Ireland cricketer Gary Wilson will lead Ireland in T20Is. William Porterfield recently announced that he wouldn’t take charge of Ireland in the shortest format of the game.
The latter had led the country for over a decade and wanted to focus on Tests, and ODIs.
32-year old Wilson will be leading the side in the tri-nation series in the Netherlands.
“I am absolutely honoured to be asked to undertake this role,” said Wilson, who has played 88 T20 Internationals. “With 16 months until the qualifying tournament for next World Twenty20 tournament in Australia, I believe this is a timely opportunity to prepare the squad for an important new phase in Irish cricket,” he said
Wilson is hopeful of getting his bunch of boys together and play a good brand of cricket.
“I hope my experience and leadership in this form of the game will be of benefit in developing the next generation of leaders and am looking forward to the first step in this journey – the Tri-Series in the Netherlands.”
Ireland to lock horns with Scotland and the Dutch side
The Irish side will play Scotland and the host nation in June. Porterfield said he has been fortunate to have led his country in all three departments of the game.
“It has been a huge honour to captain my country across all formats for the past ten years, and I have been fortunate enough to captain Ireland at the last five World Twenty20’s,” said Porterfield, who will continue to play in the T20 side.
“With the qualifiers only a year or so away, I feel that now is the right time for me and the team for a fresh voice and leader in this format,” he added
“I will now focus solely on my batting in a format that I love playing. I would like to thank everyone for their support over the past ten years and indeed in making this decision.” the experienced campaigner said.
