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Ireland lost their opening encounter in the Under 19 World Cup in New Zealand, going down to a five wicket defeat by South Africa.

Injury has forced the withdrawal of Ireland opening bowler Boyd Rankin from the squad which begins a tour in Sri Lanka next week.

Cricket Ireland have announced a massive investment in playing resources ahead of the 2011 World Cup with the award of six full-time contracts to home-based players plus cash assistance for county stars.

The Ireland Under 19 squad have been given a boost ahead of their opening World Cup fixture against South Africa in Queenstown with a visit by New Zealand international stars Shane Bond and Peter Fulton.

A late order collapse which saw five wickets fall for just four runs denied Ireland their first ever win against a test nation at Under 19 level.

Jeremy Bray has retired from international cricket after playing 83 times for Ireland as a left-handed opening batsman.

Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie led by example scoring an undefeated 108 as Ireland showed great maturity in chasing down a victory target of 222, to win with seven wickets and five overs to spare.

Ireland U19s completed their training camp in Australia with a comfortable 172 runs victory in their second match.

Cricket Ireland name Intercontinental and T20 WCQ squads

The draw has been made for the first round of the Ulster Cup, Shield and Plate competitions.

Cricket Ireland this morning confirmed details of a quadrangular T20 competition which will take place in Sri Lanka following the conclusion of their Intercontinental Cup clash with Afghanistan.

Cricket Ireland has confirmed that their Under 19 cricketers will attend a training camp in Sydney ahead of the World Cup In New Zealand.

The Northern Ireland Association of Cricket Umpires and Scorers are running an ECB ACO Level 1 Umpires course on the weekend of Saturday/Sunday, 13/14 February 2010.

World-class venues confirmed as Abu Dhabi and Dubai Sports City will play host

RSA Insurance has today announced its sponsorship of the One-Day International...