English cricket team in Ireland in 2025

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English cricket team in Ireland in 2025
  Cricket Ireland flag.svg Flag of England.svg
  Ireland England
Dates 17 – 21 September 2025
Captains Paul Stirling Jacob Bethell
Twenty20 International series
Results England won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs Harry Tector (89) Phil Salt (118)
Most wickets Graham Hume (2)
Matthew Humphreys (2)		 Adil Rashid (4)
Player of the series Phil Salt (Eng)

The England cricket team toured Ireland in September 2025 to play the Ireland cricket team. [1] The tour consisted of three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [2] In August 2024, the Cricket Ireland (CI) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2025 home international season. [3] All the matches were played at The Village in Dublin. [4] England last toured Ireland in 2019. [5]

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Squads

Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland [6] Flag of England.svg  England [7]

On 3 September, Jordan Cox was added into the squad. [8] On 5 September, Matthew Potts was released from the T20I series, and Sam Curran was added to the squad. [9] [10] On 14 September, Saqib Mahmood was rule out of the series due to a knee injury, and was replaced by Scott Currie who had previously played for Scotland. [11] After the second T20I was abandoned due to rain, Currie was released from the squad so that he could play for Hampshire in the One Day Cup final at Trent Bridge. [12]

T20I series

1st T20I

17 September 2025
13:30
Scorecard
Ireland  Cricket Ireland flag.svg
196/3 (20 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
197/6 (17.4 overs)
Harry Tector 61* (36)
Adil Rashid 1/36 (4 overs)
Phil Salt 89 (46)
Graham Hume 2/36 (2 overs)
England won by 4 wickets
The Village, Dublin
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Jonathan Kennedy (Ire)
Player of the match: Phil Salt (Eng)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.
  • Jacob Bethell captained England for the first time in T20Is. [13]
  • Gareth Delany (Ire) played his 100th international match. [14]
  • Lorcan Tucker (Ire) scored his 3,000th run in international cricket. [15]
  • Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker's 123 run partnership became Ireland's highest for the 3rd wicket in T20Is, breaking the record of 82 between Tector and Gareth Delany against Oman in 2022. [16]

2nd T20I

19 September 2025
13:30
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
The Village, Dublin
Umpires: Jonathan Kennedy (Ire) and Aidan Seaver (Ire)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

3rd T20I

21 September 2025
13:30
Scorecard
Ireland  Cricket Ireland flag.svg
154/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
155/4 (17.1 overs)
Gareth Delany 48* (29)
Adil Rashid 3/29 (4 overs)
Jordan Cox 55 (35)
Craig Young 1/21 (2.1 overs)
England won by 6 wickets
The Village, Dublin
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Aidan Seaver (Ire)
Player of the match: Adil Rashid (Eng)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ben Calitz (Ire) and Sonny Baker (Eng) both made their T20I debuts.

References

  1. ↑ "West Indies, England to tour Ireland in 2025". Cricbuzz . Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "England Men and Women 2025 summer international fixtures revealed". England and Wales Cricket Board . Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "England fixtures announced for 2025". Cricket Ireland . 22 August 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "International fixtures unveiled for summer '25". Cricket Ireland . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "England Cricket Tour to Ireland – T20I Series 2025". Gullivers Sports Travel. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Squad named as sell-out nears". Cricket Ireland . Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "England Men name squads for South Africa and Ireland series". England and Wales Cricket Board . Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Jordan Cox earns belated call-up for Ireland T20Is". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Update: England Men's IT20 squad". England and Wales Cricket Board . Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Sam Curran added to England T20I squads as Ben Duckett takes break". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "Saqib Mahmood ruled out of T20Is as Scott Currie earns maiden call-up". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "Scott Currie makes late dash to make One-Day Cup final after England T20 washed out". The Independent. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "Rising star Jacob Bethell takes England captaincy in his stride". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  14. ↑ @cricketireland (17 September 2025). "1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ caps for Gareth Delany across formats for Ireland!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ↑ @cricketireland (17 September 2025). "Lorcan Tucker passes 3000 runs in all 3 formats for Ireland 🍀" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ↑ "Highest partnerships for Ireland in T20Is for any wickets". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 17 September 2025.
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