Balbirnie was a member of Ireland's
2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One winning team. During the tournament, he made his
List A debut for
Ireland, in what was also his debut
One Day International which came against
Scotland. He played three further One Day Internationals during the tournament. In January 2015, Balbirnie was named in Ireland's 15 man squad for the
2015 Cricket World Cup. Balbirnie made his
Twenty20 International debut
against Scotland on 19 June 2015, although no play was possible due to rain. In February 2016, Balbirnie was named in Ireland's 15 man squad for the
2016 T20 World Cup. Balbirnie was part of the
Ireland A team which toured Bangladesh in October 2017 to play one
first-class match and five
limited overs matches against the
Bangladesh A team. In May 2018, Balbirnie was named in a 14-man squad for Ireland's first ever
Test match, which was played
against Pakistan later the same month. He made his Test debut for Ireland, against Pakistan, on 11 May 2018. He was dismissed for a
pair, therefore becoming the forty-fourth batsman, and first for Ireland, to get a
pair on debut in Test cricket. In January 2019, Balbirnie was named in Ireland's squad for their one-off Test
against Afghanistan in
Dehradun, India. In May 2019, in the opening match of the
2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series against the West Indies, Balbirnie played in his 100th international match for Ireland. In September 2019, Balbirnie was named in Ireland's squad for the
2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. In November 2019, Balbirnie was named as Ireland's all formats captain. On 10 July 2020, Balbirnie was named in Ireland's 21-man squad to travel to England to start training
behind closed doors for the ODI series
against the England cricket team. In the third and final match of the series, which Ireland won by seven wickets, Balbirnie scored his 2,000th run in ODI cricket. On 13 July 2021, Balbirnie led Ireland to their first ever ODI victory
against South Africa. He also made his seventh ODI century in the match, scoring 102 off 117 deliveries before getting dismissed by
Kagiso Rabada. In September 2021, Balbirnie was named the captain of Ireland's provisional squad for the
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. On 26 October 2022, Balbirnie scored a T20I half-century, scoring 62 off 47 deliveries to lead Ireland to a victory over England in the
2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. On 4 July 2023, Balbirnie has stepped down from his captaincy in limited-overs cricket, after Ireland failed to qualify for the
2023 World Cup. In March 2024, Balbirnie led Ireland to its first win in Test cricket,
against Afghanistan in
Abu Dhabi, scoring an unbeaten half-century in the fourth innings. In May 2024, he was named in Ireland’s squad for the
2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. ==References==