West Indies, England, Zimbabwe Women and Pakistan Women will be touring Ireland in the summer this year, confirmed Cricket Ireland on Tuesday (March 11). The board also revealed that the Women's team would be playing against Pakistan, West Indies, Bangladesh, Thailand and Scotland in the ODI World Cup qualifiers next month in Pakistan from April 4.
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Ireland in the T20 World Cup last year in the United States © Getty
The men's team will host West Indies for three ODIs scheduled to be held in Clontarf in late May which will then be followed by a three-match T20I series in June in Bready. Following the conclusion of the series, the Irish players will be involved in the European T20 Premier League in July-August after which England will be touring Ireland to play a bilateral T20I series in September for the first time.
The Women's team will be involved in a series of T20 internationals, with five scheduled against Zimbabwe and three against Pakistan in July-August. Cricket Ireland also confirmed that Ireland Wolves will face Afghanistan A in a four-day match in the UAE which will then be followed by a one-day tri-series with Sri Lanka A being the third team.
However, amidst this action-packed fixture list, the board also revealed that their planned series at home against Afghanistan will not go ahead. Ireland were scheduled to host Afghanistan in a multi-format series this year but those plans have been shelved. While the
