Cricket: The quarter-finals of the Bob Kerr All-Ireland Senior Cup this weekend sees two all-Leinster matches. At Malahide, the home team take on The Hills for whom Ireland's Jeremy Bray will be hoping to impress while a few miles south, Railway Union host Phoenix at Park Avenue.
Phoenix skipper Dave Langford Smith will be hoping to upstage a union team containing national skipper Trent Johnston along with Kevin O'Brien and Kenny Carroll.
In Balrothery, North County are home to Derriaghy while Rush travel to Donemana.
Langford Smith, who has been absent from recent international duty through injury, has been cleared to play in next week's quadrangular series involving West Indies, Netherlands and Scotland in Belfast and Dublin.
Andre Botha, another long-term injury, also returns to the team along with Eoin Morgan who has been given permission to play by his county, Middlesex. Boyd Rankin is unable to play due to a long-standing stress fracture.
The next generation of Ireland cricketers were on show this week as Ireland retained the European Under-23 Championship in Paisley. They beat Scotland by 116 runs due mainly to a thrilling century by teenager Paul Stirling.
Irish coach Phil Simmons was delighted by the performance: "I thought we played some really good cricket. 220 was a superb score in such difficult conditions. Young Stirling batted with great maturity, and he's definitely got a great future in the game. The bowlers took early wickets, and that was a great spell from Kevin who took full advantage of the assistance that was on offer.
"It's important we win these competitions, as it shows us we are getting it right in our coaching and development structure at underage levels."
SATURDAY: Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup (quarter-finals,1.0) - Donemana v Rush, Donemana; Malahide v The Hills, Malahide; North County v Derriaghy, Balrothery; Railway Union v Phoenix, Park Avenue. WM League (Section B,1.0) - Leinster v Old Belvedere, Rathmines.
SUNDAY: DGM League Final (!2.0) - Phoenix v Merrion, Phoenix Park; WM League (Section A,1.0) - YMCA v The Hills, Claremont Road.
IRELAND(squad for quadrangular series): Trent Johnston (Railway Union,capt), Andre Botha (North County), Kenny Carroll (Railway Union), Alex Cusack (Clontarf), Thinus Fourie (Merrion), Gary Kidd (Waringstown), Dave Langford-Smith (Phoenix), Kyle McCallan (Waringstown), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Kevin O'Brien (Railway Union), Niall O'Brien (Northants), William Porterfield (Rush), Andrew White (Instonians).
Fixtures- July 10th: Netherlands v W Indies (Dublin) July 11th: Ireland v Netherlands (Belfast) July 12th: Scotland v W Indies (Dublin), July 13th: Scotland v Netherlands (Belfast), July 14th: Ireland v W Indies (Dublin), July 15th: Ireland v Scotland (Belfast).
Ticket prices: Ireland v West Indies Adult: a25 ICU member: €15 Junior (Under-16): €5 (Buy one ticket, get one free to either the WI-Scotland or WI-Holland) Holland/Scotland v West Indies Adult: €15 ICU member €10 Junior (Under-16) Free Stormont: Ireland v Scotland/Netherlands Adult: £15 ICU member £10 Junior (Under-16) Free (Buy one ticket and get a ticket to the other match free). Netherlands v Scotland Free entry.
Tickets can be purchased from Heather Johnson on +44 (0) 2890 662310/2890 201361.
