CL UNDER 23 DISTRICT CUP DECIDER (THURS 17.7.2025)

The twelfth and final game in the CL Under 23 District Cup competition is scheduled to take place between North Leinster and Dublin University on Thursday 17th July at Oak Hill commencing at 11.00am.

This final game is a title decider, after which the trophy for 2025 will be co-presented by Meena Baskarasubramanian (CL President) and Ger Siggins (Dublin University CC).

This competition is intended as a high-performance pathway competition for players with potential to achieve selection for the Leinster Lightning Bolts and/or the higher levels.

It has been designed to maximise ‘representative’ opportunities for such players in particular those who no longer qualify for underage representative competitions but have potential to play at a higher level subject to development, exposure/opportunity and performance at both club and district levels.

The 2025 U23 District Cup competition started on 7th May last when Dublin University beat North Leinster by 45 runs at College Park despite a solid 54 that day from Hassan Shahid for the visitors.

The two teams for this deciding game are as follows:

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY
David Vincent, Capt
Johit Munjal
Jamie Forbes
Andrew Boulton
Seb Dijkstra
Jack Atkinson
Yash Balasubramanium
Ben McCarthy
Ben McCabe
Aidan Muller
Raj Punamiya

NORTH LEINSTER
Cillian McDonnell (Clontarf), Capt
Adam Doyle (Malahide)
Hassan Shahid (The Hills)
Brandon Kruger (The Hills)
Husnain Maroof (North Kildare)
Karthik Subbiah (Clontarf)
Joseph Russell (The Hills)
Muzamil Sherzad (The Hills)
Jeremy Martins (Malahide)
Yaseen Sherzad (The Hills)
Killian McGrane (The Hills)
Brian Dunphy (North County)

The previous winners of this competition were Dublin City (2023), Fingal (2024) so there will definitely be a new name on the Siggins trophy for 2025.