Cricket Ireland has announced the departure of director of cricket Richard Holdsworth, who becomes the second significant figure in Irish cricket to leave the governing body in six months. Holdsworth has been involved at CI for nearly 15 years, joining as high performance director in 2011 before moving to his most recent role last year. CI said in a statement that Holdsworth would "step back" from his Ireland role "to embark on the next chapter of his professional life". It is the second major departure from CI in a short space of time, following Warren Deutrom's exit as chief executive last August. McCollum said that Holdsworth had overseen the "transformation of the high performance structures" in Irish cricket during their transition to ICC Full Member status.