Ireland braced for row over Afghan series
Ireland are on a collision course with several English counties after agreeing to host a ground breaking five-match one-day international series against Afghanistan in July, in addition to ODIs this summer against Sri Lanka, Pakistan, South Africa and Australia.
While coach John Bracewell has hailed the fixture list as “getting close to the amount and variety of fixtures we need to continue our international development” counties like Middlesex, Warwickshire and Sussex could take a different view of losing players for important games.