On 26 May 2013, McBrine made his
first-class debut for
Ireland against
Scotland. He made his
One Day International debut
against Scotland in September 2014. In May 2018, he was named in a fourteen-man squad for Ireland's first
Test match, to be played
against Pakistan later the same month, but he was not selected to play. In December 2018, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by
Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season. In January 2019, he was named in Ireland's squad for their one-off Test
against Afghanistan in India. He made his Test debut for Ireland against Afghanistan on 15 March 2019. In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from
Cricket Ireland, the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis. On 10 July 2020, McBrine 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. On 21 January 2021, in the opening match
against Afghanistan, McBrine took his 50th wicket and his first
five-wicket haul in ODI cricket. In September 2021, McBrine was named in Ireland's provisional squad for the
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In February 2022, in the final match of the
2021–22 Oman Quadrangular Series, McBrine played in his 100th international match for Ireland. In February 2023, he was named in Ireland's Test squad for their series
against Bangladesh. On 5 April 2023, in the second innings of the only Test, he took his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket and became the second Irish cricketer to claim a fifer in Tests. His figures of 6 for 118 was also the
best bowling figures in an innings by an Irish player in Tests. ==References==