaches: Hirings and Departures

Cricket Ireland: Tributes paid to outgoing interim men’s head coach David Ripley

Cricket Ireland - March 3, 2022

Photo Credit: Peter Della Penna As David Ripley, interim Ireland Men’s Head Coach, finishes his contract with Cricket Ireland, Men’s captain Andrew Balbirnie and High Performance Director Richard Holdsworth have paid tribute to the work of the former Northamptonshire head...

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Richard Holdsworth, High Performance Director, Cricket Ireland on appointing Heinrich Malan as Ireland Men’s Head Coach on a three-year contract effective March 2022

Cricexec Staff - January 6, 2022

Photo Credit: LinkedIn profile photo of Richard Holdsworth “Heinrich has worked in world-class environments at international and domestic levels, and has forged a reputation as an innovative coach... taking a more holistic view of the game... Heinrich is additionally keen...

Coaches: Hirings and Departures

Cricket Ireland: Heinrich Malan appointed Ireland Men’s Head Coach

Cricket Ireland - January 5, 2022

Photo Credit: Cricket Ireland South African-born coach Heinrich Malan has been appointed the successor to Graham Ford as Head Coach for Ireland Men and will take up the role in March 2022 (subject to work permit approval) on an initial...

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Cricket Ireland: Two Irish players in isolation due to positive COVID tests

Cricket Ireland - December 31, 2021

Photo Credit: Cricket Ireland With the Ireland Men’s squad due to depart Florida for Jamaica tomorrow, a final round of PCR tests has revealed two Irish players have tested positive for COVID. Paul Stirling and Shane Getkate registered positive tests and...

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Richard Holdsworth, High Performance Director, Cricket Ireland on Ireland Men’s tour of USA being cut short due to COVID cases in Ireland’s camp

Cricexec Staff - December 30, 2021

Photo Credit: LinkedIn profile photo of Richard Holdsworth "While there are no positive Covid results amongst the Irish players, we have had two support staff test positive and a number of travelling partners and family members also testing positive. This...

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Cricket Ireland Men’s USA tour cut short after remaining matches cancelled

Cricket Ireland - December 29, 2021

Photo Credit: Cricket Ireland USA Cricket and Cricket Ireland have jointly agreed to the cancellation of the one-day international leg of the Dafabet USA v Ireland Men’s International Series over COVID-related concerns that have emerged today. While all players in both...

Player Selection - Int'l

Cricket Ireland: Josh Little recalled to bolster Irish squad ahead of USA series

Cricket Ireland - December 18, 2021

Photo Credit: Sportsfile Cricket Ireland has recalled pace bowler Josh Little – who is currently playing in the Lanka Premier League – to bolster the Ireland Men’s squad ahead of the start of the multi-format series against USA starting next...

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Cricket Ireland: Dates and venue announced for Ireland Men’s West Indies fixtures

Cricket Ireland - December 7, 2021

Photo Credit: Sportsfile Cricket West Indies (CWI) today confirmed the match schedule for the Ireland Men’s tour of the West Indies. Ireland will play three CG Insurance One-Day Internationals (ODI), to be followed by a one off T20 International (T20I)...

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Cricket Ireland: World Cup Qualifier abandoned; positive outcome for Ireland Women amidst the disappointment

Cricket Ireland - November 28, 2021

Photo Credit: Cricket Ireland The International Cricket Council has this morning confirmed that the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe has been abandoned as a result of the introduction of travel restrictions from a number of countries, including Zimbabwe. The...

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