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Overview

Leinster Lightning have a proud history of success in the Inter-Provincial Series having won 23 of the 31 titles on offer since 2013.

  • Head Coach: Andre Botha
  • Captain: Lorcan Tucker
  • Main Grounds: Pembroke; Oak Hill
  • Titles won: 23
  • Players to watch: Lorcan Tucker, George Dockrell, Harry Tector
  • Emerging Stars: Tim Tector, Reuben Wilson

Player profiles

Lorcan Tucker (captain)
  • Shirt number: 3
  • Playing style: RHB
  • Playing role: Wicket-keeper/batsman
  • Club: Pembroke

Ireland’s first choice wicket-keeper across all formats and in his 11th season playing for Lightning. Tucker has taken over the Lightning captaincy from George Dockrell. Averaged 50+ in the Cup and 40+ in the T20 Trophy in 2024 - set for yet another big year with bat and gloves.

Chris DeFreitas
  • Shirt number: 14
  • Playing style: LHB
  • Playing role: Batter
  • Club: Balbriggan

Emerging Player of the Year, scored four hundreds in 2023 including one in Future Series and one for Ireland Academy side in two-day game. Also made 50 on senior inter-provincial debut against Warriors and followed up with 59 against Knights at Stormont.

David Delany
  • Shirt number: 20
  • Playing style: LHB RF
  • Playing role: All-rounder
  • Club: Clontarf

Missed the start of the season as he was still in Australia but now recognised as a genuine all-rounder after scoring 76 from 81 balls against Knights in the Cup and is one of the fastest bowlers in the competitions. Since his debut in 2017, he has played for every team except the Warriors.

George Dockrell
  • Shirt number: 50
  • Playing style: RHB SLA
  • Playing role: All-rounder
  • Club: Phoenix

The former long-running Lightning captain, George has been at the forefront of the Lightning set-up since the outset. Ireland international all-rounder who has recently remodelled his game, with his batting to the fore. Averaged 69 in the Cup at the end of last season when he was also the leading wicket-taker with 53.

Fionn Hand
  • Shirt number: 22
  • Playing style: RHB RMF
  • Playing role: All-rounder
  • Club: Clontarf

Made his Test debut at Lord’s last year and although out of favour during the winter, was a late call-up for the Tri-Series in the Netherlands in May. Earlier had been on Ireland Wolves tour of Nepal. Enjoyed his most successful season with the ball in 2023 and as a batter he consistently has a strike rate in excess of 100 when he spends any time at the crease.

Gavin Hoey
  • Shirt number: 57
  • Playing style: RHB LS
  • Playing role: All-rounder
  • Club: Dublin University/Pembroke

Getting lots of opportunities with the Ireland Wolves and Academy team. Studying at Trinity and as well as his leg spin bowling is a powerful finisher with the bat. His figures of 6-26 against the Knights at Stormont last year are the best in the Cup. Scored 50 and took four wickets in an innings for the Wolves in List A games against Nepal A in April.

Dylan Leus
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Josh Little
  • Shirt number: 82
  • Playing style: RHB LF
  • Playing role: Opening bowler
  • Club: Pembroke

Ireland’s first current player in the prestigious IPL. Because of his franchise and international commitments, he has not played for Lightning since July 2022. Took three wickets on his IP debut back in 2017 as a 17-year-old, 11 months AFTER his Ireland debut and he hasn’t looked back.

Seamus Lynch
  • Shirt number: 19
  • Playing style: RHB
  • Playing role: Top order batter/wicket-keeper
  • Club: Terenure

Excellent ball striker, has the highest strike rate for hitting sixes in the ECC T10 and scored the second quickest century in the IP Cup last season at Stormont, 107 off 63 balls, including eight sixes.

Barry McCarthy
  • Shirt number: 60
  • Playing style: RHB RFM
  • Playing role: All-rounder
  • Club: Pembroke

Ireland international who should win his 100th cap this year and the only current player who played for Lightning in their first T20 game in 2013. As well as his swing bowling, he is a hard-hitting lower-order batter who scored 110 off 59 balls against Knights in 2022. This season set new Trophy best bowling figures of 4-2-3-5 against Reds.

Jai Moondra
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Adam Rosslee
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  • Playing style: LHB
  • Playing role: Batter/wicket-keeper
  • Club: Merrion

One of the leading run-scorers in Leinster cricket last season after making his debut for Lightning. Pulled out of Academy tour to West Indies because of injury but has reputation for scoring big runs. Highly rated by former Ireland coach Graham Ford

Harry Tector
  • Shirt number: 13
  • Playing style: RHB OS
  • Playing role: Top order batter
  • Club: Pembroke

Ireland’s No 4 batter across all formats and ranked No 4 in the world in ODIs at the start of this season. Despite scoring five ODI centuries, he has a top score of ‘only’ 92 from 24 innings in the IP Cup. Actually made his IP debut for the Reds in 2017 and then played four seasons for Knights.

Tim Tector
  • Shirt number: 4
  • Playing style: RHB
  • Playing role: Top order batter
  • Club: Pembroke

Captain of the Ireland Under-19 team at the 2022 World Cup in West Indies. Had already made his debut for Lightning the previous year. Part of the Emerging Ireland squad in the Caribbean last winter when he made his first class debut. Opening batter, younger brother of Harry.

Nasir Totakhill
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Reuben Wilson
  • Shirt number: 15
  • Playing style: RHB RMF
  • Playing role: Bowler
  • Club: Clontarf

Still at school, come back from stress fracture last summer to play at the Under-19 World Cup. Announced his arrival in the Lightning team last year by taking five Reds wickets in his second match with internationals Gareth Delany and Curtis Campher among his victims.

Head coach

Andre Botha (Head Coach)

A former Irish international with an incredible all-rounder record - 142 caps, 3,606 runs at 27.74 an 176 wickets at 21.99.

Andre replaced Nigel Jones as Lightning Head Coach in 2023.

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