Scotland pipped Ireland by 5 runs in the opening match of their Under 17 Celtic Cup series at Stormont.

Callum Armstrong took five wickets as Ireland Under 15s beat Ace Academy by five wickets in the second match of their Barnard Castle Festival.

The 2025 TK Cup competition got under way on Sunday with some genuine surprises, including a brace of victories for Sparta.

Heriot's defeated Clydesdale to win the T20 Cup in what may be the first of three finals between them n the next few weeks.

VOC resisted the challenge of Hoofdklasse champions ACC to ensure that there would be Topklasse cricket at the Hazelaarweg next season.

Tom Bruce has committed his international future to Scotland, having been selected for the forthcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 series in Canada.

Ireland Under 19's continued preparations for their upcoming matches against England and Bangladesh with a game against Lightning Bolts at Oak Hill.

The Emerging Knights recovered from a poor start to beat the Emerging Warriors by 64 runs at The Lawn.

The Under 13 Festival got underway in the North West with the host's A-team just losing out by 13 runs against tournament favourites NCU, while Leinster had a convincing win over NW B.

Railway Union's Ted Hasler scored a century as Ireland Under 15's started the defence of their Under 15 title at the Barnard Castle Festival with a 120-run win over Western Rhinos Invicta.

WARINGSTOWN Women remain on course for the treble after a hard-fought 16-run win at Fox Lodge in the semi-final of the All-Ireland T20 Cup at Ballymagorry.

NEIL Rock and Shane Dadswell powered Instonians into the final of the All-Ireland T20 Cup as they made what looked a challenging target of 225 set by Phoenix anything but in a seven-wicket win at Shaw’s Bridge.

The second of the six All-Ireland finals to be played this month saw Bonds Glen create a bit of history as they won an All-Ireland trophy for the first time beating Merrion in a tense thriller at Castle Avenue.

Orla Prendergast collected the Player-of-the-Series award at Clontarf yesterday but her second successive half-century wasn’t enough to maintain Ireland’s nine-match winning streak in T20s as they lost to Pakistan by eight wickets.

Donemana won the League One Final with a convincing 154-run victory over Fox Lodge in the All-Tyrone clash.

Neil Rock hit a century as Instonians overcame Phoenix, while Cork County were deserved winners against Newbuildings.

Waringstown won a close contest by 16 runs at Fox Lodge to progress to the final of the Women's All-Ireland T20 final

Donemana steamrollered a young Bready side to return to the top of the Premiership with an emphatic 10-wicket win.

There were victories in Section One for Carrickfergus, Lurgan, Bangor, Armagh and Laurelvale.

Ireland failed to make it 10 wins in a row as Pakistan ended the T20I series at Clontarf on a high with an eight wickets victory. 

Fox Lodge's march towards the Championship title shows no signs of slowing after a dominant 8-wicket win at home to Burndennett. 

There were wins for Eglinton, Brigade and Ardmore in the NW Premiership.

Templepatrick will make an immediate return to Section One after their relegation from the Premier League was confirmed by a five wickets defeat at Ballygomartin Road.

ADAM Dennison led cup kings Waringstown to a 28th Gallagher NCU Challenge Cup win as they cruised to a nine-wicket win over Instonians in a surprisingly one-sided decider between the top two sides in the region at Stormont.

Lisburn Boys won the All-Ireland Under 13 Cup with a convincing seven wicket win over Phoenix at Balbriggan.

Jane Maguire strode to the wicket at Clontarf last night needing to hit a four from the final ball to beat Pakistan and went two better with a stunning six back over the bowler’s head to secure a thrilling four-wicket win for Ireland.

After being behind for three-quarters of the game, Ireland came with a stunning late surge to beat Pakistan and take the three-match series 2-0 yesterday.

Matthew Hollard took six wickets as The Hills make just 19. Wins too in the Championship for Cork and North County.

Wins for Phoenix, Clontarf and Merrion tightens up the Premiership race.

Ireland Under 15s got the better of Scotland with a 3-2 win to lift the Celtic Cup.

Catches win matches, the old clichés are best. Not so sure about this one though, there are ten  ways to be dismissed, caught is just one of them. What might be true or truer is that dropped catches lose matches.  

Newbuildings edged out Coleraine in a thrilling under 11 cup final at Sandel Lodge yesterday evening. 

Waringstown won the Gallagher NCU Challenge Cup for a 28th time with a surprisingly easy nine wickets win over season-long rivals Instonians who reserved their worst performance of the season for the biggest stage.

Ava Canning produced a superb spell of 1-9 from four overs to set Ireland on the way to an 11-run victory over Pakistan at Clontarf and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three T20 international series.

Overall winners Bready who beat Donemana in a very enjoyable final at the Holm.

IRELAND’S women brought a little of the spirit of the Oval to Clontarf last night, holding their nerve to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series with Pakistan.

A look at the Ukrainian cricket team's participation in the Euro Cup in Poland last month.

Ireland Under 15's bounded back from their opening day loss with an emphatic 8-wicket win over Scotland.

A 20 run win over Netherlands secures Scotland's place in next year's tournament.

The NCU Gallagher Challenge Cup final is Andrew White’s happy place. Ten times from 2000 to 2019, the Ireland international graced the stage but after his joint longest gap between finals, he gets a chance on Friday to pick up his sixth winners’ medal.

Cricket lovers are in for a treat this September as the Royal. Challengers Belfast's Royal Premier League (RPL) returns for its 4th season, bringing with it fast-paced action, community celebration, and a touch of international flair— at Downpatrick Cricket Club.

Blake MacDonald's century and Harry Tector's three vital wickets were the catalyst for Pembroke's 81-run win over Clontarf in the Leinster Senior Cup final.

Aisling Lawlor scores 135 not out as Merrion beat Clontarf in high quality Under 15 Leinster Girls final at Castle Avenue.

Zara Craig was back in the North West to lead Leinster Women to victory over her former region and with it the inaugural Future Series title at Ballyspallen.

Clontarf and Pembroke meet in Saturday's Leinster Senior Cup final. Ian Callender looks ahead to the clash with captains David Delany and Paul Lawson.

Owen McMillan was in the runs yet again as the NCU took an unassailable 3-0 lead against Leinster in the Under-13 interprovincial series at Shaw's Bridge.

Scotand's 'Twa W's' starred as they beat Ireland by 66 runs in the first match of fhe Over 40's Triple Crown at Stirling,

There were wins for the Emerging Knights and Leinster Bolts on the final day of the Future Series, with the NCU claiming the title.

Internal communication reveals the aftermath faced by staff at CI HQ as a new budget kicks into gear in the aftermath of the ETPL's postponement.

NCU Under 13's took a two-nil lead to ensure at least a share of the spoils with their Leinster counterparts.

A century stand between Owen McMillan and Callum Lowe, plus a six-wicket haul for Hridhaan Salian were the highlights as the NCU Under 13's won the opening match of their annual four-game Challenge Series at Ring Commons on Monday.

Cameron Melly's century ensured the Emerging Warriors completed a 10-wicket win over Munster Heat at Eglinton.

Ireland Over 40’s will be aiming to go one step further and claim the Triple Crown title in Scotland next week, after finishing second in the Quadrangular tournament last year.

Eglinton's Jenni Jackson took five wickets as Warriors Women started their Future series campaign with a six-wicket win over the Emerging Knights.

Blake McDonald made a record unbeaten 263 as Pembroke piled on the agony and the runs against North County at Balrothery, while David Delany took seven wickets as Clontarf ousted Railway Union.

The disparity in the experience and quality of the squads resulted in a total mismatch that was over well before the scheduled close despite only 10 overs on the first day.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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