Oddsworth

Men's ODIs

Ireland

Oddsworth ODI ranking 14thICC ODI ranking 12thHead coach Gary Wilson

Won
39%
Record
62–97
Rating
1356

Ireland ODI rating

Peak 1473
March 2018Now 1356
201120142017202020232026
Last 10
2–7

Namibia v Ireland ODI series 2026

Strengths and weaknesses

Against Full Members since Oct 2024, 10 ODIs

Strongest

  1. Middle-overs batting 4th
  2. Batting average 5th
  3. Batting against spin 6th

Weakest

  1. Bowling average 12th
  2. Spin bowling 12th
  3. Middle-overs bowling 12th

Batting

  1. Powerplay batting4.91an over−7%9th
  2. Middle-overs batting5.45an over+4%4th
  3. Death batting8.44an over−4%6th
  4. Batting against pace5.90an over−2%8th
  5. Batting against spin4.91an over−1%6th
  6. Batting average31.3a wicket+5%5th

Bowling

  1. Powerplay bowling5.40an over−9%11th
  2. Middle-overs bowling6.00an over−15%12th
  3. Death bowling10.59an over−12%12th
  4. Pace bowling6.36an over−11%12th
  5. Spin bowling5.76an over−16%12th
  6. Bowling average41.4a wicket−33%12th

Against the Full Members

20–45won–lost since 2006
31%won
AgainstPWLNRWonLast meeting
Afghanistan15 Aug 2026: lost361322137%lost 15 Aug 2026, Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont
Zimbabwe18 Feb 2025: lost22108456%lost 18 Feb 2025, Harare Sports Club
West Indies25 May 2025: lost17411227%lost 25 May 2025, Castle Avenue
England26 Sept 2023: no result15211215%no result 26 Sept 2023, County Ground
Bangladesh14 May 2023: lost1218311%lost 14 May 2023, County Ground
South Africa7 Oct 2024: won1128120%won 7 Oct 2024, Sheikh Zayed Stadium
New Zealand15 Jul 2022: lost606–0%lost 15 Jul 2022, The Village, Malahide
Australia27 Sept 2016: lost50410%lost 27 Sept 2016, Willowmoore Park
Pakistan18 Aug 2016: lost513125%lost 18 Aug 2016, The Village, Malahide
Sri Lanka25 Jun 2023: lost404–0%lost 25 Jun 2023, Queens Sports Club
India10 Mar 2015: lost303–0%lost 10 Mar 2015, Seddon Park

Form

LW–LLLLLWL

DateOpponentGroundResultOur chance
24 Oct 2026NamibiaHigh Performance OvalHigh Performance Ovallost by 31 runs42%
22 Oct 2026NamibiaHigh Performance OvalHigh Performance Ovalwon by 55 runs37%
15 Aug 2026AfghanistanCivil Service Cricket Club, StormontCivil Service Cricket Club, Stormontlost by 6 wickets31%
12 Aug 2026AfghanistanCivil Service Cricket Club, StormontCivil Service Cricket Club, Stormontlost by 42 runs33%
10 Aug 2026AfghanistanCivil Service Cricket Club, StormontCivil Service Cricket Club, Stormontlost by 3 wickets35%
7 Aug 2026AfghanistanBready Cricket Club, MagheramasonBready Cricket Club, Magheramasonlost by 92 runs37%
25 May 2025West IndiesCastle AvenueCastle Avenuelost by 197 runs (DLS)41%
23 May 2025West IndiesCastle AvenueCastle Avenueno result No result43%
21 May 2025West IndiesCastle AvenueCastle Avenuewon by 124 runs36%
18 Feb 2025ZimbabweHarare Sports ClubHarare Sports Clublost by 9 wickets61%

Against our model

10wins in 33 decided ODIs since Jan 2022
13.4wins we expected
−3.4against the model

Year by year

YearPWLTNRWon
2026615––17%
2025623–140%
2024514––20%
20232069–540%
2022624––33%
2006–2021
20211448–233%
2020615––17%
20191467–146%
20181385––62%
20171669–140%
2016826––25%
20151467–146%
2014523––40%
20135221–50%
2012421–167%
2011945––44%
2010633––50%
2009211––50%
2008311–150%
200712281120%
2006101––0%

Predicted XI, 3rd ODI

  1. Andrew Balbirnie

    Andrew Balbirnie

    1. Batter

    35 · Right-handed opener · 119 ODIs · 3,459 runs · 2 wkts

  2. Paul Stirling

    Paul Stirling

    2. Batter · captain

    36 · Right-handed opener · 154 ODIs · 5,178 runs · 34 wkts

  3. Cade Carmichael

    Cade Carmichael

    3. Batter

    Right-handed top-order batter · 9 ODIs · 242 runs

  4. Harry Tector

    Harry Tector

    4. Batter

    26 · Right-handed strike-rotating top-order batter · 60 ODIs · 2,132 runs · 5 wkts

  5. Lorcan Tucker

    Lorcan Tucker

    5. Wicketkeeper

    30 · Right-handed ultra-aggressive middle-order batter · 64 ODIs · 1,122 runs

  6. Curtis Campher

    Curtis Campher

    6. All-rounder

    27 · Right-handed ultra-aggressive middle-order batter · Right-arm medium-fast bowler · 49 ODIs · 1,382 runs · 35 wkts

  7. George Dockrell

    George Dockrell

    7. Bowler

    34 · Left-arm orthodox spin bowler · 122 ODIs · 1,532 runs · 94 wkts

  8. Andy McBrine

    Andy McBrine

    8. Bowler

    33 · Right-arm off-spin bowler · 97 ODIs · 935 runs · 91 wkts

  9. Gavin Hoey

    Gavin Hoey

    9. Bowler

    24 · Right-arm leg-spin bowler · 8 ODIs · 98 runs · 14 wkts

  10. JM

    Jai Moondra

    10. Bowler

    Left-arm fast-medium bowler · 5 ODIs · 56 runs · 6 wkts

  11. BM

    Byron McDonough

    11. Bowler

    Right-arm medium bowler · 4 ODIs · 3 runs · 5 wkts

The rest of the squad

  1. Ben Calitz

    Ben Calitz

    Batter

    24 · Left-handed ultra-aggressive middle-order batter · 3 ODIs · 47 runs

  2. Mark Adair

    Mark Adair

    Bowler

    30 · Right-arm fast-medium bowler · 57 ODIs · 488 runs · 77 wkts

  3. MH

    Matthew Humphreys

    Bowler

    24 · Left-arm orthodox spin bowler · 6 ODIs · 6 runs · 1 wkts

  4. Liam McCarthy

    Liam McCarthy

    Bowler

    Right-arm medium-fast bowler · 6 ODIs · 16 runs · 10 wkts

  5. Jordan Neill

    Jordan Neill

    Bowler

    Right-arm medium-fast bowler · 2 ODIs · 23 runs

Head coaches

CoachYearsPWLTitles
Gary WilsonBig name2026–615–
Heinrich MalanCareer coach2022–20261124064–
David RipleyInterim · Domestic pro2021–20221385–
Graham FordCareer coach2018–20211003856–
John BracewellCapped2015–2017531832–
Phil SimmonsBig name2007–2015834433–
Adrian BirrellCareer coach2002–20071027–
Ken RutherfordBig name2000–2001––––

All Full Members

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