Leinster Lightning
Personnel | |
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Captain | George Dockrell |
Coach | Albert van der Merwe |
Owner | Cricket Leinster |
Team information | |
Founded | 2013 |
Home ground | Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide |
Capacity | 11,500 |
History | |
Inter-Provincial Championship wins | 6 |
Interprovincial One-Day Trophy wins | 6 |
Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup wins | 5 |
Official website | Cricket Leinster |
Leinster Lightning is one of three provincial cricket teams in Ireland. Along with the North West Warriors and Northern Knights it makes up the Inter-Provincial Championship, Interprovincial One-Day Trophy & Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup.
The team is located in Leinster province of Ireland and is managed by Cricket Leinster.
History
In 2013, Cricket Ireland formed the three-day Interprovincial Championship, featuring teams from Leinster, the NCU and the North West. The Leinster team is known as Leinster Lightning.
In February 2015, they announced Ted Williamson as their coach, taking over at the helm from Trent Johnston. Under his coaching, Leinster Lightning took a clean-sweep of trophies in the 2015 and 2016 seasons before he stepped down from the position.[1]
Up to and including the 2016 Inter-Provincial Championship, the matches were not given first-class status. However, at an International Cricket Council meeting in October 2016, first-class status was awarded to all future matches.[2][3]
Honours
- Inter-Provincial Championship - (First Class) - 6 titles
- Inter-Provincial Trophy - (T20) - 5 titles
- 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 Inter-Provincial Trophy : Champions
Current squad
- ‡ denotes players with international caps.
Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Club | Notes |
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Batsmen | ||||||
Andrew Balbirnie ‡ | ![]() |
28 December 1990 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Pembroke | |
Jack Tector | ![]() |
2 September 1996 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | YMCA | |
All-rounders | ||||||
Gareth Delany | ![]() |
— | — | — | Leinster | |
Kevin O'Brien ‡ | ![]() |
4 March 1984 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | Railway Union | |
Simi Singh ‡ | ![]() |
4 February 1987 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | YMCA | |
Fiachra Tucker | ![]() |
5 December 1997 | Right-handed | — | Pembroke | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
Jamie Grassi | ![]() |
9 October 1998 | Right-handed | — | North County | |
Lorcan Tucker ‡ | ![]() |
10 September 1996 | Right-handed | — | Pembroke | |
Bowlers | ||||||
Peter Chase ‡ | ![]() |
9 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | Malahide | |
George Dockrell ‡ | ![]() |
22 July 1992 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Leinster | |
Tyrone Kane ‡ | ![]() |
8 July 1994 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | Merrion | |
Joshua Little ‡ | ![]() |
1 November 1999 | Left-handed | Left arm fast | Pembroke | |
Max Neville | ![]() |
21 January 1995 | Right-handed | Right arm fast | Merrion | |
Eddie Richardson ‡ | ![]() |
22 July 1990 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | North County | |
Andrew Sheridan | ![]() |
— | — | — | North County | |
Tom Stanton | ![]() |
21 September 1997 | Right-handed | Left arm medium | Merrion | |
Source:[4][5] |
Grounds
References
- ^ http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/williamson-steps-down-as-head-coach-of-leinster-lightining
- ^ "Ireland domestic competition awarded first-class status". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Ireland's Inter-Provincial Championship awarded first-class status". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Lightning name strong squad". CricketEurope. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Van Der Merwe disappointed at Munster over selections". CricketEurope. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.