Paul Stirling has been named Ireland captain for their tours of Oman (T20I) and India (Afghanistan T20I series) in Feb/Mar 2019.
Ireland regular captain William Porterfield will continue to lead the ODI and Test squad on their tour of India for Afghanistan’s home series. Ireland regular T20I captain Gary Wilson is not going to take part in the tours due to a eye-condition injury.
Ireland will play Oman development XI squad in two T20 matches before taking on Oman, Scotland and Netherlands in the T20I Quadrangular series from Feb 15th – 17th, 2019.
Ireland have a busy 2019 schedule with one-off ODI and 4-day Test scheduled against England and an ODI Tri-series at home against West Indies/Bangladesh and a bi-lateral series at home against Zimbabwe.
Ireland squads
Oman Quadrangular (T20I Squad):
Paul Stirling (Captain), Andrew Balbirnie, Peter Chase, George Dockrell, Shane Getkate, Josh Little, Andrew McBrine, Kevin O’Brien, Stuart Poynter, Boyd Rankin, Simi Singh, Harry Tector, Stuart Thompson & Lorcan Tucker
Afghanistan series (T20I Squad):
Paul Stirling (Captain), Andrew Balbirnie, Peter Chase, George Dockrell, Shane Getkate, Josh Little, Andrew McBrine, Kevin O’Brien, Stuart Poynter, Boyd Rankin, James Shannon, Simi Singh, Harry Tector, Stuart Thompson & Lorcan Tucker
Afghanistan series (ODI Squad):
William Porterfield (Captain), Andrew Balbirnie, James Cameron-Dow, Peter Chase, George Dockrell, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, James McCollum, Tim Murtagh, Kevin O’Brien, Stuart Poynter, Boyd Rankin, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling & Lorcan Tucker
Afghanistan series (Test Squad):
William Porterfield (Captain), Andrew Balbirnie, James Cameron-Dow, George Dockrell, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, James McCollum, Tim Murtagh, Kevin O’Brien, Stuart Poynter, Boyd Rankin, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson & Lorcan Tucker
Several of the squad members are currently in Sri Lanka with the Wolves squad, playing their series with Sri Lanka “A”.
