Ireland Wolves cricket team
Personnel | |
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Captain | Harry Tector |
Coach | Pete Johnston |
Team information | |
Founded | 2017 |
Home ground | Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
Capacity | 10,000 |
History | |
First-class debut | Bangladesh A in 2017 at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet |
The Ireland Wolves (formally Ireland A) is a national cricket team representing Ireland. It is the 'second-tier' of international Irish cricket, below the full Ireland national cricket team. Matches played by Ireland Wolves are not considered to be One-Day Internationals, instead receiving first-class and List A classification.[1][2][3][4]
Their first match was against the Bangladesh A cricket team in October 2017 when they toured Bangladesh to play one first-class match at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium,Sylhet, and five List A matches at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium Academy Ground, Cox's Bazar.[5] Bangladesh A won the first-class match and four of the List A matches, and the other was washed out.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
In August 2018, the Bangladesh A cricket team made a tour to Ireland where they played a series of List A and Twenty20 matches against the Ireland Wolves. The List A series was tied 2-2, while Bangladesh A won the T20 series 2-1.[12]
In January 2019, the Ireland Wolves travelled to Sri Lanka to play two first class matches and five List A matches. The Sri Lanka A cricket team won the 1st unofficial test by 10 wickets.[13], while the 2nd unofficial test ended in a high scoring draw.[14]. The unofficial ODI series that followed was won 5-0 by Sri Lanka A.[15] In January 2020, Cricket Ireland confirmed that the team would tour South Africa to play seven matches against the Namibia cricket team.[16]
Playing squads
This list includes all players who have played atleast 3 matches for Ireland Wolves in the past two seasons.
International cap players are marked in Bold.
Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Domestic team | Forms | S/N | C/G | |||
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Batsmen | ||||||||||
Harry Tector (captain) | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Northern Knights | List A, T20 | 13 | F/T | |||
Jack Tector | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Leinster Lightning | List A, T20 | — | ||||
James McCollum | 29 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Northern Knights | List A | 7 | F/T | |||
Nathan McGuire | 21 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | List A, T20 | — | |||||
All-rounders | ||||||||||
Shane Getkate | 33 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Northern Knights | List A, T20 | 58 | F/T | |||
Gareth Delany | 27 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | Leinster Lightning | List A, T20 | 64 | F/T | |||
Tyrone Kane | 30 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Leinster Lightning | List A, T20 | 17 | F/T | |||
Stuart Thompson | 33 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | North West Warriors | List A, T20 | F/T | ||||
Ross Allen | 28 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | North West Warriors | List A, T20 | |||||
Curtis Campher | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | List A, T20 | ||||||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||||||
Stephen Doheny | 26 | Right-handed | — | Leinster Lightning | List A, T20 | |||||
Lorcan Tucker (vice-captain) | 28 | Right-handed | — | Leinster Lightning | List A, T20 | 3 | F/T | |||
Neil Rock | 24 | Left-handed | — | Northern Knights | List A, T20 | |||||
Spin bowlers | ||||||||||
Jacob Mulder | 29 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | Northern Knights | T20 | 12 | F/T | |||
Jonathan Garth | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | Munster Reds | T20 | |||||
Pace bowlers | ||||||||||
Craig Young | 34 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | North West Warriors | List A, T20 | 44 | F/T | |||
Peter Chase | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Leinster Lightning | List A, T20 | 28 | F/T | |||
Graham Kennedy | 25 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | North West Warriors | List A, T20 | |||||
Josh Little | 25 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Leinster Lightning | List A, T20 | 82 | ||||
Fionn Hand | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Leinster Lightning | List A | |||||
Mark Adair | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Northern Knights | T20 | 32 | F/T |
Coaching staff
- Head coach: Pete Johnston
- Assistant coach: Rob Cassell
- Batting coach: Ed Joyce
- Strength & Conditioning coach: Brendan Connor
- Physiotherapist: Mark Rausa
- Performance analyst: Scott Irvine
- Manager: Chris Siddell
References
- ^ "Ireland 'A' tour of Bangladesh". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Are Ireland, Afghanistan better prepared for Test cricket
- ^ Bangladesh A beat Ireland A by 5 wickets
- ^ Ireland and Afghanistan become the first new Test nations in 17 years
- ^ Ireland Wolves to Tour Bangladesh
- ^ Ireland A homepage
- ^ Ireland 'A' cricket team in Bangladesh 2017
- ^ Ireland A homepage
- ^ Ireland 'A' cricket team in Bangladesh 2017
- ^ Bangladesh A beat Ireland A by 5 wickets
- ^ Clinical Bangladesh A secure five-wicket win
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- ^ "Fixtures and squad announced for new Ireland Wolves tour; initial Emerging Contracts confirmed". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 30 January 2020.