Cricket Ireland announces central contracts for 2024-25

DUBLIN – Cricket Ireland has today released its central playing contract lists for men and women with a total of 48 players now contracted, including a record number of full-time contracts handed to women.

Player contracts were finalized and distributed following an agreement between Cricket Ireland and the Irish Cricketers’ Association (ICA) on the remuneration structure and terms and conditions of player contracts last month.

The central contracts list is:

Ireland Men

Full-time contracts

·       Mark Adair (Lisburn/Northern Knights)

·       Ross Adair (CIYMS/Northern Knights)

·       Andrew Balbirnie (Pembroke/Leinster Lightning)

·       Curtis Campher (Clontarf/Munster Reds)

·       Gareth Delany (Leinster/Munster Reds)

·       George Dockrell (Phoenix/Leinster Lightning)

·       Stephen Doheny (Merrion/North West Warriors)

·       Matthew Foster (CSNI/Northern Knights)

·       Fionn Hand (Clontarf/Leinster Lightning)

·       Graham Hume (Waringstown/North West Warriors)

·       Josh Little (Pembroke/Leinster Lightning)

·       Andy McBrine (Donemana/North West Warriors)

·       Barry McCarthy (Pembroke/Leinster Lightning)

·       James McCollum (Waringstown/Northern Knights)

·       PJ Moor (Clontarf/Munster Reds)

·       Neil Rock (Instonians/Northern Knights)

·       Paul Stirling (N/A/Northern Knights)

·       Harry Tector (Pembroke/Leinster Lightning)

·       Lorcan Tucker (Pembroke/Leinster Lightning)

·       Ben White (Phoenix/Munster Reds)

·       Craig Young (North Down/North West Warriors)

Retainer contracts

·       Gavin Hoey (Pembroke/Leinster Lightning)

·       Matthew Humphreys (Lisburn/Northern Knights)

·       Tom Mayes (Waringstown/Northern Knights)

·       Liam McCarthy (Railway Union/Munster Reds)

Ireland Women

Full-time contracts:

·       Alana Dalzell (Bready/Dragons)

·       Laura Delany (Leinster/Typhoons)

·       Arlene Kelly (Malahide/Dragons)

·       Gaby Lewis (Phoenix/Scorchers)

·       Louise Little (Pembroke/Dragons)

·       Sophie MacMahon (Leinster/Scorchers)

·       Jane Maguire (The Hills/Scorchers)

·       Cara Murray (Waringstown/Clontarf/Dragons)

·       Leah Paul (Merrion/Scorchers)

·       Orla Prendergast (Pembroke/Dragons)

·       Freya Sargent (Clontarf/Typhoons)

·       Rebecca Stokell (Merrion/Typhoons)

Education contracts:

·       Ava Canning (Leinster/Typhoons)

·       Georgina Dempsey (Phoenix/Typhoons)

·       Sarah Forbes (Pembroke/Typhoons)

·       Amy Hunter (Instonians/Dragons)

Meanwhile, Ireland men's team is currently up at the T20 World Cup 2024 where they will be meeting India on June 5 in New York.