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Ireland picked 14 players for three cricket games against Bangladesh that count towards a big competition called the Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League.
Ireland and Bangladesh are going to play three important cricket games in May. If Ireland wins all three games, they might get to go to the World Cup without having to play any more games.
Ireland is playing a game called cricket and they are currently in 11th place with 68 points. If they win their next game, they can tie with South Africa who have 98 points. But Ireland needs to make sure they win by a lot and don’t break any rules so they can go to the big tournament in 2023.
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Mahmudullah won’t be involved as things move forward.
Craig Young was hurt for a long time, but now he’s feeling better and gets to play with his team again! He had to miss a big tournament before, but he’s back just in time for an important series of games.
Conor Olphert, Matthew Humphreys, and Ross Adair can’t come because they have to do school or work stuff.
The people who choose the men’s cricket team have picked players they know well from past games. But they are also happy to have one player back who had been injured for a long time.
We are happy that Josh Little, who has been playing cricket in a special league called the IPL, will also be helping us.
The team had a hard time playing in Bangladesh, but now they will have a chance to play on fields they know better. They really want to show how good they are and might even get to play in the world cup if they do well. They don’t need anyone to tell them to try hard because they want to win very badly.
There is a group of people who will be playing a game together. Their names are Andrew, Mark, Curtis, Gareth, George, Stephen, Fionn, Graham, Josh, Andy, Paul, Harry, Lorcan, and Craig. Andrew is the leader of the group.
There are going to be three cricket games on May 9th, May 12th, and May 14th, all in the same place called Chelmsford.