The Leinster U17 Girls Squad have been very busy over the last 3 weeks. Training days with their coaches Rob O’Connor and Vanessa Kelada in Railway Union, two very challenging and exciting warm up matches against the Irish U15 Girls squad and all culminating in the MBD Festival held in Malvern College and Colwall Cricket Club. This was the first year that Leinster have ever entered a team into an U17s Festival and it was a tough but worthwhile experience for the girls. They won 2 out of the 5 matches at the Festival and won one of the two warm up matches against the Irish U15 Girls squad. All the summary match reports can be found below.

Leinster U17 Girls vs Irish U15 Girls

Wednesday 11^th July 2018, 50 over warm up match

Ireland U15 Girls 88 all out from 23 (Ella Pasley 22, Amy Hunter 9, Maria Kerrison 5-20, Sarah Condron 3-18)

Leinster U17 Girls 89 for 8 off 24 (Cliodhna O'Reardon 15, Aoife Brennan 9, Jane Maguire 2-6, Anna Beale 2-13)

Leinster U17 Girls won by 3 wickets

Leinster U17 Girls vs Irish U15 Girls

Thursday 12^th July 2018, T20 warm up match

Ireland U15 116 off 20 overs (Jane Maguire 44, Louise Little 20, Maria Kerrison 2-12, Jenny Sparrow 2-23)

Leinster U17 114 for 9 off 20 (Maria Kerrison 33, Isobel Saeed - Maguire, Sarah White 4-13, Mya Naughton 2-24)

Ireland U15 Girls won by 2 runs.

A massive thank you goes to Railway Union Cricket Club for hosting both of these warm up matches as well as the training days prior to them.

Leinster U17 Girls v Wales U19 - 50 over

Tuesday, July 17th 2018 – Colwall

Leinster 55 all out off 32
(Ali Keenan 12*, Maria Kerrison 6, Nicole Reid 4-7, Sara Jenkins 3-7, Seren Jenkins 2-4)

Wales 58 for 2 off 8
(Bethany Gammon 24*, Ella Reed 21*, Sarah Condron 1-17, Anna Kirk 1-28)

Wales won by 8 wickets


Leinster U17 Girls v Wales U19 - T20
Tuesday, July 17th 2018 – Colwall

Wales 141 for 8 off 20
(Rose Evans 41, Georgia Parfitt 28, Jenny Sparrow 2-19, Maria Kerrison 2-19)

Leinster 92 for 8 off 20
(Isabel Saewd-Maguire 19, Sarah Forbes 18, Seren Hughes 2-3, Martha Bilsland 2-10)

Wales win by 49 runs


Leinster U17 Girls v Bucks U17
Wednesday, July 18th 2018 – Malvern

Bucks 123 for 5 off 20
(Alexa Wilson 32*, Lucy Adams 27, Maria Kerrison 2-28, Jenny Sparrow 1-14)

Leinster 124 for 7 off 18
(Sarah Forbes 36, Cliodhna O'Reardon 26, Charlotte Adams 3-18, Alexa Wilson 2-5)

Leinster won by 2 wickets

Leinster U17 Girls v Norfolk U17
Wednesday, July 18th 2018 – Malvern

Leinster 107 for 7 off 20
(Cliodhna O' Reardon 47*, Sarah Forbes 22, Robyn Edge 1-5, Lucy Witheridge 1-8)

Norfolk 99 for 5 off 20
(Robyn Edge 25, Jade Hoyte 24*, Maria Kerrison 3-8, Jenny Sparrow 1-12)

Leinster won by 8 runs


Leinster U17 Girls v Devon U17
Thursday, July 19th 2018 – Malvern

Devon 272 for 9 off 45
(Daisy Meadowcraft 86*, Sophie Florides 31*, Jenny Sparrow 3-48, Aoife Brennan 2-26)

Leinster 199 all out off 42
(Aoife Brennan 41, Cliodhna O'Reardon 39, Ellen Day 3-46, Milly Squire 2-12)

Devon won by 73 runs