Ireland names expanded training squad ahead of ODI series against England

DUBLIN – Cricket Ireland today named a 21-man expanded squad that will travel to Southampton for a training camp ahead of the three-match men’s World Cup Super League One Day International series against England starting later this month.

To comply with COVID-19 protocols and public health directives, the squad will depart Dublin on a special charter flight to Southampton, before being transported in bio-secure buses to a hotel within the grounds of the Ageas Bowl where they will stay until their departure on 5 August.

Following the training sessions and two warm-up matches as part of the tour schedule, Selectors will then name a final 14-man squad for the series. The remaining seven players will stay on as cover, given the protocols around the bio-secure venue and playing conditions.

The 21-man squad is:

Andrew Balbirnie (c), Paul Stirling (vc), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Peter Chase, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Jonathan Garth, Tyrone Kane, Josh Little, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, James McCollum, Kevin O’Brien, William Porterfield, Boyd Rankin, Simi Singh, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Gary Wilson, Craig Young.

The tour schedule

  • 18 July: Squad departs from Dublin for ODI Training Camp
  • 22 July: Practice match
  • 26 July: Ireland v England Lions (warm-up match)
  • 30 July: 1st ODI v England (day/night, starts 2pm)
  • 1 August: 2nd ODI v England (day/night, starts 2pm)
  • 4 August: 3rd ODI v England (day/night, starts 2pm)
  • 5 August: Squads returns to Dublin

Matches played as part of the inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup Super League (2020-2022) are essentially World Cup Qualifier matches, as the League will serve as part of the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualification process. It will feature thirteen teams, the twelve Full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), and the Netherlands (who won the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship to qualify for this competition). 

Each team will play an ODI series against eight of the twelve opponents, four series at home and four away. Each series will consist of three ODIs. For the World Cup, the hosts (India in 2023), and the top seven-ranked sides thereafter, will qualify automatically. The remaining five teams will play in a qualifying event along with five Associate sides, from which two sides will go through to the final tournament.