Irish Government convenes Return to Sport Expert Group
DUBLIN – The Irish Government has announced the establishment of an Expert Group to provide guidance to Ireland’s sporting bodies to prepare for the phased…
Interview with Tim Murtagh: Tactical sunglasses, eventful first balls and conquering nerves
LONDON – Only ten men in over 140 years of Test cricket previously had the honour of bowling the first ball for their country in…
New Zealand and Pakistan fixtures postponed as CI Board meets to discuss impact of COVID-19
DUBLIN – The Board of Cricket Ireland held a ‘virtual’ board meeting yesterday afternoon to consider a number of significant issues related to impacts on…
Interview with Ed Joyce: Malahide was an unusually emotional and nervous Test debut
DUBLIN – A Test match debut is a major and often nerve-wracking life experience for any cricketer. Nerves don’t discriminate though as even Ed Joyce…
O’Brien brothers reflect on the two-year anniversary of the start of the Malahide Test match
DUBLIN – Two years ago today Irish sporting history was made with the bowling the first ball in Test cricket for the Ireland Men’s team.…
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Pakistan announce travelling squad
Pakistan name strong squad for Ireland tour with Misbah Ul-Haq captaining a 15 man touring party.All-rounder Shahid Afridi will not be facing down Ireland’s bowlers…
Coaches Johnston & Moleon name their squads
Northern Knights and Leinster Lightning teams are announcedThe first match of the RSA Inter-Provincial One Day Cup is just days away and Northern Knights coach…
Simmons challenges cricketers to make most of opportunity
Phil Simmons has challenged every player in Ireland to use the RSA Inter-Provincial Series as a route into the international team when the revamped tournament…
Clontarf and Terenure make it through to RSA Irish Senior Cup
Malahide hosted Clontarf and Rush hosted Terenure in the preliminary round of the RSA Irish Senior Cup yesterdayMalahide hosted Clontarf and Rush hosted Terenure in…
Women’s Summer Squads Announced
After a winter of training, Cricket Ireland have announced a Senior and Performance Squad for the summer months with a few new names appearing on…
Shannon skippers Ireland A against MCC
James Shannon will once again skipper Ireland A when they get their season under way against the MCC at Stormont in a three-day game from…
‘I Will be Supporting Both Teams’
With the cricket season moving into full-swing, and Pakistan’s visit to Dublin for the RSA Insurance ODI Series just weeks away, we spoke to three…
Inaugural Women’s League introduced in NCU
This year will see the first ever Women’s Cricket League in the Northern Cricket Union.Women’s Cricket is one of the rapidly growing areas of the…
Premier League Previews
The 2013 club season is almost upon us, so cricketireland.ie talked to three people in the know about the upcoming season in their region and…
Entries double for 2013 NCU Schools’ Under 11 League
The NCU Schools’ Under 11 League has seen the number of teams entering double for 2013.The League has increased from four to eight schools, with…
NCU Girls set for Summer Super 8’s Competition
Girls teams from across six schools in the Northern Cricket Union will compete in the 2013 Girls Super 8’s League.This league has been introduced as…
Leinster launch 2013 Primary schools ‘Super League’
The first games in this year’s Primary schools ‘Super League’ have already started with five weeks of competitive hard-ball cricket to come during April and…
Australia A name squad for Ireland test
Australia A have picked a strong squad that will visit Ireland ahead of the Ashes series to be played in England this summer.Australia A have…
RSA Insurance and LCU expand Partnership
RSA are to continue their support of Cricket Leinster to 2015 and have expanded the areas of their partnership.The extended relationship will include added supports…
John Mooney suspended for three matches
John Mooney has been severely reprimanded by Cricket Ireland and handed a three match suspension following his tweet regarding the death of former British Prime…
