Civil Service Cricket Club

Civil Service Cricket Club in numbers

Civil Service Cricket Club, in Belfast, Ireland, has staged 34 one-day internationals in CricArcade's archives. The first was an ODI between England and Ireland in 2006, and the most recent international here was in 2021.

Of the 34 ODIs played at Civil Service Cricket Club, sides batting first have won 15 and chasing sides 15; 4 produced no result. Decided ODIs have split close to evenly between the side batting first and the side batting second. Ireland have played 30 of those ODIs and won 13, lost 14 and tied or had no result in 3, a win rate of 43%. The most frequent visitors have been Afghanistan (9) and Zimbabwe (5). The average first-innings total was 180 in the 2000s (12 ODIs) and 226 in the 2020s (3 ODIs). Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 19 ODIs, against 12 in the 2000s. Paul Stirling has made more ODI runs here than anyone, 759 in 24 innings with 1 hundred, and Tim Murtagh has taken the most wickets, 25 in 13 ODIs. The highest total is Afghanistan's 305 for 7 in 2019; the lowest completed innings Ireland's 96 in 2011; the highest individual score Ed Joyce's 160 not out against Afghanistan in 2016; the best bowling Gulbadin Naib's 6 for 43 in 2019. The widest margin by runs was Afghanistan's 126-run win over Ireland in 2019. The closest finishes: Ireland won by 1 wicket (2013) and Ireland won by 1 run (2007).

ODIs at Civil Service Cricket Club

34 ODIs, 2006 to 2021. The first was England v Ireland on 13 June 2006: England won by 38 runs.

First-innings totals by decade

Closest finishes

• Ireland won by 1 wicket (with 1 ball remaining) (2013)
• Ireland won by 1 run (2007)

Most recent matches

• Zimbabwe v Ireland (ODI, 13 September 2021): Ireland won by 7 wickets (with 58 balls remaining) (D/L method)
• Ireland v Zimbabwe (ODI, 10 September 2021): No result
• Zimbabwe v Ireland (ODI, 8 September 2021): Zimbabwe won by 38 runs
• Zimbabwe v Ireland (ODI, 7 July 2019): Ireland won by 6 wickets (with 52 balls remaining)
• Ireland v Zimbabwe (ODI, 4 July 2019): Ireland won by 5 runs
• Afghanistan v Ireland (ODI, 21 May 2019): Afghanistan won by 126 runs
• Ireland v Afghanistan (ODI, 19 May 2019): Ireland won by 72 runs
• Ireland v Afghanistan (ODI, 31 August 2018): Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 157 balls remaining)
• Afghanistan v Ireland (ODI, 29 August 2018): Ireland won by 3 wickets (with 37 balls remaining)
• Afghanistan v Ireland (ODI, 27 August 2018): Afghanistan won by 29 runs