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Andy McBrine has missed out on a place in Ireland’s 15-man T20 World Cup squad, with fellow spinner Simi Singh included.<\/span><\/p>\n Andrew Balbirnie will captain a settled selection, all of whom featured during Ireland’s summer schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n 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.<\/span><\/p>\n They open their campaign against Zimbabwe on 17 October.<\/span><\/p>\n 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.<\/span><\/p>\n A busy summer concluded with Ireland securing a 3-2 series win over Afghanistan in Belfast.<\/span><\/p>\n “We landed with the 15 that we stayed loyal to throughout the summer,” Malan said.<\/span><\/p>\n “I’m really excited about taking these boys on a really exciting journey.”<\/span><\/p>\n 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.<\/span><\/p>\n “It’s always a difficult one but it’s nice to have these tough conversations and try to build our squad,” said Malan.<\/span><\/p>\n “Ultimately we feel Simi’s maybe got one or two more tools in his toolbox at this stage.<\/span><\/p>\n “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.<\/span><\/p>\n “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.”<\/span><\/p>\n More to follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ireland T20 World Cup squad: <\/strong>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.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n