Ireland will travel to Dubai on January 28 for a pre World Cup training camp, and have scheduled warm-up games against New Zealand and Zimbabwe in Nagpur before their first game in the competition proper against Bangladesh in Dhaka on February 25.
Ireland has been drawn in Group B alongside Bangladesh, India, England, the Netherlands, South Africa and West Indies.
The squad in full is as follows:
- William Porterfield (Warwickshire) (Captain)
- Andre Botha (North County)
- Alex Cusack (Clontarf)
- George Dockrell (Somerset)
- Trent Johnston (Railway Union)
- Nigel Jones (Civil Service North)
- Ed Joyce (Sussex)
- John Mooney (North County)
- Kevin O’Brien (Railway Union)
- Niall O’Brien (Northants)
- Boyd Rankin (Warwickshire)
- Paul Stirling (Middlesex)
- Albert van der Merwe (The Hills)
- Gary Wilson (Surrey)
- Andrew White (Instonians)
The four non-travelling reserves are
- Allan Eastwood (Pembroke)
- Andrew Poynter (Clontarf)
- Regan West (Civil Service North)
- Craig Young (Bready/Sussex)
The Irish group matches and venues are:
· Ireland v Bangladesh Dhaka Fri 25th Feb
· Ireland v England Bangalore Wed 2nd March
· Ireland v India Bangalore Sun 6th March
· Ireland v West Indies Mohali Fri 11th March
· Ireland v South Africa Kolkata Tue 15th March
· Ireland v Holland Kolkata Fri 18th March
