Leinster Lightning

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Leinster Lightning
Personnel
Captain George Dockrell
Coach Nigel Jones
Owner Cricket Leinster
Team information
ColoursBlue
Founded2013
Home ground Sydney Parade
History
Inter-Provincial Championship  wins6
Interprovincial One-Day Trophy  wins7
Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup  wins8
Official website Cricket Leinster

Leinster Lightning is an Irish inter-provincial cricket team. They participate in the Inter-Provincial Championship, Interprovincial One-Day Trophy and Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup.

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The team is based in Dublin and is managed by Cricket Leinster.

History

In 2013, Cricket Ireland formed the three-day Interprovincial Championship, Cup and Trophy featuring teams from Leinster, the NCU and the North West. The Leinster team is known as Leinster Lightning.

In January 2015, Ted Williamson was announced as the new head coach, taking over at the helm from Trent Johnston. [1] Under his coaching, Leinster Lightning took a clean-sweep of trophies in the 2015 and 2016 seasons before he stepped down from the position. [2]

Up to and including the 2016 Inter-Provincial Championship, the matches were not given first-class status. However, at an International Cricket Council meeting in October 2016, first-class status was awarded to all future matches. [3] [4]

In 2019, Nigel Jones was appointed to the role of Head Coach and Pathway Manager. [5] Following the 2019 season the Inter-Provincial Championship was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has yet to return. [6]

In the history of the Inter-provincial series, Lightning have won 21 of the available 29 trophies. [7]

2023 was the first season in which the team failed to win at least one competition.

Honours

Inter-Provincial Championship - (First Class) - 6 titles
Winners: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and 2019
Inter-Provincial Cup - (List A) - 8 titles
Winners: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 , 2019, 2020 and 2021
Inter-Provincial Trophy - (T20) - 7 titles
Winners: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022

Current squad

NameNationalityBirth dateBatting StyleBowling StyleClubNotes
Batsmen
Andrew Balbirnie Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 28 December 1990 (age 33)Right-handedRight arm off break Pembroke
Harry Tector Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 6 December 1999 (age 24)Right-handedRight arm off-break YMCA
Jack Tector Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 2 September 1996 (age 27)Right-handedRight arm off break YMCA
Tim Tector Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 7 March 2003 (age 20)Right-handedRight arm off break YMCA
Greg Ford Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 9 May 1992 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm leg break Balbriggan
Seamus Lynch Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 10 August 2002 (age 21)Right-handed Terenure
Adam RossleeFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 12 September 2003 (age 20)Left-handed YMCA
Christopher De FreitasFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2 June 2002 (age 21)Left-handedRight arm medium Balbriggan
Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 30 April 1994 (age 29)Right-handedRight arm off break The Hills
All-rounders
Simi Singh Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 4 February 1987 (age 36)Right-handedRight arm off break YMCA
George Dockrell Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 22 July 1992 (age 31)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Leinster Captain
Fionn Hand Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 1 July 1998 (age 25)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium Clontarf
Sam HarbinsonFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 31 March 1995 (age 28)Right-handedRight arm medium Merrion
Wicket-keepers
Lorcan Tucker Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 10 September 1996 (age 27)Right-handed Pembroke
Mark DoneganCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 21 December 1998 (age 25)Left-handed The Hills
Riley MudfordFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11 August 2001 (age 22)Right-handed Railway Union
Bowlers
Reuben Wilson Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 17 September 2006 (age 17)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium YMCA
Gavin Hoey Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 5 November 2001 (age 22)Right-handedRight arm leg break Dublin University
Mikey O'Reilly Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 2 July 2002 (age 21)Left-handedLeft arm fast-medium YMCA
Josh Little Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 1 November 1999 (age 24)Right-handedLeft arm fast-medium Pembroke
Barry McCarthy Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 13 September 1992 (age 31)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium Pembroke
David Delany Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 28 December 1997 (age 26)Left-handedRight arm fast Clontarf
David O'Halloran Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 27 October 2000 (age 23)Right-handedRight arm medium-fast Malahide
Amish Sidhu Flag of India.svg  India 15 October 1996 (age 27)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Phoenix
Joe Carroll Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 21 June 1991 (age 32)Right-handedRight arm medium Leinster
Sean McNichollFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 31 May 1998 (age 25)Left-handedRight arm fast-medium The Hills
Source: [8]

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