Women’s Competitions Structure for the 2021 Season

The Cricket Leinster Women’s Committee is delighted to announce the structures for the upcoming season.

For the season to come all our league and cup competitions will be sponsored by Sprint Coatings Ltd, with thanks to Alan Maginnis in particular for this ongoing support. This support greatly assists the women’s committee in delivering on our expansion plans and is especially welcome during these challenging times

The  number of competing teams rises from 23 in 2020 to 27 for the 2021 season. This continued expansion is a testament to the development work by the Cricket Leinster development staff and by club coaches. The broad focused development programmes that support women’s cricket are unrivalled in their success in terms of increasing participation and retaining female players in the game.

League Competitions

There will be four leagues again in 2021, retaining the expansion from 2020. Each league will be played in the T20 format with centrally made fixtures for all competitions.

Pilkington Plate

The Women’s Committee is delighted to reintroduce the Pilkington Plate as a stand-alone competition for the 2021 season. These 50 over matches are a vital part of the development of players into the longer form of the game. The competition will be played in round-robin format with two groups of four. The winners of each group will progress to the end of season showpiece final.

Cup Competitions

For the first time ever there will be four knockout cup competitions in the 2021 season. The draws were undertaken at a recent women’s committee meeting and are shown below. It is planned that the finals of each of these competitions will be held as double-headers on Friday evenings early in August, all live streamed.

Once further details on the season are known, all fixtures will be made centrally and published on the Cricket Leinster Website. In the meantime players can register for the season here.