Andy McBrine has missed out on a place in Ireland’s 15-man T20 World Cup squad, with fellow spinner Simi Singh included.
Andrew Balbirnie will captain a settled selection, all of whom featured during Ireland’s summer schedule.
Having failed to advance from the first round of last year’s tournament, Heinrich Malan’s side are out to reach the Super 12 stage in Australia.
They open their campaign against Zimbabwe on 17 October.
That game will be followed by a meeting with Scotland two days later before they face the West Indies on 21 October, with the top two from the group of four advancing.
A busy summer concluded with Ireland securing a 3-2 series win over Afghanistan in Belfast.
“We landed with the 15 that we stayed loyal to throughout the summer,” Malan said.
“I’m really excited about taking these boys on a really exciting journey.”
Bowling all-rounder Singh has taken 41 wickets in 49 T20 internationals, and is given the nod over McBrine, who has 23 wickets in 32 games.
“It’s always a difficult one but it’s nice to have these tough conversations and try to build our squad,” said Malan.
“Ultimately we feel Simi’s maybe got one or two more tools in his toolbox at this stage.
“He can take the ball away from the right-hander, and even when you think about the match-up to the left-handers Simi has done a really good job in trying to take wickets, whereas Andy has obviously done really well from an economical point of view over the last 12 months.
“We’re trying to encourage a brand of brave cricket in looking to take wickets, so there’s a little bit of work for Andy to do in that space and he has received that message.”
More to follow.
Ireland T20 World Cup squad: Andrew Balbirnie (capt), Paul Stirling (vice-capt), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Fionn Hand, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Conor Olphert, Simi Singh, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young.
