Day: June 21, 2019

PREVIEW: T20 Festival set for big showdown at Pembroke

The Test Triangle Inter-Provincial T20 Festival is one of the most eagerly anticipated weekends of the summer with the four Inter-Pro sides facing each other over three days in exciting back-to-back action. After the inaugural Festival last year, the excitement leading up to this year’s remake is bigger than ever, as it comes just after…

“The Women’s Championship must be our goal” – Cricket Ireland on the future of women’s cricket

DUBLIN – In a big year for women’s cricket in Ireland, Cricket Ireland’s Performance Director Richard Holdsworth outlined the clear and unambiguous aim for the sport over the next 18 months – entry into the ICC Women’s Championship.In recent years there have been a number of initiatives to build the women’s game, from the establishment…

Gary Wilson looks to this weekend’s T20 Festival as the launchpad towards World Cup Qualification

BELFAST – Ireland’s T20 International captain Gary Wilson believes this weekend’s Test Triangle Inter-Provincial T20 Festival at Pembroke Cricket Club is a golden opportunity to launch the national sides T20 World Cup.Wilson has recently relocated back to Belfast after spending 12 years playing county cricket for Surrey and Derbyshire, and is now a key senior…