Cricket Ireland has today announced a 14-player squad for Ireland Men’s One-Day International series against New Zealand to be played at Malahide from 10-15 July 2022.

The three-match series will be part of the ICC World Cup Super League, with 30 crucial points up for grabs.

The squad includes call-ups for two of the North West Warriors squad – top-order batter Stephen Doheny and bowling all-rounder Graham Hume. Both players were recently handed retainer contracts by Cricket Ireland.

• Doheny, 23, plays his club cricket with Merrion and is the current leading run-scorer in the Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy competition with 158 runs at an average of 52.67, with a highest score of 74*. Doheny has all scored valuable runs at the top of the order in the 50-over inter-provincial competition, with 146 runs at 36.50 with a highest score of 97.

• Hume, 31, plays for Waringstown at club level andrecently qualified for Ireland through residency. Hume has claimed 10 wickets at an average of just 9.40 in the inter-provincial 50-over competition this season and has taken 7 wickets at 14.71 in the T20 Trophy competition.

Ireland Men’s ODI squad for New Zealand series

• Andrew Balbirnie (Captain), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Andrew McBrine, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young.

Andrew White, Chair of National Men’s Selectors, said:

“Taking on the world’s number one ODI side will always be a challenge, but with 30 World Cup Super League points on the line, this series becomes even more significant. One-day cricket is the format we have performed most consistently in over the last few years, and despite the age profile of many in the squad being young, they have gained some important experience in recent times in finding ways of winning against top sides.

“With the recent retirement of William Porterfield, we’ve called up Stephen Doheny into his first ODI squad. Stephen has impressed coaches and selectors with his stroke play and is now starting to convert starts into defining and match-shaping innings’ at inter-provincial and Wolves level. His form has warranted his call-up to both white-ball squads and we wish him well.

“It’s likewise pleasing to see Graham Hume get his chance in the ODIs after repeated seasons of consistent form while he qualified to play for Ireland. Hume has demonstrated his accuracy and ability to extract bounce and movement in home conditions – we are hoping his knack of prising out early breakthroughs will translate to the higher level.”

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IRELAND MEN’S HOME FIXTURE SCHEDULE FOR 2022

Ireland Men v India Men T20I series

• Sunday 26 June: Ireland v India, 1^st T20I (Malahide)
• Tuesday 28 June: Ireland v India, 2^nd T20I (Malahide)

Ireland Men v New Zealand Men series

• Sunday 10 July: Ireland v New Zealand, 1^st ODI (Malahide)
• Tuesday 12 July: Ireland v New Zealand, 2^nd ODI (Malahide)
• Friday 15 July: Ireland v New Zealand, 3^rd ODI (Malahide)
• Monday 18 July: Ireland v New Zealand, 1^st T20I (Stormont)
• Wednesday 20 July: Ireland v New Zealand, 2^nd T20I (Stormont)
• Friday 22 July: Ireland v New Zealand, 3^rd T20I (Stormont)

Ireland Men v South Africa Men T20I series

• Wednesday 3 August: Ireland v South Africa, 1^st T20I (Bristol)
• Friday 5 August: Ireland v South Africa, 2^nd T20I (Bristol)

Ireland Men v Afghanistan T20I series

• Tuesday 9 August: Ireland v Afghanistan, 1^st T20I (Stormont)
• Thursday 11 August: Ireland v Afghanistan, 2^nd T20I (Stormont)
• Friday 12 August: Ireland v Afghanistan, 3^rd T20I (Stormont)
• Monday 15 August: Ireland v Afghanistan, 4^th T20I (Stormont)
• Wednesday 17 August: Ireland v Afghanistan, 5^th T20I (Stormont)

Ireland 0 Chile 1 (D Krimerman Losada)

Ireland will have to produce one of their biggest wins yet on Wednesday if they are to continue their World Cup journey following a 1-0 defeat to debutantes Chile at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen.

It means they need to win against world number five side Germany on Wednesday (3.30pm, Irishtime) and then hope goal difference works in their favour later when Chile meet the Netherlands.

It was a day in which Ireland could not get the best out of their penalty corner attack as 10 set pieces went unconverted while the South American side whipped home the winner with 12 minutes to go via Denise Krimerman Losada.

Coach Sean Dancer was left to lament 10 penalty corner chances as the crucial goal would not fall their way.

“Really disappointed,” he said afterwards. “We dominated the first half and couldn’t score; Chile had the best of the second half, particularly the third quarter so tough to concede and lose 1-0.

“Chile ran pretty good lines at the penalty corners and took away some of the things we wanted to do. We have to give them credit for closing it down. They did a good job.”

Hannah McLoughlin concurred, adding: “It is definitely a game we targeted for three points and obviously haven’t got them. We have a 24-hour turnaround to our game against Germany so we need to park this one quickly, learn from it and get ready for tomorrow as quick as possible.”

The first three quarters were scoreless with Ireland unable to make full use of six corners while Chile were indisciplined, spending a third of the first half short-handed due to cards.

Sarah Torrans deflected a first minute chance into the bottom corner but Katie Mullan’s cross from the left was deemed to have hit her back-stick.

Mullan then had a backhand shot test Claudia Schuler before the South American side endured their first sin-binnings with less than 10 minutes gone as passions threatened to boil over.

The first quarter break allowed things settle and Chile did pick off a few strong counters with Domenica Ananias’ cross almost turned in by a diving Paula Valdivia.

But Hannah McLoughlin went closest to breaking the deadlock before the first half when she turned on her reverse-side and clipped a shot that nicked the outside of the left post.

With so much at stake, the third quarter became scrappier and increasingly tense with the play more and more fractious. Chile had two corners fall their way but Ayeisha McFerran and her defensive numbers closed the angles while Francisca Tala’s mid-circle shot on the turn was just wide.

But the game turned with 12 minutes to go when Chile picked off yet another set piece and this time, Denise Krimerman Losada slapped hard and true down the left channel to hit the backboard.

The Green Army responded immediately, winning three more corners to no avail while Zara Malseed had a trio of shots on goal, all defended by desperate defensive sticks.

Life got harder still when Lena Tice was shown a yellow card for a foul on halfway and Róisín Upton took a blow to the head and, in the staccato finish, Chile held on.

It means the focus turns quickly to their game with Germany on Wednesday: “We do need to let it sink in for a while, take some lessons, look back on the video but two matches in 24 hours is pretty quick. There has to come a point where we do park this one mentally and put all our focus on Germany.”

“We have a moment of disappointment and then we have to look at tomorrow,” Sarah Hawkshaw added. “We have to switch our mind to recovery and we have a huge opportunity against the Germans who we always give a good game.

“It is a huge [all-or-nothing] opportunity for us to put something away against them and I really believe we can.”

Ireland: A McFerran, M Carey, R Upton, S Hawkshaw, K Mullan, H McLoughlin, S Torrans, L Tice, C Perdue, D Duke, E Curran

Subs: S McAuley, Z Malseed, N Carroll, C Beggs, K McKee, C Hamill, L Murphy

Chile: C Shuler, D Ananias, F Villagran, D Krimerman F Flores, M Urroz, C Caram, F Tala, A Solano, M Maldonado, J Khamis

Subs: S Filipek, J Salas, C Palma, F Parra, P Valdivia, F Arrieta, N Salvador

Umpires: W Venter (RSA), I Makar (CRO)N

Xander Schauffele pictured at Adare Manor, Co. Limerick, with the 2022 JP McManus Pro-Am trophy, after winning the professional individual prize with a score of 10-under-par.

Schauffele today shot a two-under-par to seal his win, following a course record 64 yesterday. Almost 40,000 spectators attended the two-day event – the sixth staging of the Pro-Am – with many millions once again raised for Irish charitable organisations.

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