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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.

Men's cricket

Test match captains

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.

Ireland Test match captains [1]

No.	Name	Year	Opposition	Location	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
1	William Porterfield	2018	Pakistan	Ireland	1	0	1	0
		2018–19	Afghanistan	India	1	0	1	0
		2019	England	England	1	0	1	0
		Total			3	0	3	0
Grand total[2]					3	0	3	0

One Day International captains

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 third and final match against Zimbabwe in September 2021.

Ireland ODI Captains [7]

No.	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	NR
1	Trent Johnston	2006–2010	32	14	1	15	2
2	Kyle McCallan	2007–2008	4	0	0	4	0
3	William Porterfield	2008-2019	113	50	2	55	6
4	Kevin O'Brien	2010–2014	4	3	0	1	0
5	Andrew Balbirnie	2020–Present	21	5	0	14	2
6	Paul Stirling	2022–Present
Overall[8]			173	72	3	88	10
Last Updated: 14 January 2022

Twenty20 International captains

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 ICC T-20 World cup match against Namibia in October 2021.

Ireland T20I captains[9]

No.	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	NR
1	William Porterfield	2008–2017	56	26	0	26	4
2	Kevin O'Brien	2015	4	0	0	2	2
3	Gary Wilson	2016-2019	26	12	1	13	0
4	Paul Stirling	2019	6	2	0	4	0
5	Andrew Balbirnie	2020–Present	20	6	1	12	1
Overall[10]			112	46	2	57	7
Last updated: 22 October 2021

ICC Trophy/ICC World Cup Qualifier

Ireland debuted in the ICC Trophy in the 1993/94 tournament.

Player[11]	Dates of captaincy	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	No result	% win[A]
Alan Lewis	1993/94	7	3	4	0	0	42.86
Justin Benson	1996/97	10	6	3	0	1	66.66
Kyle McCallan	2001–2005	9	4	5	0	0	44.44
Dekker Curry	2005	1	0	1	0	0	0.00
Jason Molins	2005	5	5	0	0	0	100.00
William Porterfield	2009	10	8	2	0	0	80.00
Total	1993/94–2005	32	18	13	0	1	58.06

Women's cricket

Test match captains

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	Miriam Grealey	2000	1	1	0	0	0
Overall			1	1	0	0	0

Women's One Day International captains

Ireland Women's ODI Captains
No.	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	NR
1	Mary-Pat Moore	1987–1993	21	5	0	16	0
2	Sonia Reamsbottom	1989–1990	1	0	0	1	0
3	Elizabeth Owens	1988	9	3	0	6	0
4	Miriam Grealey	1995–2000	33	11	0	21	1
5	Nikki Squire	2001	6	3	0	3	0
6	Anne Linehan	2002	5	0	0	4	1
7	Clare Shillington	2003–2011	15	5	0	9	1
8	Heather Whelan	2003–2011	15	7	0	8	0
9	Isobel Joyce	2008–present	17	2	0	14	1
10	Ciara Metcalfe	2010–2011	7	2	0	4	1
11	Mary Waldron	2013	1	0	0	1	0
Overall			130	38	0	87	5

Women's Twenty20 International captains

Ireland Women's T20I Captains
No.	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	NR
1	Isobel Joyce	2008–present	21	4	0	17	0
8	Heather Whelan	2009	4	2	0	2	0
10	Ciara Metcalfe	2010–2011	4	1	0	3	0
11	Cecelia Joyce	2012	1	0	0	1	0
Overall			30	7	0	23	0

Youth cricket

Youth One-Day International captains

Ireland T20I Captains
No.	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	NR
1	Joseph Clinton	1998	5	1	0	4	0
2	Ed Joyce	1998	1	0	0	1	0
3	Peter Shields	1998	7	2	0	4	1
4	William Porterfield	2004	7	3	0	4	0
5	Eoin Morgan	2006	6	2	0	4	0
6	Greg Thompson	2008	6	2	0	4	0
7	Andrew Balbirnie	2010	5	2	0	3	0
8	George Dockrell	2012	6	2	0	4	0
Overall			43	14	1	28	0

Notes

^A Percentage is worked out by counting tied games as half a win and excluding no results from the equation.

References

External links

• Cricinfo
• Ireland's ICC Trophy captains at Cricket Archive Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
• Ireland's Under-19's captains at Cricket Archive Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine

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