| Leinster Lightning | |
| Captain: | George Dockrell |
| Coach: | Nigel Jones |
| Founded: | 2013 |
| Ground: | Sydney Parade |
| Colours: | Blue |
| Owner: | Cricket Leinster |
| Title1: | Inter-Provincial Championship |
| Title1wins: | 6 |
| Title2: | Inter-Provincial Cup |
| Title2wins: | 7 |
| Title3: | Inter-Provincial Trophy |
| Title3wins: | 8 |
| Website: | Cricket Leinster |
Leinster Lightning is an Irish inter-provincial cricket team. They participate in the Inter-Provincial Championship, Inter-Provincial Cup and Inter-Provincial Trophy.
The team is based in Dublin and is managed by Cricket Leinster.
In 2013, Cricket Ireland formed the three-day Interprovincial Championship, Cup and Trophy featuring teams from Leinster, the NCU and the North West. The Leinster team is known as Leinster Lightning.
In January 2015, Ted Williamson was announced as the new head coach, taking over at the helm from Trent Johnston.[1] Under his coaching, Leinster Lightning took a clean-sweep of trophies in the 2015 and 2016 seasons before he stepped down from the position.[2]
Up to and including the 2016 Inter-Provincial Championship, the matches were not given first-class status. However, at an International Cricket Council meeting in October 2016, first-class status was awarded to all future matches.[3] [4]
In 2019, Nigel Jones was appointed to the role of Head Coach and Pathway Manager.[5] Following the 2019 season the Inter-Provincial Championship was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has yet to return.[6]
In the history of the Inter-provincial series, Lightning have won 22 of the available 29 trophies.[7]
2023 was the first season in which the team failed to win at least one competition.
Inter-Provincial Championship - (First Class) - 6 titles
Winners: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and 2019
Inter-Provincial Cup - (List A) - 8 titles
Winners: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021
Inter-Provincial Trophy - (T20) - 8 titles
Winners: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022, 2024
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Club | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | |||||||
| Andrew Balbirnie | 28 December 1990 | Right-handed | |||||
| Harry Tector | 6 December 1999 | Right-handed | Pembroke | ||||
| 2 September 1996 | Right-handed | Pembroke | |||||
| 7 March 2003 | Right-handed | Pembroke | |||||
| Swapnil Modgill | Right-handed | ||||||
| 21 September 2004 | Right-handed | ||||||
| Christopher De Freitas | 2 June 2002 | Left-handed | Right arm medium | Balbriggan | |||
| Monil Patel | 5 May 1990 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Leinster | |||
| All-rounders | |||||||
| George Dockrell | 22 July 1992 | Right-handed | Phoenix | Captain | |||
| Fionn Hand | 1 July 1998 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | Clontarf | |||
| John McNally | 17 April 2005 | Left-handed | |||||
| Sam Harbinson | 31 March 1995 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | Merrion | |||
| Wicket-keepers | |||||||
| Lorcan Tucker | 10 September 1996 | Right-handed | — | ||||
| Adam Rosslee | 12 September 2003 | Left-handed | — | Merrion | |||
| Seamus Lynch | 10 August 2002 | Right-handed | — | Terenure | |||
| Bowlers | |||||||
| Reuben Wilson | 17 September 2006 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | Clontarf | |||
| Gavin Hoey | 5 November 2001 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | Dublin University | |||
| 2 July 2002 | Left-handed | Left arm fast-medium | Merrion | ||||
| Josh Little | 1 November 1999 | Right-handed | Left arm fast-medium | ||||
| Barry McCarthy | 13 September 1992 | Right-handed | |||||
| David Delany | 28 December 1997 | Left-handed | Right arm fast | Clontarf | |||
| Melvin Christoper Devaraj | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Merrion | ||||
| Amish Sidhu | 15 October 1996 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Phoenix | |||
| Jack Lalor | 14 April 1999 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Phoenix | |||
| Oliver Riley | 7 November 2006 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Pembroke | |||
| Jai Moondra | Left-handed | Left arm fast | Leinster | ||||
| Dylan Lues | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Balbriggan | ||||
| Sam Willemse | Right-handed | ||||||