Cricket Ireland: All you need to know for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier: The Ireland Men’s squad has arrived in Edinburgh ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier, which takes place from 20-28 July 2023.

The action gets underway at 10.30am (local time) on Thursday 20 July, when Ireland take on Italy at the Goldenacre Cricket Ground.

Cricket Ireland: Paul Stirling is new skipper of Ireland team :-

Ireland will go into this tournament under a new skipper, as Paul Stirling takes up the reins following Andrew Balbirnie’s decision to step down from the white-ball captaincy after the recent ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe.

Cricket Ireland: Gareth Delany has been ruled out with a broken wrist :-

Spinner Gareth Delany has been ruled out of the tournament with a broken wrist, and has been replaced by 29 year-old slow left-arm orthodox bowler and middle-order batter Theo van Woerkom. Big-hitting Ross Adair of CIYMS also comes back into the squad along with Neil Rock of Rush CC.

Need to know about The Qualifier :-

In the tournament itself, seven teams – Austria, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Jersey, Scotland, and Ireland – will go head-to-head in 21 matches over eight days, in the race for two spots to what will be the biggest ever ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which will be held in the West Indies and the United States of America (USA) in June 2024.

• Fixtures for the Europe Regional Final can be found on the ICC website here
• ICC Men’s T20 World Cup West Indies & USA 2024 pathway can be downloaded here

All matches will be available to watch live on FanCode (India) and on ICC.tv (Ireland, the UK, and the rest of the world).

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Cricket Ireland: Ireland team for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier :-

Paul Stirling (Captain), Andrew Balbirnie, George Dockrell, Curtis Campher, Ross Adair, Mark Adair, Theo van Woerkom, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Neil Rock, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Craig Young, Graham Hume.

Cricket Ireland: Ireland Fixtures :-

• Thursday 20 July: Ireland v Italy (Goldenacre: 10.30am Ireland time)
• Friday 21 July: Ireland v Denmark (Grange Cricket Club: 10.30am Ireland time)
• Sunday 23 July: Ireland v Austria (Grange Cricket Club: 10.30am Ireland time)
• Monday 24 July: Ireland v Jersey (Goldenacre: 3.30pm Ireland time)
• Thursday 27 July: Ireland v Germany (Goldenacre: 10.30am Ireland time)
• Friday 28 July: Ireland v Scotland (Grange Cricket Club: 3.30pm Ireland time)

Austria Squad :-

Razmal Shigiwal (Captain), Mark Simpson-Parker, Shahil Momin, Armaan Randhawa, Ahsan Mirza, Umair Tariq, Aqib Iqbal, Iqbal Hossain, Amit Nathwani, Navin Wijesekera, Mehar Cheema, Jaweed Sadran, Adeel Tariq, Abdullah Akbarjan, Sahel Zadran.

Denmark Squad :-

Hamid Shah (Captain), Surya Anand, Taranjit Bharaj, Saud Munir, Abdul Hashmi, Oliver Hald, Jonas Henriksen, Shangeev Thanikatihasan, Nicolaj Lægsgaard, Saif Ahmad, Saran Aslam, Abdullah Mahmood, Eshan Karimi, Musa Mahmood, Lucky Ali Malik.

Germany Squad :-

Venkatraman Ganesan (Captain), Sahir Naqash, Harmanjot Singh, Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah, Abdul Shakoor, Sri Vishnu Elam Barathi, Muslim Yar Ashraf, Ghulam Ahmadi, Sachin Gangareddy, Zahid Zadran, Michael Richardson, Dieter Klein, Joshua van Heerden, Dylan Blignaut, Fasial bin Mubashir.

Italy Squad :-

Gareth Berg (Captain), Marcus Campopiano, JP Meade, Harry Manenti, Justin Mosca, Ben Manenti, Anthony Mosca; Grant Stewart, Wayne Madsen, Crishan Kalugamage, Syed Naqvi, Manpreet Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Stefano Di Bartolomeo, Jaspreet Singh.

Jersey squad :-

Charles Perchard (Captain), Dominic Blampied, Elliot Miles, Rhys Palmer, Harrison Carlyon, Joshua Lawrenson; Charlie Brennan, Toby Britton, Asa Tribe, Julius Sumerauer, William Perchard, Zak Tribe, Jonty Jenner, Nicholas Greenwood, Benjamin Ward.

Scotland Squad :-

Richie Berrington (Captain), Henry Munsey, Michael Leask, Gavin Main, Chris Sole, Christopher Greaves, Safyaan Sharif; Jack Jarvis, Matthew Cross, Tomas Mackintosh, Hamza Tahir, Mark Watt, Brandon McMullen, Oliver Hairs, Bradley Currie.