North West Warriors

North West Warriors is one of four provincial cricket teams in Ireland. Along with the Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and Munster Reds, it makes up the Inter-Provincial Championship, Inter-Provincial Cup & Inter-Provincial Trophy.

North West Warriors
Personnel
CaptainAndy McBrine
CoachBoyd Rankin
OwnerNorth West of Ireland Cricket Union
Team information
Founded2013
Home groundBready Cricket Club Ground
Capacity3,000
History
Inter-Provincial Championship wins1
Interprovincial One-Day Trophy wins0
Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup wins1

The team is located in the west of Ulster province containing areas of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The team managed by North West of Ireland Cricket Union.

History

In 2013, Cricket Ireland formed the three-day Inter-Provincial Championship, featuring teams from Leinster, the NCU and the North West. The North West team is known as the North West Warriors. On 8 April, they announced Bobby Rao as their coach.[1]

Up to and including the 2016 Inter-Provincial Championship, the matches were not given first-class status. However, at an International Cricket Council meeting in October 2016, first-class status was awarded to all future matches.[2][3]

Honours
Inter-Provincial Championship (first-class) - 1 title
2018 Inter-Provincial Championship: Champions
Inter-Provincial Cup - (50 over)
Best result
2017 Inter-Provincial Cup: Runners-up
Inter-Provincial Trophy (T20) - 1 title
2014 Inter-Provincial Trophy: Champions

Players

Current squad
  • ‡ denotes players with international caps.
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Club Notes
Batsmen
William Porterfield ‡ Ireland (1984-09-06) 6 September 1984Left-handedRight arm off breakAssistant coach
Stephen Doheny Ireland (1998-08-20) 20 August 1998Right-handedRight arm off breakMerrion
Nathan McGuire Ireland (2003-02-25) 25 February 2003Right-handedRight arm off breakRush
William McClintock Ireland (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997Left-handedRight arm mediumDonemana
Aaron Gillespie Ireland (1997-03-13) 13 March 1997Right-handedRight arm mediumStrabane
Kyle Magee Ireland (2001-11-22) 22 November 2001Right-handedRight arm leg breakBrigade
All-rounders
Stuart Thompson ‡ Ireland (1991-08-15) 15 August 1991Left-handedRight arm medium-fastCSNI
Shane Getkate ‡ Ireland (1991-10-02) 2 October 1991Right-handedRight arm medium-fastInstonians
Graham Kennedy Ireland (1999-08-24) 24 August 1999Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxBallyspallen
Jared Wilson Ireland (1999-12-25) 25 December 1999Right-handed[[Right arm mediumCliftonville academy
Andy McBrine ‡ Ireland (1993-04-30) 30 April 1993Left-handedRight arm off breakDonemanaCaptain
Graham Hume Ireland (1990-11-23) 23 November 1990Right-handedRight arm fast-mediumWaringstown
Wicket-keepers
Will Smale Ireland (2001-02-28) 28 February 2001Right-handedColeraine
Bowlers
Craig Young ‡ Ireland (1990-04-04) 4 April 1990Right-handedRight arm fast-mediumBready
Ross Allen Ireland (1996-06-21) 21 June 1996Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxEglinton
Conor Olphert Ireland (1996-12-28) 28 December 1996Right-handedRight arm fast-mediumBready
Varun Chopra Ireland (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000Right-handedRight arm leg breakColeraine
Source:[4]

Current and former players

Grounds
For a complete list of grounds used by North West Warriors, see List of North West Warriors grounds.

References
  1. "Coaches announced for Inter-Provincial Series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. "Ireland domestic competition awarded first-class status". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  3. "Ireland's Inter-Provincial Championship awarded first-class status". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  4. "Warriors confirm extended training squad". North West Cricket Union. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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