Current Squad
Cricket Ireland awarded 23 contracts to its players in January 2012. Players who are included in Ireland's squad for the ICC World Twenty20 are shown in bold.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Contract | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| Ed Joyce | 34 | Left-handed | RM | B | Plays for Sussex County Cricket Club | |||
| William Porterfield (c) | 28 | Left-handed | OS | B | Plays for Warwickshire County Cricket Club | |||
| Andrew Poynter | 25 | Right-handed | OS | C | ||||
| James Shannon | 22 | Right-handed | OS | C | ||||
| Paul Stirling | 22 | Right-handed | OS | B | Plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club | |||
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| Alex Cusack | 32 | Right-handed | RMF | A | ||||
| Shane Getkate | 21 | Right-handed | RMF | C | ||||
| Trent Johnston | 38 | Right-handed | RFM | A | Former captain | |||
| Nigel Jones | 30 | Right-handed | RM | C | ||||
| John Mooney | 30 | Left-handed | RM | A | ||||
| Kevin O'Brien | 28 | Right-handed | RMF | A | ||||
| Stuart Thompson | 21 | Left-handed | RMF | C | ||||
| Andrew White | 32 | Right-handed | OS | B | ||||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| Andrew Balbirnie | 21 | Right-handed | C | Plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club | ||||
| Tom Fisher | 31 | Left-handed | C | |||||
| Rory McCann | 27 | Right-handed | C | |||||
| Niall O'Brien | 31 | Left-handed | B | Plays for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club | ||||
| Gary Wilson | 26 | Right-handed | B | Plays for Surrey County Cricket Club | ||||
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| Peter Connell | 31 | Right-handed | RMF | C | ||||
| George Dockrell | 20 | Right-handed | SLA | B | Plays for Somerset County Cricket Club | |||
| Tim Murtagh | 31 | Left-handed | RFM | Plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club | ||||
| Boyd Rankin | 28 | Left-handed | RMF | B | Plays for Warwickshire County Cricket Club | |||
| Max Sorensen | 27 | Right-handed | RFM | C | ||||
| Albert van der Merwe | 33 | Right-handed | OS | C | ||||
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