Defending champions Waringstown saw their grip on the title loosen further after CSNI completed a seven-wicket victory.

The two-day 1124 run North East Cricket Series came down to the last ball, and a one-run win for the British Army ensured a tied series for the first time in the series long history.

Bready booked their place in the North West Women’s Cup final after edging past Coleraine by three wickets in a dramatic run chase.

Competition favourites Pembroke reached the Irish Senior Cup final with a 70-run victory over Malahide at Sydney Parade and remain firmly on course to add to their 2019 success.

CSNI continued to fly the flag for the NCU with an impressive seven-wicket victory over two-time winners Leinster at Rathmines.

Craig Averill produced a magnificent unbeaten 153 as Glendermott defeated Ardmore by 27 runs in a high-scoring National Cup semi-final at The Bleachgreen.

Ballyspallen booked their place in the National Cup final after edging The Hills by three wickets in a tense last-over thriller.

Holywood, the big favourites, won the Women’s Challenge Cup final with a 244 runs victory over Instonians at Stormont, the two professionals outclassing the amateurs from Shaw’s Bridge.

Instonians seemed to be the big losers when Nikolai Smith, first, stepped down from the captaincy, then a week later, left the club, but Muckamore aren’t far behind.

Brigade secured a hard-fought two-wicket victory over St Johnston after successfully chasing 195 in Donegal.

Table-toppers Newbuildings extended their advantage at the summit with a crushing 225-run victory over Strabane.

The Northern Knights may have found conditions at Eglinton difficult during the week, but the home side and Letterkenny had no such problems as records tumbled in an extraordinary run-fest.

Clontarf handed leaders Pembroke their first defeat of the season with a 19-run victory in a high-scoring contest.

Shane Getkate struck a superb century before Tanvir Hasan claimed five wickets as Phoenix swept aside Rush by 178 runs.

Balbriggan completed a crushing nine-wicket victory over Railway Union after Ruan Strauss and Seb De Oliveira shared eight wickets in a dominant bowling performance.

Swapnil Modgill struck a magnificent unbeaten 132 as Merrion chased down 287 with ease to complete an eight-wicket victory over North County.

Younas Ahmadzai struck a superb 119 as Leinster chased down 290 to complete an impressive six-wicket victory over Civil Service.

Cork County completed a remarkable 225-run victory over Malahide after following a strong batting display with a devastating performance in the field.

The Clontarf and Pembroke game will remember and honour Peter this Saturday. He will be loving people having a laugh and adding their own stories and memories of a life in cricket, not just in Sydney Parade but wherever it is that a bat and ball are in contest.

Fox Lodge remained firmly in the slipstream of Premiership leaders Newbuildings after completing a superb four-wicket win against Coleraine.

Leinster Under-19 Women completed a seven-wicket victory over the North West after Aisling Lawlor produced a superb unbeaten 92 in a successful pursuit of 198.

Newbuildings continued their relentless pursuit of silverware with a comprehensive 140-run victory over a Brigade side whose difficult season shows little sign of improving.

The North West and Northern Cricket Union Under-14 sides shared the honours with one victory apiece in an entertaining interprovincial double-header at The Rectory.

Jordan Neill is finally on his way back from his latest injury and his return could not have come at a better time for himself and his club, Civil Service North.

Instonians coach Xander McIlwaine believes his young side have earned the right to enjoy Sunday’s Gallagher Women’s Senior Challenge Cup final and insists they will embrace the challenge of facing Holywood head-on.

North West Warriors completed the double over Northern Knights at Eglinton with a crushing 127 runs victory on a day full of stoppages and one major injury. 

Gaby Lewis saw her realistic hopes of a consolation win against the West Indies disappear in the space of four balls in Co Tyrone yesterday as Ireland ended the first of eight World Cup qualifying series with no points.

Multiple announcements about upcoming men's World Cups out of the ICC AGM.

Nikolai Smith produced a sensational final-over assault as Lisburn defeated Muckamore by two wickets with three balls to spare, leaving the Premier League table tightly congested with just one victory separating the top five sides.

Ireland head to England at the end of August still without a win in the Women’s ODI Championship after West Indies completed a 3-0 clean sweep at Bready. 

Leinster Lightning Bolts completed a commanding innings-and-142-run victory over Munster Heat after dominating their Future Series encounter at Oak Hill.

Scott Macbeth’s unbeaten century helped the Emerging Warriors fight back and secure a draw against the Emerging Knights on the second day of their Future Series encounter.

The NCU completed an impressive Under-19 girls double with a crushing 167-run victory over Leinster.

Irish international Jordan Neill produced a spectacular 193 as the Emerging Knights took command of their two-day Future Series match against the Emerging Warriors on day one.

NCU Women Under-19s completed a comprehensive 93-run victory over their North West counterparts after producing a strong all-round performance in Donegal at St Johnston.

Leinster Lightning will meet North West Warriors in the Inter-provincial Cup final on July 23 after Lightning ended Northern Knights' chances with a six wickets victory at Lisburn.

Jonathan Trott has been hired on a 14-day consultancy contract to help Ireland prepare for next month’s five-match one-day international series against Afghanistan that will be played in Co Tyrone and Belfast.

Leinster Lightning Bolts took complete control of their Future Series encounter against Munster Heat after a dominant all-round performance on the opening day at Oak Hill.

Down Memory Lane. A look back by Deryck Vincent at an Ireland U-23 tour of Scotland in 1986 - a barely believable 40 years ago with an Irish side full of future internationals and many famous names.

Downpatrick Cricket Club is proud to announce that it will once again host the Royal Challengers Belfast 's annual cricket tournament Royal Premier League (RPL) Season 5, welcoming teams for one of the region's popular T20 cricket tournaments.

If Ireland are to record a consolation win on Wednesday and get their first World Cup qualifying points on the board they will have find a way to stop nemesis Hayley Matthews — and on current form that may mean locking the West Indies captain in her Derry hotel room.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.