List of Leinster Lightning grounds

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College Park (pictured) will host all Leinster Lightning home matches from 2019.

Leinster Lightning was established in 2013, and accorded first-class status in 2017. [1]

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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.

List of grounds

NameLocationFirstLastNo.FirstLastNo.FirstLastNo.Refs
First-class List A Twenty20
The Vineyard Skerries ––01 May 2017
v North West Warriors 		14 Aug 2023
v North West Warriors 		3––0 [6] [7] [n 1]
Anglesea Road Dublin ––0––09 Jun 2017
v Northern Knights 		21 Jul 2017

v North West Warriors

3 [8] [9] [n 2]
Oak Hill County Wicklow 20 Jun 2017

v North West Warriors

–1––0––0 [10] [11] [n 3]
Castle Avenue Dublin 5 Sep 2017

v Northern Knights

–1––0––0 [12] [13] [n 4]
Observatory Lane Dublin ––010 Sep 2017

v Northern Knights

9 Sep 2018

v North West Warriors

2––0 [14] [15] [n 5]
Sydney Parade Dublin 1 May 2018

v North West Warriors

–127 Jun 2019

v Northern Knights

18 May 2023

v Munster Reds

1018 May 2018
v Munster Reds 		3 Aug 2023
v Northern Knights 		17 [16] [17] [18] [n 6]
The Village
Malahide 4 Sep 2018

v Northern Knights

30 Jul 2019

v Northern Knights

217 Sep 2020

v Northern Knights

28 Sep 2020

v North West Warriors

3––0 [19] [20] [21] [n 7]
The Inch Balrothery 12 Aug 2019

v North West Warriors

–1––0––0 [22]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Hosted two List A matches during the 2005 ICC Trophy. Only the List A matches played by Leinster Lighting are recorded.
  2. ↑ Hosted a single List A match between Papua New Guinea and the United States during the 2005 ICC Trophy.
  3. ↑ Ireland played a first-class match and two Twenty20 matches here against South Africa A. Only the first-class match played by Leinster Lightning is recorded.
  4. ↑ Has hosted 15 first-class matches. Only the first-class match played by Leinster Lightning is recorded.
  5. ↑ Hosted two List A matches during the 2005 ICC Trophy. Only the List A matches played by Leinster Lighting are recorded.
  6. ↑ Has hosted seven Twenty20 matches. Only the Twenty20 matches with Leinster Lighting as the home team are recorded.
  7. ↑ Six first-class matches have been played at the ground (including one Test match). Only the first-class match played by Leinster Lighting is recorded.

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References

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  2. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Leinster Cricket Union". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "College Park to become Lightning home ground". irishcricketarchives.org. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "List A Matches played by Leinster Cricket Union". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Twenty20 Matches played by Leinster Cricket Union". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
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  14. ↑ "Observatory Lane, Dublin" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
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  17. ↑ "First-Class Matches played on Sydney Parade, Dublin (1)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "Twenty20 Matches played on Sydney Parade, Dublin (4)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
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  20. ↑ "First-Class Matches played on The Village, Malahide (1)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  21. ↑ "List A matches played on The Village, Dublin (27)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  22. ↑ "First Class matches played on The Inch, Dublin (1)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
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