Former Zimbabwe skipper and wicket-keeper batsman Brendan Taylor has decided to retire from international cricket and will play his last match on Monday against Ireland.

To everyone's delight, a dog invaded and disrupted proceedings of the semi-final of the All-Ireland T20 Women's Cup between Bready and CSNI.

Paul Stirling's maiden T20I century guided Ireland to a 40-run victory against Zimbabwe in the third game of their five-match T20I series.

Tabraiz Shamsi picked up four wickets as South Africa beat Ireland by 33 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series.

Janneman Malan and Quinton de Kock scored centuries in a 225-run opening partnership as South Africa beat Ireland despite Simi Singh's fighting hundred.

Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie led from the front with a hundred as his side beat South Africa for the first time in a one-day international with a 43-run success at Malahide on Tuesday.

Ireland star all-rounder Kevin O' Brien has announced his retirement from One Day Internationals. to concentrate only on T20 cricket.

Boyd Rankin is one of only 15 players in the history of cricket to represent two countries in Test matches

South Africa will tour Ireland for three One-day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals in July this year.

The decision was taken after Zimbabwe Cricket officials advised Cricket Ireland that the tour cannot proceed at present due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation in Zimbabwe.

The International Cricket Council nominated India wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant and England captain Joe Root among others for Player of the Month awards for January.

The ICC on Wednesday released the latest men's ODI player rankings, with Ireland all-rounder Paul Stirling and Bangladesh spinner Mehidy Hasan making notable gains

Rashid Khan scored 48 and took four wickets as Afghanistan beat Ireland in the 3rd ODI to complete a 3-0 series sweep.

AFG vs IRE: Rahmat Shah remained unbeaten on 103 from 109 balls as Afghanistan reached the target of 260 with 28 balls to spare, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

After retirement, Roy Torrens became President of the Irish Cricket Union in 2000, and in 2004, he became the Ireland Men's team manager - a role he held for 12 years.

Afghanistan successfully defended their total of 287 and beat Ireland by 16 runs in the first ODI in Abu Dhabi.

UAE vs IRE: All-rounder Simi Singh made 54 not out from 57 balls and took 5/10 from his 10 overs as Ireland thrashed UAE by 112 runs to level the series.

UAE vs Ireland: The coronavirus-curtailed series between the United Arab Emirates and Ireland in the Gulf state was again put on hold on Friday when the fourth scheduled ODI on Saturday was postponed.