The England cricket team visited Ireland on 8 May 2015 for a single tournament, titled what, in February 2015, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed that the current Irish cricketer who captains the England cricket team?
Eoin Morgan Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan (born 10 September 1986) is an Irish cricketer who captains the England cricket team in One Day (ODI) and Twenty 20 (T20I) Internationals. A left-handed batsman, he plays county cricket for Middlesex and has played for England's Test, ODI and T20I teams. He originally represented his native Ireland at international level before switching to play for England in 2009. He was the first of only two players in history to score an ODI hundred for two nations and is particularly noted for his end of innings hitting ability, seeing him labelled as a 'finisher'. He is also noted as being a skilful player of the reverse sweep shot.
2005 ICC Trophy The 2005 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament held in Ireland between 1 July and 13 July. It was an international one-day tournament played over 50 overs per side between 12 associate members of the International Cricket Council. It came with the prize of a place in the 2007 Cricket World Cup (and together with it a share of US$2.5 million for future development) for the five top-ranked teams, and with the prize of official One Day International status from 1 January 2006 (until the 2009 ICC Trophy) for the five top-ranked teams along with Kenya, who had already been given official one-day status until the 2009 Trophy and a spot in the 2007 World Cup.