A look back at how Ireland Men performed during the last year, with the high point qualification for the T20 World Cup, and the nadir the abject failure to make it to the 50 overs event in India.

They returned to Test match action after an almost four-year exile, and while it wasn't the biggest surprise they lost all four games comprehensively, there were some individual performances that will live long in the memory.

It was great to have the format back. Somethings shouldn't be measured in currency alone.

Andy McBrine's 6 wickets against Bangladesh, centuries for Lorcan Tucker, Paul Stirling, and Curtis Campher, while there near misses for Andy Balbirnie, Harry Tector, Mark Adair and McBrine - their stand of 163 in the second innings at Lord's will be one to tell the grandchildren.

As well as the four Tests, they played 20 ODI's - winning six, losing nine and five no-results.

Three defeats came in the aforementioned disastrous WCQ tournament in Zimbabwe, where losses to Oman. Scotland and Sri Lanka saw their qualification 'efforts' ended before they really began.

The year ended on a high in the format with a first series win in Zimbabwe - tempered by the fact that the hosts were missing a trio of their best players and had just been ousted by Uganda in the regional T20 WC qualifiers.

The Irish played 16 T20I's with a 50% record of eight wins and losses. They qualified for the 2024 T20 World Cup avoiding Associate banana skins in the form of Italy (just), Austria, Denmark and Jersey, but did lose the regional final to Scotland in a high scoring decider.

Harry Tector had a great year - his tally of 1382 runs only bettered in Irish history once - by Paul Stirling's 1582 in 2019.

Mark Adair may go a little under the radar but his haul of 59 wickets is an Irish record - beating Trent Johnston's 58 wickets back in 2010 - a great testament to his wicket taking ability in the white-ball format - T20I's especially.

TOP RUNS 2023

# Name Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
1 HT Tector 40 38 4 1382 140 40.65 1802 76.69 2 9 2 114 37
2 C Campher 39 34 4 967 120 32.23 1192 81.12 2 4 1 107 21
3 A Balbirnie 34 35 3 915 121* 28.59 1209 75.68 1 6 3 94 17
4 PR Stirling 35 33 2 879 162 28.35 926 94.92 2 4 4 109 27
5 LJ Tucker 37 37 7 824 108 27.47 1004 82.07 1 3 4 95 8
6 GH Dockrell 37 28 8 657 91* 32.85 669 98.21 - 3 2 41 20
7 MR Adair 39 26 6 474 88 23.70 508 93.31 - 2 2 121 27
8 AR McBrine 22 20 3 418 86* 24.59 681 61.38 - 2 1 50 7
9 ST Doheny 12 10 - 181 84 18.10 276 65.58 - 1 - 18 2
10 GJ Delany 16 10 4 153 26* 25.50 119 128.57 - - - 10 6
11 GR Adair 7 7 - 143 65 20.43 104 137.50 - 1 - 12 7
12 BJ McCarthy 17 10 2 135 51* 16.88 109 123.85 - 1 1 11 7
13 JA McCollum 4 8 1 126 36 18.00 326 38.65 - - 1 17 -
14 GI Hume 18 10 4 76 20* 12.67 191 39.79 - - 1 7 2
15 PJ Moor 4 8 - 76 19 9.50 199 38.19 - - 1 10 2
16 J Little 24 7 5 61 29 30.50 54 112.96 - - - 7 2
17 NA Rock 6 4 - 58 36 14.50 42 138.10 - - 1 2 1
18 CA Young 14 5 5 50 40* - 63 79.37 - - - 2 2
19 F Hand 6 5 2 19 9* 6.33 53 35.85 - - - 2 -
20 MJ Humphreys 4 3 2 15 7 15.00 61 24.59 - - - 3 -
21 M Commins 4 5 - 12 6 2.40 39 30.77 - - 2 1 -
22 BC White 16 9 7 10 6* 5.00 41 24.39 - - 1 1 -
23 TE Kane 2 1 - 9 9 9.00 11 81.82 - - - 1 -

TOP RUNS TESTS

# Name Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s
1 LJ Tucker 4 8 - 351 108 43.88 545 64.40 1 1 46 1
2 HT Tector 4 8 - 336 85 42.00 738 45.53 - 4 34 7
3 AR McBrine 4 8 1 258 86* 36.86 440 58.64 - 2 32 5
4 C Campher 4 8 - 240 111 30.00 527 45.54 1 - 37 3
5 A Balbirnie 4 8 - 172 95 21.50 356 48.31 - 1 21 -
6 MR Adair 3 6 1 170 88 34.00 280 60.71 - 1 87 12
7 PR Stirling 2 4 - 149 103 37.25 238 62.61 1 - 17 4
8 JA McCollum 4 8 1 126 36 18.00 326 38.65 - - 17 -
9 PJ Moor 4 8 - 76 19 9.50 199 38.19 - - 10 2
10 GI Hume 3 6 1 36 14 7.20 138 26.09 - - 6 -
11 GH Dockrell 1 2 - 34 32 17.00 78 43.59 - - 6 -
12 MJ Humphreys 1 2 1 11 7 11.00 54 20.37 - - 2 -
13 F Hand 1 2 - 8 7 4.00 41 19.51 - - - -
14 M Commins 2 4 - 6 5 1.50 26 23.08 - - 1 -
15 BC White 3 6 4 1 1 0.50 30 3.33 - - - -

TOP RUNS ODI'S

# Name Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s
1 HT Tector 20 16 2 711 140 50.79 762 93.31 2 4 56 22
2 PR Stirling 20 16 - 473 162 29.56 515 91.84 1 2 53 17
3 A Balbirnie 18 15 3 459 121* 38.25 612 75.00 1 3 44 5
4 GH Dockrell 20 13 4 449 91* 49.89 471 95.33 - 3 26 12
5 C Campher 19 13 1 411 120 34.25 428 96.03 1 2 46 6
6 LJ Tucker 20 16 4 293 50 24.42 313 93.61 - 1 33 3
7 ST Doheny 9 7 - 162 84 23.14 255 63.53 - 1 16 2
8 AR McBrine 18 12 2 160 35 16.00 241 66.39 - - 18 2
9 MR Adair 20 11 4 143 25* 20.43 107 133.64 - - 15 5
10 GJ Delany 8 5 1 75 20 18.75 68 110.29 - - 3 3
11 J Little 14 4 2 54 29 27.00 45 120.00 - - 7 2
12 BJ McCarthy 6 3 1 50 41 25.00 52 96.15 - - 5 1
13 CA Young 8 2 2 43 40* - 47 91.49 - - 2 2
14 GI Hume 12 3 2 20 15* 20.00 36 55.56 - - 1 -
15 M Commins 2 1 - 6 6 6.00 13 46.15 - - - -
16 MJ Humphreys 2 1 1 4 4* - 7 57.14 - - 1 -

TOP RUNS T20I'S

# Name Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s
1 HT Tector 16 14 2 335 54* 27.92 302 110.93 - 1 24 8
2 C Campher 16 13 3 316 61 31.60 237 133.33 - 2 24 12
3 A Balbirnie 12 12 - 284 72 23.67 241 117.84 - 2 29 12
4 PR Stirling 13 13 2 257 77 23.36 173 148.55 - 2 39 6
5 LJ Tucker 13 13 3 180 95* 18.00 146 123.29 - 1 16 4
6 GH Dockrell 16 13 4 174 49* 19.33 120 145.00 - - 9 8
7 MR Adair 16 9 1 161 72 20.12 121 133.06 - 1 19 10
8 GR Adair 7 7 - 143 65 20.43 104 137.50 - 1 12 7
9 BJ McCarthy 11 7 1 85 51* 14.17 57 149.12 - 1 6 6
10 GJ Delany 8 5 3 78 26* 39.00 51 152.94 - - 7 3
11 NA Rock 6 4 - 58 36 14.50 42 138.10 - - 2 1
12 GI Hume 3 1 1 20 20* - 17 117.65 - - - 2
13 ST Doheny 3 3 - 19 15 6.33 21 90.48 - - 2 -
14 F Hand 5 3 2 11 9* 11.00 12 91.67 - - 2 -
15 TE Kane 2 1 - 9 9 9.00 11 81.82 - - 1 -
16 BC White 11 3 3 9 6* - 11 81.82 - - 1 -
17 CA Young 6 3 3 7 5* - 16 43.75 - - - -
18 J Little 10 3 3 7 6* - 9 77.78 - - - -

TOP WICKETS 2023

# Name Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5WI wds nbs
1 MR Adair 39 281.5 18 1582 59 4-13 26.81 5.61 28.66 - 75 4
2 J Little 24 151 2 1007 33 6-36 30.52 6.67 27.45 1 37 2
3 GI Hume 18 142.3 9 748 26 4-34 28.77 5.25 32.88 - 12 -
4 BJ McCarthy 17 89.4 3 595 25 3-7 23.80 6.64 21.52 - 20 2
5 CA Young 14 79.4 2 456 24 3-31 19.00 5.72 19.92 - 13 2
6 C Campher 39 172.1 5 1061 22 4-37 48.23 6.16 46.95 - 26 2
7 AR McBrine 22 274.5 15 1245 21 6-118 59.29 4.53 78.52 1 5 1
8 BC White 16 130.3 1 823 20 2-10 41.15 6.31 39.15 - 6 2
9 GH Dockrell 37 97.3 - 577 16 3-43 36.06 5.92 36.56 - 10 -
10 HT Tector 40 60 - 365 9 2-17 40.56 6.08 40.00 - 11 -
11 GJ Delany 16 57 - 371 8 2-8 46.38 6.51 42.75 - 9 -
12 MJ Humphreys 4 23 - 172 2 2-10 86.00 7.48 69.00 - 1 -
13 F Hand 6 25.2 2 175 2 1-15 87.50 6.91 76.00 - 2 -
14 T van Woerkom 3 9 - 85 1 1-47 85.00 9.44 54.00 - 1 -

TOP WICKETS TESTS

# Name Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5WI wds nbs
1 AR McBrine 4 151.5 12 622 11 6-118 56.55 4.10 82.82 1 1 -
2 MR Adair 3 68.1 7 328 4 2-64 82.00 4.81 102.25 - 6 2
3 BC White 3 76.3 1 436 4 2-71 109.00 5.70 114.75 - - 2
4 C Campher 4 62 4 327 3 2-84 109.00 5.27 124.00 - 1 2
5 GI Hume 3 50 5 209 2 1-85 104.50 4.18 150.00 - 1 -
6 GH Dockrell 1 21.3 - 112 1 1-112 112.00 5.21 129.00 - - -
7 F Hand 1 19 2 113 1 1-113 113.00 5.95 114.00 - 1 -
8 MJ Humphreys 1 10 - 67 - 0-67 - 6.70 - - - -
9 HT Tector 4 14 - 83 - 0-5 - 5.93 - - - -

TOP WICKETS ODI'S

# Name Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5WI wds nbs
1 MR Adair 20 156.4 11 832 29 4-40 28.69 5.31 32.41 - 49 1
2 J Little 14 112 2 731 23 6-36 31.78 6.53 29.22 1 25 2
3 GI Hume 12 81.3 4 438 20 4-34 21.90 5.37 24.45 - 8 -
4 CA Young 8 59 2 300 14 3-31 21.43 5.08 25.29 - 10 2
5 GH Dockrell 20 65 - 367 13 3-43 28.23 5.65 30.00 - 6 -
6 C Campher 19 79.1 1 493 13 4-37 37.92 6.23 36.54 - 18 -
7 AR McBrine 18 123 3 623 10 2-19 62.30 5.07 73.80 - 4 1
8 BJ McCarthy 6 49.4 3 305 9 3-56 33.89 6.14 33.11 - 11 2
9 GJ Delany 8 36 - 212 3 2-52 70.67 5.89 72.00 - 3 -
10 HT Tector 20 24 - 148 2 1-5 74.00 6.17 72.00 - 2 -
11 T van Woerkom 2 8 - 75 1 1-47 75.00 9.38 48.00 - - -
12 BC White 2 18 - 118 1 1-59 118.00 6.56 108.00 - 2 -
13 MJ Humphreys 2 11 - 95 - 0-36 - 8.64 - - 1 -

TOP WICKETS T20I'S

# Name Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5WI wds nbs
1 MR Adair 16 57 - 422 26 4-13 16.23 7.40 13.15 - 20 1
2 BJ McCarthy 11 40 - 290 16 3-7 18.12 7.25 15.00 - 9 -
3 BC White 11 36 - 269 15 2-10 17.93 7.47 14.40 - 4 -
4 CA Young 6 20.4 - 156 10 2-2 15.60 7.55 12.40 - 3 -
5 J Little 10 39 - 276 10 2-16 27.60 7.08 23.40 - 12 -
6 HT Tector 16 22 - 134 7 2-17 19.14 6.09 18.86 - 9 -
7 C Campher 16 31 - 241 6 2-18 40.17 7.77 31.00 - 7 -
8 GJ Delany 8 21 - 159 5 2-8 31.80 7.57 25.20 - 6 -
9 GI Hume 3 11 - 101 4 3-17 25.25 9.18 16.50 - 3 -
10 MJ Humphreys 1 2 - 10 2 2-10 5.00 5.00 6.00 - - -
11 GH Dockrell 16 11 - 98 2 1-9 49.00 8.91 33.00 - 4 -
12 F Hand 5 6.2 - 62 1 1-15 62.00 9.79 38.00 - 1 -
13 T van Woerkom 1 1 - 10 - 0-10 - 10.00 - - 1 -