Injury forces Rao into retirement
Former India and Ireland international Bobby Rao has announced his retirement from cricket, bringing to an end a career spanning 47 years.
Former India and Ireland international Bobby Rao has announced his retirement from cricket, bringing to an end a career spanning 47 years.
England's miserable start to 2012 continued as they lost the first Test to Sri Lanka by 75 runs in Galle.
Ireland barely needed half their overs to cruise to a nine-wicket victory over Namibia and book their place in the ICC World Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka this September.
Ireland are a game away from qualifying for the World Twenty20 after beating the Netherlands by seven wickets in Dubai today.
Paul Stirling's brutal innings of 79 led Ireland to a five-wicket win over Afghanistan with seven balls to spare in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Dubai on Saturday.
Ireland crushed Canada by 10 wickets in Dubai to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the World Twenty20 tournament.
RTÉ Sport will broadcast coverage of Ireland’s cricket team as they look to qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 this week.
Cricket Ireland has confirmed that Tim Murtagh of Middlesex has flown to Dubai to provide emergency cover for the injured Alex Cusack at the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers.
Gary Wilson's unbeaten half-century steered Ireland to a comfortable win over Oman in their ICC World Twenty20 qualifier.
Ireland assured themselves of a place in the play-off stages of the ICC World Twenty20 qualifiers with a big win over Uganda.
Ireland kept their ICC World Twenty20 qualifying campaign on track at the expense of Scotland, with a 17-run victory in Dubai.
Cricket Ireland tonight confirmed that John Mooney has been ruled out of the remainder of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers currently being held in the UAE.
Ireland hammered the United States by 64 runs to win their third match in a row at the ICC World Twenty20 qualifier in Dubai.
Ireland scraped past Italy to make it two wins from three in the ICC World Twenty20 qualifier in Dubai.
Ireland bounced back from their first-day defeat at the ICC World Twenty20 qualifier in Dubai with a 10-wicket victory over Kenya.
Ireland suffered a shock defeat to Namibia as they started their World Twenty20 qualifying campaign with a six-run loss in Dubai.
One year on from scoring the fastest hundred ever in the cricket World Cup, Ireland batsman Kevin O'Brien has yet to watch the innings in its entirety.
A nerveless final over from John Mooney secured Ireland a two-run win over Kenya and a 3-0 success in the Twenty20 series.
Paul Stirling's unbeaten 65 steered Ireland to a series-winning eight-wicket victory over Kenya in their second Twenty20 match in Mombasa.
Kevin O'Brien top-scored for Ireland as they cruised to a six-wicket win over Kenya in their first Twenty20 international at Mombasa.