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One wonders why the movement of two young players from lower divisions to the Premier Division should create such controversy given that players have moved around clubs since the start of competitive cricket over 100 years ago.

There’s one big benefit to living overseas and that is meeting up with old cricket friends when they come to the Caribbean on holiday

It is the end of an era at Woodvale with the sad passing of former Chairman Ian Gourley.

NIACUS Honorary Secretary Jonathan Lyttle has just circulated the Report he submitted to the recent Annual General Meeting and what a chronicle of achievement it portrays in the face of some tough challenges.

Having attended a couple of AGMS and the NCU Dinner in the past ten days I’ve discovered the frustrations of a wet and miserable summer have slowly given way to thoughts of 2013.

NCU General Secretary Bryan Milford brought the curtain down on a very forgettable wet season at the end of a well-attended Annual General Meeting Wednesday past...

If Twenty20 cricket is all about the batsmen, as some pundits would have us believe, then the Twenty20 World Cup final in Colombo was a day to forget for most of the batsmen

It may be a bitter pill to swallow for Carrick, Holywood, Bangor and Portadown right now...

Ireland didn’t capture the big scalp they needed to reach the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup...

What has Andrew Strauss and Peter Shields got in common apart from both playing cricket?

In the early years of NCU cricket there were serious challenges travelling to away grounds and the railway line was the only viable mode of transport.

The public statement by NCU Director of Development and current Vice-Chairman Andy Clement in support of cricket officials is welcome and commendable as a challenging season draws to a close.

Cricket may not be in crisis, but many facets of the local game have reached a crossroads and perhaps it is much more akin to Spaghetti Junction with so many unanswered questions!

Weather-wise we did not enjoy the best of summers, but at the end of the day the best two teams in the Premier Division finished first and second and the next best two finished third and fourth.

Ards Cricket Club Chairman Les Jones was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List...