Ireland at the Cricket World Cup

This article is about the Ireland Men's ODI team at the Cricket World Cup. For Ireland Men's T20I team at the Cricket World Cup, see Ireland at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

The Ireland cricket team is the cricket team representing all of Ireland. Since 2017 they have been a Full Member of the International Cricket Council. Although Cricket in Ireland has had a presence since the early 1800s, it was in 1993 the Irish Cricket Union, the predecessor to Cricket Ireland, was elected to the International Cricket Council (ICC) as an Associate member.[1] In the 1997 ICC Trophy, Ireland narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 1999 Cricket World Cup, which was ironically co hosted by Ireland, Scotland, England and the Netherlands. Ireland qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 2007,[2] and has since played in the 2011[3] and 2015 tournaments,[4] and the 2010, 2012, and 2014 World Twenty20 competitions. Ireland's best world cup performance was in 2007, where they surprisingly qualified for the Super 8 Stages.

Cricket World Cup Record

Cricket World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR Pld W L T NR
1975 Not eligible (not an ICC member) No qualifier held
1979 Did not participate (not an ICC member)
1983
1987
1992
1996 Did not qualify 7 3 4 0 0
1999 10 6 3 0 1
2003 9 4 5 0 0
2007 Super 8 8/16 9 2 6 1 0 7 5 1 0 1
2011 Group Stage 11/14 6 2 4 0 0 10 8 2 0 0
2015 9/14 6 3 3 0 0 14 11 1 1 1
2019 Did not qualify 7 4 3 0 0
2023 29 8 18 0 3
2027 TBD Ongoing*
Total Super 8 (2007) 3/12 21 7 13 1 0 93 49 37 1 6

World Cup Record (By Team)

Cricket World Cup matches (By team)
Total : 7 Wins – 1 Ties – 13 Losses – 21 games played
Against Total Wins Ties Losses
 Australia 1 0 0 1
 Bangladesh 2 1 0 1
 England 2 1 0 1
 India 2 0 0 2
 Netherlands 1 1 0 0
 New Zealand 1 0 0 1
 Pakistan 2 1 0 1
 South Africa 3 0 0 3
 Sri Lanka 1 0 0 1
 United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0
 West Indies 3 1 0 2
 Zimbabwe 2 1 1 0
Source:[5] Last Updated:15 March 2015

Tournament results

2007 World Cup

Main article: 2007 Cricket World Cup
Squad
Results
Group stage (Group D) Super 8 Semifinal Final Overall Result
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
 Zimbabwe
Tied 		 Pakistan
W by 3 wickets (D/L) 		 West Indies
L by 8 wickets (D/L) 		2  England
L by 48 runs 		 South Africa
L by 7 wickets (D/L) 		 New Zealand
L by 129 runs 		 Australia
L by 9 wickets 		 Bangladesh
W by 74 runs 		 Sri Lanka
L by 8 wickets 		8 Did not advance Super 8
Scorecards
Summary

Ireland surprised many in their debut 2007 World Cup campaign. They tied their opener against Zimbabwe and famously defeated the fourth-ranked team in the world Pakistan on Saint Patrick's Day, knocking them out. In their final group match, they lost to West Indies. These results secured a spot in the Super 8s, where they lost four matches but claimed a notable 74-run win over Bangladesh.

Ireland had a great start to their campaign managing a tie against the Test nation of Zimbabwe after Jeremy Bray scored his second One Day International century. After a steady start, two wickets from Elton Chigumbura set them back to 64 for four after 15 overs. Bray carried the bat to 115 not out.

In reply, Zimbabwe made their way to 20 overs with the loss of just one wicket. However, wicket of Chamu Chibhabha and unfortunate hit-wicket of Vusi Sibanda and Brendan Taylor's run-out put Ireland back in driver's seat. After Stuart Matsikenyeri's half-century, they required 15 runs with 36 balls remaining; however, they only got six of those runs off the next 30 balls. Needing 9 runs off the last over they could manage only a couple of singles and doubles, Rainsford was run out attempting the winning run, resulting in a dramatic tie—the third in Cricket World Cup history.

Pakistan were put in to bat, and were bowled out for 132, with extras being the top scorer as Ireland offered 23 wides. Boyd Rankin took the most wickets, which included Younis Khan and top-scorer Kamran Akmal, while Andre Botha took wickets of Inzamam and opener Imran Nazir conceding just 5 runs in 8 overs.

In Ireland's innings, Bray fell early to Mohammad Sami. Ireland fell to 15 for two, but Niall O'Brien and William Porterfield added 37. He was eventually stumped for 72, before Iftikhar Anjum struck twice in two balls, Ireland now needing 20 with three wickets in hand. Kevin O'Brien and Trent Johnston took Ireland home thus eliminating Pakistan.

2011 World Cup

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup
Squad
Results
Group stage (Group B) Semifinal Final Overall Result
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
 Bangladesh
L by 27 runs 		 England
3 by 3 wickets 		 India
L by 5 wickets 		 West Indies
L by 44 runs 		 South Africa
L by 131 runs 		 Netherlands
W by 3 wickets 		8 Did not advance Group stage
Scorecards
Summary

Though Ireland did not progress beyond the first round they secured a historic victory against England.[7] Ireland beat England by 3 wickets with Kevin O'Brien hitting the fastest century in World Cup history, managing the feat in just 50 balls.[8] In passing England's total of 327 for victory, Ireland broke the record for the highest successful run chase in the World Cup.[9]

In the match against England, the opposition batted first with Jonathan Trott top-scoring, with 92 from 92 balls. England batsmen Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell also hit half-centuries,[10] with Trott and Bell sharing a 177 run partnership.[11] England finished on 327/8 from their 50 overs,[10][11] having only scored 33 runs from their last 5 overs.[12]
In reply, Ireland lost their captain, William Porterfield in the very first ball,[12] and were struggling at 111/5 after 25 overs.[13] Kevin O'Brien came in with the score at 106/4,[12][13] and made 100 in just 50 balls, the fastest century in World Cup history.[10] Ireland required only 11 from 11 balls.[11] Ireland won the match by 3 wickets, with five balls to spare;[10] it was the largest successful run chase in Cricket World Cup history.[14]

2015 World Cup

Main article: 2015 Cricket World Cup
Squad

Note: Max Sorensen replaced Tim Murtagh, who pulled out due to injury.

Results
Pool stage (Pool B) Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Overall Result
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
 West Indies
W by 4 wickets 		 United Arab Emirates
W by 2 wickets 		 South Africa
L by 201 runs 		 Zimbabwe
W by 5 runs 		 India
L by 8 wickets 		 Pakistan
L by 7 wickets 		5 Did not advance Pool stage
Scorecards

Records and statistics

Team records

Highest innings totals
Score Opponent Venue Season
331/8 (50 overs)  Zimbabwe Hobart 2015
329/7 (49.1 overs)  England Bengaluru 2011
307/6 (45.5 overs)  West Indies Nelson 2015
307/4 (47.4 overs)  Netherlands Kolkata 2011
279/8 (49.2 overs)  United Arab Emirates Brisbane 2015
Last updated: 15 March 2015[16]

Most appearances

This list consists players with most number of matches at the Cricket World Cup. Niall O'Brien played a total of 21 World Cup matches and William Porterfield has captained the team in the most number of matches(12).

Matches Player Period
21 Niall O'Brien 2007-2015
21 William Porterfield 2007-2015
20 Kevin O'Brien 2007-2015
15 Boyd Rankin 2007-2011
14 John Mooney 2007-2015
Last updated: 15 March 2015[17]

Batting statistics

Most runs
Runs Player Mat Inn HS Avg 100s 50s Period
627 William Porterfield 21 21 107 29.85 1 4 2007–2015
620 Niall O'Brien 21 21 79* 32.63 N/a 5 2007–2015
499 Kevin O'Brien 20 20 113 27.72 1 1 2007–2015
422 Ed Joyce 12 12 112 35.16 1 2 2011–2015
316 Paul Stirling 12 12 101 26.33 1 1 2011–2015
Last updated: 15 March 2015[18]
Highest partnerships
Runs Players Opposition Venue Season
177 (1st wicket) Paul Stirling (99) & William Porterfield (68) v  Netherlands Kolkata 2011
162 (6th wicket) Kevin O'Brien (96) & Alex Cusack (47) v  England Bengaluru 2011
138 (3rd wicket) Ed Joyce (75) & Andrew Balbirnie (59) v  Zimbabwe Hobart 2015
113 (3rd wicket) Niall O'Brien (46) & William Porterfield (54) v  India Bengaluru 2011
105 (2nd wicket) Ed Joyce (51) & Paul Stirling (54) v  West Indies Nelson 2015
Last updated: 15 March 2015[19]

Bowling statistics

Most wickets
Wickets Player Matches Avg. Econ. BBI 4W 5W Period
16 Trent Johnston 13 31.12 5.31 2/16 0 0 2007–2011
15 Boyd Rankin 15 42.60 5.58 3/32 0 0 2007–2011
14 John Mooney 14 41.42 6.10 4/63 1 0 2007–2015
13 Kevin O'Brien 20 47.92 7.34 4/71 1 0 2007–2015
12 George Dockrell 12 41.25 5.22 3/50 0 0 2011–2015
10 Kyle McCallan 9 23.30 3.97 2/12 0 0 2007–2007
Last updated: 15 March 2015[20]

See also

References

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  7. ^ Williamson, Martin (31 December 2011), The Ireland story and others, Cricinfo, retrieved 25 January 2012
  8. ^ Smyth, Rob; Gardner, Alan (2 March 2011). "England v Ireland – as it happened". Guardian. London. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
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