Cricket Ireland is currently in discussion with the Indian Cricket Committee BCCI to schedule a men’s tour of the White Ball Series next summer, in order to travel to the UK for a White Ball Game, according to ESPNcricinfo.
Irish cricket wasn’t expecting a home season this time. They have played in several home season games, with four of their first eight games being washed away by the rain. Sunday’s meet with England marks Ireland’s ninth final home match in the summer of 2025.
CI officials discuss potential tours with BCCI counterparts
India travels to the UK for a five-match T20I and a three-match ODI series. This is scheduled for July 1st to July 19th next year. ESPNCRICINFO understands that Cricket Ireland officials have discussed with their BCCI counterparts and discussed potential visits.
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“I As far as I’m concerned, I held a meeting saying that the amount of cricket we’ve been playing in ’25 isn’t enough to play international cricket and prepare to be competitive in the ICC tournament,” McNeese said.
Over the past few years, India has visited Ireland for a short, compact series in a short form of the game. Over the past seven years, they have been featured in 2018, 2022 and 2023.
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The Irish chairman is looking forward to making a notable inclusion in the international schedule for international cricket for upcoming seasons, as he has not played enough home cricket this season.
“We mapped opinions and thoughts on what the ’26 and ’27 schedules look, and I wanted to get their opinions not only on the international schedule, but also on the domestic schedule. It was a really positive session yesterday.
According to the ICC Future Tours programme, Ireland is caused by host countries like New Zealand cricket team in one-time tests, Bangladesh with three ODIs and three T20ISs, one test, three ODIs and three T20Is, a long series of Afghanistan including the long series of them.
“There are still a few variables that we need to know before locking the final schedule, but we’ll host Test cricket next year,” McNeese said.
Cricket Ireland is in favor of the two-part WTC proposed by the ICC
Brian McNeese, chairman of Ireland’s Cricket Committee, confirmed that he would make the proposal for the two division ICC World Test Championship, which will feature Ireland in several red ball matches “very supportive.”
The ICC proposed two division formats: the ICC World Test Championship. This ranks other teams alongside the top 10 ranked test sides in the world. However, the two-tier system is not accepted by major cricket boards.
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