DUBLIN \u2013 Cricket Ireland has today confirmed two off-season tours over the next two months that will see Ireland Men play five one-day internationals in Namibia and Ireland Wolves play both red-ball and white-ball matches in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n
In addition, as announced last week, Ireland\u2019s Under-19s men\u2019s and women\u2019s squads are also travelling to southern Africa<\/p>\n
Graeme West, Cricket Ireland\u2019s Director of High Performance, said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe squads selected for the senior men\u2019s and Wolves\u2019 tours feature the best of Irish men\u2019s current and emerging talent, and the chance for such a large cohort of players getting away during the winter months to play outdoors on grass in warmer conditions is a welcome one. With Namibia and Zimbabwe hosting the ICC Cricket World Cup and Qualification events in 2027 alongside South Africa, the tours provide great opportunities for our players to familiarise themselves with the conditions and some of their potential opponents.<\/p>\n
\u201cPaul Stirling will continue to lead the senior ODI squad, while Matthew Humphreys will captain the Ireland Wolves in both formats. Nine of the players selected for the Namibia series will feature in the Wolves tour, whilst six will move on to the UAE for the ILT20. Mark Adair has been selected for the red-ball component of the Wolves tour to provide on-field leadership and guidance to our young and developing seam bowling unit.<\/p>\n
\u201cRegarding the Wolves tour, Zimbabwe are always keen to engage in the longer format and the two back-to-back first-class matches will test our physical capacity as much as our technical skills.\u201d<\/p>\n
THE FIXTURES<\/p>\n
Ireland Men\u2019s tour of Namibia<\/p>\n
22 October: Ireland Men v Namibia Men \u2013 1st ODI (Windhoek)24 October: Ireland Men v Namibia Men \u2013 2nd ODI (Windhoek)27 October: Ireland Men v Namibia Men \u2013 3rd ODI (Windhoek)30 October: Ireland Men v Namibia Men \u2013 4th ODI (Windhoek)1 November: Ireland Men v Namibia Men \u2013 5th ODI (Windhoek)<\/p>\n
Ireland Wolves tour of Zimbabwe<\/p>\n
6-9 November: Ireland Wolves v Zimbabwe A \u2013 Four-day match13-16 November: Ireland Wolves v Zimbabwe A \u2013 Four-day match19 November: Ireland Wolves v Zimbabwe A \u2013 1st ODM21 November: Ireland Wolves v Zimbabwe A \u2013 2nd ODM23 November: Ireland Wolves v Zimbabwe A \u2013 3rd ODM26 November: Ireland Wolves v Zimbabwe A \u2013 4th ODM28 November: Ireland Wolves v Zimbabwe A \u2013 5th ODM<\/p>\n
THE SQUADS<\/p>\n
Ireland Men\u2019s squad for Namibia tour<\/p>\n
Paul Stirling (c)Lorcan Tucker (vc)Mark AdairAndrew BalbirnieBen CalitzCurtis CampherCade CarmichaelGeorge DockrellGavin HoeyMatthew HumphreysAndy McBrineLiam McCarthyByron McDonoughJai MoondraJordan NeillHarry Tector<\/p>\n
Ireland Wolves\u2019 squad for Zimbabwe (Red-ball matches)<\/p>\n
Jake EganStephen DohenyCade CarmichaelChris DefreitasTim TectorBen CalitzMark AdairJordan NeillGavin HoeyMatthew HumphreysLiam McCarthyJai MoondraByron McDonoughMatthew HollardReuben Wilson<\/p>\n
Ireland Wolves\u2019 squad for Zimbabwe (White-ball matches)<\/p>\n
Stephen DohenyTim TectorCade CarmichaelChris DefreitasBen CalitzGareth DelanyDavid DelanyJordan NeillGavin HoeyMatthew HumphreysLiam McCarthyJai MoondraByron McDonoughMatthew HollardJosh Little<\/p>\n
THE UNDER-19s TOURS<\/p>\n
Ireland Under-19s Men\u2019s tour of South Africa (50-over matches)<\/p>\n
12 October\u00a0\u00a0 Ireland U19 Men v North West University (NWU Oval)13 October\u00a0\u00a0 Ireland U19 Men v North West U19 Invitational (Potchefstroom Gymnasium)15 October\u00a0\u00a0 Ireland U19 Men v North West University (Senwes Cricket Stadium)16 October\u00a0\u00a0 Ireland U19 Men v North West University (NWU Oval)<\/p>\n
Ireland Under-19s Women\u2019s tour of Namibia (T20 matches)<\/p>\n
25 October\u00a0\u00a0 Ireland U19 Women v Capricorn Eagles (Namibia Cricket Ground)26 October\u00a0\u00a0 Ireland U19 Women v Capricorn Eagles (Namibia Cricket Ground)28 October\u00a0\u00a0 Ireland U19 Women v Capricorn Eagles (Namibia Cricket Ground)31 October\u00a0\u00a0 Ireland U19 Women v Capricorn Eagles (Namibia Cricket Ground)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUBLIN \u2013 Cricket Ireland has today confirmed two off-season tours over the next two months that will see…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,23240,275683,43],"class_list":["post-650026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-ireland-men","tag-ireland-wolves","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}