Munster Reds

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Munster Reds
Personnel
CaptainPJ Moor
CoachJeremy Bray
OwnerMunster Cricket Union
Team information
Founded2017
Home groundThe Mardyke, Cork
History
Inter-Provincial Cup wins1
Official websiteMunster Reds

Munster Reds is an Irish inter-provincial cricket team based in Cork, in the province of Munster.

History[edit]

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 debuted in the Inter-Provincial Trophy on 26 May 2017, and won their first match, against North West Warriors, on 6 July 2018.[3]

Following a 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.

Former Ireland international Jeremy Bray was appointed as head-coach in 2023.[6]

Honours[edit]

Current squad[edit]

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batters
Murray Commins  South Africa (1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 (age 27) Left-handed Right arm medium
Cormac Hassett  Australia (1996-02-08) 8 February 1996 (age 28) Right-handed
Alistair Frost  Zimbabwe (1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right arm medium
Ryan Karanukaran  England (2002-10-01) 1 October 2002 (age 21) Left-handed Right arm off-break
Nathan McGuire  Ireland (2003-02-25) 25 February 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Right arm off-break
All-rounders
Gareth Delany  Ireland (1997-04-28) 28 April 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right arm leg-break
Tyrone Kane  Ireland (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Fionn Hand  Ireland (1998-07-01) 1 July 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Matt Ford  South Africa (1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right arm off-break
Brandon Kruger (2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 (age 23) Right-handed Right arm off-break
Curtis Campher  South Africa (1999-04-20) 20 April 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Ryan Joyce  South Africa (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right arm medium
Nicolaj Laegsgaard  Denmark (1996-11-18) 18 November 1996 (age 27) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Cian Egerton  Ireland (2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 (age 20) Right-handed Right arm medium
Wicket-keepers
PJ Moor  Zimbabwe (1990-02-02) 2 February 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Captain
Connor Fletcher  Zimbabwe (1998-06-08) 8 June 1998 (age 25) Right-handed
Ryan Hunter  Ireland (2006-02-11) 11 February 2006 (age 18) Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Mike Frost  South Africa (2001-05-29) 29 May 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Ben White  Ireland 29 August 1998 (1998-08-29) (age 25) Right-handed Right arm leg-break
Pace Bowlers
Liam McCarthy  South Africa Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Muzamil Sherzad  Ireland (2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 21) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Finn Catherwood  England (2004-02-09) 9 February 2004 (age 20) Right-handed Left arm medium-fast
Matthew Weldon  Ireland (2005-12-31) 31 December 2005 (age 18) Right-handed Left arm medium-fast
Byron McDonough  Ireland (2001-09-27) 27 September 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right arm medium
Josh Manley  Ireland Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Michael Granger  Australia (1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Source:1

Updated as 12 December 2023

Notable players[edit]

See List of Munster Reds List A cricketers and List of Munster Reds Twenty20 players

Grounds[edit]

Munster Reds play their home fixtures at The Mardyke in Cork, with the ground so far hosting ten T20s[7] and 7 List A matches.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Easdown, Craig (10 April 2017). "Cricket Ireland Board Meeting April 6th 2017". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. ^ Chambers, Barry (6 April 2017). "Munster Reds IP20 Inclusion confirmed by Cricket Ireland". Munster Cricket. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. ^ Easdown, Craig (26 May 2017). "Lightning and Knights win T20 openers". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. ^ Siggins, Ger (21 September 2018). "Munster grounds for optimism". CricketEurope. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Inter-Provincial Series: Revamp to include Munster Reds joining 50-over Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  6. ^ Easdown, Craig (20 January 2023). "Former Ireland international Jeremy Bray appointed Munster Reds Head Coach". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  7. ^ "TWENTY20 MATCHES PLAYED ON MARDYKE, CORK". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  8. ^ "LIST A MATCHES PLAYED ON MARDYKE, CORK". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

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