The squad leaves Ireland on April 15th arriving in Barbados the following day. The opening ceremony takes place in Barbados on April 17th. The following day, the Irish play a practice game against a Barbados Youth XI, before the competition gets under way with games involving West Indies, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and The Netherlands.
Ireland's first game, on April 20th, sees them take on Pakistan, while the other fixture that day has the combined ICC Americas side taking on Kenya. The winners of these fixtures will fly to St Kitts to continue the KO stage, while the losers fly to Trinidad.
Following the completion of the Knock-Out Cup, the league phase begins for Ireland in Trinidad on April 26th. Ireland's first game is with Kenya, before facing the hosts West Indies the next day. Their final Group game is against Bangladesh on the 29th. Depending on their placing in the group, Ireland will travel to either Grenada or Tobago to determine their final position in the tournament.
All the teams travel to Trinidad on May 3rd, where the Final will take place the following day, as well as the Closing Ceremony. The team will leave Trinidad on May 5th, arriving back in Ireland on May 6th.
Schedule
April 15th - Departing from Belfast City (George Best) Airport for Gatwick
April 16th - Departing Gatwick for Barbados
April 17th - Managers & coaches briefing in Barbados. Official welcome ceremony at the Accra Beach Resort, Barbados.
April 18th - Practice match in Barbados; Ireland v Barbados Youth XI
April 19th - West Indies v Zimbabwe. Bangladesh v Netherlands - Barbados.
April 20th - ICC Americas v Kenya. Pakistan v Ireland - Barbados venue 3 start at 10:00.
April 21st - Winners fly to St Kitts. - Losing teams travel to Trinidad.
April 22nd - Winner 1 v Winner 4; Winner 2 v Winner 3
April 23rd - Rest/Practice Day /Travel day for losing top 4
April 24th - Rest/Practice Day
April 25th - Knock out finals at St Kitts/ Travel for finalists
April 26th - Ireland v Kenya NCC, Couva start at 10:00.
April 27th - West Indies v Ireland, Queens Park Oval, Trinidad start at 10:00.
April 28th - Rest/Practice Day.
April 29th - Bangladesh v Ireland NCC, Couva start at 10:00.
April 30th - Travel day (Grenada or Tobago).
May 1st - Semi-finals at Grenada and 5th & 6th place Play off in Tobago.
May 2nd - 7th & 8th place Play off in Tobago.
May 3rd - 3rd Place game at Trinidad. Travel day for other teams. All teams assemble at Trinidad.
May 4th - Finals in Queens Park Oval Closing Ceremony, Trinidad (Sponsored by All Sport Promotions, CLICO, Event Sponsor and the Government of Trinidad & Tobago).
May 5th - Team departs
May 6th - Arrive Belfast
