The Scotland national men's cricket team represents the country of Scotland. They play most of their home matches at The Grange,Edinburgh,as well as at other venues around Scotland.
The Netherlands men's national cricket team,usually referred as "The Flying Dutchmen" is a team that represents the Netherlands in men's international cricket and is administered by the Royal Dutch Cricket Association.
The Ireland men's cricket team represents all of Ireland in international cricket. The Irish Cricket Union,operating under the brand Cricket Ireland,is the sport's governing body in Ireland,and they organise the international team. The team have a number of home grounds,including Malahide in County Dublin,Stormont,Belfast,Bready in the north-west and Clontarf in Dublin city. A further ground is planned for the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown,Dublin for 2030. Due to the short season allowed by the Irish climate,and lack of large scale facilities,Ireland also occasionally play 'home matches' in venues in England and further abroad.
The Afghanistan men's national cricket team represents Afghanistan in men's international cricket. It is a full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test,One-Day International (ODI) and T20 International (T20I) status.
William Thomas Stuart Porterfield is an Irish former cricketer and a former captain of the Ireland cricket team. He played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. A left-handed batsman,he played for Ireland from 2006 to 2022,and has captained Ireland at all levels from Under-13 and is considered one of the greatest Irish cricketers of all time. During Afghanistan T20I series in March 2017,he passed 1,000 runs in T20Is and became the first player from Ireland to do so. In May 2018,he was named as the captain of Ireland's squad for their first ever Test match,against Pakistan. He announced his retirement from international cricket on 16 June 2022.
Paul Robert Stirling is an Irish cricketer. Stirling is the opening batsman for the Ireland cricket team and an occasional right-arm,off-break bowler. He is one of the top 10 run scorers in T20 internationals. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Ireland's first ever Test match,against Pakistan,in May 2018. He was appointed as the vice-captain of the Ireland team in June 2020. He subsequently served as interim captain of Ireland in the T20I and ODI format following the resignation of Andrew Balbirnie,before being appointed as permanent limited-overs captain in October 2023.
Mohammad Shahzad Mohammadi is an Afghan cricketer who has represented his country in all three international formats. He is a right-handed opening batsman and a wicketkeeper. He made his international debut for Afghanistan in August 2009 against the Netherlands.
Andrew Balbirnie is an Irish cricketer,the current captain of the Ireland cricket team in Test cricket. Balbirnie is a right-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper. He was born in Dublin and was educated at St. Andrew's College. He was one of the 11 cricketers to play in Ireland's first ever Test match,against Pakistan,in May 2018. In December 2018,he was one of 19 players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season.
Javed Ahmadi is an Afghan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He currently represents the Afghanistan national cricket team. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first Test match,against India,in June 2018.
Con de Wet de Lange was a cricketer who represented Scotland. He was a left-arm orthodox spin all-rounder and a right-handed batsman. Born in South Africa,De Lange made his first-class debut for Boland in March 1998 against the touring Sri Lankans. He played for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in the 2012 and 2013 seasons.
Craig Alexander Young is an Irish professional cricketer. Young is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. On 26 May 2013,Young made his first-class debut for Ireland against Scotland. He made his One Day International debut against Scotland in September 2014,taking 5 wickets for 45 runs. He made his Twenty20 International debut against Scotland on 18 June 2015.
Afsar Khan Zazai is an Afghan cricketer. Afsar is a right-handed wicket-keeper batsman who is known for his batting skills. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first Test match,against India,in June 2018. He was the first Test cap for Afghanistan.
The 2015–2017 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the seventh edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup,an international first-class cricket tournament between leading associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament took place during 2015 to 2017. It ran in parallel with the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship,but with slightly different teams. As Ireland and Afghanistan had qualified for the ICC One Day International Championship ranking qualification process,they were replaced by Kenya and Nepal in the limited over event;however they continued to play the four-day event.
Maxwell Patrick O'Dowd is a New Zealand-born Dutch international cricketer who made his debut for the Netherlands national cricket team in June 2015. He is a right-handed opening batsman and has played for the Netherlands in three editions of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
Mark Robert James Watt is a Scottish cricketer. He made his Twenty20 International debut against Ireland on 18 June 2015. He made his List A debut in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 31 July 2015 against Nepal. On 5 February 2016 he took his first five-wicket haul in a T20I match,picking up five wickets for 27 runs against the Netherlands in the UAE. He made his first-class debut in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 9 August 2016 against the United Arab Emirates. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Hong Kong on 8 September 2016.
Chad Soper is a Papua New Guinean cricketer. Born in Port Moresby to a Papua New Guinean mother and a New Zealand father,Soper grew up on the New South Wales Central Coast.
Sese Bau is a Papua New Guinean cricketer. He made his List A debut in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 24 June 2015 against the Netherlands. He made his first-class debut in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 21 November 2015 against Afghanistan.
Roston Lamar Chase is a Barbadian cricketer who plays for the West Indies and Barbados. An all-rounder,he is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off spin bowler. In July 2017,he was named Cricketer of the Year and Test Cricketer of the Year by the West Indies Players' Association.
Shane Snater is a Zimbabwean-born Dutch cricketer. He made his first-class debut for the Netherlands against Afghanistan in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 29 July 2016. He made his List A debut against Hong Kong in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 18 February 2017.
Mohammed Qasim is a Pakistani-born cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. He made his first-class debut for the United Arab Emirates against Scotland in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 9 August 2016. On 20 September 2016 he scored the most runs for the Emirates Cricket Board XI team against the West Indies in a T20 tour match. He made his List A debut in the UAE's three-match series against Oman in October 2016.
