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North West Warriors

Personnel
Captain	Andy McBrine
Coach	Boyd Rankin
Owner	North West of Ireland Cricket Union
Team information
Founded	2013
Home ground	Bready Cricket Club Ground
Capacity	3,000
History
Inter-Provincial Championship wins	1
Interprovincial One-Day Trophy wins	0
Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup wins	1

North West Warriors is one of four provincial cricket teams in Ireland. Along with the Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and Munster Reds, it makes up the Inter-Provincial Championship, Inter-Provincial Cup & Inter-Provincial Trophy.

The team is located in the west of Ulster province containing areas of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The team managed by North West of Ireland Cricket Union.

History

In 2013, Cricket Ireland formed the three-day Inter-Provincial Championship, featuring teams from Leinster, the NCU and the North West. The North West team is known as the North West Warriors. On 8 April, they announced Bobby Rao as their 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.

Honours

Inter-Provincial Championship (first-class) - 1 title

2018 Inter-Provincial Championship: Champions

Inter-Provincial Cup - (50 over)

Best result

2017 Inter-Provincial Cup: Runners-up

Inter-Provincial Trophy (T20 Archived 30 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine) - 1 title

2014 Inter-Provincial Trophy: Champions

Players

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
Andrew Balbirnie ‡	Ireland	(1990-12-28) 28 December 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Pembroke	Ireland central contract
Jake Egan *	Australia	(2003-06-20) 20 June 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	C.I.Y.M.S.
Gavin Roulston	Ireland	(2006-06-16) 16 June 2006	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Brigade
All-rounders
Gareth Delany ‡	Ireland	(1997-04-28) 28 April 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Leinster	Ireland central contract
Alastair Doherty	Ireland	—	—	—	Fox Lodge
Samuel Haslett	Ireland	(2007-10-23) 23 October 2007	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Bonds Glen
Scott MacBeth	Ireland	(2004-10-01) 1 October 2004	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Brigade
Jared Wilson	Ireland	(1999-12-25) 25 December 1999	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Newbuildings
Wicket-keepers
Ben Calitz ‡	Ireland	(2002-07-06) 6 July 2002	Left-handed	Right-arm slow	Lisburn	Ireland central contract
Billy Dougherty	Ireland	—	—	—	Donemana
Freddie Ogilby	Ireland	(2007-08-10) 10 August 2007	Right-handed	—	Bready
Bowlers
Ryan MacBeth	Ireland	(1997-11-15) 15 November 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Brigade
Andy McBrine ‡	Ireland	(1993-04-30) 30 April 1993	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Donemana	Captain; Ireland central contract
Liam McCarthy ‡	Ireland	(2002-01-02) 2 January 2002	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Railway Union	Ireland central contract
Trent McKeegan	Ireland	(2000-03-11) 11 March 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Brigade
Robbie Millar	Ireland	(2003-01-11) 11 January 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Eglinton
Josh Wilson	Ireland	(2003-10-02) 2 October 2003	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Newbuildings
Craig Young ‡	Ireland	(1990-04-04) 4 April 1990	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	North Down	Ireland central contract

Current and former players

• List of North West Warriors cricketers

Grounds

For a complete list of grounds used by North West Warriors, see List of North West Warriors grounds.

External links

• North West of Ireland Cricket Union