A six wicket defeat against Bangladesh as the Netherlands begin their first World Cup since 2000.

There was double cause for celebration in the King's Honours list with NCU stalwarts Brian Walsh and Roger Bell given prestigious awards.

Abtaha is replaced in the squad by Yorkshire’s Hannah Rainey, who will join up with her teammates ahead of Scotland’s opening match against Ireland on Saturday at Old Trafford.

There were wins in the NW Championship for Glendermott, Bonds Glen, Ballyspallen and Killyclooney.

Ireland’s T20 World Cup campaign got off to a horrendous start as they were well beaten by Scotland – effectively a must-win game for them – at a windy and chilly Old Trafford.

Gaby Lewis is counting on the vocal support of Irish fans and a rare chance to play in ‘home conditions’ to give her side an extra edge when their T20 World Cup campaign gets underway in Manchester today.

Wins for Strabane, Bready, Fox Lodge and Newbuildings.

Waringstown joined Lisburn at the top of the Premier League table with a huge victory over defending champions Instonians at The Lawn.

Carrickfergus, Laurelvale, Muckamore, CSNI and CI are all through to the last eight.

Premiership wins for Pembroke, Phoenix, Balbriggan, Civil Service, Malahide and Cork County

It was another record-breaking day for RBAI in the Schools Cup Final as they won the Ferguson Grainger Cup for a fourth successive year, after bowling out their hosts, Campbell College, for 42, the joint lowest total in the final.

IRELAND’S women kick off their T20 World Cup campaign at Old Trafford. They’re set to start at 10.30am on Saturday, an hour when Irish sports stars of an earlier generation in Manchester would probably have been on their way home.

Does this Women's T20 World Cup have a slightly different feel to it for Ireland? Of course it does.

There is certain to be at least one Tyrone side in the last four of the North-West Senior Cup after Fox Lodge and Bready were drawn together in the quarter-final draw earlier this week.

Killyclooney booked their place in the Women's Senior Two Cup final after edging past holders Bready II by two wickets in a thrilling semi-final that went right down to the penultimate over.

Cricket's veterans rolled back the years at Merrion's Anglesea Road ground as the Northern XI defeated the Southern XI by five wickets in the inaugural Over-50s Interprovincial match.

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

Campbell College are bidding to complete the Schools hat-trick on Friday when they meet holders RBAI at Campbell College (3.30pm)

Cricket Ireland has today advised that the Inter-Provincial T20 Festival scheduled for Lisburn this week will not proceed as planned due to external factors.

Aimee Maguire took four wickets to spur Ireland to a morale-boosting 11-run victory over Bangladesh in Loughborough yesterday and lived up to her captain’s billing as one to watch in the T20 World Cup which gets underway later this week

A magnificent century from Macdara Cosgrave inspired Irish Universities to a memorable 124-run victory over Cambridge University, securing their first win against the hosts since 2018 and levelling the head-to-head record in 50-over encounters at five wins apiece.

The Irish Veterans Association has announced the squads for the inaugural North v South fixture, which will be played at Merrion Cricket Club on Wednesday, June 10, with play commencing at 1.00pm in a 30 overs per-side contest.

A last wicket partnership of 31 between Christina Coulter-Reilly and Ava Canning and four wickets for Aimee Maguire helped Ireland to an exciting 11 runs victory over Bangladesh in their final warm-up game ahead of the Women’s T20 World Cup.

The draws have been made for the quarter-finals of the NW Senior and Sammy Jeffrey cups.

Leinster Lightning and the Northern Knights have named unchanged squads for the second of three T20 Festivals being held this week at Lisburn in the lead up to the two T20 internationals against India later this month.

There were Alan Murray T20 wins for Leinster, Rush, Dublin University, Clontarf, Malahide, Pembroke, Railway Union and Phoenix.

A trip down memory lane as we reproduce a Billy Platt article from the Ireland Saturday Night back in 1970.

There were victories in the First Team League for Knockharley and North Kildare.

Pembroke strengthened their position at the top of the Cricket Leinster Premier League with an emphatic 82-run victory over Cork County at the Mardyke. There were victories too for Merrion and Balbriggan.

NEIL BRAND sits proudly at the top of the NCU averages having plundered 530 runs at an incredible average of 106, helping his Muckamore side to second place in the Premiership.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced 30 ICC Development Awards 2025 regional winners across six categories that will compete for the Global Awards in July, with a further six shortlisted for the ICC criiio Cricket Festivals with Rexona.

Dave Smith of Malahide in conversation with Brian Gilmore.

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.

Nepal and the United Arab Emirates are set to visit the island in July for a series of 50-over matches.

George Dockrell ensured Leinster Lightning got their defence of the interprovincial T20 Trophy off to a winning start with a 20-run win over the North West Warriors in a rain-reduced 16 overs contest at Bready.

The new season may only be five weeks in but the recent good weather has seen the recent trend of the bat dominating the ball continue.

The Army Cricket Association were confirmed this week as the headline participant in July’s North East Cricket Series across a three-game multi-format series, raising money for local North East charities chosen by the participants.

The return of Irish international William McClintock to the Warriors squad after a three-year hiatus was the big talking point ahead of the T20 interpro series at Bready this week.

The Northern Knights and Leinster Lightning have announced their squads for this week's T20 interpro series at Bready,

The draw has been made for the quarter-finals of the Ulster Plate with Ardmore, conquerors of holders Woodvale entertaining Brigade in a local derby.

Malaysia and Thailand also qualified for the tournament in Japan later this year.

A dominant win over Bangladesh as tri-series continues.

The Blackcaps had only to take nine wickets as Curtis Campher joined the long list of injured players when he took a horrible blow from Ben Sears, the tourists fastest bowler, which has left him with a suspected broken left hand.

Stephen Doheny and Lorcan Tucker enhanced their personal reputations in Belfast on Friday but were unable to prevent Ireland slumping to an innings and 79 runs defeat in their one-off Test against New Zealand.

Andy McBrine performed his now familiar rebuilding act for Ireland in Belfast but the all-rounder’s sixth Test match half-century wasn’t enough to prevent the home side being asked to follow on by New Zealand.

A stunning spell of fast bowling by Nathan Smith blew away the Irish top order at Stormont yesterday, leaving the hosts on the brink of a heavy defeat to New Zealand in the one-off Test match.

IT was a day Reuben Wilson will never forget. The teenage fast bowler yesterday became the 663rd man to make his debut for Ireland, and the very first to do so in a Test match.

Red ball cricket is dying fast in most parts of the world, and Ireland is no different.

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

The draw has also been made for the last eight of the Irish National Cup.

The draw has been made for the quarter-finals of the Irish Senior Cup.

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.

There will be a new name on the National Cup after holders County Galway were knocked out by the University of Galway. Also through are Ballyspallen, Ardmore, Glendermott, Sandyford, The Hills, County Kerry and Lurgan.

NCU Premier League champions Instonians crashed to their third defeat in four days, in three different competitions, as Pembroke showed their strength in depth in the Irish Cup. Wins too for Leinster, Rush, CSNI, Malahide, Lisburn, Railway and Woodvale.

The North West Warriors and Connacht were left frustrated by the weather as their Wild Atlantic Way Series clash at The Bleachgreen in Derry ended in a no result after rain halted play during the Connacht reply with the contest evenly balanced.

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. 

The Veterans Cricket Association of Ireland has unveiled exciting new plans as it steps into a new era for the sport in Ireland.

The seven NCU clubs left in the Irish Cup were the big winners in the second round draw with five drawn at home and the other two facing provincial rivals.

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.

The 2026 season sees changes to the Inter-Provincial and Super Series competitions among others, but how do all these amendments look when viewed together and are there reasons to be hopeful despite reduced games.

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.

Munster-born Bryan O’Donnell has been formally appointed as the President of Cricket Ireland for the 2026-27 term – a role which his father held 63 years ago.

Wins for Cork County and Limerick in the Munster Premier Division.

Dave Sihra on the importance of World Cup qualification for media interest and coverage.

The Women's Super Series will this year feature only two teams – the Dragons and the Typhoons, with the Scorchers deemed surplus to requirements.

Afghanistan are due to play five matches in Ireland this summer - but should we be hosting representatives of a regime that has just legalised wife-beating? The idea that Sarah Keane will have to welcome officials from that regime and watch a side representing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan standing beneath their flag on Irish soil is repugnant.

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.

Rob O’Brien flew the flag for Dublin’s premier cricketing clan in Windhoek yesterday with a battling 79 as Ireland U19s opened their World Cup campaign against Australia with a eight-wicket defeat.