Future Series

The Cricket Ireland Future Series is fast becoming an integral part of the emerging talent pathway in Ireland.

Cricket Ireland Future Series – the tournament that complements the men’s Inter-Provincial Series and women’s Super Series – to strengthen the talent pathway and provide competitive cricket for the next generation of cricketers with invaluable inter-provincial experience.

The official competition hashtag is: #FutureSeries

"The Future Series plays an important part in creating a space for young players to compete and push for recognition. It creates an environment where provincial unions can really give an opportunity to young players, focus on player development and experiment with broader squads over several games. From a Cricket Ireland perspective, we see this as a massive part of a national succession plan. It also allows young players to impress the Provincial Head Coaches as they strive to attain higher honours."

The 2025 edition

In the 2025 edition of the Future Series the Men’s Future Series will be two-day, red-ball matches, while the Women’s Future Series will include both T20 and 50-over matches.

The Men’s Future Series features four teams: Emerging Knights, Emerging Warriors, Leinster Lightning Bolts and Munster Heat.

The Women’s Future Series features three teams: Cricket Leinster Women, North West Cricket Union Women and Northern Cricket Union Women.

The squads are available here as advised by the Provincial Unions.

The hashtag for this competition is: #FutureSeries