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The Irish Cricket Union (Irish: Cumann Cruicéad na hÉireann), also known as CricketIreland, is the governing body for cricket in Ireland (both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland), and oversees the Ireland cricket team. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A sport governing body comes in several forms. ... This article is about the sport. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... The Ireland cricket team is the cricket team representing all Ireland (i. ...


Ireland's greatest cricketing success to date was a victory by three wickets over Pakistan in a 2007 Cricket World Cup group match. This was sadly overshadowed by the sudden death of the Pakistan Coach Bob Woolmer a few days later ICC announce death of Bob Woolmer The Pakistani cricket team is a national cricket team representing Pakistan. ... The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was a mens cricket tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sports one-day international format. ...


The Irish Circket Union was formally dissolved on 3rd February 2008 at its annual general meeting. A new board with 11 members will run cricket in Ireland and encourage "increasing professionalism that is needed in modern sport".[1]


Ireland also managed to beat the West Indies in their prime in 1928 and put in a good performance against Bangladesh and won in the world cup.


Notable players are JP Bray, William Porterfield (on trial at Gloucestershire), David Langford-Smith, The O'Brien brothers, Trent Johnston and Andre Botha. Ireland have a few small cricket grounds, Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin(3,200) Stormont, Belfast(7,000),Upritchard Park, Bangor(2,000.


References

  1. ^ Company to run sport in Ireland. BBC Online (2008-02-03). Retrieved on 2008-02-14.

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External links

  • Irish and Associates Cricket magazine
  • Official website
  • Irish Cricket Documentary
  • Irish and Associates Cricket magazine


 

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