Personnel | |
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Captain | James Shannon |
Coach | Simon Johnston |
Owner | Northern Cricket Union of Ireland |
Team information | |
Founded | 2013 |
Home ground | Stormont Cricket Ground, Belfast |
Capacity | n/a |
History | |
Inter-Provincial Championship wins | 0 |
Interprovincial One-Day Trophy wins | 0 |
Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup wins | 0 |
Northern Knights is one of three provincial cricket teams in Ireland. Along with the North West Warriors and Leinster Lightning it makes up the Inter-Provincial Championship, Interprovincial One-Day Trophy & Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup.
The team located in Ulster province of Ireland and is managed by Northern Cricket Union of Ireland.
In 2013, Cricket Ireland formed a three-day Interprovincial Championship, featuring teams from Leinster, NCU and the North West. The NCU team is known as the Northern Knights. On 8 April, they announced Eugene Moleon as their coach and Gavin Rogers as his assistant coach.
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 January 2016, Simon Johnston head of Waringstown Cricket Club was appointed head coach of team replacing Eugene Moleon.