Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Tucker shines but Ireland fall short against S Africa

Half-centuries from Reeza Hendricks and Aiden Markram propelled South Africa to a 21-run victory in the first of two Twenty20 internationals against Ireland.

Cricket • 03 Aug 22

Jimmy Neesham of New Zealand (l) and Mark Adair shake hands afterwards

New Zealand earn six-wicket win to complete whitewash

New Zealand completed a 3-0 Twenty20 series whitewash over Ireland after Glenn Phillips' unbeaten half-century helped secure a six-wicket success following a gripping climax in Belfast.

Cricket • 22 Jul 22

Lorcan Tucker posted his second half-century of the series

Tucker 84 ensures Ireland draw series with USA

A fluent 84 from Lorcan Tucker and an inspired 4-25 from Curtis Campher have led Ireland to victory in America and ensured a 1-1 series finish against the USA.

Cricket • 24 Dec 21

Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie said the performance was 'not good enough'

Ireland suffer shock T20 defeat to USA

Ireland suffered a shock defeat to USA by 26 runs in an historic Twenty20 international meeting between the sides in Florida.

Cricket • 23 Dec 21

Afghanistan could find themselves out in the international wilderness

ICC adopts wait-and-watch approach on Afghanistan

The governing International Cricket Council (ICC) has taken a wait-and-watch approach on Afghanistan but will discuss the game's fate in the country in a board meeting next month, ICC acting chief executive Geoff Allardice said.

Cricket • 10 Oct 21

Stirling century inspires Ireland against Zimbabwe

Paul Stirling's first ever Twenty20 international hundred helped Ireland move 2-1 up in their five-match series with Zimbabwe.

Cricket • 01 Sep 21

ICC confident India can still host Twenty20 World Cup

The Twenty20 World Cup is still on course to be held in India later this year despite a huge spike in the country's Covid-19 cases, with the International Cricket Council insisting there is no cause to accelerate contingency planning.

Cricket • 07 Apr 21

Eoin Morgan scored 57 not out to clinch a series win for England

Morgan fires England to series win over South Africa

Eoin Morgan carried England to a Twenty20 series win over South Africa as the tourists chased down a 200-plus score for only the second time in their history.

Cricket • 16 Feb 20

India run chase too much for Ireland at WT20

Ireland have lost their third Group stage encounter with the in-form Indian side, despite a good bowling performance that pegged the Indian batters back during the latter overs.

Cricket • 15 Nov 18

Ireland suffer heavy T20 defeat against India

Rohit Sharma inspired India to a 76-run thrashing of Ireland in the first of two Twenty20 internationals in Malahide.

Cricket • 27 Jun 18

William Porterfield hit a century but Ireland still fell to defeat in India

Porterfield century not enough to prevent Irish defeat

A century by William Porterfield was in vain as Ireland's losing streak against Afghanistan continued after being defeated by 30 runs in the opening one-day international in Greater Noida.

Cricket • 15 Mar 17

Paul Stirling was in fine form with the bat but it wasn't enough

Ireland second best in high-scoring T20 affair

Afghanistan beat a spirited Ireland by 28 runs in their third and final T20 international in a game dominated by batsmen on both sides.

Cricket • 12 Mar 17

Sune Luus destroyed the Irish batting line-up

Ireland women yet to win at Twenty20

Ireland Women lost their third game at the World Twenty20 when they suffered a comprehensive 67 run loss to South Africa.

Cricket • 24 Mar 16

Kevin O’Brien (L) prepares to bowl at training in Dharamsala, India

O'Brien desire burns bright for World Cup success

Kevin O'Brien has been involved in every one of Ireland's campaigns on the world stage over the past decade, but he still admits to being excited on the eve of the ICC World Twenty20 in India - his eighth global tournament in nine years.

Cricket • 08 Mar 16

Scotland wrapped up their series win on Saturday

Scots celebrate win as final T20 match abandoned

Scotland celebrated a 2-0 win over Ireland after the last match of their Twenty20 series fell foul of the weather.

Cricket • 21 Jun 15

Twenty20 is the favoured format put forward by the MCC

MCC backs Twenty20 Olympic inclusion

The MCC World Cricket committee are backing the inclusion of Twenty20 cricket at the 2024 Olympic Games, believing it could lead to "a potential boost" in the profile of the sport.

Paris 2024 • 27 Feb 13

West Indies celebrate their qualificiation for the World Twenty20 final

Gayle powers West Indies into World Twenty20 final

Chris Gayle overpowered Australia in West Indies' mesmerising display of sustained hitting as they surged into Sunday's ICC World Twenty20 final against Sri Lanka.

Cricket • 05 Oct 12

South African wicketkeeper AB de Villiers (l) runs out India's Suresh Raina

India fail to make World Twenty20 semi-finals

India failed to reach the World Twenty20 semi-finals despite beating South Africa by one run in a gripping final Super Eight Group Two match.

Cricket • 02 Oct 12

Brendon McCullum: 'I was trying to maximize in the last couple of overs'

McCullum blasts Kiwis to Twenty20 win

Brendon McCullum blasted the highest individual score in Twenty20 Internationals to fashion New Zealand's comprehensive 59-run victory over Bangladesh in the Group D opener of the Twenty20 World Cup.

Cricket • 21 Sep 12

England cruise to Twenty20 victory

Luke Wright's unbeaten 99 got England's defence of their ICC World Twenty20 crown off to a perfect start in tonight's record 116-run trouncing of Afghanistan at the Premadasa Stadium.

Cricket • 21 Sep 12

Ireland warm up with win over Zimbabwe

Ireland enjoyed a comfortable victory over Zimbabwe as they started their World Twenty20 preparations.

Cricket • 13 Sep 12

Oak Hill was due to stage two of the matches

Ireland's Twenty20 games cancelled

Cricket Ireland has confirmed that the scheduled four game Twenty20 series against South Africa A has been cancelled.

Cricket • 27 Aug 12

John Mooney incurred the finger injury during a club game

John Mooney left out of World Twenty20 squad

All-rounder John Mooney has been left out of the Ireland squad for the ICC World Twenty20 finals in Sri Lanka after failing to recover from a finger injury.

Cricket • 17 Aug 12

Ireland cruise to victory over Canada

Ireland crushed Canada by 10 wickets in Dubai to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the World Twenty20 tournament.

Cricket • 22 Mar 12

Wilson's contribution sees Ireland ease past Oman

Gary Wilson's unbeaten half-century steered Ireland to a comfortable win over Oman in their ICC World Twenty20 qualifier.

Cricket • 20 Mar 12