Leinster Lightning have called up Clontarf’s Bill Coghlan & YMCA’s Simmi Singh to the squad for the first Newstalk 106-108fm Inter-Provincial Championship game of 2014.
Lightning meet North West Warriors in the first match of the 3-day competition, which will be played at Bready Cricket Club from Tuesday 20 May to Thursday 22 May. Coghlan and Singh replace Andrew Balbirnie and George Dockrell from the squad that beat the Warriors at the Hills in the first match of the IP50 on 3 May.
Balbirnie, who scored a century at the Hills, and Dockrell are both unavailable due to county commitments with Middlesex and Somerset respectively.
In other Lightning news, YMCA & Ireland Under-19 bowler Bobby Gamble has been added to the Leinster Lightning training squad.
Squad to face North West Warriors in the 3-day Newstalk 106-108fm Inter-Provincial Championship (Bready Cricket Club 20, 21, 22 May):
John Mooney (Captain-North County)
John Anderson (Vice-captain -Merrion)
Ben Ackland (Merrion)
Bill Coghlan (Clontarf)
Pat Collins (Railway Union)
Tyrone Kane (Merrion)
Fintan McAllister (Malahide)
Kevin O’Brien (Railway Union)
Andrew Poynter (Clontarf)
Eddie Richardson (North County)
Max Sorensen (The Hills)
Simmi Singh (Y.M.C.A.).
The first ball will be bowled in Magheramason at 11am each morning and admission is free.
Hours of Play: 11am-6:30pm**
– Lunch: 1:15pm-1:55pm, Tea: 4:10pm-4:30pm.
Minimum of 104 overs to be bowled each day; play may be extended in order to complete these overs.