North County Cricket Club

North County

Team information
Founded	1985
Home ground	The Inch

North County Cricket Club is a cricket club in Balrothery, County Dublin, Ireland, playing in Division 1 of the Leinster Senior League.

The club was established in 1985 by the merger of Balrothery and Man O'War cricket clubs. North County is Ireland's most successful cricket club with 5 all Ireland titles.[1]

• Irish Senior Cup: 5
  • 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
• Leinster Senior League: 5
  • 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010
• Leinster Senior Cup: 1
  • 2003

Current Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
• *denotes players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality.

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
John Devane	Ireland		Left-handed	Right arm medium
Suliman Safi	Afghanistan	(2003-03-17) 17 March 2003 (age 21)	Left-handed	—
Nial McGovern	Ireland	(1995-01-15) 15 January 1995 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break	Captain
Ciaran Sheridan	Ireland		Right-handed	—
Shreehari Madyalkar	Ireland		Right-handed	Right arm off break
Ben McBride	Ireland		Right-handed	Right arm off break
Brian Dunphy	Ireland	(2008-08-14) 14 August 2008 (age 16)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
All-rounders
Eddie Richardson	Ireland	(1990-07-22) 22 July 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Ashish Jain	Ireland		Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Abdul Sattar	Ireland		Right-handed	Right arm medium
Alan Joseph Mathew	India*		Right-handed	Right arm medium
Simi Singh	Ireland	(1987-02-04) 4 February 1987 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Luke Whelan	Ireland	(2003-12-12) 12 December 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
Sean Sludds	Ireland		Right-handed	Right arm medium
Tanvir Hasan	Ireland	(1992-01-12) 12 January 1992 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
Johan George	Ireland		Right-handed	Right arm leg break
Abdul Ghaffar	Ireland		Right-handed	Right arm medium

Facilities

The impressive facilities at North County Cricket Club include Ireland's only purpose-built Centre of Excellence indoor training centre that is used by both the men's and ladies Ireland cricket teams as well as International and Provincial sides.

Overseas professionals

The club regularly welcomes overseas professionals at the club. In 2018 Malcolm Nofal represented the club before returning to New Zealand. In 2019 Yassar Cook represented the club before returning to South Africa.

Teams fielded

In 2019 North County Cricket Club fielded 4 men's teams and 7 junior teams. The junior section comprised both boys and girls teams.[2]

Notable players

• Eoin Morgan - England Captain
• Eddie Richardson - Ireland cricket team

References

1. "Cricket | Balrothery | North County Cricket Club". northcountycricket. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
2. "Cricket Leinster". www.cricketleinster.ie. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

External links

• North County Cricket Club