List of Northern Knights grounds

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Stormont hosted Northern Knights first home First Class match in 2017. Stormont (cricket ground).jpg
Stormont hosted Northern Knights first home First Class match in 2017.

Northern Knights 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 Stormont in Belfast. [2]

Northern Knights have played six first-class matches, [2] 15 List A matches, [3] and ten T20 matches at eight different home grounds. [4]

The grounds that Northern Knights 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
Stormont Belfast 5 Jun 2017

v Leinster Lightning

6 Aug 2019

v Leinster Lightning

228 May 2018
v North West Warriors 		7 Sep 2023

v North West Warriors

1218 May 2018

v North West Warriors

–1 [5] [6] [7] [n 1]
The Meadow Downpatrick ––04 Jun 2017
v Leinster Lightning 		–1––0 [8] [n 2]
Shaw's Bridge Lower Ground Belfast ––0––023 Jun 2017
v Leinster Lightning 		–1 [9] [n 3]
Middle Road Carrickfergus ––0––021 Jul 2017
v Munster Reds 		–1 [10] [n 4]
The Green Comber 1 Aug 2017
v North West Warriors 		28 May 2019
v North West Warriors 		416 May 2021

v Leinster Lightning

–11 Sep 2020

v North West Warriors

29 May 2022

v Leinster Lightning

5 [11] [12] [13] [n 5]
The Lawn Waringstown ––06 Aug 2017
v North West Warriors 		–1––0 [14] [n 6]
Circular Road Belfast ––0––011 Aug 2017
v North West Warriors 		–1 [15]
Shaw's Bridge Upper Ground Belfast ––0––025 May 2018
v Leinster Lightning 		–1 [16]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Ireland have played first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches at Civil Service Cricket Ground. Only the first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches played by Northern Knights are recorded.
  2. ↑ Ireland played a single first-class match at The Meadow against Scotland in 1983. Ireland played two List A matches at The Meadow in 1990 and 1997, with The Meadow hosting a further two List A matches in the 2005 ICC Trophy. Only the List A match played by the Northern Knights is recorded.
  3. ↑ Two List A matches were played there during the 2005 ICC Trophy.
  4. ↑ Middle Road hosted a single List A match between Netherlands and Oman in the 2005 ICC Trophy.
  5. ↑ Ireland have played two List A matches at The Green (1995 Benson & Hedges Cup v Kent and in the 2005 ICC Trophy v Uganda). In the 2005 ICC Trophy, Uganda and Bermuda also played a List A match there.
  6. ↑ The Lawn hosted a List A match between Bermuda and the United States in the 2005 ICC Trophy. Only the List A match played by the Northern Knights is recorded.

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References

  1. ↑ "First-class status for interpros sees Irish cricket break another glass ceiling". Irish Independent . 28 May 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Northern Knights" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "List A Matches played by Northern Knights" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Twenty20 Matches played by Northern Knights" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "First-Class Matches played on Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast (1)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "List A Matches played on Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast (2)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Twenty20 Matches played on Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast (1)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "List A Matches played on The Meadow, Downpatrick (1)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "Twenty20 Matches played on Shaw's Bridge Lower Ground, Belfast (1)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  10. ↑ "Twenty20 Matches played on Middle Road, Carrickfergus (1)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  11. ↑ "First-Class Matches played on The Green, Comber (3)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  12. ↑ "List A matches played on The Green, Comber" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  13. ↑ "Twenty20 matches played on The Green, Comber" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  14. ↑ "List A Matches played on The Lawn, Waringstown (1)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  15. ↑ "Twenty20 Matches played on Circular Road, Belfast (1)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  16. ↑ "Twenty20 Matches played on Shaw's Bridge Upper Ground, Belfast (1)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
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