Series Name: | Irish cricket team against the United Arab Emirates in 2015–16 |
Team1 Image: | Flag of United Arab Emirates.svg |
Team1 Name: | United Arab Emirates |
Team2 Image: | Cricket Ireland flag.svg |
Team2 Name: | Ireland |
From Date: | 13 February |
To Date: | 16 February 2016 |
Team1 Captain: | Amjad Javed |
Team2 Captain: | William Porterfield |
No Of Twenty20s: | 2 |
Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 1 |
Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 1 |
Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Swapnil Patil (45) |
Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | William Porterfield (80) |
Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Amjad Javed (4) |
Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Boyd Rankin (5) |
The Irish cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates to play the United Arab Emirates in February 2016. The tour consisted of two Twenty20 International (T20Is) matches and a 20-over tour match.[1] [2] The matches were in preparation for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20.[3] The two-match series was drawn, with Ireland winning the first match and the United Arab Emirates winning the second.[4] The second match of the series was the 500th T20I match since the format was introduced in 2005.[5]
Afghanistan defeated Ireland by 10 wickets.[6]