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.

Newbuildings retained the Faughan Valley T20 Cup in barely believable fashion, pulling off a dramatic one-wicket win over Brigade in a last-ball thriller at Foyleview Arena.

Bonds Glen moved top of the table with a crucial two-wicket win over promotion rivals Glendermott in a tense finish.

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.

Chris Dougherty marked a memorable personal milestone in fitting fashion, scoring a superb century that carried him past the 10,000-run landmark for CI as the Belmont side held their nerve to beat Cliftonville Academy by 13 runs in a Premier League thriller.

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.

Holywood Women strengthened their grip at the top of the Premiership with a crushing nine-wicket victory after dismissing North Down for 95 for 8 before racing to the target in just 7.3 overs.

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

Killyclooney will face Brigade in next month’s North West Sam Jeffrey Cup final at Glendermott after edging out St Johnston by three wickets on DLS in a tense semi-final.

Coleraine are back in the North West Senior Cup final for the first time since 2016 after dethroning holders Donemana with a 47-run semi-final victory at Sandel Lodge.

Rob O’Brien and Johan George staged a dramatic last-wicket rescue act as Leinster Under-19s edged past the North West by one wicket with just two balls to spare in a gripping contest.

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.

NCU Women Under-19s held their nerve to edge Leinster Under-19s by three runs on DLS in a rain-affected T20 contest at Campbell College.

Graham Kennedy is setting a formidable standard in the North West Championship bowling charts, with the Ballyspallen all-rounder leading the way after a superbly consistent campaign.

Bonds Glen pair Danie Rossouw and William McClintock are dominating the Championship batting charts after a remarkable run of form that has put them well clear of the chasing pack.

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.

Cricket Leinster and the NCU both recorded six-wicket wins against the North-West in the Under-19 Girls interpro series.

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. 

Lara Maritz delivered the sort of innings that makes selectors sit up and take notice as Balbriggan Women powered into the Leinster Senior Cup final with a crushing nine-wicket win over Pembroke.

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.

NCU made a commanding start to the U19 Men’s Interpro 50-over series as they swept aside the North West by 177 runs at Beechgrove.

A win for the home team at Americas sub-regional group A books their ticket to next year's regional final.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.