Ireland to host India and New Zealand in bumper summer of cricket

Ireland's men's cricket team will host the world number one sides in both the One Day International (New Zealand) and T20 (India) formats this year and also play a T20 series against South Africa in England.

The biggest ever home season of international cricket that Irish fans have seen will see Ireland take on four full Members across 15 matches.

Thirteen of the matches will be played across the international venues in Ireland, while the men's series against South Africa will be hosted at The Bristol County Ground in Bristol.

Ireland Men will play white-ball series against India, New Zealand, South Africa and Afghanistan over a two-month period, starting 26 June at Malahide.

The three-match ODI series between Ireland Men and New Zealand – the world’s top-ranked ODI side - will be part of the ICC World Cup Super League, a crucial set of fixtures in Ireland’s 2023 World Cup qualification campaign.

India men’s visit replicates the two-match T20 series staged in Malahide in 2018 in front of sell-out crowds.

The five-match T20I series against Afghanistan is currently being finalised, with dates and venues to be announced shortly, but the the scheduled home Test match and ODIs against Afghanistan against the same opponents will not take place in 2022.

In addition, the scheduled multi-format men’s series against Bangladesh set for 2022 has been moved to summer 2023 and the the proposed tour to Zimbabwe in April 2022 has been moved to early 2023.

The full fixture list for Ireland women will shortly be announced and will also represent the largest number of women's home internationals for the senior squad, against top opposition.

Warren Deutrom, Chief Executive of Cricket Ireland, said: "2022 is set to be the biggest summer of