The Hills Cricket Club have announced Kevin Heuvel as the club’s head coach for the upcoming season.

Mark Adair has been ruled out of the upcoming T20I series against Zimbabwe with Craig Young named as Adair’s replacement.

A four nation tournament will be held in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia.

USA and Oman play an ODI without a single over of pace in Al Amarat.

Andy Balbirnie, Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker all made half-centuries for Ireland in Harare yesterday but their efforts were nowhere near enough to prevent Zimbabwe charging to a nine-wicket win and claiming the one-day international series.

Ballyspallen have signed Nonelela Yikha for the 2025 season.

Ross Adair has been ruled out of the upcoming T20I series against Zimbabwe with Tim Tector called in as Adair’s replacement.

Merrion have been busy behind the scenes in recent times with a strengthening and restructuring of their coaching set-up.

There was sad news earlier this week with the death of Bready player Andy Harper.

Anthony Morrissey lays claim to the title of the worst cricketer to play the game, but one who enjoyed it the most.

Curtis Campher took three wickets in seven balls and followed up with a solid half-century in Harare yesterday as Ireland eased to a six-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the second one-day international.

Tanzania also win on final day in Hong Kong.

Oman and Namibia combine for 196 runs and 18 wickets in Al Amerat.

There was sad news this week with the passing of Mrs Maureen Byrne at the age of 102.

Barry McCarthy is returning home from Zimbabwe after sustaining an abdominal muscle injury during the recent Test Match and will miss the white-ball leg of the tour, with Jordan Neill and Fionn Hand being called up as replacements.

Paul Stirling was left rueing what could have been as opener Brian Bennett scored a magnificent 169 to set Zimbabwe on the way to a 49-run victory over Ireland in the first of a three-match one-day international series in Harare.

Woodvale have announced the signings of Ashwin Shetty from Carrickfergus and Irish passport holding New Zealander Finn Restieaux.

Holders Muckamore have been drawn against Waringstown in the tie of the round, while there's another mouth-watering clash as beaten finalists Lisburn take on CIYMS in another all-Premier fixture.

Ed Joyce will leave his role as Head Coach of the Ireland women’s team in April, after the 50-over World Cup qualifiers in Pakistan.

It seems barmy that the one format at which Ireland are genuinely successful is treated so diffidently by the governing body, especially while the white ball teams flounder.

Matthew Humphreys spun Ireland to a third successive Test match victory in Bulawayo claiming two of the last three wickets to fall as Zimbabwe were bowled out for 228 and beaten by 63 runs.

There's a magnificent new indoor centre at Balbriggan which will benefit the cricket community in Dublin and beyond.

Runs in short supply as Namibia beat hosts in Oman.

A win over Singapore puts Uganda back on top of the table, whilst Bahrain beat Tanzania in Hong Kong.

Ireland’s Aimee Maguire has been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect after an Independent Assessment confirmed that the left-arm spinner uses an illegal bowling action.

World Cup League 2 resumes in Oman after a three month break.

A 21 run win over the hosts secures the T10 tri-series.

Ireland U19 Women had a mixed campaign with the headline win over Pakistan securing Super Six berth, but suffered disappointing losses to South Africa, USA and Nigeria.

Stephen Doheny's Kensington side were beaten by 60 runs in the final of the T20 cup in Adelaide on Sunday.

It appears that Luke Georgeson will once be plying his trade at Stormont during the 2025 season.

Bready have confirmed the signing of South African Josh van Heerden as their overseas professional for the 2025 season.

Nigeria showed their win over New Zealand was no fluke as they beat Ireland by six runs in a tight contest.

The Grasshoppers finished their five-match tour with an 88-run win over Claremont.

The NW's most successful Senior Cup side Sion Mills are back in the competition for the first time in a decade and looking forward to the challenge.

Saturday saw the Grasshoppers lose a nail-biting thriller against Groot Drakenstein by just one wicket despite the best efforts of former Ireland A international Neil Gill.

Pembroke's Gavin Hoey signed off his time with University of New South Wales with a fine 97 in their Premier League clash with Randwick Petersham in Sydney.

Orla Prendergast enjoyed a breakthrough year, the 22-year-old striking 539 runs and taking 21 wickets for Ireland

The rain in Borneo abated in time for South Africa and Ireland to play a 10-over-a-side encounter, with the South Africans coming out on top by seven wickets.

Alice Walsh struck 31 off only 19 balls to help Ireland qualify for the Super Sixes of the U19 World Cup by beating Pakistan in a rain-effected T20 in Johor Baru.

Michael Waite scores a half century but it's in vain as Western Province chase 191 to win by seven wickets,

Ireland Under 19 Women’s opening World Cup clash against England fell victim to the weather as heavy rain forced the abandonment just seven balls short of the five overs required in the second innings.

The Grasshoppers made it two wins from two over the weekend with a hard-fought 22-run win over Somerset West.

A brilliant 118 from Neil Whitworth ensured a convincing 180-run win for the Grasshoppers on the first match of their South African tour against Elgin.

The draw has been made for the first round of the 2025 North West Senior Cup with the competition's most successful side Sion Mills making a return to the region's blue riband event.

The Hills have announced that Head Coach Jeremy Bray is stepping down at the end of the month, but will continue to have a role at Milverton.

Two tiered Tests, inaction on Afghanistan and the return of the "EuroSlam".

Can we look forward to Ireland Men playing more cricket in 2025? Will the artist formerly known as the Euroslam finally be debuting in 2025?

Cricket Ireland are hopeful that the new venture finally gets off the ground unlike the ill-fated Euroslam tournament.

Glendermott have confirmed the signing of South African all-rounder Rubin Hermann for the 2025 campaign.