Ireland cricket team
Player Runs Opposition Venue Competition Date
Paul Stirling 177 Canada Toronto Irish cricket team in Canada in 2010-11 7 September 2010
Ed Joyce 160* Afghanistan Belfast Afghan cricket team in Ireland in 2016 19 July 2016
Andrew Balbirnie 145* Afghanistan Dehradun Irish cricket team against Afghanistan in India in 2018-19 5 March 2019
Kevin O'Brien 142 Kenya Nairobi ( Ruaraka ) 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One 2 February 2007
William Porterfield 139 UAE Dubai 2017-18 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series 13 January 2018
Andrew Balbirnie 135 West Indies The Village , Dublin 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series 11 May 2019
Paul Stirling 130 Bangladesh Dublin 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series 15 May 2019
Paul Stirling 126 UAE Harare 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier 12 March 2018
William Porterfield 119 Afghanistan Greater Noida Irish cricket team against Afghanistan in India in 2016-17 15 March 2017
Ed Joyce 116* Pakistan Dublin Pakistani cricket team in Ireland in 2013 26 May 2013
Ed Joyce 116* UAE Dubai 2017-18 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series 11 January 2018
Jeremy Bray 116 Scotland Nairobi ( Gym ) 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One 30 January 2007
Records -- One-Day Internationals
See also : List of Ireland ODI cricketers Highest team score : 331/8 v. Zimbabwe , 7 March 2015 at Bellerive Oval , Hobart , Australia ; 331/6 v. Scotland , 18 January 2018 at ICC Academy Ground , Dubai , UAE [ 119 ] Lowest team score : 77 all out v. Sri Lanka , 18 April 2007 at St. Georges , Grenada [ 120 ] Best innings bowling : 6/55 , Paul Stirling v. Afghanistan , 17 March 2017 at Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground , Greater Noida , India [ 121 ] Record partnership score : 227 by William Porterfield & Kevin O'Brien v. Kenya , Nairobi , 2 February 2007 [ 122 ] Most ODI runs for Ireland [ 123 ] Player Runs Average Paul Stirling 4,121 36.79 William Porterfield 4,091 30.75 Kevin O'Brien 3,546 30.56 Niall O'Brien 2,581 28.05 Ed Joyce 2,151 41.36 Gary Wilson 2,072 23.81 Andrew Balbirnie 1,910 31.83 John Mooney 963 23.48 Andrew White 776 18.04 Alex Cusack 745 22.57 Most ODI wickets for Ireland [ 124 ] Player Wickets Average Kevin O'Brien 113 32.49 Boyd Rankin 96 28.27 George Dockrell 89 37.38 Trent Johnston 66 32.04 Tim Murtagh 74 30.94 Alex Cusack 63 23.96 Barry McCarthy 55 26.96 John Mooney 48 34.06 Andy McBrine 47 34.38 Paul Stirling 43 44.23 Highest ODI scores for Ireland [ 125 ]
The Ireland cricket team represents all of Ireland in international cricket. The Irish Cricket Union, operating under the brand Cricket Ireland is the sport's governing body in Ireland, and organises the international team. Ireland participate in all three major forms of the international game; Test, One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. They are the 11th Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), and the second Full Member from Europe, having been awarded Test status, along with Afghanistan, on 22 June 2017. Cricket was introduced to Ireland in the 19th century, and the first match played by an Ireland team was in 1855. Ireland toured Canada and the United States in the late 19th century, and occasionally hosted matches against touring sides. Ireland's most significant international rivalry, with the Scotland national cricket team, was established when the teams first played each other in 1888. Ireland's maiden first-class match was played in 1902. Ireland were elected to Associate membership of the ICC in 1993, but played their first full ODI in 2006 against England in the build-up to the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, their first successful qualification. At that tournament, a series of eye-catching results against Full Members, including a draw against Zimbabwe, and wins against Pakistan and Bangladesh confirmed Ireland's ODI status after the competition. Since then, they have gone on to play 150 ODIs, resulting in 64 victories, 75 defeats, 8 no results, and 3 ties. Contracts for players were introduced in 2009, marking the transition to becoming a professional team.