New Zealand cricket team in Ireland in 2020

The New Zealand cricket team were scheduled to tour Ireland in June and July 2020 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1] The ODI series would have formed part of the inaugural 2020–23 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.[2][3] New Zealand were also scheduled to tour Scotland in the same month to play an ODI and T20I match.[4]

New Zealand cricket team in Ireland in 2020
 
  Ireland New Zealand
Dates 19 June – 2 July 2020
One Day International series
Twenty20 International series

Initially, Cricket Ireland announced that Bready Cricket Club Ground would not be hosting any matches at the venue due to their financial position.[5] However, when Cricket Ireland confirmed the fixtures in December 2019,[6] the T20I matches were confirmed to be taking place at the ground.[7]

The COVID-19 pandemic put the tour in doubt.[8] In April 2020, David White, Chief Executive of New Zealand Cricket, said that the tour would be "most unlikely" to happen.[9] Later the same month, Cricket Ireland's Chief Executive, Warren Deutrom, stated that international cricket in Ireland during 2020 was at "high risk" due to the pandemic.[10][11] Deutrom later added that New Zealand's tour to Ireland was "fairly doubtful".[12] However, the tour was postponed on 15 May 2020 due to the pandemic.[13][14]

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

3rd T20I

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

References
  1. "New Zealand Bready bound". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  2. "Schedule for inaugural World Test Championship announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  4. "Cricket Scotland announce fixtures against Australia and New Zealand". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. "Bready blow as Cricket Ireland set for u-turn". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. "Fixtures announced for men's internationals, Inter-Provincial Series and Super 3s in 2020". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  7. "Ireland do welcome u-turn on Bready". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  8. "New Zealand say Scotland and Ireland games 'highly unlikely'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  9. "New Zealand: Men's tours 'most unlikely', women won't go to Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  10. "Cricket Ireland Board approves measures aimed at sustaining the sport during COVID-19 crisis". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  11. "Ireland's home summer at 'high risk' due to coronavirus". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  12. "Ireland will be 'as flexible as we can' in hope summer fixtures can be salvaged - CEO". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  13. "Ireland: Home games against New Zealand and Pakistan called off because of Covid-19 restrictions". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  14. "Ireland fixtures affected by COVID-19". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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