ICC T20 World Cup (2026): Ireland squad announced

[Cricket Warrior]

Ireland have announced their 15-member squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 in Sri Lanka and India.

The team's highest run-getter in the format, Paul Stirling will be at the helm once again with Lorcan Tucker as his deputy.

12 members of the 15 announced for the mega event featured in its previous edition as well, with new additions such as Tim Tector, Ben Calitz and Matthew Humphreys to the unit.

This will be Ireland's ninth appearance at the marquee tournament with the best performance coming in the years 2009 and 2022 when they qualified to the second round wherein they also defeated former champions - West Indies and England.

Ireland National Men's selector Andrew White is looking forward to an improved version of the team in a highly competitive tournament.

Squad: ⁠Paul Stirling (c), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Ben Calitz, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Matthew Humphreys, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Harry Tector, Tim Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young

Ireland name squad for T20 World Cup 2026 | ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 2026 | ICC

Paul Stirling will lead the 15-member unit in their ninth appearance of the marquee event.

www.icc-cricket.com

 

[Hawkeye]

Is Ireland cricket functional?

Where do they practice and play domestic games, is there any domestic competitive cricket structure there?

Which clubs or ground I mean.

@Donal Cozzie or anyone else knows?