Congratulations to CYM U/13 players Darren Nicol and Ben Hoey, who this week have been selected for the U/13 Leinster squad.

Both players have been performing very well for the club this season, and are still eligable for this age group for another year.

This comes on the back of Niall McDarby and Ryan Hopkins who travelled last week with the Leinster Development Squad to Durham. 

The 1XI defeated Ardmore on Friday 8^th June in the re-fix of their 1^st Round Irish Cup match. Warwick Hewitt scored his maiden 1XI half-century from number 9 as he rescued the team to help post a reasonable total, before the bowlers reduced Ardmore from 36 for 0 to 79 all out.

See match report here.

On the 3^rd June, the 20/20 preliminary round between CYM, Old Belvedere and Trinity was decided on a bowl-out in the rain, with Old Belvedere progressing after victories against the other sides.

The following day the 1XI lost their first league match away to Leinster in another match affected by rain and was reduced to 30 overs a side.

See match report here.

Inconsistency, unavailability, the weather and bad luck have all contributed to a below-par start to the season for the 1XI.

They lost their first game of the season away to Leinster, before beating Pembroke away in the preliminary round of the Irish Senior Cup in a closer match than they should have allowed. 

Next they were well beaten out in Malahide, before travelling down to play Munster on a track that for the second year running had been soaked through heavy rain and insufficient covers. The match was eventually played in farcical conditions, where even spinners were getting the ball to pop and hit the batsmen's helmets. Make no mistake, this match wouldn't have taken place between two Dublin sides, but when the umpires and opposition side and supporters travel all that way for a game, then they will play in just about any condition.

The next round of the Irish Senior Cup saw the 1XI travel up to Ardmore the following Saturday. Again, the long trip up was followed by a 6 hour wait to see if any play was possible. This time, common sense finally prevailed and the team finally returned late that night having not even come close to playing. Ardmore now have to travel to CYM on Friday 8th June for the re-fixture.

Last Saturday saw the first round of the Leinster Senior Cup. The 1XI were again away to Malahide, and after a bad start did well to restrict them to 330 off their 60 overs. CY made a good start to their reply, reaching 72-0 off 17 at tea. After tea the rain again came to disrupt CY, and the rules of the competition being that any unfinished match must be continued on the next available evening meant that CY stayed out in poor conditions in an attempt to let the game carry on. But the conditions continued to deteriorate, and the match must now resume on Wednesday evening with CYM on 95-3.   

The 2XI won on Sunday against North Kildare to keep up their 100% record so far this season. After beating Leinster in the opening game of the season, they chased down 222 against Malahide away the following week, with captain Donal Vaughan making 91*.

Their games against North Wicklow away and North Kildare at home have been comfortable victories, both times scoring over 200 runs and bowling out the opposition for less than 100.

Congratulations to Patsy Fogarty, who has agreed to be our President for 2007.

We're all confident Patsy, who has two schoolboys playing for the club and a long history of management within Leinster schoolboys rugby, will be a valued addition to the club. We wish him all the best.

Section and Society subs are now due for all. Please make an effort to get these in to the Hon. Treasurer, or to your team captain/manager or any committee member ASAP.

Tauseef Satti will be CYM's new professional player/coach for 2007. Tauseef is a top-order batsman and opening bowler with a good record, high qualifications and plenty of coaching experience. The 27 year old Pakistani has played a handful of first class games for Islamabad, and in recent years he has played and coached in a number of countries including New Zealand and the UK.

The 2006 CYM Cricket AGM was held on 15th November in the club. The elected officers for 2007 were -
• Club Captain – Warwick Hewitt
• Hon. Secretary – Ken Brennan
• Hon. Treasurer – Colm Morgan
• Schoolboy Rep – Kenny McDonald
• Cricket Advancement Officer – John Hoey
• Grounds & Maintenance Rep – Greg Murphy
• 1XI Captain – Mike Baumgart

• After a dramatic tie with Zimbabwe in their first ever World Cup match, followed by a famous victory over Pakistan in their next game, Ireland have qualified from their group and are into the Super 8 stages. 6 more games for Ireland in this stage of the competition, starting with England on Friday 30 March.

• The Irish Cricket Union have confirmed former West Indies international Phil Simmons will take over as coach from Adi Birrell after the World Cup.

Click here for full details from CricketEurope.

• Ireland announce 21 year-old South African Vernon Philander as overseas player for this year's Friends Provident Trophy

Click here for full details from CricketEurope.

• The Leinster Cricket Union are inviting applications for the role of "Cricket in the Community Development Officer". Closing date is Friday 23rd March 2007.

Click here for full details from CricketEurope.