List of Ireland cricket captains

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
2 Andrew Balbirnie 2022-23 Bangladesh Bangladesh 1 0 1 0
2023 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 2 0
2023 England England 1 0 1 0
Total 4 0 4 0
Grand total[2] 7 0 7 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] The table of results is complete up to the second match against Bangladesh in May 2023.

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 30 5 0 21 4
6 Paul Stirling 2022–2023 4 3 0 0 1
Overall[8] 187 75 3 96 13
Last Updated: 12 May 2023

Twenty20 International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Ireland cricket team for at least one Twenty20 International.The table of results is complete up to the third match against Bangladesh in March 2023.

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 9 3 0 6 0
5 Andrew Balbirnie 2020–Present 52 19 1 31 1
Overall[10] 147 60 2 78 7
Last updated: 22 October 2021

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 15 November 2018.
  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 15 November 2018.
  8. ^ Records / One-Day Internationals / Team Records / Result Summary, Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2018
  9. ^ "Ireland T20I Captains". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Records/ Twenty20 International/ Results Summary". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  11. ^ Ireland Captains' Playing Record in the ICC Trophy, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 15 October 2012, retrieved 26 October 2017 Retrieved on 8 November 2008.