LHK GROUP ALAN MURRAY CUP PREVIEW – MATCH DAY 2 (JUNE 8TH)

The second round of fixtures in the LHK Group Alan Murray Cup take place this evening, and with the inclement weather of the weekend threatening to clear, there’s a full slate of 8 fixtures set to take place.

Round 1 of the competition saw wins for Terenure and Pembroke in Group A, whilst in Group B Merrion and Leinster also secured victories on the south side. Group C saw Rush and Phoenix dominant in their wins, whilst finally in Group D, Clontarf and Malahide got off to a winning start.

Team news for tonight’s fixtures is now available for all games!

GROUP A

RAILWAY UNION VS TERENURE

Railway Union; Abhay Tipnis (Capt), Peter le Roux (WK), Bruce Whaley, Connor Walden, Hayden Hamilton, Jaagrat Srivastava, Kathan Shah, Liam McCarthy, Mark Canniffe, Musa Shinwari, Rob O’Brien

Terenure; Henry Dall (Capt), Mick Cotter (WK), Dónal Lynch, Abu Baker, Zeeshan Mumtaz, Sid Nair, Niqash Ali, Bhavic Tukrel, Vishnu Sadanandan, Naveed Khan, Syed Bacha

KEY BATTLE: Bruce Whaley vs Naveed Khan

PEMBROKE VS ADAMSTOWN

Pembroke; Jack Tector (Capt), Greg Hollins (WK), Danny Hogan, JJ Garth, Addison Sherriff, Sanil Gupta, Joe Prendergast, Paul Lawson, Mark Berry, Byron McDonough, Harry St Leger

Adamstown; Sid Biju (Capt), Prashant Prabhu Damodaran (WK), Dinesh Antony Kidagan David, Nithin Namburu, Aryan Adelkar, Shravon Biju, Jaivir Singh Oberoi, Arvind Olaganathan, Angad Bawa, Shreyas Rajesh, Abdul Khader

KEY BATTLE: JJ Garth vs Dinesh Antony Kidagan David

GROUP B

LEINSTER VS MERRION

Leinster; Bilal Azhar (Capt), Rian Cassidy (WK), Tristen de Beer, Tom Johnson, Tom O’Connor, Saqib Bahadur, Younas Ahmadzai, Jai Moondra, Mark Tonge, Joey Carroll, Monil Patel

Merrion; Sean Stanton (Capt), Stephen Doheny (WK), Daniel Forkin, Corne Botha, Swapnil Modgill, John Anderson, Jamie Forbes, Seb Dijkstra, Andy Doheny, Peter Forkin, Hugh Kennedy

KEY BATTLE: Younas Ahmadzai vs Corne Botha

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY VS CIVIL SERVICE

Dublin University; Mikey O’Reilly (Capt), Rory Betley (WK), Macdara Cosgrave, David Delany, Stephen Black, Ryan Smith, Yash Bala, Tom Anders, Donncha Tucker, Ahijah Hill, Conall Woods

Civil Service; Deepak Jayachandran (Capt), Simranjeet Singh (WK), Vijay Adhikari, Edson Silva, Rahul Jadhav, Mubasher Siddique, Ankit Gusain, Hedayat Ullah Khogiani, Devender Ranolia, Zaman Safi, Noor Ullah

KEY BATTLE: Ahijah Hill vs Edson Silva

GROUP C

NORTH COUNTY VS PHOENIX

North County; Eddie Richardson (Capt), Jamie Grassi (WK), Lochie Hardy, Suliman Safi, John Devane, Muhammad Sherzad, Alan Joseph Mathew, Sean Sludds, Husnain Maroof, Brandon Morris, Abdul Ghaffar

Phoenix; Shane Getkate (Capt), Vivek Singh (WK), Johit Munjal, Tyrone Kane, George Dockrell, Callum O’Byrne, Raghav Grover, Amish Sidhu, James Maginnis, Ben White, Sean McNicholl

KEY BATTLE: Eddie Richardson vs Shane Getkate

RUSH VS THE HILLS

Rush; Nathan McGuire (Capt), Finn McGee (WK), Abid Taniwal, Jack McGee, Isaac Bird, Hashir Sultan, Conor Butterly, Sean McCormack, Asher Abbasi, Alex Neary, Nasir Totakhil

The Hills; Matthew Weldon (Capt), Liam Blackford (WK), Muzamil Sherzad, Yaseen Sherzad, Nathan Rooney, Stefano di Bartolomeo, Andy Kavanagh, Cian Nulty, Tómas Rooney-Murphy, Will Archer, Killian McGrane

KEY BATTLE: Abid Taniwal vs Matthew Weldon

GROUP D

CLONTARF VS NORTH KILDARE

Clontarf; Fionn Hand (Capt), Séamus Lynch (WK), Andrew Delany, Eoghan Delany, Kartik Joshi, Liam Gilhooly, Cillian McDonnell, John McNally, Sam Morgan, Reuben Wilson, Mitchell Thompson

North Kildare; Yash Kalasannavar (Capt, WK), Moize Haider, Abdul Aryan, Adnan Ahmadzai, Akhilesh Sharma, Ankit Pareek, Asadullah Ahmadzai, Kiran Patil, Muhammad Noman, Nazmus Monon, Nurulain Boda

KEY BATTLE: Séamus Lynch vs Abdul Aryan

BALBRIGGAN VS MALAHIDE

Balbriggan; Dylan Lues (Capt), Connor Fletcher (WK), Cameron Rowe, Chris de Freitas, Matt Hollard, Ruan Strauss, Seb de Oliveira, Kai Curran, Jordan Hollard, Prashan Naidoo, Farooq Nasr

Malahide; Jeremy Martins (Capt), Matthew Langan (WK), Greg Ford, Robbie Foulkes, Aaron Doyle, Mohit Sane, Matt Ford, Timcy Khanduja, Andrew Sheridan, Alex Brown, David O’Halloran

KEY BATTLE: Dylan Lues vs Robbie Foulkes

LHK GROUP ALAN MURRAY CUP

MATCH DAY 2 – JUNE 8^TH – All 18:00 Start

At Park Avenue, Railway Union vs Terenure

At Sydney Parade, Pembroke vs Adamstown

At Observatory Lane, Leinster vs Merrion

At College Park, Dublin University vs Civil Service

At Inch, North County vs Phoenix

At Kenure, Rush vs The Hills

At Castle Avenue, Clontarf vs North Kildare

At Jack Harper Park, Balbriggan vs Malahide