It may be only October but that's it for Ireland Men in 2024 who have no more scheduled games until next year.
They played 21 games, 11 in the UAE, 4 in Ireland, 3 in Holland and 3 in the USA. They won 2/2 in Tests, 1/5 in ODI's and 6/14 in T20I's.
The highs were the two Test wins against Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, their recent ODI win over South Africa, as well as T20I victories over South Africa and Pakistan.
The lows were the displays during a T20 World Cup campaign to forget with the nadir being an embarrassing loss to Canada.
Mark Adair had another year to remember with 'Sparky' now holding three of the top nine (1st, 5th and 9th) places in the most wickets in a year - quite a feat for the Belfast man.
The batting generally struggled for the most part, but Ross Adair's blistering T20 hundred offers hope of better fortunes ahead.
In all 22 players were used, with only James McCollum and Matthew Foster of centrally contracted players not getting a game.
Harry Tector, Curtis Campher and Mark Adair played in all 21 matches, while Paul Stirling missed just one, Andrew Balbirnie two, George Dockrell three and Lorcan Tucker four, meaning in essence seven of the 11 starting slots were nailed down.
Let's hope for a genuinely busy 2025, with some semblance of a Wolves programme too rather than the two weeks in Nepal that was the sum total for this year to date.
TOP RUNS ALL
| # | Name | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LJ Tucker | 17 | 19 | 1 | 506 | 85 | 28.11 | 547 | 92.50 | - | 5 | 2 | 59 | 6 |
| 2 | HT Tector | 21 | 23 | 2 | 477 | 138 | 22.71 | 542 | 88.01 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 8 |
| 3 | PR Stirling | 20 | 22 | - | 465 | 88 | 21.14 | 529 | 87.90 | - | 4 | - | 52 | 11 |
| 4 | A Balbirnie | 19 | 21 | 1 | 452 | 77 | 22.60 | 557 | 81.15 | - | 3 | 1 | 46 | 10 |
| 5 | C Campher | 21 | 23 | 1 | 371 | 49 | 16.86 | 416 | 89.18 | - | - | 5 | 39 | 12 |
| 6 | GH Dockrell | 18 | 18 | 4 | 245 | 53* | 17.50 | 229 | 106.99 | - | 1 | - | 20 | 5 |
| 7 | MR Adair | 21 | 20 | 3 | 241 | 49 | 14.18 | 251 | 96.02 | - | - | 3 | 25 | 7 |
| 8 | GJ Delany | 11 | 11 | 3 | 196 | 39 | 24.50 | 138 | 142.03 | - | - | - | 13 | 15 |
| 9 | AR McBrine | 6 | 7 | 1 | 145 | 55* | 24.17 | 252 | 57.54 | - | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| 10 | GR Adair | 3 | 3 | - | 125 | 100 | 41.67 | 77 | 162.34 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 11 |
| 11 | PJ Moor | 2 | 4 | - | 91 | 79 | 22.75 | 146 | 62.33 | - | 1 | 2 | 13 | - |
| 12 | GI Hume | 8 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 21 | 14.25 | 81 | 70.37 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | CA Young | 13 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 29* | 46.00 | 53 | 86.79 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | NA Rock | 4 | 4 | - | 43 | 37 | 10.75 | 52 | 82.69 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | J Little | 6 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 22* | 38.00 | 35 | 108.57 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | MJ Humphreys | 4 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 27* | - | 34 | 82.35 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | BJ McCarthy | 13 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 8 | 4.33 | 80 | 32.50 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 18 | G Hoey | 2 | 2 | - | 24 | 23 | 12.00 | 28 | 85.71 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | BC White | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5* | 8.00 | 28 | 28.57 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | T van Woerkom | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2* | 5.00 | 17 | 29.41 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 | ST Doheny | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 1.50 | 9 | 33.33 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 22 | F Hand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3* | 1.50 | 7 | 42.86 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
TOP RUNS TESTS
| # | Name | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LJ Tucker | 2 | 4 | 1 | 129 | 56 | 43.00 | 227 | 56.83 | - | 1 | 1 | 17 | - |
| 2 | AR McBrine | 2 | 3 | 1 | 121 | 55* | 60.50 | 201 | 60.20 | - | 1 | - | 12 | - |
| 3 | PR Stirling | 2 | 4 | - | 98 | 52 | 24.50 | 190 | 51.58 | - | 1 | - | 13 | - |
| 4 | PJ Moor | 2 | 4 | - | 91 | 79 | 22.75 | 146 | 62.33 | - | 1 | 2 | 13 | - |
| 5 | A Balbirnie | 2 | 4 | 1 | 83 | 58* | 27.67 | 161 | 51.55 | - | 1 | - | 8 | - |
| 6 | C Campher | 2 | 4 | - | 57 | 49 | 14.25 | 83 | 68.67 | - | - | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | MR Adair | 2 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 24* | 19.50 | 62 | 62.90 | - | - | 1 | 6 | - |
| 8 | HT Tector | 2 | 4 | - | 38 | 32 | 9.50 | 106 | 35.85 | - | - | 1 | 4 | - |
| 9 | MJ Humphreys | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27* | - | 31 | 87.10 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | BJ McCarthy | 2 | 2 | - | 6 | 5 | 3.00 | 33 | 18.18 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | CA Young | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4.00 | 20 | 20.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | T van Woerkom | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 9 | 11.11 | - | - | - | - | - |
TOP RUNS ODI'S
| # | Name | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HT Tector | 5 | 5 | - | 233 | 138 | 46.60 | 246 | 94.72 | 1 | 1 | - | 18 | 4 |
| 2 | PR Stirling | 5 | 5 | - | 150 | 88 | 30.00 | 163 | 92.02 | - | 2 | - | 13 | 5 |
| 3 | C Campher | 5 | 5 | - | 123 | 43 | 24.60 | 168 | 73.21 | - | - | - | 14 | 3 |
| 4 | LJ Tucker | 3 | 3 | - | 114 | 85 | 38.00 | 111 | 102.70 | - | 1 | - | 11 | 2 |
| 5 | A Balbirnie | 5 | 5 | - | 71 | 45 | 14.20 | 134 | 52.99 | - | - | - | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | MR Adair | 5 | 5 | - | 45 | 21 | 9.00 | 78 | 57.69 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | GI Hume | 5 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 21 | 11.25 | 73 | 61.64 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | GH Dockrell | 5 | 5 | - | 44 | 21 | 8.80 | 67 | 65.67 | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| 9 | CA Young | 4 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 29* | - | 32 | 131.25 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | AR McBrine | 4 | 4 | - | 24 | 14 | 6.00 | 51 | 47.06 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | G Hoey | 2 | 2 | - | 24 | 23 | 12.00 | 28 | 85.71 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | BJ McCarthy | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | 8 | 8.00 | 18 | 44.44 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 13 | T van Woerkom | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2* | - | 8 | 50.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | ST Doheny | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 1.50 | 9 | 33.33 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 15 | MJ Humphreys | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | - | 2 | 50.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
TOP RUNS T20I'S
| # | Name | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Balbirnie | 12 | 12 | - | 298 | 77 | 24.83 | 262 | 113.74 | - | 2 | 1 | 32 | 8 |
| 2 | LJ Tucker | 12 | 12 | - | 263 | 73 | 21.92 | 209 | 125.84 | - | 3 | 1 | 31 | 4 |
| 3 | PR Stirling | 13 | 13 | - | 217 | 52 | 16.69 | 176 | 123.30 | - | 1 | - | 26 | 6 |
| 4 | HT Tector | 14 | 14 | 2 | 206 | 56* | 17.17 | 190 | 108.42 | - | 1 | 3 | 23 | 4 |
| 5 | GH Dockrell | 13 | 13 | 4 | 201 | 53* | 22.33 | 162 | 124.07 | - | 1 | - | 15 | 5 |
| 6 | GJ Delany | 11 | 11 | 3 | 196 | 39 | 24.50 | 138 | 142.03 | - | - | - | 13 | 15 |
| 7 | C Campher | 14 | 14 | 1 | 191 | 49 | 14.69 | 165 | 115.76 | - | - | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| 8 | MR Adair | 14 | 12 | 2 | 157 | 49 | 15.70 | 111 | 141.44 | - | - | 1 | 16 | 6 |
| 9 | GR Adair | 3 | 3 | - | 125 | 100 | 41.67 | 77 | 162.34 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 11 |
| 10 | NA Rock | 4 | 4 | - | 43 | 37 | 10.75 | 52 | 82.69 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | J Little | 6 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 22* | 38.00 | 35 | 108.57 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | BJ McCarthy | 10 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 6* | 4.00 | 29 | 41.38 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 13 | GI Hume | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10* | - | 8 | 150.00 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 14 | BC White | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5* | 8.00 | 28 | 28.57 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | F Hand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3* | 3.00 | 6 | 50.00 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
TOP WICKETS ALL
| # | Name | Mat | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 5WI | wds | nbs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MR Adair | 21 | 169.2 | 12 | 925 | 46 | 5-39 | 20.11 | 5.46 | 22.09 | 1 | 35 | 2 |
| 2 | CA Young | 13 | 109.4 | 12 | 599 | 27 | 3-24 | 22.19 | 5.46 | 24.37 | - | 13 | - |
| 3 | BJ McCarthy | 13 | 107.3 | 14 | 480 | 20 | 3-15 | 24.00 | 4.47 | 32.25 | - | 11 | 2 |
| 4 | BC White | 13 | 38 | - | 341 | 11 | 4-20 | 31.00 | 8.97 | 20.73 | - | 6 | 2 |
| 5 | AR McBrine | 6 | 94 | 12 | 283 | 10 | 4-38 | 28.30 | 3.01 | 56.40 | - | 1 | - |
| 6 | GI Hume | 8 | 52.1 | 3 | 298 | 9 | 3-25 | 33.11 | 5.71 | 34.78 | - | 8 | 2 |
| 7 | C Campher | 21 | 61 | 3 | 398 | 9 | 2-13 | 44.22 | 6.52 | 40.67 | - | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | J Little | 6 | 23 | - | 162 | 6 | 3-18 | 27.00 | 7.04 | 23.00 | - | 8 | - |
| 9 | GJ Delany | 11 | 20.5 | - | 143 | 5 | 1-5 | 28.60 | 6.86 | 25.00 | - | 3 | - |
| 10 | T van Woerkom | 3 | 38 | 4 | 156 | 5 | 3-55 | 31.20 | 4.11 | 45.60 | - | - | - |
| 11 | F Hand | 4 | 17 | - | 135 | 4 | 3-18 | 33.75 | 7.94 | 25.50 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MJ Humphreys | 4 | 20 | 2 | 94 | 3 | 1-16 | 31.33 | 4.70 | 40.00 | - | - | - |
| 13 | HT Tector | 21 | 6 | - | 38 | 1 | 1-17 | 38.00 | 6.33 | 36.00 | - | 2 | - |
| 14 | G Hoey | 2 | 17 | - | 114 | 1 | 1-49 | 114.00 | 6.71 | 102.00 | - | - | - |
| 15 | GH Dockrell | 18 | 7 | - | 48 | - | 0-5 | - | 6.86 | - | - | - | - |
TOP WICKETS TESTS
| # | Name | Mat | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 5WI | wds | nbs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MR Adair | 2 | 65.5 | 10 | 186 | 12 | 5-39 | 15.50 | 2.83 | 32.92 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 2 | CA Young | 2 | 45.4 | 10 | 132 | 8 | 3-24 | 16.50 | 2.89 | 34.25 | - | 2 | - |
| 3 | BJ McCarthy | 2 | 60.3 | 13 | 151 | 8 | 3-42 | 18.88 | 2.50 | 45.38 | - | - | 1 |
| 4 | AR McBrine | 2 | 60 | 12 | 135 | 7 | 4-38 | 19.29 | 2.25 | 51.43 | - | - | - |
| 5 | C Campher | 2 | 17 | 3 | 58 | 3 | 2-13 | 19.33 | 3.41 | 34.00 | - | 1 | - |
| 6 | MJ Humphreys | 1 | 5 | - | 20 | 1 | 1-20 | 20.00 | 4.00 | 30.00 | - | - | - |
| 7 | T van Woerkom | 1 | 18 | 4 | 55 | 1 | 1-43 | 55.00 | 3.06 | 108.00 | - | - | - |
| 8 | HT Tector | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 0-2 | - | 2.00 | - | - | - | - |
TOP WICKETS ODI'S
| # | Name | Mat | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 5WI | wds | nbs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MR Adair | 5 | 49 | 2 | 313 | 9 | 4-50 | 34.78 | 6.39 | 32.67 | - | 11 | - |
| 2 | CA Young | 4 | 38 | 2 | 223 | 8 | 3-40 | 27.88 | 5.87 | 28.50 | - | 6 | - |
| 3 | GI Hume | 5 | 43.1 | 3 | 215 | 5 | 3-29 | 43.00 | 4.98 | 51.80 | - | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | T van Woerkom | 2 | 20 | - | 101 | 4 | 3-55 | 25.25 | 5.05 | 30.00 | - | - | - |
| 5 | AR McBrine | 4 | 34 | - | 148 | 3 | 1-36 | 49.33 | 4.35 | 68.00 | - | 1 | - |
| 6 | BJ McCarthy | 1 | 9 | - | 42 | 2 | 2-42 | 21.00 | 4.67 | 27.00 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MJ Humphreys | 1 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1-16 | 16.00 | 2.29 | 42.00 | - | - | - |
| 8 | HT Tector | 5 | 3 | - | 17 | 1 | 1-17 | 17.00 | 5.67 | 18.00 | - | - | - |
| 9 | F Hand | 1 | 8 | - | 44 | 1 | 1-44 | 44.00 | 5.50 | 48.00 | - | 1 | - |
| 10 | C Campher | 5 | 16 | - | 102 | 1 | 1-22 | 102.00 | 6.38 | 96.00 | - | - | - |
| 11 | G Hoey | 2 | 17 | - | 114 | 1 | 1-49 | 114.00 | 6.71 | 102.00 | - | - | - |
| 12 | GH Dockrell | 5 | 2 | - | 21 | - | 0-5 | - | 10.50 | - | - | - | - |
TOP WICKETS T20I'S
| # | Name | Mat | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 5WI | wds | nbs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MR Adair | 14 | 54.3 | - | 426 | 25 | 4-31 | 17.04 | 7.82 | 13.08 | - | 22 | 2 |
| 2 | CA Young | 7 | 26 | - | 244 | 11 | 3-31 | 22.18 | 9.38 | 14.18 | - | 5 | - |
| 3 | BC White | 13 | 38 | - | 341 | 11 | 4-20 | 31.00 | 8.97 | 20.73 | - | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | BJ McCarthy | 10 | 38 | 1 | 287 | 10 | 3-15 | 28.70 | 7.55 | 22.80 | - | 10 | - |
| 5 | J Little | 6 | 23 | - | 162 | 6 | 3-18 | 27.00 | 7.04 | 23.00 | - | 8 | - |
| 6 | GJ Delany | 11 | 20.5 | - | 143 | 5 | 1-5 | 28.60 | 6.86 | 25.00 | - | 3 | - |
| 7 | C Campher | 14 | 28 | - | 238 | 5 | 2-24 | 47.60 | 8.50 | 33.60 | - | 9 | 1 |
| 8 | GI Hume | 3 | 9 | - | 83 | 4 | 3-25 | 20.75 | 9.22 | 13.50 | - | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | F Hand | 3 | 9 | - | 91 | 3 | 3-18 | 30.33 | 10.11 | 18.00 | - | - | 1 |
| 10 | MJ Humphreys | 2 | 8 | - | 58 | 1 | 1-30 | 58.00 | 7.25 | 48.00 | - | - | - |
| 11 | HT Tector | 14 | 2 | - | 19 | - | 0-6 | - | 9.50 | - | - | 2 | - |
| 12 | GH Dockrell | 13 | 5 | - | 27 | - | 0-5 | - | 5.40 | - | - | - | - |