(Cricket news) The Ireland men’s cricket team will take on the West Indies in Jamaica from 8th to 16th January in a multi-format white ball series. Paul Sterling is out of the first ODI after testing positive for COVID-19 while the squad played their first warm up match against Jamaica Scorpions XI yesterday. All the matches will be played at Sabina Park, the venue where Ireland famously defeated Pakistan in the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Fixtures
Warm-up:
January 5: Warm-up match – Ireland Men v Jamaica Scorpions – 9.30am (10.30am Eastern Caribbean / 2.30pm Ireland)
World Cup Super League series:
January 8: 1st CG Insurance ODI – West Indies Men v Ireland Men (9.30am local / 2.30pm Ireland)
January 11: 2nd CG Insurance ODI – West Indies Men v Ireland Men (9.30am local / 2.30pm Ireland)
January 14: 3rd CG Insurance ODI – West Indies Men v Ireland Men (9.30am local / 2.30pm Ireland)
T20 International:
January 16: West Indies Men v Ireland Men – T20I (4pm local / 9pm Ireland)
Squads
Ireland Men’s ODI squad: Andrew Balbirnie (c), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Josh Little, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, William Porterfield, Neil Rock, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling*, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young.
Ireland Men’s T20I squad: Andrew Balbirnie (c), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Shane Getkate*, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, William McClintock, Neil Rock, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young.
* Paul Stirling and Shane Getkate are still in Florida after testing positive for COVID – they will fly to Jamaica as soon as they are permitted (arrival time is TBC, but Stirling will miss the first ODI).
West Indies ODI squad: Kieron Pollard (c), Shai Hope (vc), Shamarh Brooks, Roston Chase, Justin Greaves, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Jayden Seales, Nicholas Pooran, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Devon Thomas.
West Indies T20I squad: Kieron Pollard (c), Nicholas Pooran (vc), Roston Chase, Sheldon Cottrell, Dominic Drakes, Shai Hope, Akel Hosein, Jason Holder, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Hayden Walsh Jr.
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