Joyce is a veteran of the 2005 ICC Trophy when Ireland qualified for the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies RYAN BYRNE/INPHOWhen Ireland begin their 2018 International Cricket Council [ICC] World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe in March, Graham Ford, the new head coach, will have 1,925 caps worth of experience to draw upon. Ten of the 15-man panel were members of the squad that came so close to reaching the last eight of the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, while Ed Joyce is a veteran of the 2005 ICC Trophy when Ireland secured qualification for the World Cup in the West Indies two years later. Durham’s Stuart Poynter will miss the tournament because of paternity leave, so Northern Knights’ batsman James Shannon returns to the squad after a prolific domestic summer, while North West Warriors’ spinner, Andrew McBrine, is selected ahead of Australian-born…

Source: The Times January 26, 2018 00:00 UTC