The Hills Cricket Club Explained

The Hills
Founded:1969
Ground:The 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

NameNationalityBirth dateBatting StyleBowling StyleNotes
Batsmen
Yaseen Sherzad Right-handed Right arm medium
Will ArcherRight-handedRight arm medium
Edson Silva4 April 1987Right-handedRight arm medium
Joe FletcherRight-handedRight arm off break
All-rounders
Muzamil Sherzad5 October 2002Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Brandon Kruger 12 December 2000Right-handed
Tomás Murphy22 October 1992Right-handed Right arm mediumCaptain
Nicolaj Laegsgaard1 February 2004 Left-handed Right arm off breakOverseas Pro
Wicket-keepers
Mubeen Ali Right-handed Right arm off break
Andrew KavanaghRight-handed Right-arm leg break
Bowlers
Cian Nulty3 October 2000Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Matthew Weldon31 December 2005 Right-handed Left arm fast-medium
Febin ManojRight-handed Right-arm leg break
Sean McNicholl31 May 1998Right-handed Right arm fast-medium

Honours

2

3

5

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cricket Leinster . 2022-11-06 . www.cricketleinster.ie . en.
  2. http://www.thehillscricketclub.com/history.html Club history