MALAHIDE

  • Captain: Matt Ford
  • Overseas player: Ryan Hackney (NSW, Aus)
  • Players In: Ryan Hackney
  • Players out: None
  • Young players to watch: Aaron Doyle, Diarmuid Burke

Matt Ford is the man with the captain's armband as the village side look to build on the progress of the previous four seasons under former international Fintan McAllister.

"We go into this season with a similar squad to last season with the added arrival of Ryan Hackney," said Callum Riches from the club.

"Ryan is an opening batter with an excellent pedigree for occupying the crease and scoring big runs. We look forward to welcoming him and his partner here to Malahide.

"After a mid-table finish in the Premier league last season, we are hoping to improve on that for the 2022 campaign, but are realistic with our ambitions given our players' involvement with representative and international squads.

"Like many other club with extensive fixture lists we will be utilizing every inch of our first team squad, so it will be exciting seeing players hopefully take opportunity of more game time.

"It's another busy year at the village as we welcome the Ireland, India and New Zealand for what should be a real bonanza of cricket, and as a club we just can't wait to get started."