North County Cricket Club

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Founded1985
Home groundThe Inch

North County Cricket Club is a cricket club in Balrothery, County Dublin, Ireland, playing in Division 1 of the Leinster Senior League.

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The club was established in 1985 by the merger of Balrothery and Man O'War cricket clubs. North County is Ireland's most successful cricket club with 5 all Ireland titles. [1]

Current Squad

NameNationalityBirth dateBatting StyleBowling StyleNotes
Batsmen
John DevaneCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Left-handedRight arm medium
Hunter KindleyFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 10 October 1999 (age 25)Right-handedRight arm off break Overseas Pro
Suliman Safi Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 17 March 2003 (age 22)Left-handed—
Nial McGovernCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 15 January 1995 (age 30)Right-handedRight arm leg break
Ciaran SheridanCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Right-handed—
Shreehari MadyalkarCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Right-handedRight arm off break
Ben McBrideCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Right-handedRight arm off break
Brian DunphyCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 14 August 2008 (age 16)Right-handedRight arm leg break
All-rounders
Eddie Richardson Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 22 July 1990 (age 34)Right-handedRight arm medium Captain
Ashish JainCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Abdul SattarCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Right-handedRight arm medium
Alan Joseph MathewFlag of India.svg  India*Right-handedRight arm medium
Simi Singh Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 4 February 1987 (age 38)Right-handedRight arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Jamie Grassi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy*9 October 1998 (age 26)Right-handed—
Luke WhelanCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 12 December 2003 (age 21)Right-handed—
Bowlers
Sean SluddsCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Right-handedRight arm medium
Tanvir HasanCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 12 January 1992 (age 33)Right-handedRight arm leg break
Johan GeorgeCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Right-handedRight arm leg break
Abdul GhaffarCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Right-handedRight arm medium

Facilities

The impressive facilities at North County Cricket Club include Ireland's only purpose-built Centre of Excellence indoor training centre that is used by both the men's and ladies Ireland cricket teams as well as International and Provincial sides.

Overseas professionals

The club regularly welcomes overseas professionals at the club. In 2018 Malcolm Nofal represented the club before returning to New Zealand. In 2019 Yassar Cook represented the club before returning to South Africa.

Teams fielded

In 2019 North County Cricket Club fielded 4 men's teams and 7 junior teams. The junior section comprised both boys and girls teams. [2]

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ "Cricket | Balrothery | North County Cricket Club". northcountycricket. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Cricket Leinster". www.cricketleinster.ie. Retrieved 24 September 2019.


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