6ths - Early Season

17 May 2012

The 6ths can put their feet up till the 3rd June as they recover from one of the most entertaining and exciting comebacks that has been seen in Observatory Lane since WG Grace and Hugh Elliott put on that 100 last wicket stand all those years ago in 1897. Although el President T Dunne and former President Banahan may think their opening stand of 77 did the trick. Marty Block remembers it all as he was umpiring the game that day.

Sat 12/05 Leinster 6 tied with Malahide 4 165 apiece. Having been set a target of 166 to win off 40 overs, the villagers must of thought that they would finish early with Leinster teetering on the brink at 20/6. It was the subsequent events that happened which left Malahide leaving the ground that evening slightly the happier.

New addition Bara Mac Niocaill (formerly N. Kildare) ably abetted by schoolboys Jack Fitzgerald (15) and Tom Murray (17) and perhaps the not so young Khalid (Sair's dad) Chaudhary (27 n.o.) got the equation down to 13 off 12 balls & eventually 1 off 2 balls. Mac Niocaill was run out on the last ball of the game with the scores all tied, Leinster 165/9.

Earlier Robert Chambers scored 66 for Malahide and Tom Murray took 4/24 in the first innings, being the best of the Leinster bowlers.

Bank Holiday Monday 07/05/12 - A good 22 run victory over Phoenix 4ths (conquerors of the 6ths in the Intermediate Cup Final) last year. Leinster 188/5 (L Ginnell 58; B Mac Niocail 49). Phoenix 166 all out ( wickets shared among Crangle, Kenealy S, Mac Niocaill, Murray, Fitzgerald, Mullen), with two excellent catches by skipper Casserly.

Saturday 05/05/12 - An Asim Mumtaz two part 56 n.o. anchored Leinster 6 to the competitive total of 142/6 on a sporting
St. Columba's wicket against Rush 3 (56 all out) with Jack Fitzgerald taking 3 wickets (including being on a hat-trick).

Saturday 28/04/12 - Sandyford 2 (119/4) beat Leinster 6 (118/7) by 6 wickets. A miserable early season April day in Marlay Park.
The highlights were a 36 from new player Rompy Chhabra and a useful 22 from Asim Mumtaz. A very good and impressive opening
bowling spell from Mark Crangle and Shiyas Bashir ( CWE Richards said "he hadn't kept to such an impressive opening attack since Botham and Willis back in the 80's). Tom Murray impressed and has gone from strength to strength with the ball, bat and in the field
and is joined by Jack Fitzgerald in the schoolboy ranks who has impressed well also.

Ladies Season Underway

17 May 2012

The Leinster Ladies cricket season finally got underway this week with the 1sts and 2nds starting their league campaigns.

1sts
Last night the 1sts got off to a winning start against league favourites Merrion in Anglesea Road. Winning the toss, captain Rebecca Rolfe asked Merrion to bat on the mat, with the Kenealy sisters Amy and Suzanne opening the bowling. The standard was set in the 2nd over by Sophie MacMahon with a superb sliding stop, and Merrion knew that the Leinster girls were well up for a scrap. Tight bowling from Leinster kept Merrion in check and with the Joyce sisters departing cheaply, the home team's hopes of setting a high target faded. Some clever bowling by Laura Delany kept the run rate down and Aoife MacDonnell also bowled a tight line. Backed up by some further fine fielding by MacMahon and Pia Diepman kept the run-rate down and Merrion had to settle for a below-par 113/6 off their 20 overs. Delany was the pick of the bowlers with 3/17 off her 4 overs.

Rolfe and Delany opened Leinster's reply and batting sensibly, whilst always keeping up with the run-rate. An opening stand of 46 ended when Rolfe departed, caught for 21. Sharon Smyth joined Delany and the well-timed chase continued with a combination of quick singles and brutal dispatchment of any bad balls. By the time Smyth was run out for 17, the score had increased to 95. Merrion's bowling strategy failed them in the 16th over which went for 16 runs, and the target was reached in the 17th over without any further wickets lost. Laura Delany was not out on 52 off 52 balls including 8 x 4s, it was a chanceless innings, mixing power with finesse and following her earlier bowling performance, the player of the match award was an easy decision.
Team:- R Rolfe (c), L Delany, S Smyth, S Kenealy, A Kenealy, V Gee (wk), A Donnelly, H Ridgeway, P Diepman, S MacMahon, A MacDonnell

2nds
The 2nds commenced their season on Tuesday evening with a defeat in Castle Avenue against Clontarf. Clontarf batted first and scored 102/3 off their 20 overs, Una Raymond-Hoey top-scoring with a fine 46. Anna Kerrison on her Leinster debut was the pick of the bowlers with 1/17 off her 6 overs. Leinster's response never really got going and after losing vital early wickets, a victory was never on the cards. Kiera Pyne scored 17 on her Leinster debut, and Anna Kerrison capped a fine game by finishing 18 not out. The innings spluttered to 54/8 at the end of the 20 overs. There is obvisouly room for improvement in the performance, but it has to be noted that the 2nds team this season is an exceptionally young collection of players. The team's age on Tuesday ranged from 12 to 18, and they will get plenty of opportunities to develop and improve as the season progresses.
Team:- P Diepman (c), H Ridgeway, K Pyne (wk), A Livingston, A MacDonnell, A Kerrison, R Haine, R Stokell, M Diepman, L MacMahon

Pete Johnston pens his thoughts ahead of the ISC run

Peter Johnston was asked by CricketEurope to put together some words on the club's chances in this year's Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup. It can be read here

Great win for everyone in Lisburn. The card is at http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/2012/SCORECARDS/159040.shtml

Roll on June 9th and Railway Union!

OLD MASTER TEACHES STUDENTS A LESSON

08 May 2012

Marty Block rolled back the years to drag his side across the line in a pulsating contest in College Park on Sunday. Batting 11 he strode to the wicket with Leinster needing 13 to win against Dublin University 3rds. Together with last wicket partner Jordan Reynolds they batted for nearly 7 overs to record the 7ths second win in their 2012 Division 13 campaign.

On a cold but bright Sunday afternoon Leinster skipper Goodfellow had no hesitation in putting the opposition into bat on the soft surface. The decision was quickly rewarded as Mullen (3 for 4 off 8 overs) accounted for the opener Devilly LBW before a quick piece of thinking ran out the dawdling Whitty as he backed up. Indeed the returns could have been greater had Goodfellow not spilled a regulation chance behind off the other opener Cardoza. A brief experiment with Byrne apart the Leinster bowlers stayed on top of the Trinity outfit throughout, taking wickets at regular intervals at one end while O’Connor tried desperately to up the rate from the other. With O’Connor gone to a smart catch by Skelton and the score on 39 the Maroon caps scented a quick victory. Block and Reynolds kept the score down and the wickets coming including a superb one-handed effort from Harvey to remove Alam Ahmad bowled an excellent line and length on the deteriorating surface in two spells from both ends, picking up three wickets to restrict the University side to 69 all out.

The Leinster Reply got off to a terrible start as some disciplined bowling accounted for the top 4 with barely 11 runs on the scoreboard. When Bonner fell with the score on 13 the Observatory Laners were in danger of recording one of their most embarrassing performances in recent memory. Goodfellow and Harvey attempted to steady the ship, defending anything on the stumps and punishing anything short or offline. The pitch however was threatening to undo their work as the bounce became evermore unpredictable. Harvey fell LBW to one that barely bounced 3 inches and Goodfellow was bowled to one that barely managed 2. Left-armer Devilly was in his element turning the ball appreciably on the disintegrating surface. He accounted for Mullen cheaply before Howell bowled Cardoza for 1. That brought the last wicket pair to the middle. Reynolds was solid, nerveless and reliable in defence; Block manoeuvred the ball sweetly into the gaps till one run was required for victory. This time the pitch fooled both batsman and keeper as the ball squirted through for a bye that brought Leinster home by a single wicket.

Scorecard - http://www.cricketleinster.ie/results/view/-college-park-2012-05-06-133000

Sunday Mornings Are Back

01 May 2012

Hi All,
Leinster CC Sunday Morning Youth Cricket is back this SUNDAY MAY 6TH @ 10AM-11.30AM in Leinster CC.
For Leinster Lions ( boys and girls ages 6-9).
Boys U10s, U11s, U12s, U13s and U14s.
Girls U11s, U13s and U15s.
Shop will be open for teas, coffees and various pastries.
Equipment shop with bats, pads, cricket whites and accessories.

LCC - Support Your Cricket Teams

Written by Trevor Dunne

This coming Saturday the season kicks off in earnest, Craig Mallons
1^st X1 are in Clontarf Castle Ave in Division 1 V Clontarf 1^st X1 and
David Lucas 2^nd X1 are at home in Rathmines v Pembroke 1^st X1 in
Division 2 and these very important games will need to be supported by
Leinster members.

Those teams that are not playing on Saturday are 3rds, Captained by Kevin
O'Herlihy, 4ths Captained by Bard Ovenden, 5ths Captained by Balikshan Makwana &
7ths Captained by Eamonn Goodfellow, should rally their troops and get as many
of their players to either of these games.

Gerry Duffy will be in Rathmines to accommodate the crowds and I will
be in Castle Avenue.

Let’s get behind our teams this year by supporting them in much greater numbers.
On Sunday come down to Leinster to watch the big Leinster Rugby Match
in the Club and also have a look at our 5th Team in action.

SUPER SATURDAY

14 May 2012

SUPER SATURDAY
COME ALONG AND SUPPORT THE MENS 1ST TEAM
MAY 19TH
MENS 1STS (LEAGUE LEADERS) VS NORTH COUNTY (12.30)
BIG SCREEN HEINEKEN CUP FINAL AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
ALL PINTS €3

Sunday Morning Youth Training Times

10 May 2012

Sunday Morning Youth Training Times

9am-10.30am Boys U11As and U11 Development Squad.

10am-11.30 Boys U11Cs (with Ray and Colette at the old scorebox at the Mount Pleasant end).

10.30am-12am Boys U13As and U13 Development Squad.

10am-11.30 Leinster Lions (boys and girls age 6-9) with Anton and Joel.

10am-11.30 Girls U11s, U13s and U15s.

Training clothing for all Boys and Girls U11s-U15s is dark (navy or black) tracksuit bottoms or shorts and a white t/shirt.

Please be on ready to train 5 minutes before your training start time. Dont wander in 5 or 10 minutes after training starts.

Ed Sports will be in the club on Sunday May 13th between 10am-11.30am with a selection of bats, pads, gloves, helmets etc.

Ladies Training

04 May 2012

From Wednesday next (9^th), training will start at 6.30pm instead of 6. This will give us more time in the nets, and should be better for those who are working. There is no training on the Bank Holiday Monday (7th).

Leinster 7ths edge out Adamstown 2nds in Corkagh Park Corker

23 April 2012

Leinster 7ths opened their league campaign with a hard fought victory over an enthusiastic Adamstown 2^ndeleven at Corkagh Park on Sunday.

Winning the toss and batting first the team "with the tree in their outfield" made steady progress against the Leinster opening attack of Crangle and Khan. Crangle eventually got the reward his efforts deserved when opener Olag played on in the 9^thover. First change Conaty then came on to take 2 wickets in an impressive 5 overs whilst at the other end Mullen showed what can be gained by bowling accurate line and length talking 2 wickets in a miserly spell. Adamstown were losing wickets at regular intervals now but Leinster couldn’t quite find the killer punch to end the innings. Adeel was scoring most of the runs for the home team with good support from the tail and he ended up top scoring with 48 not out. Block and new club addition MacNiocaill bowled 10 overs of spin as the weather conditions dampened the outfield and soaked the ball. Block picked up two wickets, however MacNiocaill was the unluckiest bowler on the field as a string of catches and stumpings went begging. Fitzgerald was thrown the ball for an exploratory over and conceded two wides with his first two balls. Reacquainted with his radar he bowled the rest of his over on the mark taking the vital wicket of the dogged Gurdeep thanks to a great catch by MacNiocaill. Fitzgerald was back in the game moments later with a clinical run out and then finished the innings off with a frankly incredible one-handed pouch inches from the ground. This left Leinster 131 to chase.

In reply the Leinster innings got off to an impressive start with Dunne and Ahmed putting on 40 in the first 8 overs. Adamstown brought on swing bowler Gavin to great effect as he accounted for 4 of the top 6 and from 40-0 Leinster were now in serious trouble at 58-5 off 14 overs. This brought O’Brien and Mullen to the wicket. O’Brien delivered a beautifully paced innings of 27 not out and was ably supported by the more swashbuckling style of Mullen at the other end. With the end in sight the weather threatened to intervene though both teams gamely continued until the rain became too heavy to continue. After half an hour Ireland’s fickle weather granted a reprieve and the players squelched back out. Mullen’s entertaining knock came to an end on 30 with the team still 15 runs short however any thoughts of a late wobble were dispelled as Conaty and O’Brien eased the maroon caps across the line with 9 balls to spare.

All in all a promising start to the season though more work required on the fielding.

Link to Cricket Leinster scorecard http://www.cricketleinster.ie/results/view/-adamstown-2012-04-22-133000

Leinster Select lose out to Civil Service in pre-season friendly

16 April 2012

Leinster Select lose out to Civil Service in pre-season friendly

A mixture of young and old opened the cricket season at Observatory Lane on Saturday as a Leinster select side went up against Civil Service 4ths in a pre-season friendly. The bowling was rotated to give 7 lads the chance to blow away the early season cobwebs, Jack Mullen was the pick of the bowlers with 2 for 13 off his 7 overs and was ably supported by Mark Crangle and Mir-Awais Rehman in the opening overs. The mid part of the CS innings saw spin to the fore as 5 wickets fell. 3 to Khalid Chaudary and 2 to Marty Block including a smart stumping by Goodfellow to at least partially make up for the boundary byes he had conceded. Mullen and Crangle were recalled to wrap up the innings as CS posted a reasonable 156 for Leinster to chase.

The Leinster reply saw an opening session of 10 overs to accommodate tea preparations. Goodfellow and Byrne almost made it to the interval intact, Byrne smashing a square cut straight to point where a yard either side would have given him 4. From then on Leinster lost wickets at regular intervals. CS clearly have put in some serious catching practice as 7 Leinster wickets fell in that manner. As the wickets fell the required rate went up. A brilliant rear-guard action by Mir-Awais and Shiyas threatened briefly to get us back in the game but after Mir-Awais was bowled for 42 by by the canny CS skipper Revi Mehta the writing was on the wall and Leinster were all out for 118, 38 runs short.

So some early season promise in the bowling and a little more application in the batting and fielding required.

Scorecard

Leinster lost to Civil Service by 38 runs (toss won by Leinster)

Civil Service innings

T. Byrne - bowled J Mullen - 14

T. Tilbury - Run Out - 15

*R. Mehta - Ct Rahman - bowled K Chaudhary - 43

J. Sharma - bowled K Chaudhary - 17

V Ranade - stumped Goodfellow - bowled M. Block - 3

+J. Ebbs - caught and bowled J Mullen - 24

T. Ryan - caught Mullen - bowled M. Block - 3

A. Cilroy - caught and bowled K Chaudhary -

A. Harris - run out - 2

K. Shinzy - not out - 6

A Darnel - bowled Crangle - 8

Extras 21 (5W, 10B, 6LB) - Total 156 All Out

Leinster bowling

M. Crangle 6-1-17-1

M. Rahman 6-1-13-0

J. Mullen 7-1-13-2

S. Basheer 4-0-17-0

E. Byrne 3-0-16-0

K Chaudhary 6-0-26-3

M. Block 4-0-22-2

F. Conaty 2-0-16-0

Leinster Innings

*+E. Goodfellow - caught and bowled Ranade - 39

E. Byrne - ct, bowled - Darnell - 5

C. Casserly - run out - 2

K. Chaudhary - ct, Ranade - 0

E. O'Neill - ct, bowled Shinzy - 0

F. Conaty - ct, bowled Sharma - 7

J. Mullen - ct, bowled Sharma - 1

M. Rahman - bowled Mehta - 42

S. Basheer - Not Out - 11

M. Crangle - Bowled Sharma - 2

M. Block - ct, bowled Sharma - 1

Extras 8 (1W, 5 B, 2LB) - Total 118 All Out

Civil Service Bowling

A. Darnell 8-0-35-1

R.Mehta 6-1-17-1

V. Ranade 8-4-11-2

K. Shinzy 8-1-24-1

J. Sharma 7-2-24-4

Pos	Batsman	Runs	Bowler	Wickets
1	Badal Kumar	197	Joel Leacock	11
2	Rompey Chhabra	149	Mark Crangle	8
3	Khizer Khan	132	Finn Connighty	8
4	Alan Godfrey	119	Hugh Mullen	7
5	Barra Mac Niocaill	115	Jack Fitzgerald	7
6	Hugh McDonnell	113	Tom Murray	7
7	Asim Mumtaz	91	Tim Law	7
8	David Lucas	69	Paul Rodgers	6
9	Luke Ginell	63	Four others	5
10	Susheel Kumar	57

Rank	Team	Average
1	Waringstown	108
2	North Down	108
3	North County	99
4	Merrion	98
5	Railway Union	97
6	The Hills	92
7	Brigade	92
8	Limavady	92
9	Instonians	92
10	Strabane	90