Andre Botha

William Porterfield hit his highest first-class score and Andre Botha made his second century in two Intercontinental Cup matches as Ireland took control on the opening day against Bermuda at Clontarf

Career-best hundreds from Andre Botha and Alex Cusack ensured Ireland took the maximum bonus points available from their Intercontinental Cup tie against Scotland at Stormont

Scotland's go-slow tactics on the first day gave way to some more adventurous batting today from both sides at Stormont. At the close, Ireland were 179 for 4 in reply to Scotland's 314

In their final match of the series, against Scotland, Botha picked up 3 for 27 in nine overs after having added 46 with Niall O'Brien as Ireland beat Scotland by 23 runs. But Ireland failed to gain the bonus point point needed to share the series title wi

Allrounder Andre Botha will miss Ireland's one-day internationals against India and South Africa later this month after having an injection aimed at sorting out a long-standing elbow problem

Plays of the day from Ireland's win over Bangladesh

A hamstring injury sustained during training has put Ireland allrounder Andre Botha's availability for the game with New Zealand on April 9 in doubt

Kyle McCallan has hit back at critics who have implied that Ireland's success in the World Cup has been based on overseas players

For a few agonising moments, it appeared as though a St Patrick's Day that had promised so much might end up delivering nothing but heartbreak

While Zimbabwe will be trying to prove the doubters wrong, Ireland may just want to enjoy their first World Cup appearance at Jamaica

Andrew Hall saved South Africa's blushes in their opening World Cup warm-up match against Ireland at the Frank Worrell Ground in Trinidad

As expected, Ireland have stuck with their World Cricket League squad for the World Cup

Ireland put their World Cricket League disappointments behind them in grand style as they produced a record-breaking performance on the opening day of their Intercontinental Cup match against UAE in Abu Dhabi

Ireland secured the European Championship title when their final match against the Netherlands, at Ayr, was abandoned because of rain

Ireland all but booked their place in October's Intercontinental Cup semi-finals with a clinical batting performance against Holland in Dublin