{"id":198338,"date":"2026-07-29T01:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198338"},"modified":"2026-07-29T01:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:12:34","slug":"ireland-squad-for-afghanistan-odis-jai-moondra-gets-maiden-50-over-call-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198338","title":{"rendered":"Ireland squad for Afghanistan ODIs: Jai Moondra gets maiden 50-over call-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71280272\">Ireland, on Tuesday, named a 14-man squad to take on Afghanistan in a five-match ODI series beginning in Bready on August 5.<\/p>\n<p>Left-arm pacer Jai Moondra, who impressed in the T20I series against India recently, has been handed his maiden ODI call-up along with Ben Calitz.<\/p>\n<p>Byron McDonough, the 24-year-old pace bowler, receives his first call-up to the national side after impressing in the recently concluded Inter-Provincial 50-over Cup, helping Leinster Lightning to the title.<\/p>\n<p>This will be Ireland\u2019s first series under new head coach Gary Wilson. The squad has been ravaged by injury, however, with Josh Little, Craig Young and Barry McCarthy all unavailable for the series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have selected a squad that is reflective of the way in which we want to play. We want to play the conditions and situations in front of us but ultimately be dynamic and look for opportunities to put pressure on the opposition,\u201d head coach Wilson said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fact-box\">\n<h5 class=\"main-title\">\nSquad:<br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<p>\nPaul Stirling (C), Mark Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Ben Calitz, Curtis Campher, Cade Carmichael, George Dockrell, Gavin Hoey, Andrew McBrine, Liam McCarthy, Brydon McDonough, Jai Moondra, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 29, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ireland-vs-afghanistan-odi-series-squad-announcement-gary-wilson-coach-news\/article71280272.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland, on Tuesday, named a 14-man squad to take on Afghanistan in a five-match ODI series beginning in Bready on August 5. Left-arm pacer Jai Moondra, who impressed in the T20I series against India recently, has been handed his maiden ODI call-up along with Ben Calitz. Byron McDonough, the 24-year-old pace bowler, receives his first &#8230; <a title=\"Ireland squad for Afghanistan ODIs: Jai Moondra gets maiden 50-over call-up\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198338\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ireland squad for Afghanistan ODIs: Jai Moondra gets maiden 50-over call-up\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_GettyImages-22831942_2_1_3PG68UFP.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":194429,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194429","url_meta":{"origin":198338,"position":0},"title":"ENG vs IND, 3rd ODI: Harsh Dubey replaces injured Washington Sundar in squad","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Harsh Dubey will replace Washington Sundar in India\u2019s squad for the third and final ODI against England at Lords, the BCCI announced on Saturday. 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