Northern Ireland national cricket team

The Northern Ireland national cricket team is a representative cricket team for Northern Ireland. It does not play in International Cricket Council (ICC) competitions, as Northern Ireland is part of Cricket Ireland and is represented by the Ireland cricket team. However, a standalone Northern Ireland team has been formed on a few occasions.

History

Cricket in Ireland is usually organised on an all-Ireland basis, with the national side representing both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. However, for the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, a Northern Ireland team took part, as the Republic is not a member of the Commonwealth. It remains the only appearance of such a side in international cricket.

The tournament started for Northern Ireland with a match against

Their second match was against Barbados, and Barbados scored 296/5 from their 50 overs, Philo Wallace top scoring with 92. Northern Ireland could only score 120/7 in reply, Stephen Smyth top scoring with 58, losing by 176 runs.

Northern Ireland picked up their only win in their third match, against Bangladesh. Northern Ireland batted first and were bowled out for 177, with Kyle McCallan scoring an unbeaten 53. They then bowled out their opponents for 63 with Gordon Cooke taking five wickets.

Players

The following players played for Northern Ireland in their only tournament:

• Neil Anderson
• Neil Carson
• Gordon Cooke
• Dekker Curry
• Ryan Eagleson
• Peter Gillespie
• Derek Heasley
• Kyle McCallan
• Paul McCrum
• Gary Neely
• Andrew Patterson
• Alan Rutherford
• Stephen Smyth

Tournament history

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
1998[1]	Group stage	12/16	3	1	2	0	0
Total	0 Title	1/1	3	1	2	0	0

References

External links

• 1998 Commonwealth Games cricket tournament at CricketArchive
• 1998 Commonwealth Games cricket tournament at CricketEurope