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Ireland's Caribbean tour finally got the boost it needed with an unlikely 64 runs win over Windward Islands.

Two convincing defeats was not the start Ireland wanted on their Caribbean tour and the problems continue to grow with the departure of all-rounder John Mooney after some stress related health issues.

Although few people expected Ireland to beat Guyana in the first of their three section games in the Nagico Super50 Tournament most pundits expected a closer game.

New NCU Chairman Andy Clement sits in the Hot-Seat a few months before the season starts…

One of Lisburn's great icons Tom McCloy has played his final innings and his sad passing ends an historic chapter in the history of Ulster's longest surviving club.

It may seem a long time to the start of the domestic season, but there’s no rest for our international players and in a couple of weeks they’ll be heading off to the West Indies to compete in the regional 50-overs competition and then playing in Jamaica.

It's that time of the year when you look around for a cricket present for a loved one and find there isn't too much to get excited about!

Twenty20 wins against cricket minnows like Italy, Hong Kong and Nepal might seem a far cry for a country seeking test status, but in international cricket you are where you are and the fight for associate countries to get into the top tier is packed with banana skins.

Jonathan Trott's early return from the Ashes Tour for health reasons may open a much bigger debate on the potential damage of sledging on the field and verbal attacks through the media, which are deemed too personal.

Clarence Hiles has produced another cricket masterpiece that ticks all the boxes if your cricket passion is combined with the Titanic story and local history.

The recent passing of former Instonians batsman JR 'Jim 'Crothers will be met with considerable sadness throughout Ulster cricket where he was highly respected and much loved.

Is the Northern Cricket Union going soft these days or has the set-up become so perfected over 129 years that there's nothing to be fixed these days.

Boyd Rankin's controversial switch of allegiance to England reaped its reward with his recent selection for the Ashes Tour.

There was a certain irony about the outcome of the last Interprovincial One Day Trophy game at Strabane on Saturday...

This time last week the Ireland team and the whole of the country couldn't wait for Malahide and a chance to put our best foot forward on and off the field.