Up next we’ve got Andy Kavanagh. Today’s players profile is sponsored by Alumina Lighting, Thank you for your continued support!

Name + nickname: Andy Kavanagh (Kavo)

Age:21

Favourite batting shot: Cover drive

Bowling type: Leg spinner

Debut for senior team: 2015 vs YMCA

Best memory in hills colours: Winning Leinster cup 2019 or hitting the winning runs vs Pheonix in the park 2019.

Worst memory in hills colours: Losing the All Ireland final vs Warringstown 2017

Favorite player you’ve played with: Daya(the most knowledgable player I’ve played with plus best craic on and off the pitch)

Player you wish you got to play with: Matt Dwyer(his experience bowling spin at the highest level)

Favorite ground you’ve played in apart from the hills: Irene county club (South Africa)

Funniest thing you’ve seen on the pitch: Killian getting hit for 48 off 3 overs vs Rush

Goals for future: Win an all Ireland for the Hills.

Up next we’ve got club legend Naseer Shoukat. Today’s player profile is sponsored by Specsavers, thank you for your continued support!

Name: Naseer Shoukat/Naz

Age: 54

Favourite batting shot: straight drive

Bowling type: right arm medium

Debut for senior time: 2010 ( for hills) 1995 in general

Best memory in hills colours: After winning the Irish Senior Cup 2012 when Flash came and hugged me and said now I can die in peace

Worst memory in hills colours: losing against rush in Irish senior Cup quarter finals

Favourite player you’ve played with: Luke Clinton

Player you wished you got to play with: John wills and Alan Lewis

Favourite ground you played in apart from hills: Clontarf

Funniest thing you’ve seen on the pitch: max fielding on mid wicket and taking a great catch by diving and his pants coming off halfway

Goals for future: Play one more successful season for the hills

Next up for the ladies we’ve got big hitter Amy benson. Today’s player profile is sponsored by bulthaup. Thank you for your continued support!

Name + nickname: Amy benson (Bendy)

Age:26

Favorite batting shot: Anything that goes for runs

Bowling type: Generally do anything I can to avoid bowling

Debut for senior team: May 2018 vs Leinster

Best memory in hills colours: Chasing 190 vs Malihide

Worst memory in hills colours: Driving 3 hours to North Kildare for a game that lasted about 90 mins

Favorite player you’ve played with: Aimee and Jane Maguire

Player you wish you got to play with: Ciara metcalfe

Favorite ground you’ve played in apart from the hills: North Down

Funniest thing you’ve seen on the pitch: My bat snapping in half facing Lara Maritz at Clontarf last season .

Goals for future: To just keep enjoying playing

Up next we’ve got Wicketkeeper/ batsman. Today’s player profile is sponsored by Protocol for Men. Thank you for your continued support!

Name + nickname: Mark Donegan (Don)

Age: 21

Favourite batting shot: Cover drive

Bowling type: N/A

Debut for senior team: North Down at home 2015

Best memory in hills colours: Beating Instonians in the Irish Senior Cup Semi final/Leinster Senior Cup final win 2019

Worst memory in hills colours: All-Ireland final loss to Waringstown 2018 (tough tough bus journey home)

Favorite player you’ve played with: Albie/Max (both helped to progress my game immensely and were a joy to bat with out in the middle)

Player you wish you got to play with: Jeremy Bray (Great mind for the game and would’ve loved to been out in the middle with him)

Favorite ground you’ve played in apart from the hills: YMCA

Funniest thing you’ve seen on the pitch: Colm Cunneen kicking his helmet down to the sightscreen after being dismissed

Up next we’ve got Wicketkeeper/ batsman Mark Donegan, Today’s player profiles is sponsored by Protocol for Men. Thank you for your continued support!

Next up for the senior ladies we’ve got Naomi Matthews. Today’s player profile is sponsored by C&T Supermarket Skerries. Thank you for your continued support!

Name + nickname: Naomi + Nomes

Age: 22

Favorite batting shot: sending the bowler back over their head

Bowling type: whatever is needed on the day 😂

Debut for senior team: 5 July 2018

Best memory in hills colours: chasing 190 against Malahide on the debut game and Miranda running a 7 😂

Worst memory in hills colours: leaving div 1 last year 😰

Favorite player you’ve played with: Anna Peterson

Player you wish you got to play with: Katherine brunt @ uni

Favorite ground you’ve played in apart from the hills:
Haselgrave, Loughborough

Funniest thing you’ve seen on the pitch: SA uni tour and a players bra snapping mid sweep shot 😂

Goals for future:
Win a medal at the commonwealth games

Up next for the men’s senior team is Killian Everard , born and raised within a kilometre from the club he has hills blood flowing through his veins!

Today’s player’s profile is sponsored by Baclon Construction, Thank you for your continued support!

Name + nickname: Killian Everard (Killo)

Age: 21

Favorite batting shot: Edge through slips for 4

Bowling type: Swing bowler

Debut for senior team: Merrion away in the league in 2016

Best memory in hills colours: Taking my first senior wicket on debut

Worst memory in hills colours: Losing the U17 final against YMCA

Favorite player you’ve played with: Naz (speaks for itself really, he’s a legend)

Player you wish you got to play with: Jeremy Bray (great player and would’ve been good craic to play with)

Favorite ground you’ve played in apart from the hills: YMCA (they have the second best teas, after us of course)

Funniest thing you’ve seen on the pitch: Colly kicking his helmet in anger towards to sight screen after being runout

Goals for future: To win an all Ireland for the club and to get to the top of my game

Second up for the ladies is fan favourite Tracy Clinton. Today’s player profile is sponsored by Rethink Graphics.Thanks so much for your continued support!

Name + nickname: Tracy Clinton
T, TT or Mary

Age: 37

Favorite batting shot: cover Drive

Bowling type: Slow……dibleys!

Debut for senior team: Cant remember it was that long ago😂 but I was probably about 12 and more than likely against Ymca

Best memory in hills colours: Getting to our very first Senior cup Final and I was captain

Worst memory in hills colours:
Years and years ago, Barbara Clinton and myself trying to get players out to play matches, alot of matches we played with 8 but we continued on. On the upside some years later we had 3 teams out for the club

Favorite player you’ve played with: I have two…..Miranda Andrew’s, the craic we have on that pitch and Ciara Metcalfe…..unbelievable knowledge of the game and is a bit of craic too

Player you wish you got to play with: Younger years it would have been Miriam Grealy, later years it would have been Clare”shillers” Shillington even though I played representative cricket with her

Favorite ground you’ve played in apart from the hills: Any ground I score a few runs!😉

Funniest thing you’ve seen on the pitch: Oohhh theres a few but it would probably be, Amanda Byrne, we were playing out in Leinster, the ball was hit out to the boundary, Amanda did a dive to stop the ball, ball continued to roll down the line but instead of her jumping back up to get it….she crawled, very fast, on all fours after it😂 Can still picture it!

Goals for future: To get some new and old players back to the Hills to continue the ever developing young side we have coming through

Today’s player profile is the one and only Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin and is sponsored by Olive Skerries, thank you for your continued support ☕️

Name + nickname: Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin (Cormo/Beef/LeBoeuf)

Age: 26 years old

Favourite batting shot: Pull shot

Bowling type: Right Arm Off-Spin. Still trying to turn one!

Debut for the senior team: Terenure Away in July 2012

Best memory in hills colours: Winning our 2nd All-Ireland Cup in 2014. The last ball run-out in the 2013 T20 final is a very close 2nd though!

Worst memory in hills colours: Losing the All-Ireland in 2017 to Waringstown. Still hurts!

Favorite player you’ve played with: Naseer Shoukat.

Player you wish you got to play with: I joined The Hills just after Bryn Thomas was with us and have been told by many club members that he would have been great for me!

Favorite ground you’ve played in apart from the hills: Eastcote Cricket Club, London

Funniest thing you’ve seen on the pitch: I once captained a school’s game for Gormanston where I had to teach a group of 10 classmates the rules of cricket so we could field a team.

My friend Conor (a keen golfer) went out to bat for the very first time and set up outside his crease. The opposition wicketkeeper suggested that it might be an idea to stand behind the white line. Naturally, Conor didn’t need any help. First ball he executes a beautiful full golf swing, misses it completely, holds the pose for the cameras, and is out stumped without troubling the scorers.

Unsurprisingly we lost the game.

Goals for future: Win plenty more trophies with The Hills and play for Ireland at senior level.

Hi everyone, Lords Taverners Ireland are hosting a fantastic event in support of Cricket Leinster Disability programme. A Zoom Table Quiz will take place on Tuesday 26th May at 7.00pm for anyone looking for some fun and an opportunity to support a great cause!

Questions will be entirely cricket based, so start brushing up on your knowledge of the winners of the 2011 Senior II Cup! The quiz is designed for players of all ages.

This quiz will take place on the Microsoft Teams platform, using Kahoot as the quizmaster platform. Links will be sent to ticket holders 48 hours before the event. This event is limited to a maximum of 240 participants.

Prizes include copies of the Cricket Leinster Centenary Book and Summer Smash Cricket Bats, signed by both Leinster Lightning and Middlesex teams.

Tickets are only 5 euro per person and are available for purchase at this link: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cricketleinster/374489