Per week after Eire didn’t qualify for the 2023 World Cup, their captain Andy Balbirnie has stepped down from his put up in limited-overs cricket.
“After a lot thought and consideration, I’ve made the choice to step down as ODI and T20I captain,” he stated on Tuesday in a Cricket Eire press launch. “It has been considered one of my nice honours to steer this crew over the previous few years and I’m vastly grateful for all of the help I acquired on and off the pitch from the numerous gamers, coaches, Cricket Eire and supporters of the Eire crew.”
Paul Stirling will take interim command of the limited-overs groups till the top of the ODI sequence towards England in September, with Balbirnie including he’ll stay out there for choice. “I really feel that is the suitable time for me, however extra importantly the crew. I’ll proceed to do my finest for this crew and work laborious to contribute in the direction of what I hope will probably be a profitable interval over the subsequent variety of years.”Eire gained three of six matches on the Qualifier and completed seventh in a 10-team event. All of their victories got here after they have been knocked out of competition for the World Cup, towards USA, UAE and Nepal. Their subsequent project is the T20 World Cup European Qualfiers which start on July 20, adopted by a three-match T20I sequence at house towards India in August and that three-match ODI sequence away towards England in September.
Balbirnie led Eire 89 occasions (4 Exams, 33 ODIs, 52 T20Is) throughout codecs since taking up the reins in late 2019. He stays the captain of their Check facet.
“Andrew has been an exceptionally devoted chief throughout his time in cost,” Richard Holdsworth, Excessive Efficiency Director at Cricket Eire, stated. “He managed by the Covid-19 pandemic, a transition of coach from Graham Ford to Heinrich Malan – and never forgetting the transient stint with interim coach David Ripley that ended with a memorable sequence victory over the West Indies. After I replicate on the tenacity of the squad beneath Andrew, I feel again to the T20 World Cup Qualification marketing campaign in 2022, then on to the event correct with wins over Scotland, West Indies and, after all, England.
“However it was the Covid years when he…
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