Ireland Men to play three T20I’s against UAE ahead of the T20 World Cup

(Cricket News) Cricket Ireland have confirmed that their men’s team will play a warm up match against Scotland and three T20I’s against the United Arab Emirates cricket team in Dubai at the ICC Academy before the T20 World Cup in October.

The fixtures were officially announced by the Emirates Cricket Board and will be held between 5th to 10th October, featuring the likes of UAE, Ireland, Scotland, Namibia and Papua New Guinea. The Ireland men’s squad is due to leave for the UAE tomorrow and will undergo a mandatory six day quarantine before training can begin.

THE COMPLETE FIXTURE LIST

Pre-T20 World Cup – preparation period

5 October 2021: Ireland v Scotland – warm-up match (ICC Academy Oval 2; start 9am local time)
7 October 2021: Ireland v UAE – 1st T20I (ICC Academy Oval 1; start 9am local time)
8 October 2021: Ireland v UAE – 2nd T20I (ICC Academy Oval 1; start 9am local time)
10 October 2021: Ireland v UAE – 3rd T20I (ICC Academy Oval 1; start 9am local time)

Official T20 World Cup warm-up matches

12 October 2021: Ireland v Papua New Guinea – warm-up T20I (Abu Dhabi; start 2pm local time)
14 October 2021: Ireland v Bangladesh – warm-up T20I (Abu Dhabi; start 6pm local time)

T20 World Cup – Round 1

18 October: Ireland v Netherlands (Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi; starts 10am GMT)
20 October: Ireland v Sri Lanka (Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi; starts 2pm GMT)
22 October: Ireland v Namibia (Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah; starts 10am GMT)

The top two teams from Round 1 will progress to the Group Stage.

THE SQUAD

An 18-player preliminary squad has been announced which will further be reduced to 15 for the T20 World Cup tournament along with three other players as reserves.

Andrew Balbirnie (c), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Shane Getkate, Graham Kennedy, Josh Little, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Kevin O’Brien, Neil Rock, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young.

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