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With due respect to the Waringstown and Instonians connections a shared title in a NCU Premier League of eight teams has a hollow ring about it.

The glamour ODI tie with England at Malahide next Tuesday has lost some of its sparkle thanks to the England selectors 'resting' the bulk of their Ashes team.

Nick Larkin's magnificent 247 not out and James Cameron-Dow's match figures of 8-200...

The CPL may not be the death-knell for test cricket in the Caribbean, but it has certainly pushed it down the pecking order after an amazing opening competition last August.

The Limacol CPL Series is up and running to packed grounds in the Caribbean and there is plenty of Irish interest with Kev O'Brien starring for Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel.

Some people bemoan the loss of former players to the game so it was very pleasing to see so many stars of yesteryear at this year's NCU Senior Cup Final.

Waringstown skipper Kyle McCallan delivered another master class in the NCU Ulster Bank Challenge Cup Final and in the process delivered the Villagers yet another Senior Cup success.

There’s an air of predictability about this year’s Ulster Bank NCU Challenge Cup Final given that two of the top three teams will be participating and when you add the other then you have the last three winners. 

Two days of entertaining Interprovincial cricket in splendid conditions showcased the value of this rejuvenated series even if the cricket looked a little haggard at times.

The comments from Bob Rankin concerning his son Boyd’s election to play for England have re-ignited a story that was slowly dying a natural death

Civil Service North of Ireland Cricket Club (CSNICC) recently held a successful Corporate Sporting Dinner in La Mon Hotel and Country Club in East Belfast.

Campbell College and Limavady Grammar School will meet in this season’s Ulster Bank Schools Cricket Cup final at Muckamore CC on Thursday at 1.30pm.

Ireland all-rounder Kevin O’Brien will star in the inaugural Caribbean Premier League (CPL) slated for August

The Northern Knights squad to take on the North West Warriors in the RSA Inter-Provincial Championship from the 4-6 June has been announced.

The two ODIs against Pakistan lacked only a victory, but in every other sense Ireland showed we can live with the big boys and host top class cricket