"We want to take Irish cricket to the next level." As Ireland Women’s Cricket get ready for their first match of #WT20 against Australia, they speak of their dream of professionalism and their love of the game.

As Clare Shillington is dismissed and leaves the middle for the final time, we salute a fine career by a tremendous servant to Ireland, and ambassador for cricket as a whole 👏

Congrats to Andrew Leonard and all involved Cricket Leinster for producing a brilliant night celebrating all aspects of the 2018 Cricket Leinster season Guinness Storehouse 🎉

Best of luck to this legend as he leaves us in the New Year -- Abu Dhabi, you're getting a top class teacher 🍎✏️ Clontarf Cricket Club will miss you Deco! #Bulls

3️⃣ teams 9️⃣ matches 3️⃣6️⃣ girls 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ overs = more opportunity to play cricket 🏏 🏃‍♀️ Excited to be involved in this in a coaching capacity - something I would have loved when I was younger #HBL #gosharks 🦈

Fresh white combo for the new season thanks to @premgripp and PAYNTR™ Cricket ✨ 🏏

Caught up with Irish cricketer Mary Waldron who says the introduction of part-time contracts is a game changer for Ireland Women’s Cricket here. @Irelandcricket More on Virgin Media News

So happy to see this guy in the green 🍀 #GoBulls ❤️💙

➡️ We're hiring ⬅️ Cricket Ireland is seeking a full-time permanent Strength and Conditioning Coach. This is a great job in international sport working with high-performance athletes. Read more: cricketireland.ie/about/vacancies #BackingGreen ☘️🏏 #JobFairy #JobsInSport

Really proud to have these brilliant current & former @DublinCityUni @dcu_shhp students talk about their own experiences of Talent Development.... fantastic insight from some fabulous @20x20_ie role models. Una Raymond Hoey, Niamh Farrelly & Lilly Ann O’Hora

Was a pleasure to be invited to speak during the Q&As at this year’s DCU Sports Coaching Talent Development Masterclass - thanks to David Passmore @AineGreyMatters Stephen Behan for the opportunity and all contributors for the amazing insights offered over the weekend 💡 🧠

"Minimum effective dose comes from the unhealthy fear of overtraining" Sprint Science. Interesting article for those coaching youth athletes; there's a time and place for 'optimal' loads but athletes should also be exposed to a max safe dose simplifaster.com/articles/minim… via SimpliFaster

Let's learn the right lesson here. Critics of the developing nations will harp on about the lack of quality, but it should underline the lack of opportunity, the lack of a level playing field. Ireland are still playing with an arm behind their back. BACK IRELAND. An deireadh.

26 games in 31 months ... all T20Is

This April I’ll be cycling 700km as part of the Make-A-Wish foundation’s Superhero Cycle to help create amazing adventures for seriously ill children 💫 Any donations greatly appreciated 🙏🏻 Make-A-Wish Australia fundraise.makeawish.org.au/fundraisers/un…

Just back to business as usual for Ringwood CC’s Tom Rogers. He’s just carved out his fifth century in 14 knocks at Vic Premier Cricket level. Two of the nine that weren’t 100+ were scores of 77 and 86.

So cool Kimmy proud of you!! Kim Garth

Replacement x2⃣ Welcome back to the #StarsFamily Tom! Details ⏬ strs.co/RogersSigns

Mary Waldron - what a legend. #BackingGreen #ThanksMary