This is a list of all cricketers who have captained Ireland in an official international match. This includes the ICC Trophy, Under-19 games and One Day Internationals, Twenty20 Internationals. The tables are correct as of the February 2012.
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Ireland cricket team for at least one Test match.
A cricketer who has a symbol of next to a Test match series describes their role as captain and their participation in at least one game for the team.
| No. | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Porterfield | Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | Andrew Balbirnie | Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | England | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Grand total[2] | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||
In 2006, all-rounder Trent Johnston became Ireland's first ODI captain.[3] He stepped down as captain in early 2008 and took a break from cricket as he was struggling with injury problems.[4] William Porterfield succeeded Johnston as Ireland's full-time captain in April 2008.[5] On occasions when Porterfield had been unavailable, sometimes due to commitments with his county side, Kyle McCallan had filled the role of captain.[6] The table of results is complete up to the second match against Bangladesh in May 2023.
| No. | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | NR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2006–2010 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | 2007–2008 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | 2008-2019 | 113 | 50 | 2 | 55 | 6 | ||||
| 4 | 2010–2014 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | 2020–Present | 30 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | 2022–2023 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Overall | 187 | 75 | 3 | 96 | 13 | |||||
| Last Updated: 12 May 2023 | ||||||||||
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Ireland cricket team for at least one Twenty20 International.The table of results is complete up to the third match against Bangladesh in March 2023.
| 1 | 2008–2017 | 56 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 4 | ||||
| 2 | 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | 2016-2019 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | 2019 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Andrew Balbirnie | 2020–Present | 52 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 1 | |||
| Overall[9] | 147 | 60 | 2 | 78 | 7 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last updated: 22 October 2021 | ||||||||||
Ireland debuted in the ICC Trophy in the 1993/94 tournament.
| Player[10] | Dates of captaincy | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | % win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993/94 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 | ||
| 1996/97 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 66.66 | ||
| 2001 - 2005 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 | ||
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 | |||
| Total | 1993/94 - 2005 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 58.06 |
Ireland had played one Test in 2000 against Pakistan at Dublin.
| Ireland Women's Test Captain | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | NR | |
| 1 | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ireland Women's ODI Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | NR | |
| 1 | 1987–1993 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1989–1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1988 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 1995–2000 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 2001 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 2002 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 2003–2011 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 2003–2011 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 2008–present | 17 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 2010–2011 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Overall | 130 | 38 | 0 | 87 | 5 | |||
| Ireland Women's T20I Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | NR | |
| 1 | 2008–present | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 2009 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 2010–2011 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Overall | 30 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| Ireland T20I Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | NR | |
| 1 | Joseph Clinton | 1998 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1998 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2004 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 2006 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 2008 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 2010 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 2012 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Overall | 43 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 0 | |||
Percentage is worked out by counting tied games as half a win and excluding no results from the equation.