Ireland national under-19 cricket team

Ireland
Captain: Jack Tector
Coach: Ryan Eagleson
Colours: Green
Owner: Cricket Ireland
Founded: 1998
Manager: Brian O'Rourke

The Ireland Under-19 cricket team represents All-Ireland in Under-19 international cricket.

Ireland recently won the 2009 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier which was held in Canada. The team gained victories over the U-19 teams of Hong Kong, Canada, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Vanuatu, the Netherlands and Afghanistan.

The team lost only one match to the United States. Ireland's performance in this tournament gained them qualification for the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Ireland was added to 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup on 6 January 2016 after Australia national under-19 cricket team withdrew.[1] They announced their squad two days later:[2]

Current squad

The Ireland Under-19 squad selected for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup is:

Player Date of Birth Batting Bowling style
Jack Tector (c) 2 September 1996 (aged 19) Right Right-arm off break
Rory Anders 10 December 1997 (aged 18) Right Right-arm fast
Andrew Austin 3 September 1997 (aged 18) Left
Varun Chopra 1 February 2000 (aged 15) Right Right-arm leg break
Adam Dennison 3 May 1997 (aged 18) Right
Stephen Doheny 20 August 1998 (aged 17) Right
Aaron Gillespie 13 March 1997 (aged 18)
Joshua Little 1 November 1999 (aged 16) Right Left-arm fast
Gary McClintock 1 January 1997 (aged 19) Right
William McClintock 1 January 1997 (aged 19) Right Right-arm medium
Tom Stanton 21 September 1997 (aged 18) Right Left-arm medium
Harry Tector 6 November 1999 (aged 16) Right
Fiachra Tucker 5 December 1997 (aged 18) Right
Lorcan Tucker (wk) 10 September 1996 (aged 19) Right
Ben White 29 August 1998 (aged 17) Right Right-arm leg break

The future

The team will play in the ICC European Challenge Series against The Netherlands in Dublin in July 2014. There will be two 50 over matches at Merrion and Rathmines on July 15 and 16, while the series concludes with a T20 game, also at Rathmines on Thursday July 17.

References

  1. "Ireland U-19s take Australia's spot". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  2. "Ireland at full strength despite late call". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

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