Cricket Ireland (CI) on Thursday, December 5, announced Ireland’s One-Day International and T20 International squads for the West Indies tour in January 2020.
Andrew Balbirnie will be leading Ireland for the first time on an international tour; while Josh Little and Barry McCarthy returned to the Irish squad for the West Indies tour.
The board announced a relatively young squad for T20I series, dropping Shane Getkate, Stuart Thompson, and David Delany from the 14-member squad for the three-match T20I series, while Shane Getkate, Tyrone Kane, Tim Murtagh made way for Craig Young, McCarthy and the uncapped all-rounder Gareth Delany for the 3 ODIs in West Indies.
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Graham Ford, Head Coach of Ireland Men's cricket team, said of team selection: “The Caribbean tour will be the start of a quite intensive year for the senior men’s team.”
He continued, “These matches will be the first under Andrew Balbirnie’s leadership, so will be a great first-up challenge for him and one which I know he is looking forward to. When you look at the squads selected the positive for the future is that there is a blend of experience and youth.”
Ford signed off by saying, “While we've undergone an evolution in the senior set up over the last 12 months, I think the squads selected to recognize and reward performance. Being our first-ever multi-format tour of the Caribbean, there is certainly a bit of a buzz around the squad and come the 7 of January, we'll be more than ready to begin what is an exciting year in Irish cricket.”
Ireland ODI squad:
Andrew Balbirnie (Captain), Mark Adair, Gareth Delany, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, James McCollum, Kevin O'Brien, William Porterfield, Boyd Rankin, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Lorcan Tucker, Gary Wilson, Craig Young.
Ireland T20 squad:
Andrew Balbirnie (Captain), Mark Adair, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Kevin O'Brien, Boyd Rankin, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Gary Wilson, Craig Young.
(With Cricbuzz Inputs)
