The Ireland cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates in January 2026 to play Italy and the United Arab Emirates. The tour consisted of three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches against Italy, followed by two matches against the UAE. All three teams are using the games as preparation for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup tournament. In November 2025, the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed the fixtures for the tour. The Italy series was played at The Sevens Stadium. The series against UAE was played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Squads Paul Stirling (c) Lorcan Tucker (vc, wk) Mark Adair Ross Adair Ben Calitz (wk) Curtis Campher Gareth Delany George Dockrell Matthew Humphreys Josh Little Barry McCarthy Harry Tector Tim Tector Ben White Craig Young Wayne Madsen (c) Zain Ali Marcus Campopiano Thomas Draca Ali Hasan Crishan Kalugamage Ben Manenti Harry Manenti Gian-Piero Meade (wk) Anthony Mosca Justin Mosca Syed Naqvi Jaspreet Singh JJ Smuts Grant Stewart Muhammad Waseem (c) Haider Ali Muhammad Arfan Basil Hameed Rahul Chopra (wk) Muhammad Farooq Muhammad Jawadullah Harshit Kaushik Sohaib Khan Muhammad Rohid Alishan Sharafu Aryansh Sharma (wk) Junaid Siddique Simranjeet Singh Muhammad Zohaib
Ireland v Italy T20I series
1st T20I
2nd T20I
3rd T20I
Ireland v UAE T20I series
1st T20I
2nd T20I
References
External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo