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National Tournaments

Cricket Ireland: Bready hosts Men T20 Festival this weekend

Cricket Ireland - July 14, 2023

Photo Credit: Oisin Keniry Top-class cricket returns to the North-West this weekend, 14-16 of July, as the Rario Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy Festival heads to Bready Cricket Club. Northern Knights currently top the table, with a 100 percent record, following the first...

National Tournaments

Cricket Ireland: 2023 Men’s Rario Inter-Provincial Series set to kick off in Cork

Cricket Ireland - May 11, 2023

Photo Credit: Sportsfile Rario has been announced as the title sponsor for the 2023 Inter-Provincial Series, as the four squads and fixture schedules have been confirmed today. The competition gets underway on Monday, 15 May 2023 when reigning Inter-Provincial Cup...

National Tournaments

Cricket Ireland: What you need to know – Inter-Provincial Series 2022

Cricket Ireland - May 3, 2022

Photo Credit: Sportsfile The 2022 Men’s Inter-Provincial Series starts tomorrow, 3 May 2022, with a 50-over Inter-Provincial Cup clash between the reigning cup-holders Leinster Lightning and the North West Warriors at Pembroke Cricket Club. Leinster Lightning have won the previous eight...

National Tournaments

Cricket Ireland: Inter-Provincial Trophy Festival #2 – squads, news, how to watch

Cricket Ireland - June 25, 2021

Photo Credit: Cricket Ireland The squads have begun to be announced ahead of tomorrow’s first day of the second Inter-Provincial Trophy festival at Bready Cricket Club. After a fascinating first-round festival last weekend, the North West Warriors top the table...

Squad Selection-Domestic

Cricket Ireland: Northern Knights announce new captain ahead of 2021 season

Cricket Ireland - March 30, 2021

Photo Credit: Twitter profile photo of @harry_tector Northern Knights have announced Ireland international Harry Tector will captain the team during the 2021 season. Tector has scored 904 runs in 30 matches for the Northern Knights across all three formats since making...

Notable Quotes

Nigel Jones, Leinster Lightning Head Coach on the 2021 men’s Inter-Provincial Series

Cricexec Staff - February 25, 2021

Photo Credit: Cricket Ireland “Looking back on 2020, we were delighted to get back out and play some cricket... Obviously, the end result was trophies, but to me the process is as big a part of it, and the boys...

Squad Selection-Domestic

Cricket Ireland: Core squads announced for men’s Inter-Provincial Series 2021

Cricket Ireland - February 24, 2021

Photo Credit: Cricket Ireland The four core squads have been selected for the men’s Inter-Provincial Series 2021, with training set to begin in March (Covid-19 restrictions permitting). As part of last week’s announcement on Inter-Provincial Series improvements for the new season, it was...

Interviews

Cricket Ireland: Northern Knights Head Coach Simon Johnston receives ECB Level 4 Coaching accreditation

Cricket Ireland - February 20, 2021

Photo Credit: Cricket Ireland Northern Knights’ Head Coach Simon Johnston was delighted to receive his ECB Level Four Coaching Award recently after two years of dedicated work at the prestigious accreditation. Johnston, who was first appointed head coach of the Northern...

Interviews

Cricket Ireland: Gary Wilson – “Whoever wins the next game will probably win the trophy”

Cricket Ireland - September 3, 2020

Photo Credit: Cricket Ireland BELFAST – After his side’s convincing eight-wicket win over the North West Warriors yesterday at Comber, Northern Knights captain Gary Wilson believes the destination for this year’s Test Triangle Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy may be decided tomorrow...

National Tournaments

Cricket Ireland: Knights win rain-shortened encounter at Bready

Cricket Ireland - August 21, 2020

Photo Credit: Cricket Ireland The Northern Knights started their defence of the Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Cup with a narrow two-run (D/L) victory over the North West Warriors at Bready on Thursday. Winning the toss and electing to bowl, the Knights had early...

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