Northern Knights (cricket team)

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Northern Knights
Personnel
CaptainHarry Tector
Coach
OwnerNorthern Cricket Union of Ireland
Team information
Founded2013
Home groundStormont Cricket Ground, Belfast
Capacity7,000
History
Inter-Provincial Championship wins0
Interprovincial One-Day Trophy wins1
Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup wins0

MTB Northern Knights is a first-class provincial cricket team in Ireland. Along with the North West Warriors and Leinster Lightning it makes up the Inter-Provincial Championship, and with those teams and Munster Reds makes up the Interprovincial One-Day Trophy & Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup.[1]

The team represents Northern Cricket Union of Ireland which in turn covers most of eastern, southern and much of western Ulster.[2]

History[]

In 2013, Cricket Ireland formed a three-day Interprovincial Championship, featuring teams from Leinster, NCU and the North West. The NCU team is known as the Northern Knights. On 8 April, they announced as their coach and as his assistant coach.[3]

Up to and including the 2016 Inter-Provincial Championship, the matches were not given first-class status. However, at an International Cricket Council meeting in October 2016, first-class status was awarded to all future matches.[4][5]

In January 2016, head of Waringstown Cricket Club was appointed head coach of team replacing .[6]

Current squad[]

  • double-dagger denotes players with international caps.
  • Current players are those announced in the core squad for the forthcoming 2021 Inter-Provincial season.

Gary Wilson was named in the initial core squad but has since retired from professional cricket and become Head Coach and Pathway Manager for the North West Warriors.[1] On 4 April, it was announced that Neil Rock would return to the Northern Knights as Wilson's replacement [2]

Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Club Notes
Batsmen
Harry Tector double-dagger  Ireland (1999-12-06) 6 December 1999 (age 22) Right-handed Right arm off-break YMCA Captain
James McCollum double-dagger  Ireland (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995 (age 26) Right-handed Right arm medium Waringstown Vice-captain
Jeremy Lawlor  Ireland (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 26) Right-handed Right arm medium/off-break Carrickfergus
John Matchett  Ireland CIYMS
All-rounders
Paul Stirling double-dagger  Ireland (1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 (age 31) Right-handed Right arm off-break North Down
Mark Adair double-dagger  Ireland (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 (age 25) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium CIYMS
Luke Georgeson  New Zealand (1999-04-14) 14 April 1999 (age 22) Left-handed Right arm medium-fast CSNI Irish passport holder
Ruhan Pretorious  South Africa (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 30) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Woodvale Eligible for Ireland in early 2022
Wicket-keepers
Neil Rock  Ireland (2000-09-24) 24 September 2000 (age 21) Left-handed Rush
Bowlers
Graeme McCarter double-dagger  Ireland (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 (age 29) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Carrickfergus
David Delany double-dagger  Ireland (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 (age 22) Right-handed Right arm fast Clontarf
Matthew Foster  Ireland (2000-01-15) 15 January 2000 (age 21) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium CSNI
James Cameron-Dow double-dagger  Ireland (1990-05-18) 18 May 1990 (age 31) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox CIYMS
Ben White  Ireland (1998-08-29) 29 August 1998 (age 23) Right-handed Right arm leg-break CSNI
Source:[7]

Grounds[]

For a complete list of grounds used by Northern Knights, see List of Northern Knights grounds.

References[]

  1. ^ "New faces for Northern Knights as they seek to seal Twenty20 playoff spot". Stuff. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  2. ^ "NCU General Rules" (PDF). northerncricketunion.org. Retrieved 27 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Ireland, Cricket. "Coaches announced for Inter-Provincial Series - Cricket Ireland". www.cricketireland.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Ireland domestic competition awarded first-class status". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Ireland's Inter-Provincial Championship awarded first-class status". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  6. ^ Ireland, Cricket. "Interview with New Northern Knights Coach Simon Johnston - Cricket Ireland". www.cricketireland.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Mulder given green light for return". CricketEurope. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

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