Parchment masterclass highlight of T20 action this week.

The following boys have been selected to the Southern XI U15 squad for the Interprovincial series being held in the Leinster area on June 29th, 30th & July 1st.

In Division 2, runs are as scarce as hen's teeth.

It's late June, and only now have there been enough matches completed for meaningful statistics to be calculated.

Holders Leinster have announced their squad for next week's inter-pro series being held in the LCU.

A record unbeaten 10 th wicket partnership between JJ Cassidy and Padraic Flanagan gave defending champions YMCA a thrilling victory over Division One morning leaders Clontarf.

The Hills coasted to a comprehensive win against Balbriggan in the Fingal derby.

Last gasp wins for Malahide and YMCA - North County go top while Merrion win in Cork.

New Irish Coach John Bracewell is looking forward to Ireland's three match series against Scotland. Ireland will be without a lot of their English based players, which gives the emerging pool of talent a chance to put themselves into the picture for the upcoming Qualifiers.

Stand in Skipper Kevin O'Brien is looking forward to locking horns once again with old enemy Scotland in Ireland's three match Series in Bready Cricket Club.

On Saturday it's back to league cricket after four cup weekends. In case you'd forgotten, in Division 1 Clontarf and North County are top with three wins out of three, Railway Union have two wins, Malahide none and everybody else one.

Pembroke, Merrion and Malahide all record emphatic wins.

The draws have been made for the semi-finals of the Leinster Senior, Senior 2, and Women's T20 Senior Cup.

DOM JOYCE celebrated his 34th birthday in style yesterday with a blistering 86 from 71 balls as Leinster Lightning stormed to a six-wicket victory over the North-West Warriors in the InterPro Cup at Rathmines.

Five centuries, two five wicket hauls, a hat-trick and a huge shock as Cork reach semi-final. Wins also for YMCA, Clontarf and Pembroke.

It may be the middle of June, the trees are in full leaf, the gardens show multiple splashes of colour, but summer hasn't come to Dublin yet.

On Saturday are the quarter finals of the Leinster Senior Cup.

Max Sorensen, Andrew Poynter and Ryan Hopkins all amongst the runs as the Alan Murray T20 competition continued this week in Leinster.

Eight wonderful days of cricket blitzes were held for pupils in both 4th & 5th classes during the months of May & June.

Five players each from Phoenix and YMCA selected.

Oliver Plunkett’s from Malahide won their first Leprechaun Cup when beating St Mathew’s from Irishtown by 80 runs at a sunny Malahide CC.

These days YMCA's Claremont Road ground is a most pleasant place to watch a game of cricket. The pavilion affords great views from both within, sitting with the scorers, and outside on the balcony.

Six Leinster sides progress to the last eight of the Irish Senior Cup.

Maximum points for Ireland as they complete innings win over UAE.

This coming weekend sees the second rounds of the Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup and the National Cup. There are eight LCU teams in the last sixteen, six of them drawn at home, and the two drawn away travel to another LCU team.

TYRONE Kane has been catapulted into the Ireland squad for the World Twenty20 qualifying tournament next month following a series of impressive performances in this year’s inter-provincials.

The draw has been made for the quarter-finals of the Leinster Senior Cup.

Two weeks ago Rush and Ireland Under 17 squad member Stephen Doheny arrived at Queen’s College, Taunton to start a trip to play schools cricket in England.

In the middle of the Phoenix square there is an absolute road which they try to use for all their “big” matches.

Thrilling day's cricket in the first round of the Leinster Senior Cup.

Ten wicket mauling for Terenure at Rush.

This Saturday sees the first round of the Leinster Senior Cup, one of the last competitions in the world to be played as a 60 over a side game.

Merrion's John Anderson stars as they defeat Pembroke.

The Fingal Girls Super Cup is a first for Leinster where four National schools competed in a league structure finishing with a final held at The Hills CC.

Clontarf go top of the table with win over Railway Union, while Merion get first league win with victory over Pembroke.

Willow Park school from Booterstown won the inaugural Antalis sponsored Leprechaun ‘4th Class Cup’ when defeating St Mary’s, Rathmines by 6 wickets.

A look at the action in the second tier of Leinster cricket over the past week.

I'm afraid I have the same story to report from The Vineyard, Milverton, last night when Leinster met The Hills.

Cricket Leinster are delighted to announce that the first ever Table Cricket match in the province was a huge success.

Leinster Lightning crush Ireland U19s by 240 runs in totally one sided game.

Terenure defeat Leinster to gain another win in their push for promotion.

Grobler stars as Cork County earn vital first league win of the season.

Merrion's excellent record in Irish Cup continues as they hold nerve to beat CIYMS.

Tyrone Kane continues to stake his claim for a place in Ireland's World Twenty20 squad this summer with the best ever bowling figures in a T20 inter-provincial.

This will be the Lightning’s first fixture in Oakhill and the players and management are really looking forward to playing in one of Ireland most picturesque cricket grounds.

John Mooney takes three wickets as Balbriggan beat Trinity by 45 runs in low scoring encounter at College Park.

This is the third time I have seen Malahide, and all I can report on positively is their fielding. I have seen flashes of good batting, and glimpses of good bowling, but nowhere near enough of either.

TYRONE KANE produced the best analysis in T20 Inter-Provincial cricket to set up Leinster Lightning for an emphatic seven wicket win against North West Warriors in the Trophy game at Angelsea Road.

It's the reserve date for the Irish Senior and National Cups, when the matches unresolved on May 9th will be decided.

Earlier this week Cricket Leinster Youth caught up with Merrion and ex-Ireland Under 19 cricketer Patrick Tice.

Full results so far in the 2015 Cup.

Latest detailed results and tables.

There are three teams with two wins from two in Division 2 - The Hills, Leinster and Terenure.

For the first time this season a full set of fixtures in the top two divisions was played on Saturday. In Division there are three teams with two wins from two games: Clontarf; North County; and Railway Union.

Clontarf are the leaders of Leinster League Division One after two rounds of games but more surprising is that North County and Railway Union, the only other teams with a 100% record, complete the fledgling top three.

This newly introduced competition (October 2014) has finally come to an end where we had 107 school classes throughout Fingal partaking with 2581 children testing their throwing skills.

Malahide fall short against Railway Union in match low on quality but high on drama.

The weather forecast for this Saturday is not too bad, so we might get a full complement of fixtures played in the top two divisions.

Naseer Shaukat scores 65 and takes 2 for 25 as holders The Hills dump out North Down.

The Aussie all-rounder hit 7 fours and 2 sixes on his way to an impressive 84 not out- sharing an unbroken 87-run stand for the 6th wicket with Danny Hogan (26*).

The contest was all but decided on a momentous batting collapse from the hosts who, after Tom Riddles and Stephen Wallace had taken them to 35-0, contrived to lose their next 6 wickets for the addition of just 4 more runs.

Rush claimed an amazing 9 run National Cup victory away to Templepatrick thanks to a last wicket partnership when batting, and a sensational bowling spell as the home team closed in on victory.

There has been so little cricket played that my crystal ball is distinctly cloudy, and all predictions are offered with a very wide margin of error and a large twist of salt.

After a washout on Saturday, the 2015 Division 1 season finally got under way on Monday when all four scheduled fixtures were played.

Ben Speake helps Terenure win at Balbriggan, Phoenix too strong for Trinity, while Joe Carroll's five wicket haul leads Leinster to win over YM Seconds.

There were first wins of the season for North County, YMCA and Railway Union.

After a series of washouts, it was a pleasure to drive into Clontarf's Castle Avenue ground and see Malahide warming up at the Castle end and the home team going through their drills at the Killester end.

TYRONE KANE'S hat-trick gave Leinster Lightning the points in the opening fixture of the Hanley Energy Inter-Provincial Series at Stormont.

A Bank Holiday weekend of double headers - Stu Daultrey gives his tips on who will be triumphant.

A surprise has occurred in Fingal cricket as John Mooney has left North County for Balbriggan.

Anna Kerrison recently completed a week’s work experience with Cricket Leinster under the guidance of Cricket Development Manager, Brían O Rourke.

Ireland name squad for games against Worcestershire and Somerset.

In the only Senior Two game to beat the elements, The Hills crushed Trinity by 154 runs.

The Division 2 season gets under way on Saturday with four fixtures that should give us a fair idea of how the division is going to pan out.

Leinster have been slowly rebuilding over the past couple of years, bringing through several youngsters who might eventually make the grade.

The experienced Richie Lawrence captains a Phoenix side who could well be on the verge of a return to top flight cricket.

Several new initiatives introduced for 2015.

Len Smith from the Institute of Groundsmanshipn led a Spring Ground’s course at Phoenix CC for the Leinster Cricket Groundsman Association.

Dhruv Kapoor skippers the students with Kamal Merhant coaching.

In Denmark, as in England, cricket is a summer game. The problem in Ireland is that nobody knows when summer will occur, but with island covered in sheep pasture, there is plenty of wool available for sweaters and thermal underwear.

Denmark lost to both Ireland U19's and Leinster Lightning on Saturday.

As part of their preparation for the Jersey qualifying tournament for the ICC World Twenty20 competition, Denmark brought their selection to Dublin to play four T20 matches between Friday 17th and Sunday 19th April.

Terenure CC is looking to rebuild it's base in 2015 with a firm focus on it's young and emerging talent.

It's very much old wine in new bottles down at Anglesea Road.

Greg Molins has been named by Cricket Ireland as the new national selector for Leinster.

An immediate return to top flight cricket main priority for The Hills in 2015.

A coaching workshop was run at Mount Anville school, Goatstown yesterday with 17 Leinster based PE teachers attending.

It's a return to top flight cricket for Malahide in 2015.

After a period of enforced austerity, the club has had to reorganise and refocus, and in the 2010s has achieved nowhere near as much as in the 2000s.

It wasn't the most memorable campaign for the Park Avenue side last time out, but they are optimistic of better fortunes in 2015.

The 2015 season will be a defining year for the club, with its playing resources tested and stretched to the absolute maximum.

Coaching staff from Cricket Leinster will soon be running a workshop for Secondary school teachers.

Balbriggan have a settled squad and will look to improve on 2014's steady showing.

2015 promises to be an extremely exciting and challenging season for Cork County as the Club takes its place in Leinster Division 1 following two seasons of successive promotions.

Can this be the real breakthrough season for Pembroke, when they turn youth and potential into trophies?

In 2014, after a season in Division 2, Clontarf stormed back to Division 1, finishing third in the league, runners-up in the Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup, and winners of both the Leinster Senior Cup and the Alan Murray Twenty20 Cup.

Railway Union CC would like to announce the following Coaching appointments for the 2015 season.

In an absolute nail biting finish, Merrion, needing 5 to win and 4 to tie off the last ball of the game broke Sizzlers hearts as Hari Ramasetti hit the back wall and sent his Merrion team into ecstasy.

Ardmore's Adrian Murphy looks set for a move to Railway Union, after asking the Bleachgreen side for his clearance over the weekend.

It promises to be a packed schedule for Leinster youth squads this summer as they look to emulate their all conquering success of 2014.

The Danish national side will play pre-season games against Ireland U19's, Leinster Lightning and The Hills the weekend before the domestic season gets under way.

Following the Christmas break, the competition is back in full flow and over the last four weeks we have had 23 classes with 530 boys and girls participating from all around Fingal.

Learn the basics skills of cricket and play lots of small sided games

Ten pupils from Cheeverstown Special Needs School in Templeogue, South Dublin County Council take part in their first session of Kwik Cricket.

'Team Bernie' record narrow 1 run win over 'Team Andy Murray'.

Good win at Union School

This course is a good starter for those people with limited cricket experience or limited experience in working with young players.

BEN SPEAKE has signed for Irish club Terenure for their Leinster Cricket Union campaign in 2015.

LEINSTER League club Phoenix have lured Cornwall all-rounder Sam Anderson to Irish shores this summer.

More reports from the Muir College trip to South Africa.

A training squad has been selected for winter coaching sessions.

Sam Murphy reports on the trip so far

A training squad has been selected for winter coaching sessions currently being held at North County cricket club.

We're loving the challenge of playing in a new environment, from the scorching sun to the fast wickets here at Muir. We train four times a week, twice with the team and then twice with each other.

Nine Leinster schoolboys are currently residing in South Africa taking advantage of their school Transition year to spend time in local schools and playing and practising daily at a high standard.

The Spirit of Cricket Award was awarded to Amy Kenealy in partnership with Cricket Leinster, South Dublin County Council and The Lords Taveners for her inclusive cricket work.

A training squad has been selected for winter coaching sessions currently being held at North County cricket club.

Following the appointment of Ted Williamson last week the Leinster Lightning selectors have met and are delighted to announce the following squad of players who will form a pre-season winter training squad.

Winter training squads selected for coaching sessions.

FORMER Ireland international Ted Williamson has been appointed as head coach to the Leinster Lightning Inter-Provincial team for 2015, taking over the reins from Trent Johnston.

Irish international Fintan McAllister appointed CDO for Dublin City.