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.
Test cricket 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.
| Irish Test match captains | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | |
| 1 | William Porterfield |
2017 | Pakistan | Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Grand total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
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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 | 96 | 43 | 2 | 46 | 5 | |
| 4 | Kevin O'Brien | 2010-2014 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Overall | 136 | 60 | 3 | 66 | 7 | |||
Twenty20 Internationals
All Twenty20 Internationals that Ireland have played till now, has been captained by William Porterfield.[5]
| Ireland T20I Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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-present | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Overall | 61 | 26 | 0 | 29 | 6 | |||
ICC Trophy/ICC World Cup Qualifier
Ireland debuted in the ICC Trophy in the 1993/94 tournament.
| Player[6] | 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
- ↑ Cricinfo staff (7 June 2006), Ireland announce squad for England match, Cricinfo.com Retrieved on 3 November 2008.
- ↑ Johnston takes a break from cricket, Cricinfo staff, 22 March 2008 Retrieved on 3 November 2008.
- ↑ Porterfield takes charge, BBC Online, 23 April 2008 Retrieved on 30 May 2008.
- ↑ Cricket Ireland (22 May 2008), Ireland hit by Porterfield withdrawal, Cricketeurope4.net Retrieved on 30 May 2008.
- ↑ Ireland T20I Captains
- ↑ Ireland Captains' Playing Record in the ICC Trophy, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 8 November 2008.