It has been confirmed that England will play Ireland in three one-day internationals (ODI), scheduled for 2009, 2011 and 2013.
Irish Cricket Union chief executive Warren Deutrom said it "was a logical step to enter into a more formal agreement" to play England regularly. "Having England play in Ireland will give the game a huge boost and I'm sure our cricketing public will be looking forward to welcoming the English team."
England & Wales Cricket Board chief executive David Collier said: "The matches with Ireland will create a lot of interest and the participation in our domestic competitions by the Ireland team will help build on their outstanding World Cup achievements."
England were 38-run victors in their first ever official ODI against Ireland in 2006 and won by 48 runs in the Super Eights phase of the 2007 World Cup.
Ireland famously beat Pakistan at the World Cup in the Caribbean to progress beyond the group stages into the Super Eights. But in the 50-over English domestic competition last season they did not win any of their nine matches.
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Thanks for the information (which for some strange reason did not appear in the Irish papers I read).
This is great news, and I hope to be able to attend those matches.
Anytime.
Perhaps we might even meet at one of the matches, as I am interested to see them myself.
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