Andrew Balbirnie and his Ireland team-mates could be leaving Malahide RYAN BYRNE/INPHOCricket Ireland has announced plans to develop a new stadium at the Sport Ireland National Sports Campus in Abbotstown, Dublin. Irish cricket’s governing body previously supported a €6 million redevelopment of the members-owned Malahide club, which would have included a new pavilion with television and media facilities, and 1,500 permanent seats. However, Cricket Ireland now believes it needs its own purpose-built stadium to accommodate up to 12 Test, Twenty20 and one-day internationals a year. “When we selected Malahide as the location for our main stadium in Dublin a decade ago, Irish cricket was in a very different position with a much smaller fixture list,” Warren Deutrom, the Cricket Ireland chief executive, said. “By achieving Test status and joining the Future Tours Programme [FTP] we’ve had…

Source: The Times March 01, 2018 00:00 UTC