Ireland have face a significant blow as their skipper Paul Stirling has suffered ligament damage to his knee and will miss the remainder of the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
Ireland batting coach Gary Wilson provided an update on captain Paul Stirling's knee injury and said "it doesn't look great" after Ireland's 67-run loss to Australia in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, in Colombo on Wednesday.
Australia registered a commanding victory over Ireland in their ICC Men's T20 World Cup clash, winning by 67 runs after restricting the visitors to just 115 runs.
Cricket Ireland's high-performance director Richard Holdsworth, stated that Ireland are considering postponing their first-ever men's bilateral series against Australia due to financial reasons.
Ireland have been fined 10 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Australia in the second match of their ICC Women’s Championship series in Dublin on Tuesday.
Australia Women will tour Ireland for an ODI series for the first time since 2005 when the teams meet in three matches in Clontarf in July as part of the ICC Women's Championship.