In international cricket, the Ireland cricket team is the country’s representative of the people. The international team is administered by the Irish Cricket Union, which operates under the brand Cricket Ireland. Test, One-Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20I) matches are the three main international games in which Ireland actively takes part. Ireland was promoted to Associate membership in the ICC in 1993, but they played their first full ODI in 2006 against England as part of their first victorious qualification.
The Ireland team qualified for the World Twenty20 tournaments in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2021 owing to further achievement in the shortest format. Ireland crushed Oman on February 22, 2022, winning the match and securing their place in the T20 World Cup 2022. Between 2005 and 2013, they won the tournament four times. They were called the “leading Associate” and expressed their intentions to join the ICC as a full member by 2020 as a result of their wins in the ICC Intercontinental Cup tournament and then further notable achievements at the World Cups of 2011 (England) and 2015 (West Indies and Zimbabwe).
They were granted Test status alongside Afghanistan on June 22, 2017, rendering them the position of the 11th Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the second Full Member from Europe.
Player | Score | Opponents | Competition | Date | Venue |
Ed Joyce | 231 | UAE | ICC Intercontinental Cup | 2-3 June 2015 | Dublin |
Eoin Morgan | 209 | UAE | ICC Intercontinental Cup | 11 February 2017 | Abu Dhabi |
Jeremy Bray | 190 | UAE | ICC Intercontinental Cup | 25 February 2005 | Windhoek |
Andre Botha | 186 | Scotland | ICC Intercontinental Cup | 9 August 2007 | Belfast |
Niall O’Brien | 176 | UAE | ICC Intercontinental Cup | 23 October 2005 | Windhoek |
Niall O’Brien | 174 | UAE | ICC Intercontinental Cup | 6 March 2008 | Abu Dhabi |
Andre Botha | 172 | Netherlands | ICC Intercontinental Cup | 9 July 2008 | Rotherham |
Kevin O’Brien | 171 | Kenya | ICC Intercontinental Cup | 11 October 2008 | Nairobi |
Sir Tim O’Brien | 167 | Oxford University | University Match | 26 May 1902 | Oxford |
William Porterfield | 166 | Bermuda | ICC Intercontinental Cup | 23 August 2007 | Dublin |
Ed Joyce
Former Irish cricketer Edmund “Ed” Christopher Joyce, who was born on 22, 1978, represented both the Ireland and England national cricket teams. Joyce is considered to be among the best cricket players Ireland has ever created. He is a left-handed batsman who also every so often bowl with his right arm at a medium pace. He participated in Ireland’s first Test match against Pakistan as one of the eleven cricketers who took to the field. He declared his retirement from professional cricket on May 24, 2018.
Eoin Morgan
Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan is an Irish-English cricketer and also a commentator who captained the England limited-overs team from 2015 until his retirement in June 2022. England won the ICC Cricket World Cup for the very first time under his captaincy in the year 2019. He previously represented Ireland in One-Day Internationals (ODIs), becoming the first player to score an ODI century for two nations.
Jeremy Bray
Jeremy Paul Bray (born 30 November 1973) is a former cricketer and also an Australian-Irish cricket coach. He batted in the top order and was occasionally substituted as a wicketkeeper. He grew up in Australia, where he played for the Australia under-19s and minimally for New South Wales before relocating to Ireland and participating in ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals for the Irish team from 2004 to 2009. He has also coached Ireland women, Denmark, and Vanuatu after retiring from his cricket career.
Andre Botha
Botha, Andre Cornelius is a retired Irish cricketer. He participated in 55 games for Ireland, along with the 2005 ICC Trophy and the 2004 and 2006 European Championships. Botha declared his retirement in May 2011.
Niall O’Brien
Niall John O’Brien (born November 8, 1981) is a retired Irish cricketer who now works as a cricket commentator. He is a left-handed batsman and also substitutes as a wicketkeeper He scored his One Day International debut for Ireland in 2006 and his Twenty20 International debut two years later.
Kevin O’Brien
Kevin Joseph O’Brien is a former international cricketer from Ireland who currently plays for Leinster and the Railway Union Cricket Club. He declared his retirement from international cricket on August 16, 2022. On March 2, 2011, he achieved the fastest century ever in the 50-over World Cup in England. In May 2018, he was one of eleven cricketers who played in Ireland’s first-ever Test match against Pakistan, striking the first Test century for Ireland men’s cricket making him the first Irish sportsperson to represent his nation 300 times.
Sir Tim O’Brien
Sir Timothy Carew O’Brien, 3rd Baronet (5 November 1861 – 9 December 1948) was an Irish baronet who participated in five Test matches for England.
William Porterfield
William Thomas Stuart Porterfield is a retired Irish cricketer and has also been captain of the Ireland team. He is a left-handed batsman who captained Ireland at all levels beginning with Under-13 and is considered one of the best Irish cricketers of all time. During the Afghanistan T20I series in March 2017, he became the very first Irish player to reach 1,000 runs in T20Is. On June 16, 2022, he declared his retirement from international cricket.