Ireland confirms India, New Zealand, and South Africa series at their home

Ireland is set to host India, New Zealand, and South Africa in the upcoming packed home summer. However, this was confirmed on Tuesday as Cricket Ireland (CI) announced a complete fixture list for the men's international season.

Warren Deutrom, CI's chief executive, said that the schedule represented "a record amount of men's cricket" for Ireland in a single summer, with three ODIs and 12 T20Is confirmed.

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Ireland's home multi-format series against Bangladesh has been postponed to 2023 citing facility constraints. Meanwhile, Ireland's tour of Zimbabwe, which was due to take place in April, has been postponed as well. (including the test series)

This means that wait the Irish team will have to wait to play Test cricket. The last time they played the red-ball format was in 2019 under captain Andy Balbirnie.

India is the first tourist of the summer. They will play two T20Is at Malahide on June 26 and 28 ahead of their tour to England. India has last played in Ireland in 2018, winning a two-match T20I series 2-0.

New Zealand will then play three ODIs and three T20Is between July 10 and 22. The ODIs will be held at Malahide while the T20I leg of the tour will take place at Stormont.

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Then South Africa will play two T20Is against Ireland in England on August 3 and 5. Both fixtures will be played in Bristol. 

Following the series against South Africa in early August, the men's international summer will conclude with five T20Is against Afghanistan. However, the details are yet to be confirmed. 

"Arranging and allocating fixtures is always a complicated process given our facility constraints"- Warren Deutrom

"Arranging and allocating fixtures is always a complicated process given our facility constraints. These challenges require a juggling act around loading on our international pitches, hosting and touring costs, the needs of hosting clubs, reciprocity with opponents, scheduling our elite domestic competitions, profitability of fixtures, and taking our men's and women's teams around the island. Of course, Covid has also played its part in shifting the sands of the FTP .

CI's Chief executive Warren Deutrom said in a press release.

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"Taking all these into consideration, we decided to postpone both this year's planned tour to Zimbabwe in April and the home Bangladesh series into 2023. This will help alleviate some of these factors, spread the cost of men's cricket over two years, and also spread the fixture load across 2022 and 2023, in particular given that the World Cup's delay to the end of the year has left us to fill the 2023 home season," Deutrom added.

"Even with these changes, we're still hosting a record amount of men's cricket against some of the world's top teams this year - with more exciting announcements to come around our women's fixtures. Just as importantly, with full crowds permitted to return, we look forward to seeing fans flock back to the grounds," Warren expressed.

Ireland men's home fixtures for 2022:

June 26
1st T20I vs India, Malahide
June 28 
2nd T20I vs India, Malahide

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July 10
1st ODI vs New Zealand, Malahide
July 12
2nd ODI vs New Zealand, Malahide
July 15 
3rd ODI vs New Zealand, Malahide
July 18
1st T20I vs New Zealand, Stormont
July 20 
2nd T20I vs New Zealand, Stormont
July 22
3rd T20I vs New Zealand, Stormont

August 3
1st T20I vs South Africa, Bristol
August 5 
2nd T20I vs South Africa, Bristol