Gareth Delany, Fionn Hand again in Ireland squad for India T20Is
Allrounders Fionn Hand and Gareth Delany make a return to the Ireland squad for the T20I sequence towards India later this month. They are available on the expense of wicketkeeper-batter Neil Rock and pacer Graham Hume – these have been the one modifications to the Ireland squad that featured within the T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier in Scotland in July.
Ireland had secured their spot in subsequent 12 months’s T20 World Cup, to be performed within the West Indies and USA, ending within the high two together with Scotland in that qualifier. Andrew White, Ireland males’s nationwide selector, mentioned the concept now’s to construct in direction of that showpiece occasion.
“The recent qualifying campaign in Scotland was the first stage of our strategic planning for next June’s T20 World Cup,” White mentioned. “We currently have around 15 T20Is scheduled between now and the World Cup, so it is important that we use each of these to continue to build on areas that the coaching team have identified.
“We solely have a restricted time between now and the top of the 2023 home season, so it is also essential that we use what alternatives we have now to offer publicity and expertise to a pool of gamers who we imagine are in competition for making that World Cup squad. Giving alternatives to gamers additionally filters down the sequence themselves, so I’d count on that the entire 15 gamers named within the India sequence squad will function sooner or later.”
Hand is back in contention for the first time since Ireland’s one-off Test against England at Lord’s in early June. Delany was part of the ODI squad that played the 50-over World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe in June-July, but he had to leave that tournament with a broken wrist. Unlike the T20 version, Ireland failed to seal their spot at the ODI World Cup in India later this year after a forgettable campaign in Zimbabwe.
The T20Is against India are set to be played in Malahide on August 18, 20 and 23.
Ireland squad for India T20I sequence: Paul Stirling (capt), Andrew Balbirnie, Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Fionn Hand, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Theo van Woerkom, Ben White, Craig Young
In: Gareth Delany, Fionn Hand
Out: Neil Rock, Graham Hume