Irish cricket team in the United States in 2021–22

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Irish cricket team in the United States in 2021–22
  Flag of the United States.svg Cricket Ireland flag.svg
  United States Ireland
Dates 22 – 30 December 2021
Captains Monank Patel Andrew Balbirnie
One Day International series
Twenty20 International series
Results 2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Gajanand Singh (87) Lorcan Tucker (141)
Most wickets Saurabh Netravalkar (5) Barry McCarthy (4)
Curtis Campher (4)

The Ireland cricket team visited the United States in December 2021 to play three One Day International (ODI) and two Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) matches at Central Broward Park in Florida. [1] [2] It was the first time the United States was to host a full series with a Test nation, [3] [4] and the first time since 1973 that the Ireland cricket team have visited the US. [5] Following the matches in the United States, the Ireland team then toured the West Indies for a three-match ODI series. [6] [7]

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The United States recovered from 16/4 in the first T20I to reach 188/6. [8] Ireland were unable to chase down the target, resulting in a 26-run win for the Americans. [9] The visitors levelled the series with a 9-run win in the second T20I, with Lorcan Tucker scoring his second half-century of the series. [10]

A practice match, scheduled to be played on 20 December 2021, was cancelled due to COVID-19 issues within the squads. [11] The first ODI was cancelled after a match official tested positive for COVID-19 and other officials were deemed close contacts. [12] On 28 December 2021, the remaining ODI matches were each moved back by one day after a number of positive COVID-19 tests in the traveling parties, [13] before the series was ultimately cancelled. [14] The curtailment of the series resulted in financial losses for USA Cricket, contributing to its year-end debt load. [15] [16] [17]

Squads

ODIsT20Is
Flag of the United States.svg  United States [18] Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland [19] Flag of the United States.svg  United States [20] Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland [21]

Josh Little was initially left out of Ireland's T20I squad due to his participation in the 2021 Lanka Premier League. [22] However, on 17 December 2021, he was recalled to the team. [23] Ahead of Ireland's departure to the United States, Craig Young was identified as close contact of someone with a positive COVID-19 case. [24] Therefore, per Northern Irish travel guidance, Young was unable to travel for ten days, ruling him out of the T20I matches. [25] Kyle Phillip was named as a reserve player for the United States. [26]

Ahead of the series, the United States made several changes to their squad. [27] Karima Gore, Jaskaran Malhotra and Aaron Jones were all ruled out of the T20I matches due to COVID-19, while Rusty Theron was ruled out due to a groin injury. [28] They were replaced by Ritwik Behera, Yasir Mohammad, Ali Sheikh, and Ryan Scott in their T20I squad, [29] and Kyle Phillip withdrew due to work commitments. [30] Marty Kain was added to the ODI squad, and Sushant Modani was added to the T20I squad. [31]

T20I series

1st T20I

22 December 2021
14:00
Scorecard
United States  Flag of the United States.svg
188/6 (20 overs)
v
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland
162/6 (20 overs)
Gajanand Singh 65 (42)
Barry McCarthy 4/30 (4 overs)
Lorcan Tucker 57* (49)
Saurabh Netravalkar 2/26 (4 overs)
United States won by 26 runs
Central Broward Park, Lauderhill
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Vijaya Mallela (USA)
Player of the match: Gajanand Singh (USA)

2nd T20I

23 December 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Ireland  Cricket Ireland flag.svg
150 (18.5 overs)
v
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
141/7 (20 overs)
Lorcan Tucker 84 (56)
Saurabh Netravalkar 3/33 (3.5 overs)
Sushant Modani 27 (16)
Curtis Campher 4/25 (4 overs)
Ireland won by 9 runs
Central Broward Park, Lauderhill
Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Vijaya Mallela (USA)
Player of the match: Lorcan Tucker (Ire)
  • United States won the toss and elected to field.
  • Vatsal Vaghela (USA) made his T20I debut.

ODI series

1st ODI

26 December 2021
10:00
Scorecard
v
Central Broward Park, Lauderhill
Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Joel Wilson (WI)

2nd ODI

29 December 2021
10:00
Scorecard
v

3rd ODI

30 December 2021
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Central Broward Park, Lauderhill
Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Joel Wilson (WI)

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