Ireland in control in Sharjah
Ireland's Ed Joyce and William Porterfield give their reaction after a good opening day against UAE
Ireland's Ed Joyce and William Porterfield give their reaction after a good opening day against UAE
Four Irish players are in line to be named ICC Associate Cricketer of the Year.
Our World Cup campaign has been over for a week now, and yet being at home and outside the bubble of the team, security, hotels, the media and cricket grounds still feels a bit strange.
It's not often that you get goosebumps as a player in a packed sporting arena when it's not actually you that's achieving something.
It's now a couple of days since the England game. I'm watching highlights and I still keep expecting Kev O'Brien to hit one straight up in the air and get out!!
'The fines committee preside over the rest of us about once a week or so and they are in charge of punishing any member of the squad, including management, with a small fine for any misdemeanours that have occurred.'
Ireland's Ed Joyce fears the ICC's plan to restrict the cricket World Cup to 10 teams will hit their hopes of becoming a test-playing nation.
This morning we landed in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and with the start of the World Cup just a few days away the excitement is really starting to build amongst the squad.
Ed Joyce rues the fact that he was never granted the chance to play Test cricket for England but hopes future generations of Irish cricketers get the chance to do so for their own country.
John Kenny talks Ed Joyce & Trent Johnson ahead of Ireland's bid to cause more upsets in this year's cricket World Cup.
Cricketer Ed Joyce speaks about England's dominance of the latest Ashes series.
Ed Joyce celebrated his return to the Irish Cricket squad, scoring 68 runs as his side beat an invitational eleven as part of their world cup build up camp in India.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that Ed Joyce will be allowed to play for Ireland in the 2011 Cricket World Cup, writes RTÉ's John Kenny.
Batsmen Hamish Marshall and Ed Joyce have been included in Ireland's 17-man squad for next month's tour of India.
The former England cricket captain discusses Eoin Morgan's call-up to the England squad and Ed Joyce's return home.
Ed Joyce has confirmed his desire to resume his international cricket career with Ireland.
Cricket Ireland are hoping to tempt Sussex batsman Ed Joyce back to Irish international cricket and hope to have him as part of their 2011 One Day International World Cup.
Middlesex batsman Ed Joyce will leave the county at the end of the year.
Acting Middlesex skipper Ed Joyce believes 'fearless cricket' earned the Crusaders their first major title in 15 years.
Ed Joyce has defended England's back-to-basics tactics for the World Cup and believes it will bring the best out of their big-hitters during the tournament.