Delany in Irish squad for Zimbabwe T20Is

Dublin: Leinster Lightning all-rounder Gareth Delany has been handed a first call-up to the Ireland T20 squad for next month's series against Zimbabwe.

The 22-year-old right-hander and spinner comes in for the three games along with recalled batsman Greg Thompson.

Zimbabwe's tour starts with three ODIs followed by the T20s, with the matches at Bready and Stormont.

Ireland face a T20 World Cup qualifier in October.

Bready will host the first ODI on 1 July and the final two T20s (12 and 14 July) while Stormont stages two ODIs (4 and 7 July) and the T20 opener on 10 July.

Ireland squads for Zimbabwe series:

One-Day International: William Porterfield (captain), Mark Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Shane Getkate, Tyrone Kane, Andrew McBrine, James McCollum, Tim Murtagh, Kevin O'Brien, Boyd Rankin, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Lorcan Tucker, Gary Wilson.

T20I: Gary Wilson (captain), Mark Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Shane Getkate, Tyrone Kane, Josh Little, Kevin O'Brien, Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling, Greg Thompson, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young.

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