Northern Knights (cricket team)
Personnel | |
---|---|
Captain | James Shannon |
Coach | Simon Johnston |
Owner | Northern Cricket Union of Ireland |
Team information | |
Founded | 2013 |
Home ground | Stormont Cricket Ground, Belfast |
Capacity | 7,000 |
History | |
Inter-Provincial Championship wins | 0 |
Interprovincial One-Day Trophy wins | 1 |
Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup wins | 0 |
Northern Knights is a first class provincial cricket team in Ireland. Along with the North West Warriors and Leinster Lightning it makes up the Inter-Provincial Championship, and with those teams and Munster Reds makes up the Interprovincial One-Day Trophy & Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup.[1]
The team represents Northern Cricket Union of Ireland which in turn covers most of eastern, southern and much of western Ulster.[2]
Contents
1 History
2 Current squad
3 Grounds
4 References
5 External links
History
In 2013, Cricket Ireland formed a three-day Interprovincial Championship, featuring teams from Leinster, NCU and the North West. The NCU team is known as the Northern Knights. On 8 April, they announced Eugene Moleon as their coach and Gavin Rogers as his assistant coach.[3]
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.[4][5]
In January 2016, Simon Johnston head of Waringstown Cricket Club was appointed head coach of team replacing Eugene Moleon.[6]
Current squad
denotes players with international caps.
Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Club | Notes |
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Batsmen | ||||||
Adam Dennison | Ireland | (1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 | Right-handed | — | Waringstown | |
Jamie Holmes | Ireland | (1992-10-13) 13 October 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Carrickfergus | |
John Matchett | Ireland | — | — | — | C.I.Y.M.S. | |
James Shannon | Ireland | (1990-02-12) 12 February 1990 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Instonians | Captain |
Greg Thompson | Ireland | (1987-09-17) 17 September 1987 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | Waringstown | |
All-rounders | ||||||
Stephen Bunting | Ireland | (1984-12-27) 27 December 1984 | — | — | Instonians | |
Shane Getkate | Ireland | (1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | Instonians | |
Craig Lewis | Ireland | (1986-10-28) 28 October 1986 | — | — | Derriaghy | |
James McCollum | Ireland | (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Waringstown | |
Lee Nelson | Ireland | (1990-12-05) 5 December 1990 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Waringstown | |
Nikolai Smith | Ireland | (1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 | — | — | Instonians | |
Morgan Topping | Ireland | — | — | — | Waringstown | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
Christopher Dougherty | Ireland | (1988-01-16) 16 January 1988 | Left-handed | — | C.I.Y.M.S. | |
Michael Gilmour | Ireland | (1988-08-15) 15 August 1988 | Right-handed | — | Carrickfergus | |
Jamie Magowan | Ireland | (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 | Right-handed | —Muckamore | - | |
Bowlers | ||||||
Gary Kidd | Ireland | (1985-09-18) 18 September 1985 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Waringstown | |
Graeme McCarter | Ireland | (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Civil Service North | |
Robert McKinley | Ireland | (1993-11-03) 3 November 1993 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Instonians | |
Jacob Mulder | Ireland | (1995-08-11) 11 August 1995 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | North Down | |
Nathan Smith | Ireland | (1995-07-09) 9 July 1995 | — | — | Instonians | |
Source:[7] |
Grounds
References
^ "New faces for Northern Knights as they seek to seal Twenty20 playoff spot". Stuff. Retrieved 2017-01-10..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "NCU General Rules" (PDF). northerncricketunion.org. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^ Ireland, Cricket. "Coaches announced for Inter-Provincial Series - Cricket Ireland". www.cricketireland.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^ "Ireland domestic competition awarded first-class status". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
^ "Ireland's Inter-Provincial Championship awarded first-class status". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
^ Ireland, Cricket. "Interview with New Northern Knights Coach Simon Johnston - Cricket Ireland". www.cricketireland.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^ "Mulder given green light for return". CricketEurope. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
External links
- The Northern Cricket Union official website