Ireland announce squad for 2022 European Cricket Championships

Ireland will play in European Cricket Championships (PC: Twitter)

Ireland have named a 12-member squad for the European Cricket Championships in Spain which gets underway later this month. The tournament will be played at the Cartama Oval in Malaga.

The European Cricket Championships (ECC) is an annual tournament played by European national teams. In 2022, the ECC will feature 21 teams including Ireland, England, Netherlands, Sweden, France, Scotland and hosts Spain. The top two teams from the group will qualify for the finals. The group stage is played across the first 5 weeks of the tournament, with each group lasting a week. There are a total of five groups – A, B, C, D, and E. Ireland are in group A alongside Austria, Czech Republic and Portugal. Group A’s fixtures will be played between 12-16 September, while the final week will be from 10-14 October.

Pete Johnston, Cricket Ireland’s Performance Manager, shared his excitement after Ireland were invited to the ECC. 

“We’re very excited to have been invited to the European Cricket Championships in Spain. Tournament cricket provides us with the opportunity to see our players develop under pressure - the games will come thick and fast, with two games per day. The popularity of new shorter formats is growing globally, and our first experience of T10 cricket should prove to be very rewarding.

“The selectors have been very specific about the skill sets we were looking for in this format and have chosen talented positive players that have impressed domestically in white ball cricket. There is the added incentive for the guys to progress through the group and play in a finals’ week in October.”

Ireland squad for European Cricket Championship

Full squad - John Matchett (CIYMS), Scott Macbeth (Bready), Cameron Melly (Cardiff UCCE), John McNally (Clontarf), Séamus Lynch (Terenure), Jared Wilson (Newbuildings), Michael O’Reilly (YMCA), Max Burton (Cliftonville Academy), Finn Catherwood (Beaconsfield CC), Matthew Humphreys (Lisburn), Muzamil Sherzad (North Kildare), Carson McCullough (CIYMS), Jamie Forbes (YMCA).

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