The Hills Cricket Club

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The Hills
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Founded1969
Home ground The Vineyard

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

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The club was established in 1969, winning the LeinsterJunior Cup and Junior League in 1971, Intermediate Cup in 1972 and Intermediate League in 1973. Senior status was attained in 1983 and a first senior trophies – the Leinster Senior Cup and Leinster Senior League – came in 1989. [2]

On 1 September 2012, the club won their first Irish Senior Cup defeating Merrion Cricket Club by 8 wickets in Castle Avenue, Clontarf.

Current squad

NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsmen
Oliver HorlockFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia*29 January 2005 (age 20)Right-handedRight arm off break
Yaseen SherzadFlag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan*Right-handedRight arm medium
Will ArcherCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Right-handedRight arm medium
Edson SilvaFlag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 4 April 1987 (age 38)Right-handedRight arm medium
Joe FletcherCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Right-handedRight arm off break
All-rounders
Muzamil Sherzad Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 5 October 2002 (age 22)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Brandon KrugerFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa*12 December 2000 (age 24)Right-handedRight arm off break
Tomás MurphyCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 22 October 1992 (age 32)Right-handedRight arm medium Captain
James CusackFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia*13 October 1993 (age 31)Right-handedRight arm off break
Pierce RyanFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia*Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
Mubeen AliCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Right-handedRight arm off break
Andrew KavanaghCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Bowlers
Cian NultyCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 3 October 2000 (age 24)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Matthew WeldonCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 31 December 2005 (age 19)Right-handedLeft arm fast-medium
Febin ManojCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Right-handedRight arm off break
Sean McNichollFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia*31 May 1998 (age 27)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium

Honours

References

  1. "Cricket Leinster". cricketleinster.ie. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  2. Club history