The Lord’s Test will make a glorious full-stop on some fine careers, although others may hang on for the World T20 qualifiers at the end of the year. One way or another, the likes of William Porterfield (34), Kevin O’Brien (35), Gary Wilson (33), Boyd Rankin (35) and Tim Murtagh (37) have little time left in green.

A common misconception about Lord’s is that the name has a religious, or aristocratic significance.

There’s also a long tradition of Irish cricketers playing there, as MCC Young Cricketers – the game’s apprenticeship scheme – or with Middlesex, the 33rd county of Ireland.

It’s not easy to describe the atmosphere of Lord’s and why it holds a special place among the world’s great sporting arenas. That five-and-a-half acres in St John’s Wood has been played upon for 200 years, and all cricket’s greatest exponents have batted and bowled there.

Craig Young has put himself in prime position for a Test berth next week after claiming four wickets on the opening day of Ireland's two-day clash with Middlesex 2nd XI.

Ireland Women lost their third and final T20 game against England's Academy, suffering a 58-run defeat at Millfield School.

Gareth Delany and Nathan McGuire both scored half centuries but Ireland Academy were heavily defeated by England U19s at Loughborough.

There are real concerns over the form of Ireland Women after they were comprehensively beaten by England Academy in the second of their three matches at Millfield School.

Laura Delany top scored with 33 but Ireland Women were well beaten by the England Academy in the first of their three T20 matches this week.

EOIN MORGAN couldn't have been clearer. "England don’t have a chance of winning the World Cup. None at all," he said before spelling out exactly what was wrong with the tactics, selection and approach of his adopted team. And he was right – he nearly always is.

Neil Rock will skipper an Ireland Academy side in two 50-over fixtures against England Under-19s.

Former Ireland wicketkeeper Niall O’Brien notched up his career highest score on Sunday as his former team-mates were completing a 3-0 series win over Zimbabwe.

Cricket Ireland has announced new fixtures for the Women’s team, taking on the England Academy side in three T20 matches from 16-18 July, as part of its preparations for the T20 World Cup Qualifier in August.

Greg Thompson is on the brink of a third spell an Irish colours in the T20 format which this season has been a record breaker for him.

The much anticipated Players' draft for the inaugural Euro T20 Slam will take place in London on 19th July, 2019. Around 700 players from 22 nations have registered for the draft through the official website of the Euro T20 Slam from 27th May – 30th June, 2019.

Ireland Under 19's beat Worcestershire for the second time in two days thanks to 114 from Marcus Poskitt and half centuries from Alex Stiles and Tim Tector.

Ireland under-19 coach Ryan Eagleson was delighted with his side's first match action since his World Cup qualifying squad was selected last week.

Euro T20 Slam recruits South African fast bowler Dale Steyn and New Zealand opener Martin Guptill.

Ireland Wolves claimed their second Full Member success of the season after beating Zimbabwe at Eglinton by 27 runs.

Ireland Women's T20 World Cup Qualifying preparations in disarray as Zimbabwe cancel their tour just 48 hours before they were due to arrive.

Neil Rock will captain the Ireland U19 squad at the World Cup Qualifiers in Holland next month.

Ireland Wolves have named a 12-man squad for their 50 over match against Zimbabwe at Eglinton.

Ireland have announced their Under 15 squad which will play four games in England next month against Middlesex and Berkshire.

IRELAND Wolves may have failed to win either the 50-over or rain-affected T20 series against Scotland A but Pete Johnston was a satisfied Wolves coach as he looked back on an intense eight days in Co Wicklow.

Lorcan Tucker came within one blow of striking six sixes in an over at Oak Hill yesterday, but on a day of big hitting, Scotland A replied with nine of their own to win the final match of the Twenty20 series against Ireland Wolves by seven wickets.

The Player Draft for the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam took place at a gala ceremony in London Heathrow Airport on Friday.

Former Ireland international Trent Johnston has been appointed Head Coach of Hong Kong.

Cricket Scotland has announced the appointment of Grant Morgan as Men’s National Team Assistant Coach.

Cricket Scotland is seeking a new Chief Executive following the resignation of Malcolm Cannon who will leave in mid-September.

Zimbabwe arrive in Northern Ireland from Holland where they squared the T20 series in Rotterdam last night with a Super Over victory in the second match.

The stakes could not be higher for Germany, Netherlands and Scotland as three nations prepare to fight it out in the ICC Women’s Qualifier Europe 2019.

Day 3 of the U11 NCU (sponsored by PWC) Cornwall tour brought deterioration in overhead conditions so our hosts had very kindly arranged an indoor session at Truro School as contingency.

The weather forecast , looking extremely grim for the Friday fixture, prompted both coaching teams to agree to a 13 a side contest to ensure everyone got an ample opportunity to make a meaningful contribution.

Waringstown will be looking to put an end to their poor run of form when they take on Instonians in the Irish Senior Cup quarter-final at The Lawn on Sunday.

It has been a difficult season for Donemana so far in 2019- knocked out of the senior cup by Brigade at the quarter-final stage and now some way behind the Beechgrove outfit in the title race as well, with matches running out.

There seems no stopping the Brigade juggernaut, and it now appears a matter of not if but when they will be crowned Premier league champions. The Beechgrove side are unbeaten and it would be a major surprise if they weren’t to record their 10th straight league win when they take on Coleraine.

It was all about the first round of the North-West Ladies Cup this past Monday night as Fox Lodge, Burndennett and Killyclooney progressed into the Semi Finals.

The NCU U11s started their tour to Cornwall with a 25 over game at St Erme cricket club against Cornwall U11s.

Ardmore will play Terenure, whlle the winners of the Derriaghy versus Midleton match will take on Railway Union.

A superb bowling performance by the NCU saw them beat the NW in the U13 interpro at Ballyspallen by seven wickets.

FORMER Waringstown professional Shaheen Khan returned to haunt Civil Service North and end their interest in this year’s Irish Senior Cup at the quarter-final stage.

Greg Lamb's brilliant 74 helped The Hills stay top of the table as they recovered from a poor start to beat title challengers Malahide by 33 runs at The Vineyard.

Wins in the Championship for North County, Clontarf and Terenure.

There was a last ball thrilling tie at Park Avenue between Railway Union and Terenure.

Seamus Lynch hit a brilliant 119 to lead Leinster Under 17s to the T20 interprovincial title with a convincing 91-run win against the NW at Holywood.

The NW produced an excellent display to beat the NCU in a low scoring game, while Leinster produced a strong performance to defeat Munster.

As a final competitive warm-up for Monday’s first one-day international against Zimbabwe, it couldn’t have gone much better for Gary Wilson, Mark Adair and Shane Getkate as all played the key roles in their comprehensive seven wickets victory over holders Leinster Lightning.

The Northern Knights skittled holders Leinster Lightning for just 114 - the second lowest total in the trophy's seven years - as they completed an emphatic seven wicket win at Sydney Parade.

The Northern Knights have named a squad of thirteen to take on 50-over champions Leinster Lightning at Pembroke CC on Thursday 27th June.

Two of the three scheduled T20's managed to beat the weather with the Dragons staying top of the table after a 15-run win against the Typhoons, who also lost the morning match against the Scorchers.

Back-to-back half centuries from Jeremy Benton saw Cork County beat Limerick and Galway to claim their fourth successive T20 Blast title at The Mardyke.

The 2019 Women's Super 3 Series got under way at North Kildare with the Dragons claiming two victories and the Typhoons one.

Though high scoring, the tempo of this match was relaxed rather frenetic. The key was to remain disciplined and patient. That Cork Harlequins won is testimony to the unflappable temperament of their younger players and to their ability to build partnerships.

With the league now into the fourth weekend, it’s the perfect opportunity for the sides to get their season running properly.

The Super 3 schedule for the summer has been revealed, and in an attempt to spread the women's cricket gospel, the teams will be heading north for the second time in the competition, to Holywood.

Jersey has announced its squad for the ICC Under 19 World Cup Qualifier in Netherlands later this month.

Craig Meredith has been appointed to replace Chris Minty who will be retiring after 15 years in the post.

Jersey Cricket Board Welfare Officer, Nikki Holmes, has been appointed to the ICC's new Safeguarding Group.

Jersey's first-ever T20 International matches produced a clean sweep of victories in the three match series.

Jersey's 14-man squad for the T20 World Cup European Final to be held in Guernsey later this month

On May 31 Jersey men's and women's teams play Guernsey in their sides' first official T20I matches.