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This is a list of all cricketers who have captained Ireland in an official international match. This includes the ICC Trophy, Under-19 games and One Day Internationals, Twenty20 Internationals. The tables are correct as of the February 2012.

Men's cricket

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Ireland cricket team for at least one Test match.

A cricketer who has a symbol of next to a Test match series describes their role as captain and their participation in at least one game for the team.

Ireland Test match captains [1]
No. Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
1 William Porterfield 2018 Pakistan Ireland 1 0 1 0
2018–19 Afghanistan India 1 0 1 0
2019 England England 1 0 1 0
Total 3 0 3 0
Grand total[2] 3 0 3 0

One Day International captains

In 2006, all-rounder Trent Johnston became Ireland's first ODI captain.[3] He stepped down as captain in early 2008 and took a break from cricket as he was struggling with injury problems.[4] William Porterfield succeeded Johnston as Ireland's full-time captain in April 2008.[5] On occasions when Porterfield had been unavailable, sometimes due to commitments with his county side, Kyle McCallan had filled the role of captain.[6]

Ireland ODI Captains [7]
No. Name Year Played Won Tied Lost NR
1 Trent Johnston 2006–2010 32 14 1 15 2
2 Kyle McCallan 2007–2008 4 0 0 4 0
3 William Porterfield 2008-2019 113 50 2 55 6
4 Kevin O'Brien 2010–2014 4 3 0 1 0
5 Andrew Balbirnie 2020-Present 6 1 0 5 0
Overall[8] 154 64 3 79 8
Last Updated: 14 November 2020

Twenty20 International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Ireland cricket team for at least one Twenty20 International.

Ireland T20I captains[9]
No. Name Year Played Won Tied Lost NR
1 William Porterfield 2008–2017 56 26 0 26 4
2 Kevin O'Brien 2015 4 0 0 2 2
3 Gary Wilson 2016-2019 26 12 1 13 0
4 Paul Stirling 2019 6 2 0 4 0
5 Andrew Balbirnie 2020-Present 6 1 1 3 1
Overall[10] 98 41 2 48 7
Last updated: 14 November 2020

ICC Trophy/ICC World Cup Qualifier

Ireland debuted in the ICC Trophy in the 1993/94 tournament.

Player[11] Dates of captaincy Mat Won Lost Tied No result % win[A]
Alan Lewis 1993/94 7 3 4 0 0 42.86
Justin Benson 1996/97 10 6 3 0 1 66.66
Kyle McCallan 2001–2005 9 4 5 0 0 44.44
Dekker Curry 2005 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
Jason Molins 2005 5 5 0 0 0 100.00
William Porterfield 2009 10 8 2 0 0 80.00
Total 1993/94–2005 32 18 13 0 1 58.06

Women's cricket

Test match captains

Ireland had played one Test in 2000 against Pakistan at Dublin.

Ireland Women's Test Captain
No. Name Year Played Won Tied Lost NR
1 Miriam Grealey 2000 1 1 0 0 0
Overall 1 1 0 0 0

Women's One Day International captains

Ireland Women's ODI Captains
No. Name Year Played Won Tied Lost NR
1 Mary-Pat Moore 1987–1993 21 5 0 16 0
2 Sonia Reamsbottom 1989–1990 1 0 0 1 0
3 Elizabeth Owens 1988 9 3 0 6 0
4 Miriam Grealey 1995–2000 33 11 0 21 1
5 Nikki Squire 2001 6 3 0 3 0
6 Anne Linehan 2002 5 0 0 4 1
7 Clare Shillington 2003–2011 15 5 0 9 1
8 Heather Whelan 2003–2011 15 7 0 8 0
9 Isobel Joyce 2008–present 17 2 0 14 1
10 Ciara Metcalfe 2010–2011 7 2 0 4 1
11 Mary Waldron 2013 1 0 0 1 0
Overall 130 38 0 87 5

Women's Twenty20 International captains

Ireland Women's T20I Captains
No. Name Year Played Won Tied Lost NR
1 Isobel Joyce 2008–present 21 4 0 17 0
8 Heather Whelan 2009 4 2 0 2 0
10 Ciara Metcalfe 2010–2011 4 1 0 3 0
11 Cecelia Joyce 2012 1 0 0 1 0
Overall 30 7 0 23 0

Youth cricket

Youth One-Day International captains

Ireland T20I Captains
No. Name Year Played Won Tied Lost NR
1 Joseph Clinton 1998 5 1 0 4 0
2 Ed Joyce 1998 1 0 0 1 0
3 Peter Shields 1998 7 2 0 4 1
4 William Porterfield 2004 7 3 0 4 0
5 Eoin Morgan 2006 6 2 0 4 0
6 Greg Thompson 2008 6 2 0 4 0
7 Andrew Balbirnie 2010 5 2 0 3 0
8 George Dockrell 2012 6 2 0 4 0
Overall 43 14 1 28 0

Notes

A Percentage is worked out by counting tied games as half a win and excluding no results from the equation.

References

  1. ^ "List of Ireland Test cricket captains". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  2. ^ "Test Matches/ Team Records/ Result Summary". Cricinfo.
  3. ^ Cricinfo staff (7 June 2006), Ireland announce squad for England match, Cricinfo.com Retrieved on 3 November 2008.
  4. ^ Johnston takes a break from cricket, Cricinfo staff, 22 March 2008 Retrieved on 3 November 2008.
  5. ^ Porterfield takes charge, BBC Online, 23 April 2008 Retrieved on 30 May 2008.
  6. ^ Cricket Ireland (22 May 2008), Ireland hit by Porterfield withdrawal, Cricketeurope4.net Retrieved on 30 May 2008.
  7. ^ "List of Ireland ODI cricket captains". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  8. ^ Records / One-Day Internationals / Team Records / Result Summary, Cricinfo, retrieved 2018-12-15
  9. ^ "Ireland T20I Captains". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  10. ^ "Records/ Twenty20 International/ Results Summary". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  11. ^ Ireland Captains' Playing Record in the ICC Trophy, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 8 November 2008.
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