Irish national cricket team in England for the 2017 season

The Irish national cricket team's tour to England for the 2017 season ran from May 5 to May 7, 2017. The international cricket tour was part of the 2017 international cricket season and included two ODIs . England won the series 2-0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. It was the first time that these two teams played an official tour against each other. So far, encounters have been limited to either international tournaments or tour matches as part of other tours. The tour overlapped with the Indian Premier League 2017 , so that the English team did not have individual players. Shortly before the tour, it was announced that Ireland might be granted test status the following June .

Stages

Bristol London (Lord's)

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on June 23, 2016.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Bristol County Ground	Bristol	17,500	1. ODI
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2. ODI

Squad lists

Ireland named their squad on April 18, 2017. England named their squad on April 25, 2017.

ODI
England	Ireland
Eoin Morgan ( K ) Jonny Bairstow Jake Ball Sam Billings ( wk ) Alex Hales Liam Plunkett Adil Rashid Joe Root Jason Roy David Willey Mark Wood	William Porterfield ( K ) Andy Balbirnie Peter Chase George Dockrell Ed Joyce Barry McCarthy Tim Murtagh Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien ( wk ) Paul Stirling Gary Wilson

One-day internationals

First ODI in Bristol

May 5th Scorecard	Bristol	Ireland 126 (33)	-	England 127-3 (20)
		England wins with 7 wickets

Second ODI in London

May 7th scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 328-6 (50)	-	Ireland 243 (46.1)
		England wins with 85 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} England to host two Ireland ODIs in 2017 ( English ) Cricinfo. June 23, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
2. ↑ Stokes, Woakes, Buttler to miss Ireland ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. February 21, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
3. ↑ Top-table seat a dream come true but Test status not the holy grail for Ireland ( English ) Guardian. May 3, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
4. ↑ Rankin out of England ODIs; Kevin O'Brien and Stirling return ( English ) Cricinfo. April 18, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
5. ↑ England: Mark Wood returns to squad for Champions Trophy and South Africa series ( English ) BBC. April 25, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.