2014 Irish cricket season

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In the 2014 Irish cricket season, Ireland hosted three international series, against Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka A and Scotland, losing the two against Sri Lankan teams, but beating Scotland. In domestic cricket, Leinster Lightning won two of the three competitions, while North-West Warriors won the other.

Sri Lanka national cricket team national sports team

The Sri Lanka national men's cricket team, nicknamed The Lions, represents Sri Lanka in international cricket. It is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One-Day International (ODI) and T20 International (T20I) status. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1982, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation. The team is administered by Sri Lanka Cricket.

The Sri Lanka A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Sri Lanka. It is the second-tier of international Sri Lankan cricket, below the full Sri Lanka national cricket team. Matches played by Sri Lanka A are not considered to be Test matches or One Day Internationals, instead receiving first-class and List A classification respectively. Sri Lanka A played their first match in February 1991, a 45-over contest against England A.

Scotland national cricket team sports team, represents Scotland

The Scotland national cricket team represents the country of Scotland. They play their home matches at The Grange, Edinburgh, and also some other venues.

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One Day International series against Sri Lanka

Tim Murtagh bowled well for Ireland against Sri Lanka in the first ODI. Tim Murtagh.jpg
Tim Murtagh bowled well for Ireland against Sri Lanka in the first ODI.

Prior to their series against England, the Sri Lanka national cricket team visited Ireland in May to contest two ODIs, both hosted at Clontarf Cricket Club Ground in Dublin. [1] In the first match, Ireland won the toss and invited Sri Lanka to bat first. Tim Murtagh was described as being "almost unplayable" by Ger Siggins of ESPNcricinfo, and the Irish bowling attack was generally praised for maintaining pressure on Sri Lanka, who were restricted to 219 for eight from their 50 overs. During their response, Ireland lost too many early wickets, struggling to 74 for seven. They were eventually dismissed for 140, giving Sri Lanka a 79 run victory. Ajantha Mendis was named man of the match for taking three wickets and conceding only 27 runs. [2] The second ODI, two days later was abandoned without any play because of rain, granting Sri Lanka a 1–0 series victory. [3]

England cricket team Sports team

The England cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket. Since 1997, it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club since 1903. England, as a founding nation, is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status. Until the 1990s, Scottish and Irish players also played for England as those countries were not yet ICC members in their own right.

Tim Murtagh Irish cricketer

Timothy James Murtagh is an Irish cricketer. Born in Lambeth, London, England and raised in England, Murtagh is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He represented England in the 2000 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

ESPNcricinfo Sports news website for cricket

ESPNcricinfo is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches, and StatsGuru, a database of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present. As of March 2018, Sambit Bal was the editor. The site, originally conceived in a pre-World Wide Web form in 1993 by Dr Simon King, was acquired in 2002 by the Wisden Group—publishers of several notable cricket magazines and the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. As part of an eventual breakup of the Wisden Group, it was sold to ESPN, jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation, in 2007.

List A series against Sri Lanka A

A couple of months after their series against Sri Lanka, Ireland were visited by Sri Lanka A, who played a three match "unofficial ODI" series, which were given List A status. The first two matches were played at Civil Service Cricket Club Ground in Belfast, while the third was scheduled for Lodge Road, Coleraine. Sri Lanka A lost the toss in the first match and were asked to bat first. After losing a wicket in the first over, Mahela Udawatte and Danushka Gunathilaka shared a 106-run partnership. Thereafter, the team regularly lost wickets and completed their innings 283 all out. In reply, Ireland never established a significant partnership, with only Stuart Poynter, who scored 109 runs, making a significant score, and Ireland lost by 28 runs. [4] [5] Sri Lanka A batted first again in the second match, and half-century scores for four of their first five batsmen helped to propel them to a score of 329 for eight. The captain, Ashan Priyanjan was the team's top-scorer, with 111 runs. Poynter opened the innings for Ireland, but was dismissed first ball, and his fellow opener, Andy Balbirnie, followed two overs later. Stuart Thompson scored a half-century, but five wickets from the leg-spinner Seekkuge Prasanna helped Sri Lanka A to a 107 runs victory. [6] As in the ODI series, the final match was abandoned due to rain, so Sri Lanka A won the series 2–0. [7]

List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the number of overs in an innings per team ranges from forty to sixty, as well as some international matches involving nations who have not achieved official ODI status. Together with first-class and Twenty20 cricket, List A is one of the three major forms of cricket recognised by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Stormont (cricket ground) U.K. cricket ground in Belfast

Stormont is an international and first-class cricket ground in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the grounds of the Stormont Estate, the seat of government in Northern Ireland, and is the home of Civil Service North of Ireland Cricket Club.

Lodge Road is a cricket ground in Coleraine, Northern Ireland and the home of Coleraine Cricket Club. In 1987, it hosted a first-class match between Ireland and Scotland, a match which ended in a draw.

One Day International series against Scotland

Late in the season, during September, Scotland travelled to Ireland to play three ODIs at the Malahide Cricket Club Ground in Dublin. The Irish squad was largely similar to that which faced Sri Lanka A, though John Mooney, Kevin O'Brien, George Dockrell and Max Sorensen returned to the squad. [8] Ireland won the toss and chose to bowl first, and regularly took wickets to restrict Scotland to a total of 172. Craig Young became the ninth player to take five wickets during their ODI debut, to help bowl Scotland out after 40 overs and three balls. [9] Ireland chased the target down easily, aided by a half-century from O'Brien, to win by seven wickets. [9] Scotland fared better in the second match after once again being invited to bat first; an unbeaten century from Richie Berrington helped his side reach 221. O'Brien was Ireland's leading run-scorer again, with 67 runs, and despite losing a few wickets once O'Brien was dismissed, Ireland reached the target with over five overs to spare. [10] Shortly before the third match of the series, an interview with Mooney was broadcast on RTÉ Sport , in which he spoke about his battle against depression which had forced him to take a break from international cricket. [11] During the match, he was received a standing ovation for his score of 96, which held the Irish innings together, though they finished on a below-par score of 241. Scotland's off-spiiner, Majid Haq, collected five wickets in the innings. In their reply, Scotland lost the wicket of Matthew Cross in the second over, but a partnership of 182 between Calum MacLeod and Hamish Gardiner helped to seal their only victory of the series, with the former reaching his second ODI century. [12]

Malahide Cricket Club Ground

Malahide Cricket Club Ground or The Village is a cricket ground in Malahide, Ireland situated in the Lady Acre field of Malahide Castle grounds. The ground is owned by the Malahide Cricket Club. The ground has been developed to a capacity of 11,500 making it Ireland's biggest cricket venue and officially opened for international cricket in 2013. In November 2017, it was confirmed as the venue for Ireland's first Test match, when they played Pakistan in May 2018.

John Francis Mooney is a former Irish cricketer. A left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler, Mooney made his first-class debut in 2004. He had previously represented Ireland in the Under-19s World Cup of 2000 and has captained Ireland A. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in 2006 in Ireland's inaugural match in the format. In January 2010, Mooney became one of six players with full-time contracts with Cricket Ireland. He was named "Ireland Player of the Year" for 2010. His brother, Paul, has also represented Ireland in international cricket.

Kevin OBrien (cricketer) Irish cricketer

Kevin Joseph O'Brien is an Irish cricketer who plays for Ireland, Leinster and Railway Union Cricket Club and has played for several English county cricket clubs.

Domestic cricket

Leinster Lightning won the 2014 Inter-Provincial Championship for the second successive year, finishing with three wins and draw from their four matches. [13] They also won the 50-over Inter-Provincial Cup, in which they won all four of their matches, but they finished as runners-up in the Twenty20 competition, with North-West Warriors winning the Inter-Provincial Trophy. North-West batsmen dominated the batting tables, as three of the four players to top 200 runs in the Championship; Craig Ervine scored the most, accruing 224. [14] A North-West player also topped the bowled charts, James Cameron-Dow, though the three next best bowlers all played for Leinster. [15]

Leinster Cricket Union

The Leinster Cricket Union, also known as Cricket Leinster, is one of five provincial governing bodies for cricket in Ireland. Along with the Northern, Munster, Connacht Cricket Union and North West unions, it makes up the Irish Cricket Union, the supreme governing body of Irish cricket.

North West of Ireland Cricket Union

The North West of Ireland Cricket Union, often referred to as the North West Cricket Union, is one of five provincial governing bodies in Ireland. Along with the Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Northern unions, it makes up the Irish Cricket Union, the supreme governing body of Irish cricket.

Craig Richard Ervine is a Zimbabwean international cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman. he was born at Harare and has played Test and limited overs cricket for the Zimbabwe national cricket team and first-class cricket for a variety of Zimbabwean sides in the Logan Cup.

The Irish Senior Cup and Alan Murray Twenty20 Cup finals were both contested between Clontarf and The Hills. The Hills finished as Senior Cup winners, claiming a nine-run victory, aided by half-centuries from Cormac McLoughlin and Michael Baumgart. [16] In the Twenty20 competition, Clontarf took a more comprehensive win, scoring 142 runs, including 60 from Andrew Poynter, and then bowling The Hills out for 95. [17]

Clontarf Cricket Club Sports organisation in Dublin, Ireland (1876-)

Clontarf Cricket Club is a cricket club in Dublin, Ireland, playing in Division 1 of the Leinster Senior League. Based at Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, the club also has playing facilities in the grounds of Mount Temple Comprehensive School.

The Hills Cricket Club

The Hills Cricket Club is a cricket club in Skerries, Dublin Ireland, playing in Division 1 of the Leinster Senior League.

Andrew David Poynter is a former Irish cricketer.

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