The Ireland Wolves (formally Ireland A) is a national

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team representing

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. It is the second tier of international Irish cricket, below the full

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. Matches played by Ireland Wolves are not considered to be

One-Day International A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World Cup ...

s, instead receiving first-class and

List A List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...

classification. Their first match was against the

Bangladesh A cricket team The Bangladesh A cricket team, also known as Bangladesh Emerging cricket team, is a cricket team representing Bangladesh, and is the second tier of international Bangladeshi cricket below the full Bangladesh national cricket team. The team played ...

in October 2017 when they toured Bangladesh to play one

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at the

Sylhet International Cricket Stadium Sylhet International Cricket Stadium ( bn, সিলেট আন্তর্জাতিক ক্রিকেট স্টেডিয়াম) also known as Sylhet Stadium and previously known as Sylhet Divisional Stadium, is a cricket stad ...

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, and five

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at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium Academy Ground,

Cox's Bazar Cox's Bazar (; bn, কক্সবাজার, Kôksbajar; ) is a city, fishing port, tourism centre, and district headquarters in Southeastern Bangladesh. It is located south of the city of Chittagong. Cox's Bazar is also known by the na ...

. Bangladesh A won the first-class match and four of the List A matches, and the other was washed out. In August 2018, the Bangladesh A cricket team made a tour to Ireland where they played a series of List A and

Twenty20 Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...

matches against the Ireland Wolves. The List A series was tied 2-2, while Bangladesh A won the T20 series 2-1. In January 2019, the Ireland Wolves travelled to Sri Lanka to play two first class matches and five List A matches. The

Sri Lanka A cricket team The Sri Lanka A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Sri Lanka. It is the second-tier of international Sri Lankan cricket, below the full Sri Lanka national cricket team. Matches played by Sri Lanka A are not considered to be Test ...

won the 1st unofficial test by 10 wickets, while the 2nd unofficial test ended in a high scoring draw. The unofficial ODI series that followed was won 5-0 by Sri Lanka A. In January 2020, Cricket Ireland confirmed that the team would tour South Africa to play seven matches against the

Namibia cricket team The Namibia national cricket team, nicknamed the Eagles, is the men's team that represents the Republic of Namibia in international cricket. It is organised by Cricket Namibia which became an associate member of the International Cricket Cou ...

. In February 2021, the Wolves toured Bangladesh for a multi-format series against Bangladesh Emerging Team. In March–April 2022, the Wolves toured Namibia for three T20 and five List A 50 over games.

Playing squads

This list includes all players who have played at least 3 matches for Ireland Wolves in the past two seasons.
International cap players are marked in Bold.

Coaching staff

* Head coach: Pete Johnston * Assistant coach:

Rob Cassell Robert James Cassell (born 28 April 1983 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian cricketer and international coach who played first-class cricket for the Victorian Bushrangers and South Australian Redbacks and also represented Australia in the ...

* Batting coach:

Ed Joyce Edmund "Ed" Christopher Joyce (born 22 September 1978) is a former Irish cricketer who played for both the Ireland and England national cricket teams. After beginning his career with Middlesex, he moved to Sussex in 2009, before returning to Ir ...

* Strength & Conditioning coach: Brendan Connor * Physiotherapist: Mark Rausa * Performance analyst: Scott Irvine * Manager: Chris Siddell

References

External links

Official website of Ireland cricket teamOfficial Facebook page of Ireland cricket teamCricket Europe Ireland Page
{{Cricket in the British Isles Ireland in international cricket National 'A' cricket teams 2017 establishments in Ireland