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North County Cricket Club

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Founded1985
Home groundThe 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]

Current Squad

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  • 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 29) 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 37) Right-handed Right arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Luke Whelan  Ireland (2003-12-12) 12 December 2003 (age 20) Right-handed
Bowlers
Sean Sludds  Ireland Right-handed Right arm medium
Tanvir Hasan  Ireland (1992-01-12) 12 January 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm leg break
Johan George  Ireland Right-handed Right arm leg break
Abdul Ghaffar  Ireland Right-handed Right arm medium

Facilities

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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

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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

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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

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References

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