List of Ireland cricket captains

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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.

One Day Internationals

In 2006, all-rounder Trent Johnston became Ireland's first ODI captain.[1] He stepped down as captain in early 2008 and took a break from cricket as he was struggling with injury problems.[2] William Porterfield succeeded Johnston as Ireland's full-time captain in April 2008.[3] On occasions when Porterfield has been unavailable, sometimes due to commitments with his county side, Kyle McCallan has filled the role of captain.[4] This back up role now belongs to Kevin O'Brien.

Ireland ODI Captains
No. Name Year Played Won Tied Lost NR
1 Trent Johnston 2006-2010 32 14 1 15 2
2 Kyle McCallan 2007/08 4 0 0 4 0
3 William Porterfield 2008-Present 61 28 2 27 4
4 Kevin O'Brien 2010-2014 4 3 0 1 0
Overall 101 45 3 47 6

Twenty20 Internationals

All Twenty20 Internationals that Ireland have played till now, has been captained by William Porterfield.

Ireland T20I Captains
No. Name Year Played Won Tied Lost NR
1 William Porterfield 2008-Present 41 21 0 17 3
2 Kevin O'Brien 2015 4 0 0 2 2
Overall 45 21 0 19 5

ICC Trophy/ICC World Cup Qualifier

Ireland debuted in the ICC Trophy in the 1993/94 tournament.

Player[5] 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

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

Women's Test

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 Internationals

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 1989/90 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- 17 2 0 14 1
10 Ciara Metcalfe 2010/11 7 2 0 4 1
11 Mary Waldron 2013 1 0 0 1 0
Overall 130 38 0 87 5

Women's T20I

Ireland Women's T20I Captains
No. Name Year Played Won Tied Lost NR
1 Isobel Joyce 2008- 21 4 0 17 0
8 Heather Whelan 2009 4 2 0 2 0
10 Ciara Metcalfe 2010/11 4 1 0 3 0
11 Cecelia Joyce 2012 1 0 0 1 0
Overall 30 7 0 23 0

Notes

A Percentage is worked out by counting tied games as half a win and excluding no results from the equation.

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Retrieved on 3 November 2008.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Retrieved on 3 November 2008.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Retrieved on 30 May 2008.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Retrieved on 30 May 2008.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Retrieved on 8 November 2008.

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