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.

Men's cricket

Test match 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.

Ireland Test match captains [1]
No.NameYearOppositionLocationPlayedWonLostDrawn
1 William Porterfield 2018PakistanIreland1010
2018–19AfghanistanIndia1010
2019EnglandEngland1010
Total3030
2 Andrew Balbirnie 2022-23BangladeshBangladesh1010
2023 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 2 0
2023 England England 1 0 1 0
Total4040
Grand total[2]7070

One Day International captains

In 2006, all-rounder Trent Johnston became Ireland's first ODI captain.[3] He stepped down as captain in early 2008 and took a break from cricket as he was struggling with injury problems.[4] William Porterfield succeeded Johnston as Ireland's full-time captain in April 2008.[5] On occasions when Porterfield had been unavailable, sometimes due to commitments with his county side, Kyle McCallan had filled the role of captain.[6] The table of results is complete up to the second match against Bangladesh in May 2023.

Ireland ODI Captains [7]
No.NameYearPlayedWonTiedLostNR
1Trent Johnston2006–201032141152
2Kyle McCallan2007–200840040
3William Porterfield2008-2019113502556
4Kevin O'Brien2010–201443010
5Andrew Balbirnie2020–Present3050214
6Paul Stirling2022–202343001
Overall[8]1877539613
Last Updated: 12 May 2023

Twenty20 International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Ireland cricket team for at least one Twenty20 International.The table of results is complete up to the third match against Bangladesh in March 2023.

Ireland T20I captains[9]
No.NameYearPlayedWonTiedLostNR
1William Porterfield2008–201756260264
2Kevin O'Brien201540022
3Gary Wilson2016-201926121130
4Paul Stirling201993060
5Andrew Balbirnie2020–Present52191311
Overall[10]147602787
Last updated: 22 October 2021

ICC Trophy/ICC World Cup Qualifier

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

Player[11] Dates of captaincyMatWonLostTiedNo result % win[A]
Alan Lewis1993/947340042.86
Justin Benson1996/9710630166.66
Kyle McCallan2001–20059450044.44
Dekker Curry2005101000.00
Jason Molins200555000100.00
William Porterfield200910820080.00
Total1993/94–20053218130158.06

Women's cricket

Test match captains

Ireland had played one Test in 2000 against Pakistan at Dublin.

Ireland Women's Test Captain
No. Name Year Played Won Tied Lost NR
1Miriam Grealey200011000
Overall11000

Women's One Day International captains
Ireland Women's ODI Captains
No. Name Year Played Won Tied Lost NR
1Mary-Pat Moore1987–19932150160
2Sonia Reamsbottom1989–199010010
3Elizabeth Owens198893060
4Miriam Grealey1995–200033110211
5Nikki Squire200163030
6Anne Linehan200250041
7Clare Shillington2003–2011155091
8Heather Whelan2003–2011157080
9Isobel Joyce2008–present1720141
10Ciara Metcalfe2010–201172041
11Mary Waldron201310010
Overall130380875

Women's Twenty20 International captains
Ireland Women's T20I Captains
No. Name Year Played Won Tied Lost NR
1Isobel Joyce2008–present2140170
8Heather Whelan200942020
10Ciara Metcalfe2010–201141030
11Cecelia Joyce201210010
Overall3070230

Youth cricket

Youth One-Day International captains
Ireland T20I Captains
No.NameYearPlayedWonTiedLostNR
1Joseph Clinton199851040
2Ed Joyce199810010
3Peter Shields199872041
4William Porterfield200473040
5Eoin Morgan200662040
6Greg Thompson200862040
7Andrew Balbirnie201052030
8George Dockrell201262040
Overall43141280

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

References
  1. "List of Ireland Test cricket captains". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  2. "Test Matches/ Team Records/ Result Summary". Cricinfo.
  3. Cricinfo staff (7 June 2006), Ireland announce squad for England match, Cricinfo.com Retrieved on 3 November 2008.
  4. Johnston takes a break from cricket, Cricinfo staff, 22 March 2008 Retrieved on 3 November 2008.
  5. Porterfield takes charge, BBC Online, 23 April 2008 Retrieved on 30 May 2008.
  6. Cricket Ireland (22 May 2008), Ireland hit by Porterfield withdrawal, Cricketeurope4.net Retrieved on 30 May 2008.
  7. "List of Ireland ODI cricket captains". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  8. Records / One-Day Internationals / Team Records / Result Summary, Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2018
  9. "Ireland T20I Captains". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  10. "Records/ Twenty20 International/ Results Summary". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  11. Ireland Captains' Playing Record in the ICC Trophy, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 15 October 2012, retrieved 26 October 2017 Retrieved on 8 November 2008.
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