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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

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Cricket World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR Pld W L T NR
England 1975Not eligible (not an ICC member)No qualifier held
England 1979Did not participate (not an ICC member)
England Wales 1983
India Pakistan 1987
Australia New Zealand 1992
India Pakistan Sri Lanka 1996Did not qualify73400
England Wales Scotland Republic of Ireland Netherlands 1999106301
South Africa Zimbabwe Kenya 200394500
Cricket West Indies 2007Super 88/169261075101
India Sri Lanka Bangladesh 2011Group Stage11/1462400108200
Australia New Zealand 20159/14633001411111
England Wales 2019Did not qualify74300
India 20232981803
South Africa Zimbabwe Namibia 2027TBDOngoing*
TotalSuper 8 (2007)3/12217131093493716

World Cup Record (By Team)

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Cricket World Cup matches (By team)
Total : 7 Wins – 1 Ties – 13 Losses – 21 games played
Against Total Wins Ties Losses
 Australia1001
 Bangladesh2101
 England2101
 India2002
 Netherlands1100
 New Zealand1001
 Pakistan2101
 South Africa3003
 Sri Lanka1001
 United Arab Emirates1100
 West Indies3102
 Zimbabwe2110
Source:[5] Last Updated:15 March 2015

Tournament results

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2007 World Cup

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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

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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

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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

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Team records

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Highest innings totals
Score Opponent Venue Season
331/8 (50 overs)  ZimbabweHobart2015
329/7 (49.1 overs)  EnglandBengaluru2011
307/6 (45.5 overs)  West IndiesNelson2015
307/4 (47.4 overs)  NetherlandsKolkata2011
279/8 (49.2 overs)  United Arab EmiratesBrisbane2015
Last updated: 15 March 2015[16]

Most appearances

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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'Brien2007-2015
21 William Porterfield2007-2015
20 Kevin O'Brien2007-2015
15 Boyd Rankin2007-2011
14 John Mooney2007-2015
Last updated: 15 March 2015[17]

Batting statistics

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Most runs
Runs Player Mat Inn HS Avg 100s 50s Period
627 William Porterfield212110729.85142007–2015
620 Niall O'Brien212179*32.63N/a52007–2015
499 Kevin O'Brien202011327.72112007–2015
422 Ed Joyce121211235.16122011–2015
316 Paul Stirling121210126.33112011–2015
Last updated: 15 March 2015[18]
Highest partnerships
Runs Players Opposition Venue Season
177 (1st wicket) Paul Stirling (99) & William Porterfield (68)v  NetherlandsKolkata2011
162 (6th wicket) Kevin O'Brien (96) & Alex Cusack (47)v  EnglandBengaluru2011
138 (3rd wicket) Ed Joyce (75) & Andrew Balbirnie (59)v  ZimbabweHobart2015
113 (3rd wicket) Niall O'Brien (46) & William Porterfield (54)v  IndiaBengaluru2011
105 (2nd wicket) Ed Joyce (51) & Paul Stirling (54)v  West IndiesNelson2015
Last updated: 15 March 2015[19]

Bowling statistics

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Most wickets
Wickets Player Matches Avg. Econ. BBI 4W 5W Period
16 Trent Johnston1331.125.312/16002007–2011
15 Boyd Rankin1542.605.583/32002007–2011
14 John Mooney1441.426.104/63102007–2015
13 Kevin O'Brien2047.927.344/71102007–2015
12 George Dockrell1241.255.223/50002011–2015
10 Kyle McCallan923.303.972/12002007–2007
Last updated: 15 March 2015[20]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "1989 – present – International Cricket Council". ICC-cricket.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "World Cup 2006/07". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "World Cup 2011". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "ICC Cricket World Cup 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Team records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Ireland Team record in the Cricket World Cup from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 April 2007
  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.
  9. ↑ Oxborrow, Ian (2 March 2011). "Cricket World Cup 2011: fastest hundreds in history of the competition". Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Sheringham, Sam. "Cricket World Cup: Brilliant Ireland shock England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  11. 1 2 3 "O'BRIEN MAKES HISTORY IN IRELAND'S MOST FAMOUS NIGHT". ICC. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  12. 1 2 3 "O'Brien blazes Ireland to glory". ESPN Cricinfo. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  13. 1 2 "Ireland's cricketers stun England on 'the greatest day of our lives'". The Guardian. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "World Cup shock as Ireland beat England after record fastest ton". theage.com. Melbourne. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  15. ↑ "Cricket World Cup 2015: Ireland out as Pakistan go through". BBC Sport. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "Highest totals for World Cup - Ireland". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  17. ↑ "Most matches for World Cup - Ireland". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  18. ↑ "Most runs in World Cup - Ireland". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  19. ↑ "Highest partnerships for World Cup - Ireland". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  20. ↑ "Most wickets for World Cup - Ireland". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
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