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interested to see the lack of comment about the influx of players to Carrick -lots of postings about CI last year when money was spent - speaks volumes for the youth policy at Middle Road but fair enough - if the moneys there why not spend it!!

Not long to go now guys and good to hear some local stuff coming on the site after all that Eoin Morgan stuff. He looks a good player but he's not as good as Ed Joyce yet and look where he's in the pecking order now. There must be about 20-30 Eoin Morgans and Ed Joyces around English cricket so why would they need our players?

Can't get any closer than last year Frank!
I think you mean more teams will be in contention but haven't we heard all that before? One thing that's good is that some of the weaker teams are trying to bridge the gap but others are doing nothing so the Big Three will still be the teams to beat and the rest will be fighting off relegation. Good luck to Carrick and CI if they buck the trend.

Some interesting developments at Middle Road, with the Stirlings, Haire and Turkington all joining up as well as 2 South Africans with a good pedigree.

So the silence has finally been broken... big andrew bassett has signed for dundrum!! that local derby sure will have a wee bit of extra spice.

Also noticed on the carrick website they are announcing their 8 new signings and profiling them including a current irish international. might they be the surprise package?

Certainly looks as though the premier league will be the closest on record now!!

ref:andy

If only REAL cricketers ran the game here eh?

Robin Haire

Davey cheater has left waringstown and is back in new zealand!

I realise that it was "rebranded" some seasons ago - but real cricketers call it section 1! See the postings last year about relegation to "Section 2"? Funny how things change about grading of grounds! I remember the times when the "total facilities" would have been taken into consideration.

REf Ryan

JTs batting average of 16.14 definitely frightened me all of last season haha

The batting power possessed by North Down on paper is just scary.... Haire, Montgomery, Robertson (fresh from a ton v England Lions) Khan, Sutherland, Shields, Terrett and Russell.

Could be a few bowlers absent/injured on the weekends their clubs happen to play North Down!

ref Andy

News not reach Buckna that the N.C.U. leagues have been rebranded, it's all Premier leagues and all that now.

ref James

Cliftonville had covers at greenisland and roller and sightscreens , just no ground!

robin haire;

david cheater is away back to new zealand with his wife. as for your side listed there you have 12! interesting to see who will miss out when pc plays for you! something tells me a certain mr mckenna who gained an irish cap last year maybe under pressure??

Cricket Ireland Annual Report - Seeing Double.

If we agree that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then we must congratulate Jim Bennett in having all but the opening paragraph and the final sentence of his extensive Youth Report 'incorporated' into the Cricket Committee Report thus extending the report of this self-declared 'engine room of cricket operations' to two pages rather than one.
Better that the Chairman had followed the lead of the Finance and Women's reports in employing that time honoured student tactic..... "when you have haven't got a lot to say increase the size of the typeface!"

Davy
How come Cliftonville didn't have covers at Greenisland?!

Davy Hamilton and his "section one rivals" - did nobody tell you Davy!!?