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Malahide Cricket Ground: Wicketkeeper-batter Ben Calitz has received a maiden call-up to Ireland’s squad for T20Is against England, starting on September 17. All games of the three-match series will be held at the Malahide Cricket Ground.

The series will also mark the first time Ireland will a T20I against England at home. The two sides have only met twice in the T20I format – the first match in 2010 being a no result, while the second meeting came in 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Melbourne, where Ireland won by five runs (via DLS method).

Gareth Delany, Curtis Campher and Craig Young are available to play after coming through the Emerald Challenge series. But Mark Adair, Fionn Hand and Josh Little are still working through rehabilitation programmes for their respective injuries and are unavailable.