LHK GROUP ALAN MURRAY CUP TEAM NEWS – MATCH DAY 1 (MAY 29TH)

The opening night of the LHK Group Alan Murray Cup takes place this evening, with a full complement of 8 fixtures seeing 16 sides setting out with their sights firmly set on Finals Day in Sydney Parade on July 11^th.

Phoenix were victorious in 2025, seeing off 2024 champions Leinster in a remarkable Final which went right down to the wire, with the ‘Nix indebted to a sensational day for Irish International George Dockrell, who struck a brace of unbeaten centuries in the Semi-Final and Final, rounding out the day without being dismissed having made 216 runs off 95 deliveries, including 10 boundaries and 23 maximums!

This year’s Finals Day will take place with back-to-back Semi-Finals in Sydney Parade at 10:15 & 13:45 followed by the Final at 17:15.

GROUP A

PEMBROKE VS RAILWAY UNION

TEAM NEWS

Pembroke: Jack Tector (Capt), Greg Hollins (WK), Tim Tector, Danny Hogan, Addison Sherriff, Sanil Gupta, Dan Murray, Joe Prendergast, Paul Lawson, Mark Berry, Byron McDonough

Railway Union: Abhay Tipnis (Capt), Peter le Roux (WK), Rob Carr, Hayden Hamilton, Digamber Mishra, Rob O’Brien, Kathan Shah, Musa Shinwari, Jagraat Srivastava, Connor Walden, Bruce Whaley

KEY BATTLE: Addison Sherriff vs Rob O’Brien

TERENURE VS ADAMSTOWN

TEAM NEWS

Terenure: Henry Dall (Capt), Sophie Reid (WK), Mick Cotter, Zeeshan Mumtaz, Sid Nair, Tom Shand, Dónal Lynch, Bhavic Tukrel, Kripesh Shetty, Naveed Khan, Syed Bacha

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

KEY BATTLE: Kripesh Shetty vs Sid Biju

GROUP B

MERRION VS CIVIL SERVICE

TEAM NEWS

Merrion: Sean Stanton (Capt), Olly Mollins (WK), John Anderson, Corne Botha, Seb Dijkstra, Andy Doheny, Jamie Forbes, Tom Ford, Danny Forkin, Peter Forkin, Swapnil Modgill

Civil Service: Deepak Jayachandran (Capt), Simranjeet Singh (WK), Vijay Adhikari, Abhishek Arvind Kare, Swaraj Batham, Rahul Jadhav, Devender Ranolia, Zaman Safi, Mubasher Siddique, Noor Ullah, Hedayat Ullah Khogiani

KEY BATTLE: Swapnil Modgill vs Noor Ullah

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY VS LEINSTER

TEAM NEWS

Dublin University: Mikey O’Reilly (Capt), Brian Delaney (WK), Tom Anders, Yash Bala, Rory Betley, Stephen Black, Macdara Cosgrave, Joe McCarthy, Ryan Smith, Donncha Tucker, Conall Woods

Leinster: Rian Cassidy (Capt, WK), Younas Ahmadzai, Kaustabh Apsunde, Saqib Bahadur, Joey Carroll, Luke Horgan, Tom Johnson, Ruben Newton, Tom O’Connor, Monil Patel, Mark Tonge

KEY BATTLE: Rory Betley vs Mark Tonge

GROUP C

NORTH COUNTY VS RUSH

TEAM NEWS

North County: Eddie Richardson (Capt), Jamie Grassi (WK), John Devane, Abdul Ghaffar, Lochie Hardy, Alan Joseph Mathew, Syed Mohammed Aiman, Brandon Morris, Suliman Safi, Mohammad Sherzad, Sean Sludds

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

KEY BATTLE: Eddie Richardson vs Abid Taniwal

PHOENIX VS THE HILLS

TEAM NEWS

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

The Hills: Matthew Weldon (Capt), Liam Blackford (WK), Muzamil Sherzad, Yaseen Sherzad, Nicolaj Damgaard, Nathan Rooney, Stefano di Bartolomeo, Andy Kavanagh, Tomás Rooney-Murphy, Cian Nulty, Killian McGrane

KEY BATTLE: Sean McNicholl vs Nicolaj Damgaard

GROUP D

BALBRIGGAN VS CLONTARF

TEAM NEWS

Balbriggan: Dylan Lues (Capt), Connor Fletcher (WK), Chris de Freitas, Jordan Hollard, Cameron Rowe, Seb De Oliveira, Ruan Strauss, Bhavesh Lakhotia, Abdul Samad, Matthew Hollard, Ryan Keenan

Clontarf: Fionn Hand (Capt), Séamus Lynch (WK), Mitchell Thompson, Sam Morgan, John McNally, Waqar Azmat, Kartik Joshi, Liam Gilhooly, Luke Thomson, Nawaz Khan, Cillian McDonnell

KEY BATTLE: Dylan Lues vs Séamus Lynch

MALAHIDE VS NORTH KILDARE

TEAM NEWS

Malahide: Jeremy Martins (Capt), Matthew Langan (WK), Greg Ford, Robbie Foulkes, Alan Reynolds, Adam Doyle, Matt Ford, Timcy Khanduja, Andy Sheridan, Alex Brown, David O’Halloran

North Kildare: Yash Kalasannavar (Capt, WK), Abdul Aryan, Moize Haider, Asadullah Ahmadzai, Adnan Ahmadzai, Nurulain Boda, Josh Uddin, Ankit Pareek, Ali Elahi, Nazmus Monon, Akhilesh Sharma

KEY BATTLE: Jeremy Martins vs Yash Kalasannavar

LHK GROUP ALAN MURRAY CUP

MATCH DAY 1 – MAY 29^TH – All 18:00 Start

At Sydney Parade, Pembroke vs Railway Union

At Terenure, Terenure vs Adamstown

At Anglesea Road, Merrion vs Civil Service

At College Park, Dublin University vs Leinster

At Inch, North County vs Rush

At Phoenix Park, Phoenix vs The Hills

At Jack Harper Park, Balbriggan vs Clontarf

At The Village, Malahide vs North Kildare