Leinster Lightning Name Squads for Championship and IP20 Festival

The Leinster Lightning today announce two squads for Test Triangle Inter-Provincial action beginning next Monday August 12^th with a Championship match against the North West Warriors and concluding next weekend with the T20 Festival at Bready Cricket Club.

The Lightning came agonisingly close to sharing the points in a badly rain affected draw with the Northern Knights at Stormont this week and will be looking to conclude the Championship season with a win against the Warriors at North County Cricket Club.

The squad sees two changes to the one announced for Stormont with Lorcan Tucker returning to keep wicket after his exams to replace Patrick Tice.

The second change sees Kevin O’Brien, who picked up a hamstring strain while bowling on Thursday August 8^th, replaced by YMCA’s Fionn Hand.

Hand had been a late replacement in the 12-man panel for Stormont when Josh Little pulled out, but Little also returns at North County.

The second squad announced is for the Inter-Provincial T20 Festival taking place in the North West at Bready Cricket Club from Friday August 16^th to Sunday August 18^th.

That 13-man squad is the same panel who competed in the T20 Festival at Pembroke earlier in the summer and took on Middlesex in the Smartwater Summer Smash on June 21^st.

At the festival, the Lightning face the Northern Knights on the opening day at 11.30am before facing the host North West Warriors on the Saturday evening at 4pm.

The final match at the festival for the Lightning is against the Munster Reds at 11.30am on Sunday August 18^th.

All Leinster Lightning matches will be live scored on the match centre on www.cricketleinster.ie with regular updates on @lcu_lightning and @cricketleinster on Twitter.

Daily reports from North County and match reports from Bready will be posted on the website.

Leinster Lightning Squad to play Northern Knights

North County Cricket Club, August 12^th to August 14^th, 11am start each day

George Dockrell © - Leinster

Andrew Balbirnie – Pembroke

Peter Chase – Malahide

Stephen Doheny – Rush

Fionn Hand – YMCA

Tyrone Kane – Merrion

Josh Little – Pembroke

Barry McCarthy – Pembroke

Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin – The Hills

Simi Singh – Phoenix

Jack Tector – YMCA

Lorcan Tucker – Trinity/Pembroke

Leinster Lightning Squad for Inter-Provincial T20 Festival

Bready Cricket Club, August 16^th – August 18^th 

George Dockrell © - Leinster

Rory Anders – YMCA

Andrew Balbirnie – Pembroke 

Peter Chase – Malahide

Gareth Delany – Leinster 

Matt Ford - Malahide

Fionn Hand – YMCA

Tyrone Kane – Merrion

Josh Little – Pembroke 

Barry McCarthy – Pembroke

Mick Lewis - Merrion

Simi Singh – Phoenix

Lorcan Tucker – Trinity/Pembroke