CRICKET LEINSTER TEAM NEWS – ISC & NC ROUND 1 (MAY 9TH)

The first weekend of knockout cup cricket this season sees Cricket Leinster sides taking centre stage in the Irish Senior Cup and National Cup this Saturday.

Balbriggan (holders) and Clontarf (runners-up) have both received byes into Round 2 of the Irish Senior Cup owing to their successes last season, however there's still 16 CL sides in action across the country, with the convection of the draw meaning there are four home sides in both the Irish Senior & National Cups, as well as four sides on the road in each competition.

Irish Senior Cup

Byes; Clontarf, Balbriggan

HOME TEAMS

At Inch, North County

Opposition; North Down

2025 All-Ireland Result; Irish Senior Cup Quarter-Finalists (lost to Lisburn)

Team This Weekend; Eddie Richardson (Capt), Jamie Grassi (WK), Lochie Hardy, John Devane, Suliman Safi, Alan Joseph Mathew, Niall McGovern, Jake Devane, Abdul Ghaffar, Brandon Morris, Sean Sludds, Husnain Maroof

At Observatory Lane, Leinster

Opposition; Laurelvale

2025 All-Ireland Result; Irish Cup Round 2 (lost to Balbriggan)

Team This Weekend; Rian Cassidy (Capt, WK), Tom Johnson, Luke Horgan, Monil Patel, Younas Ahmadzai, Joey Carroll, Tom O’Connor, Saqib Bahadur, Mark Tonge, Jai Moondra, Tristen de Beer

At The Village, Malahide

Opposition; Coleraine

2025 All-Ireland Result; Irish Cup Semi-Finalists (lost to Clontarf)

Team This Weekend; Jeremy Martins (Capt), Matthew Langan (WK), Greg Ford, Matt Ford, Kelvin Donnelly, Robbie Foulkes, Alan Reynolds, Adam Doyle, Mohit Sane, Andrew Sheridan, Ravi Kumar

At Kenure, Rush

Opposition; Cork Harlequins

2025 All-Ireland Result; Irish Cup Round 2 (lost to Clontarf)

Team This Weekend; Nathan McGuire (Capt), Finn McGee (WK), Alex Neary, Jack McGee, Isaac Bird, Abid Taniwal, Nasir Totakhil, Hashir Sultan, Conor Butterly, Jawid Oryakhil, Asher Abbasi, Craig May

AWAY TEAMS

At Foyleview, Railway Union

Opposition; Newbuildings

2025 All-Ireland Result; Irish Cup Round 2 (lost to CIYMS)

Team This Weekend; Philippe le Roux (Capt), Bruce Whaley (WK), Abhay Tipnis, Ashil Prakash, Digamber Mishra, Farman Afridi, Hayden Hamilton, Liam McCarthy, Rob O’Brien, Srihan Karpe, Sumit Kumar

At The Lawn, Pembroke

Opposition; Waringstown

2025 All-Ireland Result; Irish Cup Quarter-Finalists (lost to Clontarf)

Team This Weekend; Jack Tector (Capt), Lorcan Tucker (WK), Tim Tector, JJ Garth, Macdara Cosgrave, Harry Tector, Addison Sherriff, Gavin Hoey, Barry McCarthy, Paul Lawson, Byron McDonough

At Belmont, Phoenix

Opposition; CI (formerly CIYMS)

2025 All-Ireland Result; Irish Cup Round 2 (lost to Phoenix)

Team This Weekend; Shane Getkate (Capt), Vivek Singh (WK), Johit Munjal, Amish Sidhu, George Dockrell, Tyrone Kane, Raghav Grover, Aadil Naizam, Ben White, Sean McNicholl, Tanvir Hasan

At The Boathole, Merrion

Opposition; St Johnston

2025 All-Ireland Result; Irish Cup Round 2 (lost to Donemana)

Team This Weekend; Sean Stanton (Capt), Stephen Doheny (WK), Swapnil Modgill, Seb Dijkstra, Jamie Forbes, Andy Doheny, Corne Botha, Cormac MacMahon, Peter Forkin, Tom Ford, Tom Squires

National Cup

HOME TEAMS

At The Maws, North Kildare

Opposition; Cregagh

2025 All-Ireland Result; National Cup Round 1 (lost to Glendermott)

Team This Weekend; Yash Kalasannavar (Capt, WK), Moize Haider, Nurulain Boda, Josh Uddin, Shashank Bhartiya, Ali Elahi, Muhammad Noman, Akhilesh Sharma, Asadullah Ahmadzai, Adnan Ahmadzai, Nazmus Monon

At Marlay Park, Sandyford

Opposition; Bonds Glen

2025 All-Ireland Result; National Cup Round 1 (lost to Carrickfergus)

Team This Weekend; Abhishek Pandey (Capt), Joel Jeba Kumar (WK), Jawad Khan, Skanda Rao, Ajay Shastry, Prathamesh Samant, Rachan Potluri, Kshitij Salgaonkar, Manan Ishtiyaq, Abhilash Premkumar, Aman Kadam

At Kentstown, Knockharley

Opposition; Donaghcloney Mill

2025 All-Ireland Result; Did Not Qualify

Team This Weekend; Mubeen Ali (Capt), Sayed Zubair (WK), Brandon Kruger, Kashif Ali, Jack Condie, Don Retty, Muhammad Nawaz, Syed Medhi, Ehtesham Ahmed, Summit Singh, Ahmed Kayani, Aabis Mirza

At Stradbally, Laois

Opposition; County Kerry

2025 All-Ireland Result; National Cup Quarter-Finalists (lost to County Galway)

Team This Weekend; Rashid Meraj (Capt), Chinmay Venu Madhav Avula (WK), Jahangir Noor, Saqib Nagra, Kamran Sabrie, Rocky Butt, Ahsan Pervaiz, Jawad Amin, Osama Sabri, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Akbar

AWAY TEAMS

At Townspark, The Hills

Opposition; Midleton

2025 All-Ireland Result; National Cup Round 2 (lost to Ballyspallen)

Team This Weekend; Matthew Weldon (Capt), Liam Blackford (WK), Muzamil Sherzad, Yaseen Sherzad, Joe Fletcher, Andrew Kavanagh, Febin Manoj, Stefano di Bartolomeo, Tómas Rooney-Murphy, Cian Nulty, Killian McGrane

At Upritchard Park, Adamstown

Opposition; Bangor

2025 All-Ireland Result; National Cup Quarter-Finalists (lost to Carrickfergus)

Team This Weekend; Sid Biju (Capt), Prashant Prabhu Damodaran (WK), Dinesh Anthony Kidagan David, Shravon Biju, Nithin Pradmaprabhu, Nithin Namburu, Jaivir Singh Oberoi, Aryan Adelkar, Shreyas Rajesh, Arvind Olaganathan, Angad Bawa

At Ardmore, Civil Service

Opposition; Ardmore

2025 All-Ireland Result; National Cup Round 1 (lost to Bonds Glen)

Team This Weekend; Deepak Jayachandran (Capt), Simranjeet Singh (WK), Ankit Gusain, Swaraj Batham, Arjun Chandrasekar, Devender Ranolia, Hedayat Khogiani, Zaman Safi, Vijay Adhikari, Shreyansh Khanna, Edson Silva

At Ballyheather Road, Terenure

Opposition; Killyclooney

2025 All-Ireland Result; National Cup Semi-Finalists (lost to County Galway CC)

Team This Weekend; Henry Dall (Capt), Sophie Reid (WK), Mick Cotter, Zeeshan Mumtaz, Sid Nair, Dónal Lynch, Tom Shand, Kripesh Shetty, Benjamin Dillon, Naveed Khan, Ananthkrishnan Parasathy