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Young replaces injured Adair in Ireland T20 squadpublished at 16:18 20 February
16:18 20 February
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Craig Young fills the void left by Mark Adair's withdrawal from the T20 squad
Craig Young has been drafted into Ireland's squad for the T20 series against Zimbabwe after Mark Adair pulled out with a knee injury.
Key paceman Adair picked up the injury while fielding in Tuesday's third and final ODI against the Chevrons in Harare.
Experienced bowler Young was part the Test and ODI squads on the tour of Zimbabawe but will now stay on for the three-match T20 series starting on Saturday.
It is the second Irish withdrawal for the series after opener Ross Adair was ruled out because of a calf injury with the uncapped Tim Tector called up as his replacement.
Harare is again the venue for the T20 series with the second game on Sunday before the final match on Tuesday.
Ireland started the tour with a 63-run victory over the hosts in a one-off Test encounter in Bulawayo.
Zimbabwe hit back by clinching a 2-1 win in the three-match ODI series at the Harare Sports Club.
Opener Adair out of Ireland's Zimbabwe T20 seriespublished at 16:32 17 February
16:32 17 February
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Ross Adair played rugby for Ulster before forging his international cricket career for Ireland
Ireland opener Ross Adair has been ruled out of the T20 series against Zimbabwe which starts on Saturday with uncapped Tim Tector called up as his replacement.
Former Ulster rugby player Adair will miss the three-match series because of a calf injury.
Tector, a brother of Ireland internationals Harry and Alice, earns his first senior call-up after previously playing for the Ireland Wolves and captaining his country at the 2022 Under-19 World Cup.
Adair is a brother of Ireland all-rounder Mark Adair, whose impressive bowling display helped the Irish level the one-day international series in Harare on Sunday.
The injured opener's last innings for Ireland was an impressive 100 off 58 balls against South Africa in Abu Dhabi last September.
Ireland selector Andrew White described Adair's withdrawal as an "unfortunate loss" but said he had "no doubt" Tector is ready for senior international cricket.
"He has been the inter-provincial T20 competition's leading run-scorer for two years running, not only scoring heavily but also at a strike-rate over 150," added White.
After Saturday's opener in Harare, the T20 series will continue on Sunday before next Tuesday's concluding game which will be Ireland's final tour fixture.
Ireland defeated the hosts in the one-off Test in Bulawayo and the sides are level at 1-1 going into Tuesday's decider in the one-day series in Harare.
Stirling & Campher help Ireland to win over Zimbabwepublished at 15:38 16 February
15:38 16 February
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Curtis Campher and Paul Stirling shone for Ireland in the second ODI on Sunday
A 144-run partnership between captain Paul Stirling and Curtis Campher steered Ireland to a six-wicket victory over Zimbabwe as they levelled the ODI series in Harare.
The hosts were dimissed for 245 with Wesley Madhevere (61) and Sikandar Raza (58) putting on 74 for the fourth wicket.
Stirling (89) and Campher (63), who also took 3-13, set the Irish on course for victory and they reached 249-4 with eight balls to spare.
Zimbabwe secured a 49-run win in Friday's opener and the sides will meet again at the Harare Sports Club on Tuesday for the decider.
Ireland won the toss on Sunday and elected to field with the Chevrons moving to 73-3 before Madhevere and Sikandar Raza put them in a good position.
Campher trapped Madhevere and followed it up with two wickets in two balls to swing the momentum in Ireland's favour.
Sikandar Raza steadied Zimbabwe's innings and from 157-6 they were bowled out for 245 with an over remaining with Mark Adair claiming 4-54.
Andrew Balbirnie fell for 11 before fellow opener Stirling and Campher took Ireland to 171-1.
Lorcan Tucker (30*) and George Dockrell (20*) were at the creased as victory was sealed.
"I think we were better [than the first ODI] - there's no lull in that middle period, Sikandar and Wesley battled really well and that's when we were under the most pressure," said Stirling.
"I chucked the ball to Curtis and he really turned the game on it's head. I think 250 was about right for us to chase and we got there."
Ireland reduced Zimbabwe to 38-3 at the end of day three with the hosts chasing a target of 292 to win the one-off Test match in Bulawayo.
The Irish started the day on 83-1 with captain Andrew Balbirnie hitting 66 and Curtis Campher making 39 as the tourists continued building their lead.
A valuable 58 from Lorcan Tucker helped Ireland to a total of 298 with Richard Ngarava taking 4-55.
Barry McCarthy, Mark Adair and Matthew Humphreys each picked up a wicket as Zimbabwe struggled in their second innings.
Balbirnie and Campher provided a solid foundation for the Irish batters and Tucker's middle-order knock ensured they set a competitive target for Zimbabwe to chase.
The Chevrons made a decent start by reaching 18 without loss but the wickets began to tumble.
McCarthy was first to strike as he removed Ben Curran and then Adair bowled Takudzwanashe Kaitano to leave Zimbabwe 22-2.
Spinner Humphreys trapped Nick Welch for the final wicket of the day and give Ireland the advantage going into day four.
Balbirnie says Ireland will relish Zimbabwe Testpublished at 17:19 5 February
17:19 5 February
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Andrew Balbirnie captained to Ireland to their second Test victory when they defeated Zimbabwe at Stormont last July
Test Match: Zimbabwe v Ireland
Date: 6-10 February Venue: Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Coverage: Scorecard on the BBC Sport website
Captain Andrew Balbirnie says Ireland will relish being back in the Test arena in the one-off contest against Zimbabwe which starts in Bulawayo on Thursday.
That was Ireland's last Test match while the hosts will go into the contest after a 1-0 defeat in a two-game series against Afghanistan in Bulawayo over Christmas and the New Year.
"The first Test was quite a high-scoring [drawn] game and in the second Test was a lot of wickets taken, so we're not really sure what to expect," said the Ireland skipper, 34.
"But I think with the squad we have, we have all basis covered," said the Ireland captain.
India racked up their highest ever one-day international total as they earned a crushing 304-run win over Ireland to complete a 3-0 series triumph in Rajkot.
After winning the toss, the hosts posted a huge 435-5 as Pratika Rawal and captain Smriti Mandhana produced a first-wicket partnership of 233 with both going on to reach centuries.
Mandhana, skippering the hosts with regular captain Harmanpreet Kaur being rested for the series, was eventually dismissed by 135 after an innings that included 12 fours and seven sixes with Rawal going on to top-score with 154.
The captain smashed the fastest ODI hundred by a female India batter, reaching the mark in 70 balls, before eventually being caught by Ava Canning off the bowling of Orla Prendergast.
Richa Ghosh's 59 helped India pass 400 as the Ireland bowlers toiled in Aimee Maguire's absence.
Ireland were again without the spinner following the reporting of her bowling action by the match officials in Friday's opening game.
Maguire was Ireland's most successful bowler with three wickets in the opener but was left out for the two remaining games as she awaits an adjudication on her action following tests at an International Cricket Council-accredited testing centre.
In their reply, Ireland opener Sarah Forbes hit 41 but chasing down the fourth highest total in women's ODI history was never a realistic prospect as their last seven wickets fell for 31 with only Prendergast (36) offering any resistance.
Deepti Sharma was the pick of the home bowlers with figures of 3-27 while Tanuja Kanwar took two wickets.
Rodrigues ton seals India ODI series win over Irelandpublished at 17:20 12 January
17:20 12 January
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Jemimah Rodrigues hit 12 boundaries in her century against Ireland on Sunday
Second women's ODI, Rajkot
India 370-5 (50 overs): Rodrigues 102, Deol 89; Prendergast 2-75
India enjoyed a commanding 116-run win over Ireland on Sunday to seal a one-day international series victory in Rajkot.
The hosts started the three-match series with a six-wicket win on Friday and comfortably cruised past Ireland in Sunday's second encounter.
Jemimah Rodrigues hit 102 and Harleen Deol added 89 as India posted a commanding total of 370-5.
It proved too much for the Irish, although with 254-7 they registered their highest ODI score against India and Christina Coulter Reilly shone with a maiden international half-century as she finished on 80 a
The 18-year-old, who took three wickets in that game, will be tested at an International Cricket Council-accredited testing centre over the next fortnight.
Cricket Ireland said "full support" would be given to Maguire, who was not selected for Sunday's match despite being permitted to continue bowling in international cricket until the test results are known.
Ireland struggled to contain the India batters with captain Smriti Mandhana (73) and Pratika Rawal (67) putting on 156 for the opening partnership and the hosts won the toss.
Rodrigues and Deol then combined for a 183-run stand as India posted a daunting target.
The tourists lost skipper Gaby Lewis for 12 before her opening partner Sarah Forbes (38) and Coulter Reilly took Ireland to 87-1.
After Forbes fell, Coulter Reilly and Laura Delany (37) put on 83 for the fourth wicket, but Ireland were well behind the required run-rate.
They could only manage 254-7 from their 50 overs with Deepti Sharma taking 3-37, while Orla Prendergast was the pick of the Irish bowlers with 2-75.
"The toss did have a part to play in it - it is a nice batting wicket but I don't think we bowled well enough in the first 10-15 overs," said Irish captain Lewis.
"When we came into the series all we asked for was progress. That's what we did from game one to game two. We scored more runs in this game and hopefully we can do in the final match and sneak a win."
The sides will meet at the Niranjan Shah Stadium again on Wednesday for the third and final ODI.
Lewis believes Ireland can earn wins in India ODIspublished at 15:45 9 January
15:45 9 January
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Gaby Lewis skippers Ireland women in their first bilateral series against India that starts in Rajkot on Friday
Ireland captain Gaby Lewis believes her team "have the skill to get a win or two" in the three-game one-day series against India that starts in Rajkot on Friday.
The Ireland women have never beaten India in 12 previous ODIs but the hosts go into the first bilateral series between the sides minus skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and fast bowler Renuka Singh, who took 10 wickets in the recent 3-0 ODI series win against West Indies.
Smriti Mandhana will captain the hosts, whose bowling options include the relatively inexperienced pair Titas Sadhu and Saima Thakor.
"We've loved our time here so far," said Ireland captain Lewis before the three games which will be one of the final series scheduled as part of the 2022-25 ICC Women's Championship.
"We're just looking forward to the game and hopefully we can get a win on the board."
Lewis says Ireland can be competitive after earning white-ball wins over Sri Lanka and England last summer then going on to record a 3-0 T20 series win in Bangladesh - although that came after losing the ODIs by the same margin as the hosts dominated.
"We've got some great young players coming through," added the Ireland captain.
"We've seen in the last 12 months that we can take on the top nations. We had a great summer, beating Sri Lanka and England. The only way is up for us as a team."
Ireland will be without injured wicketkeeper-batter Amy Hunter, who has been replaced by Joanna Loughran.
The remaining matches in the series take place on Sunday and Wednesday in Rajkot.
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