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LCU Review 8: Leinster
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It was a case of so near yet so far for Leinster, who challenged for the Premiership all the way before falling at the final hurdle to Pembroke, and also being beaten in the T20 final by just five runs against Phoenix.
Muckamore confirm Brand signing
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Muckamore have confirmed the signing of South African Neil Brand as their overseas professional for the 2026 campaign.
Wyngard tops the charts
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The South African overseas star not only topped the run-scoring charts in the Northern Cricket Union Senior Section 1 league but also proved his worth as a dependable wicketkeeper, captain and on-field leader.
Papua New Guinea EAP dominance comes to an end
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Two of the three East Asia Pacific sides progressed to the next stage of the combined Asia/EAP Men's T20 World Cup qualifier - neither of them were PNG.
Namibia beat South Africa at launch event for redeveloped Wanderers
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A four wicket win from the last ball as Namibia open their redeveloped ground in style.
NCU Review 10: Woodvale
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It was a mixed campaign for Woodvale who didn't hit the heights of 2024 as they finished eighth in the Premiership. They did enjoy a run to the semi-final of the Challenge Cup, but didn't impress in the T20 Cup.
Ireland name squads for Bangladesh
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Stephen Doheny and Gavin Hoey are in line to win their first Test caps next month as Ireland look to continue their three-match winning streak in Bangladesh.
Carmichael and Doheny named in Test squad
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Cade Carmichael and Stephen Doheny will battle it out for the chance to replace PJ Moor as Ireland opener in their two-Test tour of Bangladesh next month.
NCU Review 9: Waringstown
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Waringstown weren't at their best this season but still managed to collect silverware with a convincing win in the Challenge Cup final against Instonians.
NW Review 4: Newbuildings
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Newbuildings were in the hunt for all the major domestic trophies but injuries took their toll and they had to be content with the Faughan Valley Cup.
NCU Review 8: Templepatrick
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Templepatrick's maiden season in the top flight turned into a bit of a nightmare as they won only one of 15 matches to finish well clear at the bottom of the Premiership.
LCU Review 7: Clontarf
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It was a season of near misses for Clontarf who threatened in all the major competitions but ultimately fell at the final hurdles.
NW Review 3: Coleraine
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It was an excellent season for Coleraine, who at one stage were in with an outside chance for the Premiership, ending in third place.
Patrick Tice joins Woodvale
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Woodvale have confirmed the signing of wicket-keeper Patrick Tice from Templepatrick.
The World according to Garth
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IRELAND’S women cricketers missed on the World Cup which started in India and Sri Lanka this week. But one former international will be there, and at the heart of matters for the favourites for the trophy.
Death of Stan Mitchell
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There was sad news on Thursday with the death of former Irish international and President Stan Mitchell.
LCU Review 6: Balbriggan
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What a season it was for Balbriggan who captured the Irish Senior Cup for the first time in their history, using the underdogs tag to good effect along the way.
LCU Review 5: Phoenix
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It was always going to be a tough challenge for Phoenix to follow their Irish Cup winning exploits of 2024, but they did manage to win the Leinster T20 Cup ensuring more silverware in the trophy cabinet.
NW Review 2: Donemana
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Donemana were again amongst the trophies as they lifted the Senior Cup, but they didn't make it a double losing out to Brigade in the title run-in.
Hutchison to leave Jersey
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Jersey's Director of Cricket Paul Hutchison is leaving his post. Having led Jersey through two successful seasons since joining in 2024, he has decided to return to the UK for family reasons.
Mark Hawthorne retires from international umpiring
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The third T20 international against England was not just the end of a series, but also the end of an international career – long-term umpire Mark Hawthorne has decided to call it a day on his 23-year international umpiring journey.
Scotland name squad for Emerging Nations trophy
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The Scotland Women’s squad has been named for the forthcoming ICC Emerging Nations Trophy, taking place in Thailand in November.
ICC suspends USA's cricket membership
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The International Cricket Council, after a thorough review of affairs and extensive engagement with key stakeholders over the past year, confirmed the suspension of ICC membership status of USA Cricket, with immediate effect.
LCU Review 4: The Hills
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It was a tough year for The Hills who not only failed to make the top half before the Premiership split, but ended bottom of the Championship and look destined for the wilderness of the First Team League in 2026.
Zimmermann confirms Ardmore departure
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Harry Zimmermann has confirmed he's leaving Ardmore to play in the NCU.
Sargent takes break from international cricket
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Freya Sargent has taken the decision to step away from international cricket for a time for personal reasons.
England ease to series win
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ENGLAND eased to a 2-0 series win at Malahide yesterday, chasing down Ireland’s target of 155 with 17 balls and six wickets to spare.
Lewis leads Lancashire to cup glory
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IRELAND captain Gaby Lewis helped Lancashire to the Metro Bank Cup yesterday, the premier England women’s one-day competition.
Delany blast not enough for Ireland
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Gareth Delany spared Ireland’s blushes with a hard-hitting 48 not out at Malahide but his late-innings flourish wasn’t nearly enough to prevent England recording a six-wicket victory and a 2-0 T20 series win.
Ireland fail to learn from past mistakes
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Deutrom’s involvement may ensure the European T20 Premier League has a better chance of happening, but for Cricket Ireland to allow it to dictate its summer again is a recipe for disaster.
LCU Review 3: Pembroke
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It wasn't the greatest surprise in the world that Pembroke collected more silverware in 2025 given the depth of quality at their disposal. The Sydney Parade side are similar to English Premiership teams in that they could field two sides with little trouble.
Saints march on to Premiership
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St Johnston produced a fine all-round display to beat Ardmore by 65 runs and claim a place in the 2026 NW Premiership.
99 words for rain
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The acclaimed writer Manchán Magan has just published a book entitled ‘Ninety-Nine Words for Rain (and One for Sun)’ about the rich variety of terms in the Irish language for the all-too frequent bouts of precipitation we get here all year round.
St Johnston and Ardmore battle for Premiership slot
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The curtain comes down on the North-West season on Saturday with St Johnston and Ardmore battling it out for the right to play in the Premiership next year.
England feast on Ireland bowling
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ENGLAND duly won the first T20 of the three-match international series at Malahide yesterday, their experienced batters feasting on an understrength Ireland bowling attack.
Joy for Orla Prendergast
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IRELAND all-rounder Orla Prendergast has won the ICC Player of the Month Award for August.
Kingma banned by ICC
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Fast bowler Vivian Kingma of the Netherlands has been banned for three months after he tested positive for a recreational drug following a test conducted after the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 ODI in Utretcht on 12 May.
Prendergast wins ICC Award
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Ireland all-rounder Orla Prendergast won the award ahead of Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batter Muneeba Ali and the Netherlands’ seam bowler Iris Zwilling.
Nathan Johns: 12 September
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Reactions to Ireland squad announcements never fail to disappoint. Not necessarily for the content of the squad itself. Social media and personal messages are instead what make this life interesting.
Ross McCollum appointed interim CEO
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Ten candidates are still in the running to succeed Warren Deutrom as chief executive of Cricket Ireland but with no-one likely to be in post before the end of the year, Ross McCollum has been appointed as the Interim CEO.
Doheny delivers but is it too late?
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Friday's Emerald Challenge was the only one of the three scheduled matches to get a result with Stephen Doheny's hundred the main highlight.
Subterranean Homesick Blues
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George Bernard Shaw wrote of cricket that “it is a game played by 11 fools watched by 11,000 fools”. If he had ventured into the Stormont grounds yesterday he may have revised his observation to 11 v 11.
Treble success for Instonians
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INSTONIANS held their nerve to win a last-over thriller against underdogs Cork County, clinching their first All-Ireland senior T20 crown, completing a magnificent treble in the process.
Merrion beat Waringstown to win third All-Ireland
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Merrion defied a battling Waringstown to win the All-Ireland T20 Women’s Cup for the third time at a blustery Stormont.
Instonians seal treble against battling Cork County
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The best moment for Instonians on Sunday was not when Cian Robertson hit the single to win the All-Ireland T20 final at Stormont but, a few hours later, when they heard that Cade Carmichael had been discharged from hospital.
Raiders of the lost ark
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The Raiders and Strikers are back in action next week, a year after their first appearance in a four-day game in preparation for the inaugural Belfast Test match against Zimbabwe.
Hinds hoping Waringstown can make history
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Also on Sunday is the Women’s All-Ireland T20 Cup final with Waringstown keen to emulate their men’s side who have a record seven Irish trophies in the cabinet – six in the 50-overs format and one T20.
Instonians gunning for the treble
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INSTONIANS will look to cap a superb season by winning their first All-Ireland title when they take on Cork County at Stormont on Sunday.
Deryck Vincent: 30 August
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Lighting the fire
The occasion made me realize, once again, just how much I love youth sport, particularly youth sport that is played and led in the correct manner. Where teams go out to play as hard as they can, give their all, but everyone stays on the right side of sportsmanship.
Leinster Lightning win 25th trophy
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Leinster Lightning weren’t able to beat the weather on a frustrating day at Bready but still claimed the Interprovincial Cup for the 10th time in 13 years.
Ireland complete clean sweep in Rotterdam
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Laura Delany fell just short of her first T20 international century in Rotterdam but her top score of 91 set Ireland on course to a 33-run victory over Italy and a clean sweep of their six matches in the World Cup qualifiers.
Leinster favourites for perfect 10
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The final games in the Interprovincial Cup take place on Wednesday with champions Leinster Lightning in pole position as they aim for a tenth title in 13 years.
Five out of five for Ireland
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Arlene Kelly bowled Ireland to the brink of a clean sweep of the European T20 World Cup qualifiers in Rotterdam as her 5-14 set up an untroubled seven-wicket victory over the Netherlands.
Nathan Johns: 26 August
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Why Ireland need Test cricket to capture the public imagination.
Bolts beat Emerging Knights
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The final game of these friendlies - arranged to fill the void left by the absence of white-ball cricket for the Future Series - saw hosts Leinster Lightning Bolts claim a 22-run win over the Emerging Knights at Milverton.
More success for Merrion as U17 All-Ireland Boys Cup won
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Merrion won the All-Ireland U17 boys final, beating Brigade by the decisive margin of 25 runs.
Cool hand Luuk takes 5 as Netherlands beat Ireland in U15 final
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IRELAND U15s were denied a clean sweep at the Barnard Castle Festival after winning their first four matches but losing the fifth to The Netherlands by 26 runs in the north-east of England.
Scotland beat Ireland to win Under 17 Celtic Cup
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SCOTLAND U17s claimed the Celtic Cup as Ireland were comprehensively beaten by seven wickets in the deciding T20 of a hard-fought five-match series at Stormont in Belfast.
Hasler, Blair and Armstrong star as Ireland Under 15s win again
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Callum Armstrong took his second five-wicket haul of the week as Ireland Under15's made it four straight wins at the Barnard Castle Festival as they beat MACC Academy by eight wickets
Gawley leads NCU to Festival title
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Evan Gawley was the NCU hero as he rescued his side from a precarious 88 for 7 to post a match winning 239 against the NW at Foyle.
Kelleher keeps Celtic Cup Under 17 series alive
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Gethin Kelleher was the Ireland hero with the Railway Union all-rounder showing nerves of steel to score the seven runs required from the last three balls to secure a four-wicket win for Ireland U17s.
Armstrong in the runs as Ireland Under 15s win again
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Callum Armstrong was once again the star of the show as Ireland Under 15s made it three wins on the bounce with a five-wicket win against Cleveland Schools at the Barnard Festival.
Five-star Armstrong leads Ireland Under 15s to second win
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Callum Armstrong took five wickets as Ireland Under 15s beat Ace Academy by five wickets in the second match of their Barnard Castle Festival.
NCU and Leinster win on opening day of U13 Festival
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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.
Deryck Vincent: 8 August
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Catches win matches, the old clichés are best. Not so sure about this one though, there are nine ways to be dismissed, caught is just one of them. What might be true or truer is that dropped catches lose matches.
Craig leads Leinster to Future Series title
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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.
McMillan century leads NCU to U13 series victory
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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.
Nathan Johns: 29 July
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Internal communication reveals the aftermath faced by staff at Cricket Ireland HQ as a new budget kicks into gear in the aftermath of the ETPL's postponement.
Super Mac as NCU take two-nil series lead against Leinster
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NCU Under 13's took a two-nil lead to ensure at least a share of the spoils with their Leinster counterparts.
NCU beat Leinster in Under 13 interprovincial opener
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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.
Five star Jackson as Warriors Women beat NCU
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Eglinton's Jenni Jackson took five wickets as Warriors Women started their Future series campaign with a six-wicket win over the Emerging Knights.
Deryck Vincent: 9 July
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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.
Two hat-tricks in youth interpro game
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The NCU completed a convincing 154-run win against Leinster in a game that was remarkable because it had two hat-tricks.
Paul stars as Typhoons finish on a high
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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.
Dragons complete double
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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.
Cricket Ireland finally announce contracts
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Almost four months after they were given, Cricket Ireland finally confirmed player contracts with PJ Moor and James McCollum omitted.
It's the Orla show yet again
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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.
Dragons win again to top the T20 table
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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.
MCC turn up the heat on Munster
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MCC continued their tour of Ireland with a 36-run win against Munster Heat at Farmers Cross on Tuesday.
Harlequins beat County to earn Cork bragging rights
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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 named Cricket Ireland President Elect
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Bryan O'Donnell will succeed Donna Armstrong as Cricket Ireland President, taking office in 2026.
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Harnessing natural aggression with Colin Munro
Colin Munro is 38-years-old and still plying his trade in t20 leagues around the world following an international career for New Zealand that spanned more than 120 matches. Despite scoring three T20I hundreds for the black caps and being the 11th highest run-scorer in all t20s, it is his first-class record that stands out like a beacon.
Colin Munro is 38-years-old and still plying his trade in t20 leagues around the world following an international career for New Zealand that spanned more than 120 matches. Despite scoring three T20I hundreds for the black caps and being the 11th highest run-scorer in all t20s, it is his first-class record that stands out like a beacon.