DUBLIN – Cricket Ireland has today announced five ‘squads’ that will play in multiple formats across Ireland Men’s back-to-back tours of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in March/April 2023.
The first tour is to Bangladesh where it will feature a warm-up fixture on 15 March, then three one-day internationals, three T20 Internationals and a Test Match. This will be the first-ever Test Match played between the two sides, and the first multi-format series the two sides have played at senior level.
The second tour to Sri Lanka will feature a Test Match and two one-day internationals. Similarly, this will be the first-ever Test Match played between the two sides, and the first multi-format series the two sides have played at senior level.
The squad will depart Dublin on 11 March.
Ireland Men’s Head Coach Heinrich Malan had this to say about the inclusion of Matthew Humphreys:
“With Matthew Humphreys, first and foremost, he bowls left-handed, which I think it’s something that we cried out for from a skillset point of view. The other thing that we really took into account is when he played for Ireland’s under-19s at the World Cup. He was the go-to guy in that environment. He bowled every phase, showed that he’s a competitor, showed that he can take wickets. I guess when you look at it from that point of view, he’s got all the traits and the attributes that we’re looking for. Hence putting him in a wider squad environment where, you know, hopefully he gets some game time at some stages, but also, we are working back from some pinnacle events when you think about where the T20 World Cup’s going to be in in 2024, in the West Indies, and in America, that those sort of surfaces are going to assist that sort of skillset.
THE SQUADS
Selectors have named essentially five squads that features 22 players across the different formats:
Ireland squad for Bangladesh ODI series
- Andrew Balbirnie (Capt), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Graham Hume, Matthew Humphreys, Josh Little, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White.
Ireland squad for Bangladesh T20I series
- Andrew Balbirnie (Capt), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Matthew Humphreys, Barry McCarthy, Conor Olphert, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young.
Ireland squad for Bangladesh Test Match
- Andrew Balbirnie (Capt), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Murray Commins, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Matthew Humphreys, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, James McCollum, PJ Moor, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White.
Ireland squad for Sri Lanka Test Match
- Andrew Balbirnie (Capt), Curtis Campher, Murray Commins, George Dockrell, Matthew Foster, Graham Hume, Matthew Humphreys, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, James McCollum, PJ Moor, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White.
Ireland squad for Sri Lanka ODI series
- Paul Stirling (Capt), Curtis Campher, Murray Commins, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Matthew Foster, Graham Hume, Matthew Humphreys, Andrew McBrine, Conor Olphert, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young.
TOUR SCHEDULE – BANGLADESH
Warm-up match
- 15 March: warm-up match – opponent to be announced.
ODI Series
- 18 March: Bangladesh Men v Ireland Men – 1st ODI (SICS, Sylhet)
- 20 March: Bangladesh Men v Ireland Men – 2nd ODI (SICS, Sylhet)
- 23 March: Bangladesh Men v Ireland Men – 3rd ODI (SICS, Sylhet)
T20I Series
- 27 March: Bangladesh Men v Ireland Men – 1st T20I (ZACS, Chattogram)
- 29 March: Bangladesh Men v Ireland Men – 2nd T20I (ZACS, Chattogram)
- 31 March: Bangladesh Men v Ireland Men – 3rd T20I (ZACS, Chattogram)
Test Match
- 4-8 April: Bangladesh Men v Ireland Men – Test Match (SBNCS, Dhaka)
TOUR SCHEDULE – SRI LANKA
Test Match
- 18-22 April: Sri Lanka Men v Ireland Men – Test Match (Galle)
ODI Series
- 26 April: Sri Lanka Men v Ireland Men – 1st ODI (Colombo)
- 23 April: Sri Lanka Men v Ireland Men – 2nd ODI (Colombo)