Leinster Lightning was established in 2013, and accorded first-class status in 2017. [1]
Since then, they have played first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket at a number of different home grounds.
Their first home first-class match was against North West Warriors in 2017 at Oak Hill Cricket Club Ground in County Wicklow. [2] From 2019, College Park was due to become the home ground for Leinster Lightning for the 2019 and 2020 seasons, [3] though this arrangement failed to materialise.
As of 4 September 2018, Leinster Lightning have played seven first-class matches, [2] 18 List A matches, [4] and 20 Twenty20 matches at eight different home grounds. [5] The grounds that Leinster Lightning have used for home matches are listed below, with statistics complete through the end of the 2023 season.
Name | Location | First | Last | No. | First | Last | No. | First | Last | No. | Refs |
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First-class | List A | Twenty20 | |||||||||
The Vineyard | Skerries | – | – | 0 | 1 May 2017 v North West Warriors | 14 Aug 2023 v North West Warriors | 3 | – | – | 0 | [6] [7] [n 1] |
Anglesea Road | Dublin | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0 | 9 Jun 2017 v Northern Knights | 21 Jul 2017 | 3 | [8] [9] [n 2] |
Oak Hill | County Wicklow | 20 Jun 2017 | – | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0 | [10] [11] [n 3] |
Castle Avenue | Dublin | 5 Sep 2017 | – | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0 | [12] [13] [n 4] |
Observatory Lane | Dublin | – | – | 0 | 10 Sep 2017 | 9 Sep 2018 | 2 | – | – | 0 | [14] [15] [n 5] |
Sydney Parade | Dublin | 1 May 2018 | – | 1 | 27 Jun 2019 | 18 May 2023 | 10 | 18 May 2018 v Munster Reds | 3 Aug 2023 v Northern Knights | 17 | [16] [17] [18] [n 6] |
The Village | Malahide | 4 Sep 2018 | 30 Jul 2019 | 2 | 17 Sep 2020 | 28 Sep 2020 | 3 | – | – | 0 | [19] [20] [21] [n 7] |
The Inch | Balrothery | 12 Aug 2019 | – | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0 | [22] |