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Ireland’s national youth squads will re-commence summer tours for the first time since 2019 with three youth squads named for trips in early August.
The Ireland Youth tour programme was suspended in 2020 due to the global pandemic, but Cricket Ireland will now resume the programme with:
The Ireland Under-15 Girls will travel to the Malvern College Festival from 3-7 August, where they will compete against their peers from various county teams;
The Ireland Under-15 Boys will travel to Dumfries to play Scotland in the annual Celtic Cup fixtures from 2-5 August, then extending the tour with a visit to Barnard Castle for the BA County Festival Tournament from 8-12 August; and
The Ireland Under-17 Girls will travel to Utrecht to play against the Netherlands Under-19 Girls team from 1-4 August (5 x T20 games at Kampong Cricket Club).
Further announcements will be made next week about Ireland Under-17 Boys and Ireland Under-19 Girls squads tours.
Albert van der Merwe, National Pathways Manager, said:
“After a very busy July, where the provinces battled it out in the Youth Inter-Provincial Series, we’ve had a good chance to see the best emerging talent in Ireland play a set of highly-competitive fixtures.
“A key part of the cricketing development of these young players is to experience travelling abroad and playing against their international peers. To that end, we are delighted to see the resumption of the Youth International Programme and wish all players well with what will be a first tour for many of them.”
Squads
Cricket Ireland U15 Girls
• Alice Tector (YMCA)
• Niamh MacNulty (Merrion)
• Gemma Sargent (Clontarf)
• Isabelle McLean (Balbriggan)
• Isobel Jennings (Pembroke)
• Rachel Byrne (Leinster)
• Aimee Maguire (The Hills)
• Zoe Bell (Pembroke)
• Julie McNally (Clontarf)
• Lucy Barry (Clontarf)
• Lucy Ly (Instonians)
• Lucy Kay (Merrion)
• Emily Calvert (Holywood)
• Diya Syam (Phoenix)
Reserves:
• Alyssa Pasley (Clontarf)
• Chloe Ericson (North County)
Cricket Ireland U17 Girls
• Anna Marshall (Clontarf)
• Annabel Squires (Merrion)
• Abbi Harrison (Waringstown)
• Alice Walsh (Clontarf)
• Isabel Light (Merrion)
• Kia McCartney (Coleraine)
• Ally Boucher (Merrion)
• Freya Sargent (Clontarf)
• Ellie McGee (Rush)
• Lara McBride (The Hills)
• Aoife Fisher (CSNI)
• Jennifer Jackson (Eglinton)
• Evey Keenan (North Down)
• Kate Woods (YMCA)
Reserves:
• Lainey Martin (Pembroke)
• Gracie Keenan (North Down)
Cricket Ireland Boys U15
• Reuben Wilson (YMCA)
• Olly Riley (YMCA)
• Sebastian Yeates (CSNI)
• James West (CSNI)
• Brian Dunphy (Balbriggan)
• Arshad Safi (Pembroke)
• TJ Boyd (Sion Mills)
• Ethan Marshall (Clontarf)
• Gareth Morgan (Terenure)
• Bruce Whaley (Pembroke)
• Robert O’Brien (Railway Union)
• Sebastian Dijkstra (Merrion)
• Adam Heasley (CIYMS)
• Adam Leckey (CSNI)
Reserves:
• Samuel Haslett (Bonds Glen)
• Luka Bates (CSNI)
Cricket Ireland, officially known as The Irish Cricket Union Company Limited by Guarantee, is the governing body for cricket on the island of Ireland. It oversees the national men’s and women’s teams and organizes the Inter-Provincial Series, Super 3s, and All-Ireland club competitions. Ireland achieved Test status for women in 2000 and for men in 2017 when it became a Full Member of the ICC.
