There were wins in the Premiership for Donemana, Brigade, Newbuildings and Bready, while Fox Lodge and Glendermott won in the Championship.

Leah Paul starred as Merrion proved too strong for Pembroke in the Leinster Women's Cup final.

Ireland all-rounder Curtis Campher smashed one of cricket’s most enduring records yesterday as he saw Munster Reds to victory in their last game of the Interpro Twenty20 Trophy.

The season hasn’t exactly panned out how we would have wanted or hoped, but if you told me we would win one of those games beforehand we probably would have taken it.

Fox Lodge sit proudly at the top of the Championship after an excellent win at Glendermott with superb individual displays from overseas professional Gayan Maneeshan who scored a century and seamer Levi Kerr, who took six wickets.

A sensational win against Scotland isn't enough for Jersey as Italy do enough to reach their first World Cup.

One of three new regular events for the women's teams of associate members.

Champions Leinster Lightning finished on a winning note as they clinched a final over two-wicket win against Northern Knights.

Curtis Campher became the first man to take five wickets in as many balls in a professional match as he hurried Munster Reds to a 100-run victory over the North-West Warriors in their final Interpro T20 clash at Sydney Parade.

PJ Moor has played his last innings. The Munster Reds batter will return home on Sunday to work in the family business in Zimbabwe with his cricket career at an end.

Instonians' players lead the batting and bowling stats.

Tim Tector scored his first century in the T20 Trophy as champions Leinster Lightning continued their winning run, with yet another impressive chase.

A shock win puts Italy close to their first ever World Cup appearance.

LARA McBRIDE is the new face in the two Ireland squads named yesterday to take on Zimbabwe later this month in T20 and one-day international series.

It's been a successful start for the Netherlands youth team in the North East of England.

Who would be a bowler? As the chasm between bat and ball grows ever wider, former Irish international Deryck Vincent asks for equality in the modern game.

Glendermott clinched the Under-18 cup with a five-wicket win over near rivals Brigade at The Rectory.

David Delany's three-wicket maiden, Lorcan Tucker's record five catches, half centuries for Curtis Campher, Chris De Freitas, Ben Calitz, Cade Carmichael and Sam Topping are the highlights of the final T20 series of the year.

European Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier intriguingly poised after third day's play.

The NCU completed a convincing 154-run win against Leinster in a game that was remarkable because it had two hat-tricks.

The weather couldn't stop wins for Bready, Fox Lodge and Coleraine.

INSTONIANS and Waringstown share the lead in the NCU Premiership, with the two sides following up their cup semi-final victories with crucial wins in the title race over Lisburn and Cliftonville Academy respectively.

Typhoons broke their duck in the SS20 by winning the final match of the competition, beating Scorchers by eight wickets with five balls to spare.

Scotland batsman Liam Naylor followed up last weekend's 192 with 195 as Corstorphine reached 408-8 against Edinburgh South. He now averages over 120 for the season.

Instonians are back in the Gallagher’s Challenge Cup final for the first time since 2019 after beating Lisburn at Shaw’s Bridge by three wickets in the first of two back-to-back games between the teams.

In the NCU Women’s Premiership, defending champions Waringstown are two wins away from another title after an eight-wicket win at home to Muckamore.

Amy Hunter was presented with the SS20 trophy by Cricket Ireland president Donna Armstrong after Dragons completed the clean sweep with a sixth straight win in the afternoon match.

There was a real shock as leaders Donemana lost by 42 runs (DLS) to bottom side Bready in a rearranged game.

Wins for Derriaghy, Lurgan, Laurelvale, Cregagh and Ballymena.

CIYMS and Muckamore win in the Premiership, which means CSNI need a favour from Woodvale against North Down if they are to make the top six.

Phoenix, Leinster, Malahide and The Hills will meet in the semi-finals next week after topping their respective groups.

An evening of history was held in Malahide Cricket Club based around an old club photo from the year 1901.

It took a while, but Cricket Ireland eventually released the draw for the semi-finals of the National Cup on Friday afternoon.

Three of the home team’s current international players, Orla Prendergast , Sarah Forbes and Louise Little ran a fundraiser on behalf of the Irish Heart Foundation.  Following the recent passing of her father, The Irish Heart Foundation carries additional poignancy for Orla.

It appears that Cricket Ireland have thrown Ballyspallen out of the National Cup and they won't be in the draw for the semi-finals.

Almost four months after they were given, Cricket Ireland finally confirmed player contracts with PJ Moor and James McCollum omitted.

Munster produced the shock of the youth interprovincials as Seneth Sumanasinghe put the NCU U17s in a spin with a magnificent seven-wicket haul to clinch a famous three-run win

This was the Orla Prendergast show, another stand-out performance from the Ireland international extending Dragons lead at the top of the SS20 table and ensuring a fourth straight victory.

Woodvale will play Ardmore, while Fox Lodge face Donemana.

Woodvale, Donemana, Ardmore and Fox Lodge are through to the last four.

Ballyspallen, Counties Kerry and Galway, plus Carrickfergus reach last four of the National Cup.

Wins for Clontarf, Balbriggan, Malahide and Lisburn in Irish Senior Cup.

George Dockrell hits 202, Eshan O'Sullivan takes six wickets, while Pembroke look in ominous form.

Warren Deutrom’s vision brought Irish cricket to unimagined heights but an ill-judged T20 tournament spelt the end

After two decades, a change at the top and fresh impetus is probably overdue but Irish cricket will always owe a huge debt of gratitude to a man whose drive and diplomacy has achieved so much.

Cricket Ireland has today confirmed that Chief Executive Officer, Warren Deutrom, will step down as Chief Executive Officer at the end of August.

Where have all the swing bowlers gone? Simon Corlett asks the question and the reasons for their disappearance from the modern game.

There were wins on Sunday for The Hills, Leinster, Phoenix, Balbriggan, Clontarf and Pembroke.

Defending champions the Dragons made it two wins from two as they chased down 176 to beat the Scorchers by seven wickets with an over to spare in the T20 Trophy at Bready.

Amy Hunter was in the runs yet again as the Dragons started their quest for a cup double with a ten-run win over the Typhoons at Bready in a contest reduced to 15 overs.

Ian Callender interviews Stephen Doheny about his 150 for Munster Reds and his international ambitions.

Dragons won the SS50 Series with a crushing victory over Scorchers at Wallace Park with Amy Hunter and Orla Prendergast the stars.

Matthew Humphreys was the one shining light for Ireland in Co Tyrone as the Boys in Green suffered a 62-run shellacking by the West Indies in a high-octane T20 international at the fast-scoring Bready ground.

Josh Little has joined Ireland’s ever-growing injury list and been forced to withdraw from the three-match T20 international series against the West Indies that gets underway in Co Tyrone today.

IRISH Universities participated in the Hone McGregor Trophy in glorious conditions in Fenner’s this week, but left with the wooden spoon after two four-wicket defeats.

Tom Johnson played a starring role for Irish Universities in their opening clash with St Andrew's, but in a losing cause as the Scottish side prevailed by four wickets.

Ireland lost their annual challenge match against their English counterparts by five wickets on Tuesday at High Wycombe.

Seven years after the idea for a European franchise tournament was first floated, the latest iteration has been postponed. We were told unequivocally that this time would be different.

Ireland's injury concerns continue with three changes to the originally named squad for next week's T20I series against the West Indies at Bready.

Jordan Neill says if he faced the same situation when playing for Ireland, he would not hesitate to do it again, even though it ended his first appearance for his adopted country just 21 overs into last Sunday’s one-day international against West Indies.

MCC continued their tour of Ireland with a 36-run win against Munster Heat at Farmers Cross on Tuesday.

After four successive defeats to Ireland, it was no surprise that the West Indians came back hard in the third game of their ODI series in Clontarf. In a game interrupted by showers, the tourists came out on top by a whopping 197 runs to share the series 1-1.

Deryck Vincent pays an emotional tribute to his great friend Peter Prendergast who died earlier this week.

WILLIAM McClintock’s amazing century off 30 balls for Donemana against Killyclooney last night – 10 fours and 9 sixes – could well be the fastest ever scored in Ireland.

Harlequins had just enough in the batting tank to beat fierce rivals Cork County in their Munster Premier League match at Farmers Cross.

Lloyd Tennant will take up the Head Coach role for Ireland Women from June 1st, replacing Ed Joyce.

Bryan O'Donnell will succeed Donna Armstrong as Cricket Ireland President, taking office in 2026.

Surrey has confirmed the signing of Irish international Amy Hunter.

Laura Delany scampered a leg-bye off the final ball of a thriller against Scotland in Lahore last night to give Ed Joyce a winning send off at the end of his six years as Ireland head coach.

Leah Paul hammered 67 not out from 40 balls, and Gaby Lewis and Amy Hunter both scored half-centuries in Lahore yesterday as Ireland worked off some of their World Cup qualifying frustrations with a 46-run victory over Thailand.

Ireland managed to beat Thailand by 46 runs to get their first win of the qualifiers but it was too little, too late.

Ireland Under 19s finished their Zimbabwe tour on a high and denied the hosts a clean sweep in the five-match YODI series in Harare.

There may have been a change of venue but it was a familiar tale of woe for Ireland Under 19's as they lost again to Zimbabwe in the fourth match of their youth ODI series.

Pembroke's Dan Murray led a spirited Irish fightback but it was in vain as Zimbabwe edged the third youth ODI by two wickets to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

Zimbabwe Under 19s took a 2-0 lead in the five-match series against Ireland U19 with a ultimately comfortable 12 runs victory.

The countdown to next year’s Under 19 World Cup started for Ireland in one of the two host countries with a four wickets defeat by Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club.

Pembroke's Olly Riley will captain a 14-player squad that has been selected for an upcoming tour of Zimbabwe in what will also be a first tour for the side in the southern African country.