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The award of a MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours to Lisburn stalwart Cecil Walker for his services to cricket has brought a lot of happiness to cricket followers all over Ireland.

Memories of that infamous quote “reports of my death are grossly exaggerated” spring to mind after the last round of the Irish Senior Cup.

There’s plenty on the line this weekend when Belfast hosts the two Ireland versus Pakistan ODI matches.

By David Scott. The correct answers were: 1. Billy McCleery 2. Ballymena Utd/Institute/Derry City 3. Kenny Carroll 4. Ginger 5. Greyhound Racing 6. Jackie Fullerton

A new season beckons and for obvious reasons it will mean different things for different people.

One of Ulster’s leading banks has completed a cricketing hat trick with the announcement of two major sponsorships.

The Grasshoppers Golf Open was a resounding success.

North Stars CC were the opposition for the rampant Ulster Grasshoppers.

We have known for some time how the ICC feels about the participation of the Associate countries in the World Cup...

Few can remember the last time the Ulster Grasshoppers played a tape-ball game in the Caribbean.

The final scheduled match in Antigua was to be a twenty over bash under lights at the Sir Viv' Stadium.

The Antigua Rec' is a traditional cricket ground, with a miss-match of stands and all the eccentricity to match the locals' personalities.

Village team Jennings cricket club were the opposition for our first match at The Sir Vivian Richards ground.

In the first of a new series, Bangor's Mark Nixon reports from the Grasshoppers' tour of Antigua and Barbados...

There I was jetting back home and down the Castle Lane to see my beloved North Down.