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Quarter Final Cup Draws

The competition heats up as Quarter Final draws revealed in All-Ireland Club Cups

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The draws for the Quarter Finals of the Irish Senior Cup and National Cup all-Ireland club cup competitions have been undertaken and some blockbuster ties await.

The two competitions are the peak club cup competitions in men’s club cricket in Ireland, with hundreds of players travelling thousands of kilometres collectively with the goal of winning a highly sought-after national title. The Quarter Finals of the Irish Senior Cup and National Cup are scheduled for 30 June 2024.

However, with a very wet weekend last week, a number of Quarter Finalists have yet to be confirmed, with Second Round matches going to the Reserve Day (16 June). As such, the Quarter Final draws below reflect the confirmed and yet-to-confirm entrants in the next round.

The dates for the Irish Senior Cup and National Cup rounds are:

Quarter Finals: 30 June 2024
Semi Finals: 14 July 2024
ISC Final: 17 August 2024
NC Final: 18 August 2024

Livescoring of all matches can be found here.

CSNI’s seam bowler Matthew Foster said:

“We’ve had a positive start and hopefully we can have a nice run in the cup this year. We had a good win against Newbuildings in the first round – Jordan Neil got some good runs for us, and then everyone sort of chipped in which then got us over the line, so a good result.

“Last week’s second round was washed out, so we’ll head to Instonians on Sunday for the reserve day. We obviously know them very well from playing in the NCU. We had a close game in the league just a few weeks back. So, we’ll be looking to get one back on them this weekend. It’s also at Shaws Bridge, so slightly different conditions. But we’ll be going out there trying to get the win.

“The Cup means a lot to us. As a club, we have been called a bit of a ‘cup team’ – we feel on our day we can beat any team. So, it would be nice to win the Irish Senior Cup – it’s something we haven’t won as a club. To be able to have that trophy in the cabinet, that would be great for us.”

Details about each competition follow.

Irish Senior Cup 2024

The Irish Senior Cup is the premier All-Ireland Club cricket competition, featuring the leading club sides from across the four main Provincial Unions. The competition is currently played on a 50-over knock-out format, and played between 28 teams.

Previous clubs to have won the Irish Senior Cup can be found here.

Irish Senior Cup – Quarter Final draw – 2024

Phoenix v North Down or Balbriggan
Merrion v Pembroke or Waringstown
CIYMS or Muckamore v Leinster or Brigade
Malahide v Instonians or CSNI

National Cup 2024

The National Cup is played between the next tier of club sides who did not qualify for the Irish Senior Cup. The National Cup started in 2012 and is played over a 40-over knock-out format involving teams from all five Provincial Unions.

Previous clubs to have won the National Cup can be found here.

National Cup – Quarter Final draw – 2024