Knights vs Leinster, 9th Match at Belfast, INTER-PRO, Aug 20 2025 - Full Scorecard

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Cade Carmichael	c De Freitas b Hollard	105	119	189	14	0	88.23

Paul Stirling	b Moondra	2	8	8	0	0	25.00

Morgan Topping	lbw b Wilson	4	15	21	0	0	26.66

Ben Calitz	c †Tucker b Delany	13	17	33	3	0	76.47

Neil Rock (c)†	c De Freitas b Hollard	14	18	32	1	0	77.77

Ross Adair	c †Tucker b Hollard	4	3	5	1	0	133.33

Jordan Neill	c TH Tector b Moondra	1	5	4	0	0	20.00

Thomas Mayes	c HT Tector b Hoey	47	52	63	3	2	90.38

Matthew Humphreys	c †Tucker b Hollard	10	7	10	2	0	142.85

Cian Robertson	not out	0	3	17	0	0	0.00
Matthew Foster	c De Freitas b Hollard	8	8	8	1	0	100.00

Extras	(lb 7, nb 1, w 7)	15
Total	42.2 Ov (RR: 5.26, 198 Mins)	223
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Paul Stirling, 1.5 ov), 2-20 (Morgan Topping, 6.4 ov), 3-55 (Ben Calitz, 13.4 ov), 4-86 (Neil Rock, 20.1 ov), 5-93 (Ross Adair, 20.5 ov), 6-94 (Jordan Neill, 21.4 ov), 7-185 (Thomas Mayes, 37.1 ov), 8-199 (Matthew Humphreys, 38.6 ov), 9-214 (Cade Carmichael, 40.4 ov), 10-223 (Matthew Foster, 42.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Reuben Wilson	7	2	20	1	2.85	33	0	1
6.4 to M Topping, The Lightning strike again! Topping is back in the crease, the ball swings back past the bat and strikes him on the back leg. The Umpires finger goes up and Topping walks slowly away from the middle. 20/2
Jai Moondra	6	0	21	2	3.50	27	0	0
1.5 to PR Stirling, Bowled him! Stirling plays across the line and looks to hammer the ball out of the ground. The ball swings back in through the gap and knocked the middle stump back. Great start for the Lightning. 5/1 21.4 to J Neill, What a catch from Tim Tector. Neill guides the ball in the air towards point, the fielder dives full length to his right and manages to get one hand to the ball. Neill looks stunned, although he has to trudge off.. 94/6
David Delany	6	0	41	1	6.83	17	0	0
13.4 to BF Calitz, this time the Umpires finger does go up! Calitz looks to attack a short ball, gets a little edge through the keeper. Tucker throws the ball up to celebrate and the Lightning get their third wicket. 55/3
Matt Hollard	9.2	0	62	5	6.64	30	4	0
20.1 to NA Rock, leans back in the crease and looks to power the ball over the square leg boundary. Rock doesn't get enough power into the shot and the fielder has time to steady himself in the deep and takes the catch.. 86/4 20.5 to GR Adair, Adair flicks the bat at the ball as it goes down the legside, there is a little bit of bat on the ball and Tucker takes the catch. Knights five down now and we aren't even at the 25 over mark yet.. 93/5 38.6 to MJ Humphreys, got him this time. Hollan bowls short and Humphreys looks to fend the ball away, gets a little nick that flies through to the keeper and the Umpires finger goes up.. 199/8 40.4 to C Carmichael, Carmichael looks to force the ball over the point boundary. The ball pops up high in the air and the deep fielder makes sure that he keeps his eye on the ball and takes the catch. Ends another impressive Innings from the Knights opener.. 214/9 42.2 to MT Foster, Foster pulls the ball high in the air behind square on the legside. It gives De Freitas time to run down from the legside boundary to take the catch. Hollard gets his five for!. 223/10
Harry Tector	2	0	6	0	3.00	7	1	0
Gavin Hoey	8	0	38	1	4.75	25	0	0
37.1 to T Mayes, Mayes looks so disappointed as he pops the ball straight at the fielder at extra cover. Tector doesn't make it easy on himself as he bobbles the catch before diving forward to complete the catch. 185/7
George Dockrell	4	0	28	0	7.00	11	1	0

Leinster Lightning (T: 224 runs from 50 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tim Tector	b Humphreys	57	34	50	10	2	167.64

Christopher De Freitas	lbw b Humphreys	38	45	69	6	0	84.44

Harry Tector	c Stirling b Humphreys	18	16	31	2	0	112.50

Lorcan Tucker (c)†	c Calitz b Robertson	27	31	55	2	1	87.09

George Dockrell	not out	21	58	67	0	0	36.20
David Delany	not out	43	21	25	8	1	204.76
Extras	(b 8, lb 4, w 10)	22
Total	34.1 Ov (RR: 6.61, 149 Mins)	226/4
Did not bat Seamus Lynch, Gavin Hoey, Matt Hollard, Jai Moondra, Reuben Wilson
Fall of wickets 1-87 (Tim Tector, 11.2 ov), 2-112 (Christopher De Freitas, 15.2 ov), 3-132 (Harry Tector, 17.1 ov), 4-174 (Lorcan Tucker, 28.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Thomas Mayes	5	0	44	0	8.80	17	0	0
Matthew Foster	5	2	22	0	4.40	22	0	0
Jordan Neill	6	0	50	0	8.33	15	1	0
Matthew Humphreys	10	0	34	3	3.40	38	0	0
11.2 to TH Tector, Humphreys strikes! Tector looks to play the ball off his back foot, the ball spins past the bat and hits the stumps. Middle is knocked back and Humphreys screams out a loud cheer to celebrate.. 87/1 15.2 to C De Freitas, Humphreys strikes again! De Freitas is hit on the back leg in front of the stumps. The finger goes up and both openers fall to spin. 112/2 17.1 to HT Tector, Tector looks to cut the ball, it flies off the top edge and Stirling takes a worldie of a catch at slip. Stirling stuck out his left hand and the ball stuck. Three wickets now for Humphreys. 132/3
Cian Robertson	6.1	0	34	1	5.51	23	1	0
28.4 to LJ Tucker, Tucker is down on one knee and slog sweeps the ball towards the square leg boundary. The fielder doesn't have to move as the ball picks him out.. 174/4
Cade Carmichael	2	0	30	0	15.00	3	0	0

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Match Details

GroundCivil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast

TossLeinster Lightning, elected to field first

Series

Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup

Season2025

Player Of The Match

Matt Hollard

Match days20 August 2025 - day (50-over match)

Umpires

Jonathan Kennedy

Mark Hawthorne

Match Referee

Graham McCrea

PointsLeinster Lightning 5, Northern Knights 0

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