Peter Moor can be in line to make his first ODI look for Ireland, having performed a Test for them earlier this 12 months. Moor, whose last ODI appearance was in July 2019 for Zimbabwe towards Ireland, had expressed his desire to characterize Ireland within the World Cup.

The return of McCarthy additional strengthens the bowling assault of the Andy Balbirnie-led 15-member squad, which additionally has Mark Adair, Josh Little, Craig Young, Graham Hume and Curtis Campher.

"With a seam attack of Adair, Little, Young, McCarthy, Hume and Campher, we feel we're heading towards our best attack once more," Andrew White, Ireland's National Men's Selector mentioned. "PJ Moor's experience in Zimbabwean conditions and his versatility batting anywhere from Nos. 1 to 7 gives us great cover."

"We're heading into a big few months and it's looking at what personnel we need from a tactical point of view, who are in form, and a squad composition that suits the conditions we are likely to face. In the latter stages of the tournament, for example, we are likely to be playing on used pitches, so that's where we see the value of a Ben White coming to the fore."

Allrounder Fionn Hand and opening batter Stephen Doheny, each of whom had been within the squad for the collection towards Bangladesh, had been ignored. Doheny had a sorry run of kind with the bat, scoring simply 33 runs within the three video games in Chelmsford. He performed six of his 9 ODIs towards Bangladesh this 12 months and crossed 30 solely as soon as.

"Stephen is a player we admire and want to continue to invest in," White mentioned. "But we think the time is right for him, just now, to take a step back and work on a few technical aspects of his game at the domestic level."

Squad: Andrew Balbirnie (capt), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, PJ Moor, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young.