Munster Reds

Munster Reds is an Irish inter-provincial cricket team based in Cork, in the province of Munster. In April 2017, Cricket Ireland approved the participation of the team in the Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup, the highest level of T20 domestic cricket in Ireland.[1] They joined Leinster Lightning, North West Warriors and Northern Knights in the 2017 tournament.[2] They played their first match in the Inter-Provincial Trophy on 26 May 2017, and won their first match, against North West Warriors, on 6 July 2018.[3] Following the successful end to their 2018 season, there was talk of Munster Reds being included in the Interprovincial One-Day Trophy competition, but while this is an objective of Cricket Ireland, it was confirmed this would not happen in 2019.[4] In February 2021, Cricket Ireland confirmed that the team would take part in the 2021 tournament.[5] Munster won their inaugural Inter-Provincial title when they won the 2022 Inter-Provincial Cup.

Munster Reds
Personnel
CaptainTyrone Kane
CoachTed Williamson
OwnerMunster Cricket Union
Team information
Founded2017
Home groundThe Mardyke, Cork
Official websiteMunster Reds

Current squad
  • double-dagger denotes players with international caps.
  • On 4 April, it was announced that Neil Rock would move to the Northern Knights with PJ Moor taking his place in the Munster Reds 12 man core squad for the 2021 season. [6]
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Club Notes
Batsmen
Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin Ireland (1994-04-30) 30 April 1994Right-handedRight arm off breakThe Hills
Murray Commins Ireland (1997-01-02) 2 January 1997Left-handedRight arm mediumCIYMS
Matt Ford South Africa (1994-04-10) 10 April 1994Right-handedRight arm off breakMalahide
Seamus Lynch Ireland2002 (age 20–21)Right-handedTerenure
All-rounders
Curtis Campher double-dagger Ireland (1999-04-20) 20 April 1999Right-handedRight arm medium-fastYMCA
Gareth Delany double-dagger Ireland (1997-04-28) 28 April 1997Right-handedRight arm leg breakLeinster
Tyrone Kane double-dagger Ireland (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994Right-handedRight arm medium-fastMerrion
Kevin O'Brien double-dagger Ireland (1984-03-04) 4 March 1984Right-handedRight arm medium-fastRailway Union
Wicket-keepers
PJ Moor Zimbabwe (1990-02-02) 2 February 1990Right-handedRight arm off breakIrish passport holder, Captain
Bowlers
Fionn Hand Ireland (1998-07-01) 1 July 1998Right-handedRight arm medium-fastClontarf
Aaron Cawley Ireland (1999-10-15) 15 October 1999Right-handedRight arm fast-mediumPhoenix
Amish Sidhu India (1996-10-15) 15 October 1996Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxPhoenix
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Notable players
See List of Munster Reds List A cricketers and List of Munster Reds Twenty20 players

Grounds

Munster Reds play their home Twenty20 fixtures at The Mardyke in Cork, with the ground so far hosting two matches.[7]

References
  1. "Cricket Ireland Board Meeting April 6th 2017". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. "Munster Reds IP20 Inclusion confirmed by Cricket Ireland". Munster Cricket. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. "Lightning and Knights win T20 openers". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  4. Siggins, Ger. "Munster grounds for optimism". CricketEurope. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  5. "Inter-Provincial Series: Revamp to include Munster Reds joining 50-over Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  6. "PJ Moor joins Munster Reds squad, Neil Rock moves to Northern Knights | Cricket Ireland". www.cricketireland.ie. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  7. "Twenty20 Matches played on Mardyke, Cork (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2018.


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