The Cricket Ireland youth selectors have met and the following teams have been selected for the Cricket Ireland Festival, which will be held in the Dublin area from August 16-18. This is the first time Cricket Ireland have linked all of these teams together and it has the making of a great tournament with talented young players involved.
All games will be 40 overs starting at 1pm.
The fixtures are as follows:
Tuesday 16th August- Ireland U13 Select v Girls U17 Select at Rush
Wednesday 17th August - Ireland U13 Select v Ireland U14 Select at Cabra
Thursday 18th August - Ireland U14 Select v Girls U17 Select at Cabra
The squads are as follows:
IRELAND U13
Danny Hogan (Terenure) (Capt)
Rory Anders (Phoenix)
Andrew Austin (Bready)
Colin Currie (Clontarf)
Andrew Delany (Clontarf)
David Delany (Clontarf)
Aaron Heywood (Fox Lodge)
Matthew Lightbody (Lisburn)
Andrew Mays (Pembroke)
Ross McCay (Burndennett)
Conor O'Gormon (Leinster)
Cameron Shoebridge (Malahide)
Fiachra Tucker (Pembroke)
IRELAND U14
Gareth Delany (Leinster) captain
Michael Hoey (Terenure)
Mark Fogarty (Terenure)
John Matchett (CIYMS)
Ryan McBeth (St Johnston)
William McBrine (Donemana)
William McClintock ( Donemana)
David Murphy (Laois)
Nathan Rooney (North County)
Brian Smyth (North County)
Jack Tector (YMCA)
Lorcan Tucker (Pembroke)
Dylan Waterstone (Brigade)
IRELAND U17 GIRLS
Alison Smith (Malahide) captain
Niamh Conway (Rush)
Clodagh Conway (Rush)
Pia Diepman (Leinster)
Hannah Grieve (Lisburn)
Leona Harford (Rush)
Rebecca Branagan (The Hills)
Hannah Ridgeway (Leinster)
Blanaith Breslin (Merrion)
Clara Pryor-McCabe (Malahide)
Emma Ryan (Rush)
Holly Rankin (Killyclooney)