Squads
 Ireland Wolves |  Nepal A | Nepal | |
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| List A & T20s [2] | List A [5] | T20s [6] | T20s [7] |
The Ireland Wolves cricket team toured Nepal in March and April 2024 to play three List A and three Twenty20 (T20) matches against a Nepal A side. [1] Before those matches, the team played a two-match T20 series against the senior Nepal men's side. [2] This was the first tour to Nepal by an Irish representative team. [3] The tour also marked the first-ever T20 series played by Nepal A. [4]
| Ireland Wolves | Nepal A | Nepal | |
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| List A & T20s [2] | List A [5] | T20s [6] | T20s [7] |
| Ireland Wolves cricket team in Nepal in 2023–24 | |||
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| Nepal | Ireland Wolves | ||
| Dates | 25 – 26 March 2024 | ||
| Captains | Rohit Paudel | Neil Rock | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Nepal won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Kushal Bhurtel (62) | Stephen Doheny (72) | |
| Most wickets | Kushal Malla (4) | Ben White (3) | |
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| Ireland Wolves cricket team in Nepal in 2023–24 | |||
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| Nepal A | Ireland Wolves | ||
| Dates | 29 March – 7 April 2024 | ||
| Captains | Binod Bhandari | Neil Rock | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Ireland Wolves won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Aarif Sheikh (156) | PJ Moor (127) | |
| Most wickets | Kamal Singh Airee (5) | Fionn Hand (7) | |
| Player of the series | Fionn Hand (Ireland Wolves) | ||
| LA series | |||
| Result | Ireland Wolves won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Arjun Kumal (111) | Stephen Doheny (121) | |
| Most wickets | Rijan Dhakal (7) | Matthew Humphreys (11) | |
| Player of the series | Matthew Humphreys (Ireland Wolves) | ||
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Gareth Delany 68 (37) Bipin Khatri 3/23 (4 overs) |
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Cade Carmichael 51 (77) Kamal Singh Airee 4/21 (6.3 overs) |
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Stephen Doheny 107 (129) Ranjit Kumar 3/51 (10 overs) | Arjun Kumal 102 (118) Ben White 5/62 (10 overs) |
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