NCU Under-16 Girls completed a superb interprovincial campaign in emphatic fashion, sealing the title with a dominant 10-wicket victory over Cricket Leinster.

West Indies captain Hayley Matthews made it back to back centuries and although she was out immediately after reaching the landmark, caught off a mistimed pull by Cara Murray, arguably this innings was even more impressive than the unbeaten 159 she scored on Friday.

Cork County CC are running a raffle to fund much-needed roof repairs at The Mardyke.

Wins in the Championship for Ballyspallen, Glendermott, Eglinton and Killyclooney.

There were Premiership wins for Newbuildings, Fox Lodge, Bready and Donemana.

Nepal visits Jersey this week for the DFDS Summer Series, with two international matches taking place at NCC Grainville on Monday 13th and Wednesday 15th.

Pembroke lifted the Leinster T20 Cup after completing an impressive five-wicket victory over Leinster in the final at Sydney Parade, capping a dramatic day in which both sides had first come through contrasting semi-finals.

Merrion retained the Women’s Senior Cup after holding off first-time finalists Balbriggan by 19 runs in an entertaining decider dominated by powerful batting.

Fintan McAllister's Leinster Under-19 side were crowned Interprovincial champions after a dramatic final day that saw them snatch the title from the NCU.

Leinster Under-16s were crowned interprovincial champions after completing an emphatic 86-run victory over the North West in a performance that also marked a remarkable personal milestone for coach Brían O'Rourke.

Somewhere back in the mid eighties, as skipper of a UCD XI that had been hastily convened for the annual intervarsities tournament, I found myself blessed with an all international opening attack in Peter O’Reilly and Stella Owens.

Amy Hunter struck an assured 96 in Co Tyrone yesterday but her 90-ball innings was just about the only highlight for Ireland as the West Indies powered to a nine-wicket victory in the first of three World Cup qualifying one-day internationals.

It was a painful start to the ICC Women’s Championship for Ireland as they lost to West Indies in the first of the three one-day internationals at Bready by nine wickets.

Kian Hilton is hoping to end North Down's silverware drought as they face a testing T20 cup semi-final against Lisburn this weekend.

On the same pitch that 832 runs were scored on Tuesday, 521 were enough for Leinster Lightning to end North West Warriors winning start to the inter-provincial Cup on another scorching day in Sydney Parade.

Charlie Downey is preparing for a winter of valuable cricketing experience after agreeing to join White Hills in Australia’s Victorian League.

Luke Marillier underlined his growing reputation with a superb 160 for the North West Under-19s against Munster this week.

Two Tyrone cricket legends will be honoured at Bready over the coming days with Julie Logue and Joe Doherty ringing the Roy Torrens bell during Ireland Women’s three-match ODI series against West Indies.

Killyclooney captain Timothy Dougherty believes his side have already “proven their worth” after turning pre-season predictions on their head to become one of the surprise packages of the Championship.

Chris Dougherty has never been one for the limelight, but this weekend the CI stalwart stands on the brink of a landmark that says everything about his trademarks of quality, consistency and longevity.

Louise Little has her eyes set on a rare hat-trick of victories over the West Indies when Ireland begin their ICC Women’s Championship campaign with the first of three one-day internationals in Co Tyrone tomorrow.

The second highest total in the Inter-provincial Cup was relegated to third place four hours later in an 832 runs feast in Sydney Parade as Leinster Lightning chased down Northern Knights 414 for nine with two wickets and three balls to spare.

Jack Robinson top-scored with a fluent 73 as the NCU Under-16s overwhelmed Munster by 243 runs at Belmont, while Leinster completed a 76-run win over the North West at Sandy Bay after successfully defending 189.

Rob O'Brien and Ollie Riley helped Leinster beat the NCU, while Luke Marillier's 160 saw the North West defeat Munster.

There at least eight instances of six sixes in an over in Irish cricket. A look at who is on the exclusive list after Ben Calitz joined their ranks at the weekend.

A look at last month's franchise T20 league in Belgium.

Orla Prendergast’s inclusion in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 Team of the Tournament is a landmark moment for Irish cricket — and deserved recognition for a player who looked completely at home among the finest in the game.

Neil Brand has already been one of the standout batters in the NCU this season, but the Muckamore all-rounder is proving just as influential with the ball, leading the season tally along with North Down's Harry Zimmermann.

Shane Dadswell has set the pace in the NCU batting charts, with the Instonians powerhouse sitting proudly at the top of the run aggregates after a blistering opening half of the season.

Holders Pembroke survived a major scare before squeezing past The Hills by 13 runs to book their place in the Leinster Senior Cup final, where they will host Leinster in the decider on Saturday August 1.

Leinster powered into the Leinster Senior Cup final with a commanding 116-run semi-final win over North County, built around a blistering century from Younas Ahmadzai.

Muckamore pulled off one of the great escapes at Moylena, defending just 107 to beat North Down by four runs and keep their Premier League title charge alive.

Lisburn reignited their Premier League title hopes in spectacular fashion as Ben Calitz produced a brutal exhibition of hitting to power them to a 110-run win over Woodvale at Wallace Park.

Cricket Leinster completed a perfect Saturday in the U19 Women’s Interpro T20 series as they followed their morning win with a convincing six-wicket victory over the NCU at Campbell College.

It was a madcap three days for Irish cricket but what actually happened off the Newtownards Road last Friday and Sunday.

Harlequins, Limerick, Galway and Kerry reach Munster Senior Cup last four.

Cricket Leinster Women made a winning start to their Future Series campaign with a bonus-point 34-run victory over the North West Warriors at Oak Hill.

North County chase over 300 to stun Clontarf. Wins too for leaders Pembroke, Merrion, Balbriggan, Phoenix and Leinster.

Malan departure: blow for Irish cricket — or time to trust our own? But maybe, just maybe, this is not the setback some will paint it as. Maybe it is the moment Irish cricket finally stands on its own two feet and puts real faith in Irish coaches.

The invitation to an online media roundtable to discuss “High Performance within Irish Cricket”, without the presence of the Ireland coach and on the same day as the first inter-provincial Cup match of the season should have alerted us that “something major” was happening.

A 3-0 series win for Portugal in Sweden.

There were wins in the Leinster Women's Premiership for Merrion, Balbriggan, Malahide and Rush.

Ireland Women will launch their new ICC Women’s Championship campaign against West Indies at Bready next week after Cricket Ireland confirmed a 14-player squad for the three-match ODI series.

North West Warriors followed up their opening day win against holders Leinster Lightning with a 12 runs victory over Northern Knights at Stormont, ending a run of three successive defeats by their northern rivals. 

The draw has been made for the semi-frinals of the Ulster Plate.

North West Warriors beat Leinster Lightning for the first time in the Interprovincial Cup to cause an opening day shock in this year’s tournament.

The former Australian international will play for the country of his birth later this year.

Gary Wilson has been appointed Head Coach of the Ireland men’s team after the surprise resignation yesterday of Heinrich Malan who had been in the role for four years.

IN a surprise move, Cricket Ireland quickly installed former white ball captain Gary Wilson after head coach Heinrich Malan stepped down yesterday.

Bobby Rao admitted it was a moment he will cherish for the rest of his life after ringing the Roy Torrens bell on a famous day for Irish cricket as Ireland beat India by one run to seal a 2-0 T20I series victory.

Hosts win both the men's and women's Central Europe Cup on home turf in Prague.

A 3-1 series win for the Serbian women in their series against Bulgaria.

IRELAND took down the T20 World Champions for the second time in three days yesterday, capping the greatest weekend in the long history of the sport here.

Gary Wilson has been handed the reins of the Ireland Men’s team, taking on the Head Coach role vacated earlier today by Heinrich Malan.

Fox Lodge, Brigade, Muckamore and Donemana are through to the Ulster Plate semi-finals after a dramatic quarter-final programme packed with collapses, five-wicket hauls, DLS calculations and one notable debut story.

Heinrich Malan has announced his resignation as Ireland Head Coach, less than 24 hours after a series win against world champions India.

Rookies play big part in historic T20 victory over Indian superstars.

THE glittering superstars of Indian cricket play Ireland in two internationals this weekend in Belfast. With the debut of the newest megastar Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, a television audience of over a billion is expected.

The Veterans Cricket Association of Ireland continues to expand the game across the island with the inaugural Over-40 Inter-Regional series getting underway today in County Meath.

Lisburn spinner Ben Walsh claimed nine wickets in a superb all-round bowling display as Ireland Under-17s and a Munster Select XI played out an entertaining draw in their two-day red-ball encounter at The Mardyke.

Wins for Warriors and Lightning on the second day at Pembroke.

LCU sides have two home draws in the semi-finals of the Irish Senior Cup.

The draw for the semi-final of the Irish National Cup has been released.

Leinster Lightning made it two wins out of two in the Inter-provincial Trophy competition, following up their win in the only game to beat the weather in Bready with a eight wickets hammering of Northern Knights in the first game at Pembroke. 

Ross Bryans produced a magnificent unbeaten century as MCC XI and Ulster Schools XI played out an entertaining draw in their timed match at the Castle Grounds.

The Hills join Ardmore, Ballyspallen and Glendermott in the last four of the Irish national Cup.

Pembroke, Leinster, Malahide and CSNI into the semi-finals of the Irish Senior Cup.

Chin music. Deryck Vincent on the connections between music and cricket.

It may have only been two and a bit days of cricket, but there was plenty to talk about from the recent Belfast test match between Ireland and New Zealand.

Two wins in two days for MCC over hosts Munster Heat as they followed up Saturday’s success with a 38-run victory in Cork

MCC got their Southern Ireland week tour off to a perfect start with a commanding 136-run victory over Munster Heat at The Mardyke after a dominant all-round display.

Dragons retained the Super Series T20 trophy in sunny Oak Hill with an eight runs victory over the Typhoons in the winner-take-all deciding game of the series.

Typhoons go into the last double header of the SS20 next weekend with a 2-1 lead after beating Dragons by five runs in an exciting finish at Pembroke. 

A year passes quickly. Too quickly. Peter Prendergast's death took us by surprise, ill health or not. Too young, before his time, so sudden. Despite the reality, I sometimes have forgotten that he is simply not with us anymore. 

The University of Galway second XI recorded a whopping 371-run win over Athlone at The Lydican on Sunday.

The Dragons and Typhoons won one match apiece in their back-to-back T20 Super Series matches at Stormont.

With the 2026 Evoke Super Series season almost upon us here are five players to look out for across the Super 20 Trophy and Super 50 Cup, plus a few extra narratives.

There was sad news over the weekend following the death of Noel Giltinan.

The women’s Super Series kicks off on 10 May with a double-header in the Super T20 Trophy – the Dragons and Typhoons will travel to Stormont with play starting in the early match at 10.45am.

The 2026 Under 19 World Cup drew to a close on Friday with India beating England in a high scoring game, dominated by Vaibhav Suryavanshi making 175. How did Ireland's cricketers perform? We look at the stats.

Ireland U19s ended their World Cup on Friday with a crushing 191-run defeat by Afghanistan at the Harare Sports Club.

Reuben Wilson took three wickets in Windhoek as Ireland gave the West Indies a scare before losing their first Super Sixes match at the U19 World Cup.

Adam Leckey took three wickets and followed up with a solid 44 to claim the Player of the Match award in Windhoek as Ireland squeezed past Japan by four wickets to secure a place in the Super Sixes of the U19 World Cup.

Reuben Wilson and his skipper Olly Riley gave supporters a glimpse of the future in Windhoek but their efforts were in vain as Sri Lanka inflicted a second defeat on Ireland at the U19 World Cup, by 106 runs.