The Hills Cricket Club

The Hills
Team information
Founded1969
Home groundThe Vineyard

The Hills Cricket Club is a cricket club in Skerries, Dublin Ireland, playing in Division 1 of the Leinster Senior League.[1]

The club was established in 1969, winning the LeinsterJunior Cup and Junior League in 1971, Intermediate Cup in 1972 and Intermediate League in 1973. Senior status was attained in 1983 and a first senior trophies – the Leinster Senior Cup and Leinster Senior League – came in 1989.[2]

On 1 September 2012, the club won their first Irish Senior Cup defeating Merrion Cricket Club by 8 wickets in Castle Avenue, Clontarf.

Current Squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  • *denotes players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality.
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Yaseen Sherzad  Afghanistan* Right-handed Right arm medium
Will Archer  Ireland Right-handed Right arm medium
Edson Silva  Kuwait (1987-04-04) 4 April 1987 (age 37) Right-handed Right arm medium
Joe Fletcher  Ireland Right-handed Right arm off break
All-rounders
Muzamil Sherzad  Ireland (2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 22) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Brandon Kruger  South Africa* (2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right arm off break
Tomás Murphy  Ireland (1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm medium Captain
Nicolaj Laegsgaard  Denmark (2004-02-01) 1 February 2004 (age 20) Left-handed Right arm off break Overseas Pro
Wicket-keepers
Mubeen Ali  Ireland Right-handed Right arm off break
Andrew Kavanagh  Ireland Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Bowlers
Cian Nulty  Ireland (2000-10-03) 3 October 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Matthew Weldon  Ireland (2005-12-31) 31 December 2005 (age 18) Right-handed Left arm fast-medium
Febin Manoj  Ireland Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Sean McNicholl  Australia* (1998-05-31) 31 May 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Cricket Leinster". www.cricketleinster.ie. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  2. ^ Club history


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