The top five highest-paid cricketers in Ireland in 2023

The 19-player core contract for 2023 has been announced by the Ireland Cricket Board. 2 players received retention contracts, while 17 players received full-time contracts. In all three formats, Team Ireland is currently ranked 12th in the ICC team rankings. The national cricket team of Ireland is prepared for the 2023 ICC T20 Men’s World Cup. The squad qualified for the ICC Men’s World Cup T20 2023 after winning Group B of the qualifying competition. Earnings for the cricketer who played for the Irish ODI team will be $1,100 per match. Contrarily, players will earn $ 450 every game in T20I formats.

5. William Porterfield 

William Thomas Stuart Porterfield, a former cricketer from Ireland and former captain of the Ireland cricket team, was born on September 6, 1984. He participated in first-class cricket for Warwickshire and Gloucestershire. He was a left-handed batter who represented Ireland from 2006 until 2022. He is regarded as one of the best Irish cricketers of all time and has led Ireland at every level starting at Under-13. He became the first player from Ireland to pass 1,000 runs in T20Is during the Afghanistan T20I series in March 2017. He was selected to lead Ireland’s team in their inaugural Test match against Pakistan in May 2018. On June 16, 2022, he declared his departure from international cricket. William Porterfield earns a whopping amount of $100,000 per match, which makes him one of the highest-paid cricketers in Ireland this year.

4. Andrew Balbirine 

The present captain of the Ireland cricket team across all formats is Irish cricketer Andrew Balbirnie, who was born on December 28, 1990. Right-handed batsman and sporadic wicket-keeper Balbirnie plays right-handed. He was raised in Dublin and attended St. Andrew’s College for his education. He participated in Ireland’s inaugural Test match against Pakistan in May 2018 as one of the 11 cricketers who took the pitch. He was one of 19 players who received a central contract with Cricket Ireland in December 2018 for the 2019 campaign. Andrew Balbirine earns a whopping $75,000 per match. He is one of the highest-paid cricketers in Ireland.

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3. George Dockrell 

Cricket player George Henry Dockrell was born in Ireland on July 22, 1992. Dockrell, a right-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler who represents Ireland in international cricket, learned the game at the Leinster Cricket Club in Dublin. He graduated from Gonzaga College in Dublin in the class of 2010. He was one of nineteen players who received a central contract with Cricket Ireland in December 2018 for the 2019 campaign. He was one of nineteen players who received a central contract from Cricket Ireland in January 2020. This was the first year that all contracts were given out on a full-time basis. George Dockrell earns a whopping $75,000 per match.

2. Craig Young 

Craig Alexander Young, an Irish cricketer, was born on April 4, 1990. Young bowls right-arm medium pace and bats right-handed. Young made his first-class breakthrough for Ireland against Scotland on May 26, 2013. In September 2014, he faced Scotland in his first One Day International, picking up 5 wickets for 45 runs. On June 18, 2015, he played in his first Twenty20 international match against Scotland. Craig Young earns a whopping $75,000 per match. 

1. Kevin O’Brien

Former Irish cricketer Kevin Joseph O’Brien, who currently performs for Leinster and Railway Union Cricket Club, was born on March 4, 1984. He declared his departure from international cricket on August 16, 2022. On March 2, 2011, against England, he struck the quickest century in 50-over World Cup history, doing so off just 50 balls. In Ireland’s first-ever Test match against Pakistan in May 2018, he was one of the eleven cricketers who took the pitch. He scored the nation’s first Test century and became the first Irish athlete to represent his nation 300 times. Kevin Joseph O’Brien earns a whopping $75,000 per match. He is also one of the highest-paid cricketers in Ireland this year.