Three matches. Two teams. One historic weekend.
On Friday, Ireland’s men made history as they defeated Twenty20 world champions India for the time time in Belfast.
Then, 24 hours later, Ireland claimed a first win in the Women’s T20 World Cup when they defeated the West Indies by six wickets.
Back at Stormont, Ireland weren’t done there, either, as the men inflicted a first T20 series defeat on India since 2023 with a dramatic second win by one run on Sunday.
While there have been some momentous individual wins in Irish cricket over the years, has there ever been a better weekend – and what can it do for the future?
“Sometimes it feels like we play in the shadows a little bit in international cricket, and we’re hoping we’ll be hoping we will be front page news after that,” Lorcan Tucker, who captained Ireland to the win over India, told BBC Sport NI.
“Especially with the women’s win over the West Indies it has been a great weekend for Irish cricket and we hope there are plenty of kids who will be inspired by this and pick up the cricket bat.”
It was perhaps Ross Adair who summed up the weekend best, who said “it has to be right up there” in the most famous in Irish cricket.
“The weekend we’ve had, with the women winning yesterday, is probably the best Friday, Saturday and Sunday there has ever been,” he said.
“I’m just glad to be a part of Irish cricketing history.”
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