LEINSTER LIGHTNING SQUAD FOR HOME IP20 FESTIVAL CONFIRMED!

The LHW Financial Planning sponsored Leinster Lightning has today confirmed its squad for the final Interprovincial action of the season, which gets underway on Wednesday when Cricket Leinster hosts the concluding 3-Day IP20 Festival of the season.

George Dockrell skippers the side, with Lorcan Tucker as his vice-captain behind the stumps in a squad which has five representatives from host club Pembroke as well as five more from YMCA. Balbriggan, Phoenix and Terenure are the other clubs represented within the 13 man squad for this set of fixtures.

Leinster Lightning Head Coach Nigel Jones is looking forward to rounding off this IP season on a high;

“Firstly, congratulations to those selected and I’m looking forward to a competitive IPT20 festival later in the week. This is our last set of fixtures for 2022 as a Leinster Lightning squad, it comes off the back of a fairly disruptive season unfortunately. That said, I can’t fault the attitude and commitment (when in our control) of my guys throughout… full credit to them!

We have seen some very encouraging signs from our younger squad players across both the senior IP and Future Series competitions season. This week will provide another opportunity for some of them to grow another inch at this level!

Off the back of some of these performances, the selectors have rewarded young Reuben Wilson from YMCA CC with his selection for the first time into the Leinster Lightning squad - many congratulations to him and his family, we look forward to his involvement and supporting his game development further.

As with every team, there are always areas to improve and opportunities to grasp - we’ve identified a few coming out of Festival One at North Down earlier in the season and also from our game against the Reds at Bready back in June.

That’s an exciting challenge for us and one I know the lads are looking forward to driving forward with this week.”

LEINSTER LIGHTNING SQUAD FOR IP20 FESTIVAL
SYDNEY PARADE, WED 27 JULY – FRI 29 JULY

George Dockrell (c) (Phoenix)
Lorcan Tucker (vc) (Pembroke)
Andrew Balbirnie (Pembroke)
Greg Ford (Balbriggan)
Gavin Hoey (Pembroke)
Josh Little (Pembroke)
Seamus Lynch (Terenure)
Barry McCarthy (Pembroke)
Mikey O’Reilly (YMCA)
Simi Singh (YMCA)
Harry Tector (YMCA)
Tim Tector (YMCA)
Reuben Wilson (YMCA)

Cricket Leinster hugely appreciates the sponsorship support we receive from LHW Financial Planning in respect of the Men’s Leinster Lightning & Bolts Interprovincial teams.

LHW provides its clients with a comprehensive financial advice service giving them the freedom to live the life they desire. LHW doesn’t just preach its ‘freedom to live’ motto, the company lives it through its actions by working alongside its clients to fulfil their life goals and ambitions using LHW’s expertise and experience. LHW’s primary objective is to enable its clients enjoy financial peace of mind.

There is a strong team at LHW led by Alan Lewis (Managing Director) with Jack Tector (Corporate Pension Services Executive) very focused on working with members of the cricket community to provide a comprehensive financial advisory service.

Contact: jack.tector@lhw.ie or alan.lewis@lhw.ie

Cricket Leinster would also like to acknowledge our Festival Host Club (Pembroke CC) for their unstinting support for cricket in Leinster, the grounds, facilities, catering and welcome are always first-class at Sydney Parade.