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| Sport | Cricket |
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| Abbreviation | CL |
| Founded | 1890 |
| Affiliation | Cricket Ireland |
| Headquarters | Ballsbridge |
| Location | Leinster Region |
| President | Meena Baskarasubramaniam |
| CEO | Philip Smith |
| Coach | Andre Botha |
| Other key staff | Lorcan Tucker (Leinster Lightning captain) |
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TheLeinster Cricket Union, also known asCricket Leinster, is one of five provincial governing bodies forcricket inIreland.
Along with theNorthern,Munster,Connacht andNorth West unions, it makes up theIrish Cricket Union (now known as Cricket Ireland), the overall governing body ofIrish cricket.
The Leinster jurisdiction covers counties in the traditional Irish province ofLeinster in theRepublic of Ireland. In 2005, there were 40 clubs fielding 97 teams affiliated to the union.[1] There are currently 48 clubs affiliated to the Union, this includesCork County,Cork Harlequins and County Cavan who play in Leinster competitions despite not geographically being in the province.[2]
The Union was founded in 1890 as the "Leinster Branch of the Irish Cricket Union".[3] Initially, there was strong resistance to competitive cricket and theLeinster Senior League andLeinster Senior Cup did not start until 1919, although junior clubs competed for the Intermediate Cup from 1895 and a schools league began in 1906.[4]
In 2013,Cricket Ireland formed theInterprovincial Championship,Cup andTrophy competitions featuring teams from Leinster, theNCU and theNorth West. The Leinster team is known asLeinster Lightning. Lightning are the most successful team in the competitions' history, winning 21 of a possible 29 trophies.[5]
In 2017, Phillip Smith was elected to the role of General Manager as part of the revamped Executive and has retained the role ever since.[6] Simon Dyke was appointed to the role of Cricket Operations & Administration Manager in 2020, replacing Kevin Gallagher.[7]
The Cricket LeinsterBoard oversees a number ofcommittees which are responsible for different governance areas.
The current[when?] members of the Board are:
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