The T20 Trophy gets underway on Tuesday with all four sides missing a plethora of Irish internationals, meaning a number of new faces for the three days.
The home side Munster Reds - who narrowly failed to pull off a historic double success last season - will hope to kick things off with a victory in the opening game on Tuesday, when they take on the North West Warriors, while 2022 winners Leinster Lightning will start their title defence against the Northern Knights in the second game of the day.
Munster Reds have included Danish international Nicolaj Damgaard, along with on-loan players, wicket-keeper Connor Fletcher, Nathan Maguire, and Josh Manley. They will be captained by Tyrone Kane, with PJ Moor and Curtis Campher missing, and Mike Frost unavailable due to exams.
Paul Stirling, Mark Adair and James McCollum are absent from the Northern Knights, who have called-up Jason van der Merwe, as well as CSNI teenagers Finn Lutton and Harry Dyer.
Ruhan Pretorius comes into the festival on the back of his double hundred for Woodvale at the weekend, while Neil Rock will captain the team.
Leinster Lightning field their weakest squad (on paper) in the 11-year hisstory of the competition. Already depleted by the franchise nature of the interpros, the absence of the majority of their senior players gives the squad a Future Series look.
Amish Sidhu returns to the Lightning squad, while Seamus Lynch and Joey Carroll are drafted in. Tim Tector skippers the side who have an average age of 23.
The Warriors bowling stocks are severely depleted, missing a quartet of Irish internaionals - Andy McBrine, Craig Young, Graham Hume and Conor Olphert.
There is a recall for Strabane captain Aaron Gillespie, while Eglinton's Irish passsport holding South African Liam Doherty is named for the first time.
St Johnston's Head Coach Graeme McCarter travelling as Assistant Coach to Boyd Rankin.
THE SQUADS
Munster Reds: Tyrone Kane (capt), Murray Commins, Ali Frost, Brandon Kruger, Liam McCarthy, Connor Fletcher, Joshua Manley, Nathan McGuire, Nicolaj Damgaard, Ben White, Gareth Delaney, Mick Granger, Mathew Ford.
Leinster Lightning: Tim Tector (capt), Amish Sidhu, Adam Rosslee, Greg Ford, Sam Harbinson, Mark Donegan, Seamus Lynch, Gavin Hoey, Barry McCarthy, Fionn Hand, Joey Carroll, Reuben Wilson, Mikey O’Reilly.
North West Warriors: Shane Getkate (capt), Stephen Doheny (wk), Liam Doherty, Aaron Gillespie, Ryan Macbeth, Scott Macbeth, William McClintock, Trent McKeegan, Cameron Melly, Cian Robertson, Gavin Roulston, Jared Wilson, Harry Zimmerman.
Northern Knights: Neil Rock (capt), Ross Adair, Cade Carmichael, Harry Dyer, Matthew Foster, Matthew Humphreys, Tyron Koen, Finn Lutton, Tom Mayes, Morgan Topping, Jason Van der Merwe, Ruhan Pretorius, Theo van Woerkom.
FIXTURES
6 June Munster Reds v North West Warriors 11:00
6 June Northern Knights v Leinster Lightning 15:30
7 June Leinster Lightning v North West Warriors 11:00
7 June Munster Reds v Northern Knights 15:30
8 June North West Warriors v Northern Knights 11:00
8 June Munster Reds v Leinster Lightning 15:30