Northern Knights (cricket team)

MTB Northern Knights is a first-class provincial cricket team in Ireland. Along with the North West Warriors and Leinster Lightning it makes up the Inter-Provincial Championship, and with those teams and Munster Reds makes up the Interprovincial One-Day Trophy & Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup.[1]

For the New Zealand team formerly called Northern Knights, see Northern Districts men's cricket team.

Northern Knights
Personnel
CaptainMark Adair
CoachSimon Johnston
OwnerNorthern Cricket Union of Ireland
Team information
Founded2013
Home groundStormont Cricket Ground, Belfast
Capacity7,000
History
Inter-Provincial Championship wins0
Interprovincial One-Day Trophy wins2
Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup wins0

The team represents the Northern Cricket Union of Ireland, which in turn covers most of eastern and southern Ulster and parts of western Ulster.[2]

History

In 2013, Cricket Ireland formed a three-day Interprovincial Championship, featuring teams from Leinster, NCU and the North West. The NCU team is known as the Northern Knights. On 8 April, they announced Eugene Moleon as their coach and Gavin Rogers as his assistant coach.[3]

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.[4][5]

In January 2016, Simon Johnston head of Waringstown Cricket Club was appointed head coach of team replacing Eugene Moleon.[6]

Current squad
  • ‡ denotes players with international caps.
  • Current players are those announced in the core squad for the forthcoming 2021 Inter-Provincial season.

Gary Wilson was named in the initial core squad but has since retired from professional cricket and become Head Coach and Pathway Manager for the North West Warriors. On 4 April, it was announced that Neil Rock would return to the Northern Knights as Wilson's replacement

Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Club Notes
Batsmen
James McCollum ‡ Ireland (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995Right-handedRight arm mediumWaringstownVice-captain
Jeremy Lawlor Ireland (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995Right-handedRight arm medium/off-breakCarrickfergus
John Matchett Ireland (1997-07-22) 22 July 1997CIYMS
All-rounders
Paul Stirling ‡ Ireland (1990-09-03) 3 September 1990Right-handedRight arm off-breakNorth Down
Mark Adair ‡ Ireland (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996Right-handedRight arm fast-mediumCIYMSCaptain
Luke Georgeson New Zealand (1999-04-14) 14 April 1999Left-handedRight arm medium-fastCSNIIrish passport holder
Ruhan Pretorious South Africa (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991Right-handedRight arm medium-fastWoodvaleEligible for Ireland in early 2022
Wicket-keepers
Neil Rock Ireland (2000-09-24) 24 September 2000Left-handedRush
Bowlers
Graeme McCarter ‡ Ireland (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992Right-handedRight arm medium-fastCarrickfergus
David Delany ‡ Ireland (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998Right-handedRight arm fastClontarf
Matthew Foster Ireland (2000-01-15) 15 January 2000Right-handedRight arm fast-mediumCSNI
James Cameron-Dow ‡ Ireland (1990-05-18) 18 May 1990Left-handedSlow left arm orthodoxCIYMS
Ben White Ireland (1998-08-29) 29 August 1998Right-handedRight arm leg-breakCSNI
Source:[7]

Grounds
For a complete list of grounds used by Northern Knights, see List of Northern Knights grounds.

References
  1. "New faces for Northern Knights as they seek to seal Twenty20 playoff spot". Stuff. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. "NCU General Rules" (PDF). northerncricketunion.org. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  3. Ireland, Cricket. "Coaches announced for Inter-Provincial Series - Cricket Ireland". www.cricketireland.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  4. "Ireland domestic competition awarded first-class status". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  5. "Ireland's Inter-Provincial Championship awarded first-class status". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  6. Ireland, Cricket. "Interview with New Northern Knights Coach Simon Johnston - Cricket Ireland". www.cricketireland.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  7. "Mulder given green light for return". CricketEurope. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
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