Ireland skipper Andrew Balbirnie has questioned why his squad were forced to quarantine for six days when they arrived in the UAE ahead of the T20 World Cup.
Balbirnie said the rules do not "make sense" as Ireland only had to quarantine for three days when they visited the country back in January for ODI series against the UAE and Afghanistan.
The 30-year-old also slammed the conditions of Ireland's quarantine, telling BBC Sport : "In January when none of us had been jabbed, we had to do three days here. Now every squad member has been double jabbed and we have to do six days.
"We were given bean bags and we throw them against the wall 30 or 40 times. That's as close to cricket as we get in quarantine.
"In terms of food, you get a knock of the door with a brown bag three times a day. There is a menu but hopefully this is the last night of the brown paper dinners.
"Once we're finished quarantine we can only mix with each other. It doesn't make sense to me. I don't think it ever will but I don't make the rules."
Ireland now have three warm-up games scheduled against the UAE ahead of their opening T20 World Cup fixture.
Ireland are in a group with Sri Lanka, the Netherlands and Namibia and are hoping to qualify for the Super 12 stage of the tournament.
Opener Paul Stirling will be key to Ireland's chances of advancing and the 31-year-old is looking forward to the tournament.
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"It means a lot for me," he said. "The older you get, the more you tend to not take things for granted, especially with this five-year gap.
"When I was certainly younger, we tended to play in most of the World Cups and it became almost an automatic thing where not that you took it for granted but you assumed you would hopefully get there and perform well.
"But that sort of dried up with the 10-team World Cup coming in for 2019 and then the T20 not being on for five years adds a different perspective that these things don’t happen all the time, so we need to cherish it while it is here.
"There will be a real enjoyment factor for us and playing with a youthful squad helps. It brings that little bit of youth in yourself and reminds you of why you play cricket."
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