William Boyd Rankin is a Northern Irish former cricketer who played international cricket for Ireland,and briefly also played for England. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He is the brother of fellow cricketer David Rankin.
Peter Noel Kirsten is a former cricketer who represented South Africa in 12 Test matches and 40 One Day Internationals from 1991 to 1994. He is the current coach of the Ugandan national side,having been appointed in August 2014.
Matthew Jeffery Horne is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 35 Test matches and 50 One Day Internationals from 1997 to 2003. Horne was an attacking right-handed opening batsman who possessed an unusually high backlift.
Gary Craig Wilson is a former Irish cricketer,who is a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman. He played for Ireland in Tests,One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals,with his first appearance for the national side coming in 2005. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Ireland's first ever Test match,against Pakistan,in May 2018. In June 2018,he was named captain of Ireland's T20I side,a role he held until November 2019. On 19 March 2021,Wilson announced his retirement from professional cricket.
Peter Gerard Gillespie is a Northern Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,he had played for the Ireland cricket team 116 times up to the start of the 2007 World Cup,including twelve first-class matches and 35 List A matches,four of which were One Day International. Only three players have played more times for Ireland.
William Kyle McCallan,usually known as Kyle McCallan,is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler,he has played more times for the Ireland cricket team than any other player,more than 40 caps ahead of the next player in the table,the retired Peter Gillespie. Only three players have captained Ireland more times than McCallan,and only Jason Molins has captained them to more wins. He has also played second XI cricket for Derbyshire and Surrey.
Derek Heasley is an Irish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right arm medium pace bowler. He made his debut for Ireland against Surrey on 14 May 1996 and has played for them 60 times in all,including two ICC Trophy tournaments in 1997 and 2001. He also represented Northern Ireland in the cricket tournament of the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
Ryan Logan Eagleson is a former Irish cricketer.
John Desmond "Dekker" Curry is an Irish former cricketer. A left-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler,he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team against an England Amateur team in July 1992,and went on to represent Ireland on 50 occasions,his last game coming against Scotland in the 2001 ICC Trophy.
Neil Carson is a former Irish cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler. His career playing for Ireland got off to an excellent start in 1998 with a half-century against Bangladesh,and he went on to represent his country on 22 occasions,including two first-class and three List A matches. He also represented Northern Ireland in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games,a tournament which consisted of his first three List A matches.
Paul McCrum is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler,he played 74 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1989 and 1998 including four first-class matches against Scotland and 16 List A matches. He also played for the Northern Ireland national cricket team in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
Robert James Hamilton Lambert was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and a right-arm off spin bowler,he played 51 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1893 and 1930,including 23 first-class matches,captaining them on 13 occasions. He also played first-class cricket for London County and Woodbrook Club and Ground. On his death,the Wisden Cricketer's Almanack described him as the best all-rounder produced by Ireland.
Robert "Roy" Torrens OBE was an Irish cricketer,coach and manager of the Ireland cricket team between 2004 and 2016. He was also a footballer having won three amateur caps for the Northern Ireland squad.
Gary Simon Ballance is a Zimbabwean former cricketer who represented England internationally from 2013 to 2017,and also represented Zimbabwe in 2023. He is a left-handed batsman and a leg break bowler,who last played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He was born in Harare,Zimbabwe. He is known for his style of striking deep in the crease. He qualified to play for England through residency and British passports.
The Northern Ireland national cricket team is a representative cricket team for Northern Ireland. It does not play in International Cricket Council (ICC) competitions,as Northern Ireland is part of Cricket Ireland and is represented by the Ireland cricket team. However,a standalone Northern Ireland team has been formed on a few occasions.
George Henry Dockrell is an Irish cricketer,who plays international cricket for Ireland,having learned his cricket at Leinster Cricket Club,Dublin. Known as an all-rounder,Dockrell is a right-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He was a member of the class of 2010 in Gonzaga College,Dublin. In December 2018,he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season. In January 2020,he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland,the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.
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.
Ryan Gary Corns is a former international cricketer who represented the U.S. national team between 2011 and 2013. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls left-arm orthodox spin.
Northern Knights is a first-class inter-provincial cricket team in Ireland.
The Ireland cricket team toured Zimbabwe in January 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. Zimbabwe won the T20I series 2–1. The ODI series was drawn 1–1 after the final match ended with no result due to rain.
