Author: Craig Easdown

Stars of Ireland Women’s cricket team front new campaign

A new national campaign has been launched to promote women’s cricket and to challenge numerous undeserved stereotypes about the sport in Ireland, including the perception that it is too exclusive, too complicated and too boring. The ground-breaking campaign is fronted by the stars of the game, and it leaves viewers in no doubt that the…

Bees stop play, while Warriors and Knights claim big wins at Munster T20 Festival

CORK – A swarm of bees may have forced players to dive for cover mid-game, but the native pollinators couldn’t prevent the North West Warriors and Northern Knights claiming important wins over their respective southern-based opponents on Day 2 of the three-day Rario Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy festival at The Mardyke.The second match of the day…

Reigning champions crash out of both Irish Senior Cup and National Cup

DUBLIN – There were shocks aplenty in the Arachas Irish Senior Cup and Arachas National Cup on Sunday, with the reigning champions in both competitions knocked out at the second round stage. There was also some headline grabbing performances throughout both competitions as clubs sealed their place in the cup quarter-finals.The scorecards from most of…

Rario T20 Inter-Provincial Festival heads to Cork for first time

CORK – For the first time in its history, The Mardyke in Cork will host a Rario Inter-Provincial Trophy T20 Festival – with the first of six matches – getting underway on Tuesday morning. With the promise of hot and sunny weather ahead, it promises to be a cracking week of cricket down by the…

Scorchers blow away Typhoons to claim another Evoke Super 20 Trophy

Dublin – A Gaby Lewis half-century ensured victory in a winner-took-all clash at Oak Hill ensured victory for the Scorchers, as they won the Evoke Super 20 Trophy by nine wickets over the Typhoons. It’s the third year in a row that the Scorchers have won the competition. Earlier in the day the Typhoons got…

Arachas Irish Senior Cup and Arachas National Cup 2023 – Second Round Preview

DUBLIN – The Arachas Irish Senior Cup and Arachas National Cup second round gets underway this weekend with 16 matches down for decision across both competitions. The second round features first-round winners plus clubs who received byes in the first round.DUBLIN – The Arachas Irish Senior Cup and Arachas National Cup second round gets underway…

Knockharley knocking on the door of National Cup success

This weekend 32 clubs around Ireland will battle it out for quarter-final places in the Arachas Irish Senior Cup and Arachas National Cup – amongst those teams is Navan-based Knockharley Cricket Club.Having beaten Ballymena in the opening round, Knockharley will play host to 2022 National Cup runners-up Terenure in the second round at Kentstown, with…

All you need to know for the Test Match against England at Lord’s

LONDON – Ireland Men are in London preparing for the one-off Test match against England at the Home of Cricket – Lord’s Cricket Ground – starting at 11am on Thursday, 1 June.Ireland has met England once before in a Test Match – at the same venue in 2019 – in a game that will be…

Cricket Ireland unveils Lord’s Taverners Ireland as official charity partner

DUBLIN – The Lord’s Taverners Ireland, a charity for young people with additional needs, has been unveiled as the new charity partner of Cricket Ireland.The Lord’s Taverners Ireland was launched in 2006 and incorporated an Irish Company in 2009, obtaining charitable status that year. Their mission is to help young people with additional needs to…

Doheny, Getkate half-centuries seal Warriors win over Knights

MAGHERAMASON – Half-centuries from Stephen Doheny and Shane Getkate helped North West Warriors to a three-wicket victory over the previously unbeaten Northern Knights in their Rario Inter-Provincial Cup match at Bready Cricket Club. Seeking 254 for victory, Doheny’s 78 from 100 balls and Getkate’s 58* from 64 balls were crucial contributions in the run chase,…