List of Ireland ODI cricketers

This article is about the men's cricketers. For the women's cricketers, see List of Ireland women ODI cricketers.

Gary Wilson, who has kept wicket for Ireland in ODIs, keeping wicket against Essex.

Since their first match in 2006, 70 players have represented Ireland in One Day Internationals (ODIs).[1] A One Day International is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each having ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC). An ODI differs from Test matches in that the number of overs per team is limited, and that each team has only one innings. Where more than one player won his first ODI cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.

Ireland have played 204 ODIs, resulting in 81 victories, 105 defeats, 3 ties and 15 no results.[2][3] Ireland played their maiden ODI on 13 June 2006 against England.[4] Ireland lost by 38 runs, although the match drew interest and was played in front a full capacity crowd at the Civil Service Cricket Club in Belfast.[5]

Jeremy Bray scored Ireland's first ODI century on 30 January 2007 in a match against Scotland. Bray later scored Ireland's maiden World Cup century when he struck 115 not out against Zimbabwe on 15 March 2007. The highest score in ODIs for Ireland is 177, scored by Paul Stirling against Canada on 7 September 2010.[6] The record for best bowling figures in an innings for Ireland in ODIs is held by Josh Little, who took 6/36 against Zimbabwe on 15 December 2023.[7] Stirling is Ireland's leading run scorer with 5,795 runs and Kevin O'Brien is the country's leading wicket-taker with 114 wickets.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Players - Ireland: Caps", Cricinfo.com, archived from the original on 15 December 2015, retrieved 3 December 2015 Retrieved on 2 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Team Records / Results Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Records / Ireland / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  4. ^ Cricinfo staff (7 June 2006), "Ireland announce squad for England match", Cricinfo.com, archived from the original on 7 July 2012, retrieved 3 November 2008 Retrieved on 3 November 2008.
  5. ^ Will Luke (13 June 2006), "England's win fails to hide cracks", Cricinfo.com Retrieved on 3 November 2008.
  6. ^ "Individual Scores of 50 and More in an Innings for Ireland in ODI Cricket", CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 20 August 2008 Retrieved on 17 October 2010.
  7. ^ "Best bowling in an innings for Ireland in ODI matches", CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 14 March 2024, retrieved 14 March 2024 Retrieved on 14 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Records / Ireland / One-Day Internationals / Most runs", ESPN Cricinfo, archived from the original on 5 June 2021, retrieved 5 June 2021 Retrieved on 5 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Records / Ireland / One-Day Internationals / Most wickets", ESPN Cricinfo, archived from the original on 5 June 2021, retrieved 5 June 2021 Retrieved on 5 June 2021.