Northern Knights (cricket team)















































Northern Knights
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



  • double-dagger denotes players with international caps.



































































































































































































Name
 Nationality
 Birth date
 Batting Style
 Bowling Style
 Club
 Notes
Batsmen
Adam Dennison
 Ireland
(1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 (age 21)
 Right-handed — Waringstown
Jamie Holmes
 Ireland
(1992-10-13) 13 October 1992 (age 26)
 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
 Carrickfergus
John Matchett
 Ireland
 — — — C.I.Y.M.S.

James Shannon double-dagger
 Ireland
(1990-02-12) 12 February 1990 (age 29)
 Right-handed Right arm off break
 Instonians
Captain

Greg Thompson double-dagger
 Ireland
(1987-09-17) 17 September 1987 (age 31)
 Right-handed Right arm leg break
 Waringstown
All-rounders
Stephen Bunting
 Ireland
(1984-12-27) 27 December 1984 (age 34)
 — — Instonians
Shane Getkate
 Ireland
(1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 27)
 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
 Instonians
Craig Lewis
 Ireland
(1986-10-28) 28 October 1986 (age 32)
 — — Derriaghy
James McCollum
 Ireland
(1995-08-01) 1 August 1995 (age 23)
 Right-handed Right arm medium
 Waringstown
Lee Nelson
 Ireland
(1990-12-05) 5 December 1990 (age 28)
 Right-handed Right arm off break
 Waringstown
Nikolai Smith
 Ireland
(1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 (age 26)
 — — Instonians
Morgan Topping
 Ireland
 — — — Waringstown
Wicket-keepers
Christopher Dougherty
 Ireland
(1988-01-16) 16 January 1988 (age 31)
 Left-handed — C.I.Y.M.S.
Michael Gilmour
 Ireland
(1988-08-15) 15 August 1988 (age 30)
 Right-handed — Carrickfergus
Jamie Magowan
 Ireland
(1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 (age 23)
 Right-handed —Muckamore
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Bowlers

Gary Kidd double-dagger
 Ireland
(1985-09-18) 18 September 1985 (age 33)
 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Waringstown

Graeme McCarter double-dagger
 Ireland
(1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 (age 26)
 Right-handed Right arm medium
 Civil Service North
Robert McKinley
 Ireland
(1993-11-03) 3 November 1993 (age 25)
 Right-handed Right arm medium
 Instonians

Jacob Mulder double-dagger
 Ireland
(1995-08-11) 11 August 1995 (age 23)
 Right-handed Right arm leg break
 North Down
Nathan Smith
 Ireland
(1995-07-09) 9 July 1995 (age 23)
 — — Instonians
Source:[7]


Grounds


For a complete list of grounds used by Northern Knights, see List of Northern Knights grounds.


References





  1. ^ "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}


  2. ^ "NCU General Rules" (PDF). northerncricketunion.org. Retrieved 27 May 2017.


  3. ^ Ireland, Cricket. "Coaches announced for Inter-Provincial Series - Cricket Ireland". www.cricketireland.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2017.


  4. ^ "Ireland domestic competition awarded first-class status". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2016.


  5. ^ "Ireland's Inter-Provincial Championship awarded first-class status". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 October 2016.


  6. ^ Ireland, Cricket. "Interview with New Northern Knights Coach Simon Johnston - Cricket Ireland". www.cricketireland.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2017.


  7. ^ "Mulder given green light for return". CricketEurope. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.




External links


  • The Northern Cricket Union official website








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