Ireland skipper Trent Johnston has announced that he has no plans to retire from international cricket at the minute.
The all-rounder was speaking after media reports in recent days indicated that he was about to follow Adrian Birrell and Paul Mooney into retirement.
Speaking in Barbados, he said: 'I don't know where these stories have come from, but I've no intentions of calling it a day. I'm as fit as I've ever been, and am looking forward to captaining Ireland in the Friends Provident Trophy next week.
'We're now ranked in the top 10 sides in the world, and I'd like to see us climb even further up the ladder.
'We've some exciting fixtures lined up over the coming months, including the InterContinental Cup Final with Canada from 22-25 May at Leicester, and a tri-series involving West Indies. There's also talk we'll be taking on India and South Africa.'
Ireland begin their Friends Provident campaign with a fixture against Kent at Stormont next Sunday, 29 April, at 10:45am.
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