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Andrew Balbirnie (born 28 December 1990) is an Irish cricketer, the current captain of the Ireland cricket team in Test cricket. Balbirnie is a right-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper.
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I wasn't necessarily playing - more running the drinks up and down from the changing rooms, and taking lads
As Irish cricketers, it’s always great to go to these countries that are so passionate about the game.
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are two really, really good teams in their own conditions.
But it’s hugely exciting because you get to go out and showcase your skills against a really passionate support base.
It’s the ebb and flow of a four or five day match.
It’s something we want more of, and hopefully we can play pretty good cricket over the next few months, especially in the Test arena.
When he gave it back to me, he was like, 'It's kind of hard to believe you're going to be leading Ireland out at Lord's.'
It's a world sport - and I've been to places where it's a small sport and they're fighting for their lives. They need all the support they can get.
And when we get out there, there’ll certainly be a bit of hype, and that’s new for some of our players.
They can live without the ICC money, potentially, whereas we rely on it so much; that's our main income.
The problem we have is that we don't get a whole lot of money through sponsorship, which naturally the big countries get.
The BPL was really good to dip my toe into franchise cricket.
Even if it's three games a season: North against South.
The Lord’s one was obviously special because of what had happened an hour or two before that. So both are equally as special.
There’s obviously a lot of excitement about it around the squad. The anticipation is building as we head into a bit of the unknown.
It's an amazing challenge: they're changing the way Test cricket is being played, and we get a chance to play against them. It's pretty cool.
It doesn't have to be seven or eight games - just so you can pick a team and know what they're like with a red ball in their hand.
There can be sessions where it just meanders, but by the end of the test match it can still be all to play for with, often, all three results possible.
No-one's going to expect us to win whatsoever. We just want the guys to go out and play the game that we grew up loving.
I think Test cricket is the purest form of the game. I grew up putting on a pair of whites, getting white pads out and going out and hitting a red ball.
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