LHK GROUP ALAN MURRAY CUP TEAM NEWS – MATCH DAY 3 (JUNE 26TH)

Heading into the final evening of the LHK Alan Murray Cup this week, all groups are still down for decision with some great action in store!

GROUP A

Group A has a simple equation, Pembroke need to beat Terenure to guarantee qualification, however if they slip up, a win for Railway Union in Oak Hill against Adamstown would see them nick the finals berth.

TERENURE VS PEMBROKE

Terenure; Henry Dall (Capt), Sophie Reid (WK), Syed Bacha, Abu Baker, Aamir Bafanda, Mick Cotter, Naveed Khan, Dónal Lynch, Gareth Morgan, Tom Shand, Kripesh Shetty

Pembroke; Jack Tector (Capt), Greg Hollins (WK), JJ Garth, Addison Sherriff, Sanil Gupta, Dan Murray, Olly Riley, Joe Prendergast, Paul Lawson, Harry St Leger, Luke Murray

KEY BATTLE: Kripesh Shetty vs JJ Garth

ADAMSTOWN VS RAILWAY UNION

Adamstown; Sid Biju (Capt), Prashanth Prabhu Damodaran (WK), Niranjan Muthu, Abdul Khader, Dinesh Antony Kidagan David, Angad Bawa, Nithin Namburu, Yuvraj Shah, Aryan Adelkar, Jaivir Singh Oberoi, Abhishek Sam

Railway Union; Abhay Tipnis (Capt), Peter le Roux (WK), Gethin Kelleher, Hayden Hamilton, Jagraat Srivastava, Johan George, Lakshay Verma, Piyush Sharma, Shobit Shetty, Ted Hasler

KEY BATTLE: Prashanth Prabhu Damodaran vs Johan George

GROUP B

Leinster hold all the cards in Group B, however if they slip up against Civil Service, a victory for Merrion over Dublin University would guarantee them overtaking the Rathmines side, with the Ballsbridge outfit currently having a far healthier Net Run Rate.

CIVIL SERVICE VS LEINSTER

Civil Service; Arjun Chandrasekar (Capt), Simranjeet Singh (WK), Ankit Gusain, Edson Silva, Rahul Jadhav, Hedayat Ullah Koghiani, Vijay Adhikari, Mubasher Siddique, Zaman Safi, Ronak Modi, Noor Ullah

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

KEY BATTLE: Edson Silva vs Mark Tonge

MERRION VS DUBLIN UNIVERSITY

Merrion; Swapnil Modgill (Capt), Olly Mollins (WK), Corne Botha, Jamie Forbes, Seb Dijkstra, Andy Doheny, Cormac MacMahon, Grant Glutz, Jack Atkinson, Peter Forkin, Hugh Kennedy

Dublin University; Mikey O’Reilly (Capt), Brian Delaney (WK), Rory Betley, Macdara Cosgrave, David Delany, Yash Bala, Donncha Tucker, Tom Anders, John Gibbons, Aidan Muller, Joe McCarthy

KEY BATTLE: Swapnil Modgill vs Mikey O’Reilly

GROUP C

It’s winner-take-all in the Phoenix Park in Group C, as the holders host Rush with both teams level having won their last two games, whoever comes out on top will seal a spot in finals day. The other fixture sees The Hills take on North County, and whilst there’s no qualification on the line, this game is never a dead rubber with local bragging rights up for grabs!

PHOENIX VS RUSH

Phoenix; Shane Getkate (Capt), Vivek Singh (WK), Johit Munjal, Levon Shields, Tyrone Kane, Amish Sidhu, Ashley Bain, Ben White, James Maginnis, Sean McNicholl, Tanvir Hasan

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

KEY BATTLE: Ben White vs Abid Taniwal

THE HILLS VS NORTH COUNTY

The Hills; Nathan Rooney (Capt), Liam Blackford (WK), Muzamil Sherzad, Yaseen Sherzad, Andy Kavanagh, Max Robertson, Sahi Safi, Roxton Payne, Joe Russell, Killian McGrane, Daire Dooley

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

KEY BATTLE: Liam Blackford vs Eddie Richardson

GROUP D

Finally in Group D, the last semi-final berth will be decided on Monday evening in Malahide when Clontarf are the visitors, both have won their opening two games and will fight it out for a Finals Day slot. Friday night sees Balbriggan travelling to North Kildare as both sides look to avoid going winless in the competition.

NORTH KILDARE VS BALBRIGGAN

North Kildare; Moize Haider (Capt, WK), Ali Elahi, Ankit Pareek, Nicholas Hunter, Asadullah Ahmadzai, Kiran Patil, Abdul Aryan, Adnan Ahmadzai, Nurulain Boda, Akhilesh Sharma, Nazmus Monon

Balbriggan; Chris de Freitas (Capt), Connor Fletcher (WK), Cameron Rowe, Andy Darroch, Ruan Strauss, Kai Curran, Ryan Keenan, Druhan Knight, Nithin Thambi, Bhavesh Lakhotia, Seb de Oliveira

KEY BATTLE: Nurulain Boda vs Chris de Freitas

LHK GROUP ALAN MURRAY CUP

MATCH DAY 3 – JUNE 26^TH – All 18:00 Start

At Terenure, Terenure vs Pembroke

At Oak Hill, Adamstown vs Railway Union

At Civil Service, Civil Service vs Leinster

At Anglesea Road, Merrion vs Dublin University

At Phoenix Park, Phoenix vs Rush

At The Vineyard, The Hills vs North County

At The Village, Malahide vs Clontarf (JUNE 29^TH)

At The Maws, North Kildare vs Balbriggan