Northern Knights (cricket team)
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]
Personnel | |
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Captain | Gary Wilson |
Coach | Simon Johnston |
Owner | Northern Cricket Union of Ireland |
Team information | |
Founded | 2013 |
Home ground | Stormont Cricket Ground, Belfast |
Capacity | 7,000 |
History | |
Inter-Provincial Championship wins | 0 |
Interprovincial One-Day Trophy wins | 1 |
Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup wins | 0 |
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 Eugene Moleon as their coach and Gavin Rogers 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, Simon Johnston head of Waringstown Cricket Club was appointed head coach of team replacing Eugene Moleon.[6]
Current squad
denotes players with international caps.
Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Club | Notes |
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Batsmen | ||||||
Adam Dennison | 3 May 1997 | Right-handed | — | Waringstown | ||
Jamie Holmes | 13 October 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Carrickfergus | ||
John Matchett | — | — | — | C.I.Y.M.S. | ||
James Shannon | 12 February 1990 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Instonians | ||
Greg Thompson | 17 September 1987 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | Waringstown | ||
All-rounders | ||||||
Stephen Bunting | 27 December 1984 | — | — | Instonians | ||
Shane Getkate | 2 October 1991 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | Instonians | ||
Craig Lewis | 28 October 1986 | — | — | Derriaghy | ||
James McCollum | 1 August 1995 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Waringstown | ||
Lee Nelson | 5 December 1990 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Waringstown | ||
Nikolai Smith | 5 January 1993 | — | — | Instonians | ||
Morgan Topping | — | — | — | Waringstown | ||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
Christopher Dougherty | 16 January 1988 | Left-handed | — | C.I.Y.M.S. | ||
Michael Gilmour | 15 August 1988 | Right-handed | — | Carrickfergus | ||
Jamie Magowan | 26 September 1995 | Right-handed | — | Muckamore | ||
Gary Wilson | 5 February 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | - | Captain | |
Bowlers | ||||||
Gary Kidd | 18 September 1985 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Waringstown | ||
Graeme McCarter | 10 October 1992 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Civil Service North | ||
Robert McKinley | 3 November 1993 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Instonians | ||
Jacob Mulder | 11 August 1995 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | North Down | ||
Nathan Smith | 9 July 1995 | — | — | Instonians | ||
Source:[7] |
Grounds
References
- "New faces for Northern Knights as they seek to seal Twenty20 playoff spot". Stuff. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
- "NCU General Rules" (PDF). northerncricketunion.org. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- Ireland, Cricket. "Coaches announced for Inter-Provincial Series - Cricket Ireland". www.cricketireland.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- "Ireland domestic competition awarded first-class status". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- "Ireland's Inter-Provincial Championship awarded first-class status". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- Ireland, Cricket. "Interview with New Northern Knights Coach Simon Johnston - Cricket Ireland". www.cricketireland.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- "Mulder given green light for return". CricketEurope. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.