- Injured Stirling returns home as Ireland try to turn things around in Namibia. Lorcan Tucker takes over as ctain while Tim Tector comes in to cover. The three that matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah, all smiling after dismissing Pat Cummins. The three that matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah, all smiling after dismissing Pat Cummins, India vs Australia, World Cup, Chennai, October 8. Tim Tector 2023 has been flown in as a replacement, while Lorcan Tucker will take over as ctain.
- Ireland won the first of five ODIs in Windhoek last Thursday by 55 runs but trail 2-1 after two consecutive defeats.
- They were bowled out for 290 after 322 on Saturday and lost by 63 runs in the third ODI on Tuesday despite Curtis Campher’s century.
Injured Stirling returns home as Ireland try to turn things around in Namibia. Lorcan Tucker takes over as ctain while Tim Tector comes in to cover. The three that matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah, all smiling after dismissing Pat Cummins. The three that matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah, all smiling after dismissing Pat Cummins, India vs Australia, World Cup, Chennai, October 8. Tim Tector 2023 has been flown in as a replacement, while Lorcan Tucker will take over as ctain.
Ireland won the first of five ODIs in Windhoek last Thursday by 55 runs but trail 2-1 after two consecutive defeats. They were bowled out for 290 after 322 on Saturday and lost by 63 runs in the third ODI on Tuesday despite Curtis Campher’s century. Stirling, 36, was injured in the third ODI and was unable to bat during Ireland’s chase.
“While playing at cover, he dived from deep to catch a free throw from Jan Frylinck which hit his fingertip and caused the break,” Cricket Ireland said on Wednesday afternoon recently. “A hospital assessment last night confirmed the injury and Stirling will now return home to recover and rehabilitate,” the statement continued. Tim Tector’s fifty kept his team going, Belfast Wolves vs Edinburgh Castle Rockers, ETPL 2026 Final, Malahide, September 20, 2026 Tucker took charge of Stirling as Ireland’s T20I club following its exit from the T20 World Cup earlier this year and oversaw the shock 2-0 series win over world champions India in June.
He has never featured in an ODI before but took over when Stirling was injured on Tuesday. Tector, whose older brother Harry is a key player for Ireland, has won eight T20Is for Ireland but is yet to make his ODI debut. He will arrive in Namibia ahead of the fourth ODI on Friday and then stay in southern Africa for the Ireland Wolves tour of Zimbabwe.
There was better news for the Irish on Wednesday when Orla Prendergast was bought by the Gujarat Giants for INR 30 lakh at the WPL auction. Prendergast becomes the second Irish player – after Kim Garth – and the first active Irish international to play in the WPL.
