Author: Craig Easdown

Nathan Hauritz named new Spin Bowling Coach for Cricket Ireland

DUBLIN – Former Australian international Nathan Hauritz has been announced as Cricket Ireland’s new Spin Bowling Coach. Hauritz, 40, played international cricket for Australia from 2002 to 2011 – the right-arm off-spinner played 17 Tests, 58 ODIs and 3 T20Is during his international career, taking 128 wickets across all formats. Domestically, Hauritz played for Queensland…

talkSPORT announced as a radio/digital broadcast partner for summer 2022

DUBLIN and LONDON – Cricket Ireland and talkSPORT has been announced a new partnership to broadcast Ireland Men’s 2022 home fixtures against India, New Zealand and South Africa across the UK and the Republic of Ireland.talkSPORT (https://talksport.com) is one of the world’s biggest sports radio stations, and recently expanded its international cricket coverage to broadcast…

McBrine shines as North West Warriors defeat the Munster Reds

CORK – A maiden List A century by Andy McBrine guided the North West Warriors to an impressive 145-run victory over the previously unbeaten Munster Reds in the Men’s Inter-Provincial Cup at the Mardyke today. Warriors captain McBrine’s 100 from 121 balls came as his side bounced back from consecutive defeats to blow the title-race…

Dragons fire leaves Typhoons in a spin as debutant Kelly shines

LISBURN – A confident all-round batting and bowling display by the Dragons – led by debutant Arlene Kelly – saw the team in red record their first win of the season over the Typhoons in the Arachas Super 50 Cup today at Lisburn Cricket Club. With Typhoons captain Laura Delany resting as she recovers from…

Dragons bring in some New Zealand fire-power as Arlene Kelly signs on for 2022

DUBLIN – New Zealander Arlene Kelly has arrived in Ireland this week as an overseas player for the Dragons in the 2022 Arachas Super Series.28-year old all-rounder Kelly has played 68 times for the Auckland Hearts over the last 10 years, and also played in England for Kent Women in 2018. She recently registered her…

Bhavi Devchand returns to the Arachas Super Series for 2022

DUBLIN – Arachas Super Series side the Scorchers have welcomed back Zimbabwean-born Australian Bhavi Devchand as their overseas player for the 2022 season. Devchand was part of the Scorchers squad that finished second behind the Dragons in 2019.Devchand plays for Victoria in the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL), and also represented the Melbourne Stars in…

Batting is a Chore for Knights but rain decides the battle of the north

MAGHERAMASON – A well-constructed 48 on debut by Ani Chore saved the Northern Knights blushes against an incisive North West Warriors seam-bowling attack, before a Ruhan Pretorius-inspired batting collapse and rain settled the result in favour of the Knights on Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) at Bready Cricket Club today. The northern-based rivals both suffered losses to start…

Trinity Sport Awards 2022 – Leah Paul wins ‘Sport person of the Year’ Award

DUBLIN – Irish international Leah Paul has won the coveted ‘Trinity Sports Award – Sport Person of the Year’ award this week.The Trinity Sport Awards took place on Monday 9 May 2022 at the Aviva Stadium with thirteen awards announced. The annual awards are open to all sports clubs across the university and acknowledge the…

Moor the merrier as the Reds run rampant in record run-chase

DUBLIN – The largest-ever successful run chase in the Inter-Provincial Cup’s history – headlined by a thrilling 152 from Munster Reds captain PJ Moor – secured a remarkable victory for the Munster Reds in their top of the table clash in Pembroke. Having been set a target of 305 to win on a very blustery…