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Well Sam you got it half right with your Dylan Hartley comment.

James Shannon however is a cricketer of great ability with a real passion for the game of cricket. He has a strong will to win and personally I'd always want him on my team!
I wish him well in his new position as skipper!
Trust me he will do us proud!

Tough start for Ireland at the ICC U19 World Cup

India beat Ireland by 79 runs at Dhaka.

India 268-9 (50 overs; S Khan 74, W Sundar 62, R Bhui 39, Z Ansari 36, R Anders 3-35, J Little 3-52)

Ireland 189 all out (49.1 overs; W McClintock 58, L Tucker 57, A Dennison 20, R Batham 3-15, A Khan 2-24, M Lomror 2-28)

Next up Nepal who have already beaten New Zealand. No easy matches in this group.

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Dylan Hartley to captain England, James Shannon to captain the NCU. Who says nice guys never win?

Very enjoyable game of indoor cricket last night in Lisnaskea against Enniskillen CC.
I think that quite a few clubs could benefit from trying this format of the game during the "close season" even just to lessen the stiffness come April and to keep the banter between members going.
Oh and all the best to Kenny and co in trying to get Enniskillen up and running

An exciting cup final of 50 yrs ago, Downpatrick vs Lisburn, a real El Clásico of the time and a game any local cricket enthusiast would surely love to have been present at to savour and enjoy, though this one was well before my time. No pros or hired guns in this era, me thinks ?

As a footnote, great reading that Harry McCammond was involved, a prodigious cricketer in his day by all accounts.

Much later, Harry was my senior partner in my first ever official capacity as an umpire, Portadown v Armagh, a local derby and potentially a feisty encounter but Harry soon calmed any pre match anxieties through his relaxed manner and professional discourse and the rest as they say, " is history ! "

Down Memory Lane
As things are quiet over the winter months we have a good opportunity to delve into the archives. We are running some articles under this theme, but if you or your club has anything you want to highlight please send it to the website. 100 years ago there was very little cricket due to the Great War, and 75 years ago we were in the middle of the Second World War. 50 years ago in 1966 there was plenty happening in the Swinging Sixties and have we been allowed to forget? England won the football World Cup!

Thanks for the encouragement and trust me I am not going to give up!

In 2014 the we played 12 league games
In 2015 they played 10
In 2016 only 8 were set last night.
Friendlies are all very well but nothing beats competitive league matches.

I understand the problems re selection, availability and grounds issues that others have, but why enter teams if they either cannot or will not play games?
If clubs can't fulfil fixtures then let them lose the points and let those clubs that do wish to play do so! Also, those of us who wish to play more are now punished because of those who don't want to.

Mike
Jacob Mulder is NOT “only coming back as he is getting paid”. Jacob lived with us for the last few weeks of last season and it was an absolute pleasure to get to know him and the family when they came to visit.
On the field he quickly developed into one of the teams main players and thrived on that responsibility becoming one of the league’s top performers. This has put him back on the radar of Knights selectors and he wants to build on this.
Off the field he made many new friendships in Comber with a bunch of guys his own age and they had a laugh. I know they already have a few things planned for when he comes back.
In these days when cheque books are being waved about we are in danger of losing the fun and friendship side of the game. It’s not all about money.

Regretfully, the 9 teams in JL9 this year will only be playing each other once in the league, amounting to a paltry 8 league games in total
Despite a belated appeal on here yesterday, and my best efforts to argue to the contrary, a few clubs reps were more vocal in arguing against playing more games... even against the same structure as last year that would have seen 2 more games added in a grouping system, let alone playing each other home and away. I had actually arranged h+a games with 3 other clubs before it was 'decided' to stick to playing but once. Some others were willing to try but some just point blank said no.
Most disappointing was the dismissive attitude, and the refusal to even discuss or try to arrange more games...Surely the more cricket we play the better?

Clarence, as a CI member at the time Carl played for us there were many other factors involved. I don't want to go into them as it is unfair but it's easy as usual to have a pop at CI. Suffice to say that John Matchett is homegrown and Ted has been fully committed to CI for a few years.

Interesting to hear Carl's thoughts, from the 'horse's mouth' to coin a phrase and fair play to him for sharing them with us! Very encouraging to hear the lad's doing well at Cregagh C.C. and most importantly, enjoying his cricket!

But his honest and innocent reasoning throws up a rather irritating 'elephant in the room' quandary which I feel must be addressed !

Of the seven players named from his previous club who were obviously detrimental to his chances of regular 1st team cricket, how many were born, raised and played their cricket at Belmont Rd ?

Answers on a postcard please ?

arron k you cant put a first eleven which plays in section 3 in the intermediate cup as they would be playing against some clubs 3rd eleven bit unfair and to those who have posted about mulder he is only coming back as he is getting paid

Thanks for your quick reply carl! would be glad to see you back in the premier leauge as in my opinion you should be on the knights list.

one of the best young talents going around...