USA Cricket are all set to host their maiden bi-lateral series against the visiting Ireland men’s national squad in the month of December 2021 at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium in Florida, which is the ICC accredited venue for ODI and T20Is in the US. This will be the first time a Full member country will be touring USA to play against their men’s national squad for both ODI and T20I matches.
Ireland U19 squad, who were also scheduled to travel with the senior squad to the US to take part in a preparatory camp along with matches against USA U19 squad ahead of their participation in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup, will no longer be travelling as the said series has now been postponed. Ireland team will travel to Miami on 16th December and will play a warm-up T20 fixture on the 20th, before playing USA in a 5-match series comprising of two (2) T20Is and three (3) ODI matches from December 22nd – 30th. The last International game between the two countries took place in 2015 during the ICC T20 World Cup Global qualifiers in Ireland.
Many U19 players have been drafted into the senior squad for the T20I series due to some of the originally announced squad members being withdrawn owing to COVID-19 and injury concerns.
USA Squads
T20I Series: Monank Patel (Captain), Ali Khan, Ali Sheikh, Gajanand Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Marty Kain, Nisarg Patel, Ritwik Behera, Ryan Scott, Saurabh Netravalkar, Steven Taylor, Sushant Modani, Vatsal Vaghela, Xavier Marshall and Yasir Mohammed
ODI Series: Monank Patel (Captain), Aaron Jones, Ali Khan, Gajanand Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Jaskaran Malhotra, Marty Kain, Nisarg Patel, Nosthush Kenjige, Rahul Jariwala, Ritwik Behera, Saurabh Netravalkar, Steven Taylor, Sushant Modani, Vatsal Vaghela and Xavier Marshall
Ireland tour of USA Schedule
20th December 2021: T20 Warm-up match
23rd December 2021: USA vs Ireland – 1st T20I @2:00pm (Scorecard)
24th December 2021: USA vs Ireland – 2nd T20I @7:00pm (Scorecard)
26th December 2021: USA vs Ireland – 1st ODI @10:00am (Scorecard)
29th December 2021: USA vs Ireland – 2nd ODI @2:30pm (Scorecard)
30th December 2021: USA vs Ireland – 3rd ODI @2:30pm (Scorecard)