Ireland name 14-man squad for first ODI against England

The Irish can change their selection for each of the three games - further matches are set to take place on August 1 and August 4

Mark Adair has missed out on a place in Ireland's squad for the first one-day international against England.

Adair has been recovering from ankle surgery and has not quite achieved full match fitness in time for the game, which is scheduled to take place at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton on Thursday.

Ireland have picked a 14-man group for the clash, whittling down their 22-man touring party.

The Irish can change their selection for each of the three games - further matches are set to take place on August 1 and August 4.

Andrew White, the chair of selectors, said: "Many players on this trip can consider themselves unfortunate to miss out in the first match day squad, including our leading wicket-taker in 2019, Mark Adair.

"As fans are aware, Mark underwent surgery earlier this year, and while that was successful, it has unfortunately meant that he is not yet back to the level that we need him at for international cricket.

"We know that he isn’t far away, but we also need to recognise that Sunday’s game was his first competitive outing since the Caribbean in January."

IRELAND SQUAD FOR 1st ODI vs ENGLAND

Andrew Balbirnie, Paul Stirling, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, Josh Little, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Kevin O’Brien, William Porterfield, Boyd Rankin, Simi Singh, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young