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.
History
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 from Trent Johnston. Under his coaching, Leinster Lightning took a clean-sweep of trophies in the 2015 and 2016 seasons before he stepped down from the position.
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.
In 2019, Nigel Jones was appointed Head Coach and Pathway Manager. Following the 2019 season the Inter-Provincial Championship was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic and had not yet returned as of October 2025.
In the history of the Inter-provincial series, Lightning have won 22 of the available 29 trophies.
2023 was the first season in which the team failed to win at least one competition.
Honours
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
Current squad denotes players with international caps. denotes players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Club Notes Batters Christopher De Freitas * Right-handed Right-arm off break Balbriggan Harry Tector Right-handed Right-arm off break Pembroke Ireland central contract Tim Tector Right-handed Right-arm off break Pembroke Ireland retainer contract All-rounders Curtis Campher Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Clontarf Ireland central contract George Dockrell Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Phoenix Ireland central contract Wicket-keepers Stephen Doheny Right-handed Right-arm off break Merrion Ireland central contract Lorcan Tucker Right-handed — Pembroke Captain; Ireland central contract Bowlers David Delany Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Clontarf Gavin Hoey Right-handed Right-arm leg break Pembroke Ireland central contract Matt Hollard Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Balbriggan Ireland retainer contract Josh Little Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium Pembroke Ireland central contract Barry McCarthy Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Pembroke Ireland central contract Jai Moondra Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium Leinster Ben White Right-handed Right-arm leg break Phoenix Ireland retainer contract
Grounds
References
External links Cricket Leinster Leinster Lightning official website Cricket Ireland profile of Leinster Lightning