Irish Cricketers

🏏 These are the women in the the cricexec 2026 Women's Power 50 who are fighting for today's cricketers — long after their own last innings. 🇦🇺 @sthalekar93— President, World Cricketers' Association | Player Representative, ICC Women's Cricket Committee Leads global player advocacy on fair treatment, equitable pay and professional support — work that began at the Australian Cricketers' Association, where she helped establish female board representation. 🇮🇪 @CeceliaJoyce44 — President, Irish Cricketers' Association | Board Member, WCA A former Ireland international (57 ODIs, 43 T20Is) now driving player rights and professionalisation at home and welfare standards globally. 🇵🇰 @mir_sana05 — Independent Director, WCA | Player Representative, ICC Women's Cricket Committee | Commentator, ICC One of Pakistan's greatest cricketers, now among the sport's most respected voices across the broadcast box, the boardroom and the women's game. ⚖️ Player advocacy is one of the least visible and most consequential parts of the cricket business. These are the women doing it. 🔗 Read the full Women's Power 50: cricexec.com/wp50 @WCA_Players @ICC @IrishCricketers @ACA_Players

From 100 caps for Ireland to the negotiating table. 🇮🇪 @CeceliaJoyce44 played 57 ODIs and 43 T20Is for Ireland — then went to work on the terms everyone after her would play under. As President of the Irish Cricketers' Association and a board member of the World Cricketers' Association, she helped negotiate Ireland's first full-time men's contracts, then the women's. A senior associate at A&L Goodbody by day, she brings a litigator's precision to player advocacy worldwide. "There is strength in numbers, and we have seen great unity amongst the players at home and across all the WCA member countries." Cecelia Joyce features in the cricexec Women's Power 50. 🏏 @cricketireland @IrishCricketers @WCA_Players @ALGoodbody

🚨🏏 The ICC's new 2027 ODI World Cup format is facing growing criticism. The World Cricketers' Association and leading Associate nation captains say the revised structure reduces meaningful opportunities for emerging teams, while raising concerns over transparency, consultation and cricket's global growth. With two qualifying teams potentially eliminated after just two matches, critics argue the changes undermine years of investment in the qualification pathway. 🔗 Full story: cricexec.com/iccs-revised-20… @WCA_Players @gerharderasmus @dazmitchell47

⚖️ “Leverage equals action.” Former Ireland international and lawyer Cecelia Joyce has become one of cricket’s strongest advocates for players outside the sport’s wealthiest markets. From equal prize money to player rights, gender equity and the future of cricket’s labour movement, Joyce explains why leverage—not sentiment—drives change. A must-read for anyone interested in cricket’s future. 🌍🏏 🔗 Full story: cricexec.com/leverage-equals… @CeceliaJoyce44 @ICC @IrishCricketers @WCA_Players @cricketireland @etplofficial @wiplayers @NZCPA @ACA_Players @PCA @SACAplayers #Cricket #WomensCricket #IrelandCricket #PlayerRights #SportsBusiness #CricketBusiness #GenderEquity #SportsLaw #WorldCricketersAssociation #CricketNews