Austria become the fifth team to score over 300 in men's T20Is.

A 3-1 series win for the home side in Albertslund.

Five teams given automatic entry, eight teams to contest qualifier for final place. Ireland set to be included in both qualifiers if rankings hold.

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.

Bonds Glen stormed into the NW Women’s Cup final after ousting holders Fox Lodge with a superb five-wicket win in a rain-affected semi-final at the Glen.

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.

After 21 defeats across five tournaments and 12 long years of waiting, Ireland broke their duck in style, chasing down 129 with 11 balls to spare against a West Indies side who had arrived knowing victory would seal a semi-final place.

Ireland produced one of the great days in the country’s cricket history at Stormont yesterday, holding their nerve to beat India by one run and complete a sensational 2-0 T20I series victory over the reigning world champions.

Harry Tector took centre stage in his 100th T20 international in Belfast to help Ireland complete a sensational double over world champions India by the narrowest of margins — just the one run.

After trouncing title rivals Lisburn by 180 runs at Wallace Park, they moved clear into second place, just one win behind Waringstown and backed up their skipper’s confident statement in emphatic style.

Saturday's North West Premiership clash between Donemana and Fox Lodge was abandoned in distressing circumstances after umpire Clarkie Killen suffered a head injury when he was struck by the ball during the match at The Holm.

Kenzie Hall and Charlie Downey were instrumental as Bready beat Coleraine and the weather in the only Premiership game to be completed.

Ballyspallen climbed to the top of the Championship after edging Eglinton by eight runs on the DLS method in a rain-affected contest. 

Playing in their fifth appearance at the global tournament, Ireland claimed their maiden World Cup win at the 22nd attempt, chasing down 129 with 11 balls to spare thanks to a magnificent 63 from Orla Prendergast.

Two wins in two days kept the Northern Cricket Union's Under-16 girls firmly on course for the title as they followed Thursday's emphatic victory over the North West with a commanding 59-run success against Cricket Leinster in Balbriggan.

Lorcan Tucker enjoyed a dream-like start to his reign as T20 captain in Belfast as he led Ireland to a 34-run victory over India, in the first of two sold out clashes over the weekend.

Rush all-rounder Callum Armstrong has taken another significant step in his promising cricket career after making an impressive debut for the Yorkshire Second XI in their T20 victory over Durham at Harrogate.

Strabane Academy's remarkable underage success story continued in style as their Under-15 side completed a clean sweep of Ulster Schools silverware with a convincing victory over local rivals Lisneal College in the Shirlow Cup Final at Beechgrove.

Luke Marillier admits there are few better feelings in cricket than scoring a century in a senior cup tie — especially when it helps send your club into the last four.

Bangor were crowned Banoge Under-13 Cup champions after defeating Instonians by 15 runs in an entertaining final played at a sun-drenched Upritchard Park.

North West's early interprovincial momentum came to an abrupt halt as the NCU produced a commanding nine-wicket victory in Downpatrick.

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.

While Ireland will officially be the hosts in Belfast this afternoon the Boys in Green might be forgiven for thinking they are on a maidan in Mumbai when they take on India in the first of two T20 internationals.

Shane Dadswell is the new captain of Instonians and he insists the defending champions are still the team to beat, adding: “We should be feared”.

North West Girls made the perfect start to their interprovincial campaign with a convincing 36-run victory over Leinster at Bready, thanks largely to an outstanding century partnership between Jodie Spence and Emily Young.

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.

Jake Egan is hoping to celebrate his 23rd birthday this weekend by helping CI reach the semi-finals of the NCU Challenge Cup.

The North West have named a talented 13-player squad for Wednesday's interprovincial clash against Leinster at Bready, with captain Tiara Mitchell leading a group packed with emerging stars from across the region.

Leinster Schools beat Ulster Schools with 11 minutes to spare in the annual inter-provincial at Seapark.

The extreme temperatures in England probably didn’t help but Ireland produced their worst performance at this Women’s T20 World Cup in their fourth match, going down to Sri Lanka in Bristol by nine wickets with a huge 27 balls to spare.

The North West U16 interprovincial squad has been named for this season's games.

Gaby Lewis scored her second half-century in as many T20 World Cup matches in Bristol but the Ireland skipper’s effort was dwarfed by a tour de force from Chamari Athapaththu that sped Sri Lanka to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory.

At just 18 years old, Alice Tector has already experienced both the highs and lows of international cricket.

A devastating century from Tristen de Beer powered South Leinster to Siggins Cup glory as they defeated North Leinster by 52 runs in an entertaining decider.

Waringstown and Instonians remain on course for a repeat of last year’s NCU Challenge Cup final after the teams were kept apart in the semi-final draw.

North Down were the latest team to return to Laurelvale on Saturday and the latest to leave with four points as the newly promoted side again found the step up to the Premier League a match too far.

In the semi-finals on Sunday July 5th Pembroke will host The Hills, while Leinster entertain North County.

Netherlands and Scotland both lose at the Women's T20 World Cup, to Australia and England respectively.

Denmark come back from losing the first game to win a four match men's T20I series against Germany as they prepare for an upcoming T20 World Cup pathway tournament.

Gaby Lewis and Orla Prendergast took Ireland to within one hit of beating New Zealand in Southampton before the defending T20 World Cup champions squeezed to victory by four runs.

A clean sweep for the home side in their women's T20I series against Malta.

Phoenix produced a dominant all-round display to defeat Rush by 40 runs, Balbriggan hammered Malahide, while Genevieve Morrissey's half century guided Clontarf to a last-over win over Pembroke.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.