When the Lightning lost their whole top order with only 51 on the board, it always felt that the Knights were in control of the game. They always knew that they batted along way down the order, but they left themselves too much to do.

Tucker hit an excellent 72 off only 57 balls, but didn't get the support that he needed to get the home team close to the win. Some big hitting from McCarthy at the end, certainly cheered up the home fans, but didn't seem like changing who was winning.

Rock marshalled his bowlers well in his first game as Knights Captain and all the bowlers ended up with wickets. Foster finishing with three of them off his 5.3 overs.

Luckily for the Knights, they managed to keep the Lightning under 253 and pick up an extra bonus point for the win, which means that they join the Warriors at the top of the table after their bonus point win yesterday.

Coming into this game, the Knights were certainly the underdogs, didn't have their Irish International players, lost their Captain before play began and still ended up as the winners. Isn't cricket a great sport?

Neil Rock has just been named the player of the match for his excellent 87 in the Knights Innings. Capping off an excellent day.

Well that just leaves me to thank you for following all the comms today. Hope that you enjoyed it. We are back in Pembroke on Thursday as the two teams at the bottom of the table look for their first win, so join me thn.

Until then, this is Justin saying good by from a very sunny Dublin.

43.3

Foster to Hoey, OUT

Hoey slices the ball high in the air, the fielder runs in from point as the ball seems to spend ages in the air, gets settled and takes the catch. The Knights win!

Gavin Hoey c Carmichael b Foster 37 (34b 3x4 2x6 55m) SR: 108.82

250 up for the Lightning now.

43.2

Foster to Hoey, SIX runs

the big hitting isn't over yet! Hoey gets one in the slot and he powers the ball over long-on, and out of the ground. New ball please

43.1

Foster to Hoey, 2 runs

Foster comes back on and Hoey greets him by hitting the ball past extra cover, Koen cuts it off in the deep

end of over 433 runs

LEL: 242/9CRR: 5.62 • RRR: 10.71

Gavin Hoey29 (31b 3x4 1x6)

Reuben Wilson5 (7b 1x4)

Tyron Koen 9-0-59-2

Ruhan Pretorius 8-2-31-1

42.6

Koen to Hoey, 1 run

inside edge onto the front pad, the ball squirts away to point and they scamper through

42.5

Koen to Wilson, 1 run

swings hard at the ball, takes the outside edge and flies down towards deep third. There is a fielder in the deep and he stops the ball

42.4

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Koen to Wilson, no run

manages to get some bat on the ball, it had kept a little low and he manages to defend the ball back towards the bowler

42.3

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Koen to Wilson, no run

blocked toward point

42.2

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Koen to Wilson, no run

outside off-stump, can't get any bat on the ball

42.1

Koen to Hoey, 1 run

another chance goes down! It was a tough chance as the thick edge flew in the air over the top of short third, Foster manages to palm the ball in the air and can't pull in the rebound. Great attempt though

end of over 428 runs • 1 wicket

LEL: 239/9CRR: 5.69 • RRR: 9.75

Reuben Wilson4 (3b 1x4)

Gavin Hoey27 (29b 3x4 1x6)

Ruhan Pretorius 8-2-31-1

Tyron Koen 8-0-56-2

41.6

Pretorius to Wilson, FOUR runs

leans onto the front foot and pushes out at the ball, takes the outside edge and runs to the fine third boundary

41.5

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Pretorius to Wilson, no run

is soldily in line behind the bat and defends back down the middle of the pitch

41.4

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Pretorius to Wilson, no run

bends the knees and defends the ball back past the bowler

Wilson is the last batter in, Knights one wicket away from an unexpected win

41.3

Pretorius to McCarthy, OUT

huge wicket for the Knights! McCarthy looks to hit a full ball into the legside. The ball hits him on the front foot, it's plumb in front of the stumps and the Umpire's finger goes up.

Barry McCarthy lbw b Pretorius 34 (21b 4x4 2x6 25m) SR: 161.9

41.2

Pretorius to McCarthy, FOUR runs

Extra cover can't stop the ball this time as McCarthy hits the ball over the top of his head

41.1

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Pretorius to McCarthy, no run

hits the ball hard to the right of extra cover, the fielder runs well to his right to stop the ball

end of over 4112 runs

LEL: 231/8CRR: 5.63 • RRR: 9.55

Gavin Hoey27 (29b 3x4 1x6)

Barry McCarthy30 (18b 3x4 2x6)

Tyron Koen 8-0-56-2

Ruhan Pretorius 7-2-23-0

40.6

Koen to Hoey, SIX runs

it's in the slot and Hoey connect beautifully, the ball flies over the long-off boundary for another maximum

40.5

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Koen to Hoey, no run

looks to ramp the ball and misses

40.4

Koen to Hoey, FOUR runs

hits the ball down the ground, long-off goes for the diving catch but can't get a hand on the ball. He also lets the ball get through him to run to the boundary

40.3

Koen to McCarthy, 1 run

chips the ball in the air towards deep mid-wicket. The fielder misjudges where the ball is going and doesn't run in to take the catch! That could be an expensive error...

40.2

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Koen to McCarthy, no run

gets up on toes and looks to play into the off-side, comes off the inside of the bat and rolls back up the pitch to the bowler

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Match details

Pembroke Cricket Club, Sandymount, Dublin
Toss	Leinster Lightning, elected to field first
Series	Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup
Season	2023
Player Of The Match	Neil Rock
Hours of play (local time)	10.45 start, First Session 10.45-14.15, Interval 14.15-15.00, Second Session 15.00-18.30
Match days	16 May 2023 - day (50-over match)
List A debut	Mark Donegan Reuben Wilson Adam Rosslee
Umpires	Jareth McCready Mark Hawthorne
Match Referee	Philip Thompson
Points	Northern Knights 5, Leinster Lightning 0

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Leinster Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
TH Tector	caught	37	50
Simi Singh	bowled	6	17
A Rosslee	caught	1	11
HT Tector	caught	1	7
LJ Tucker	caught	72	57
M Donegan	caught	16	27
GH Dockrell	caught	28	23
G Hoey	caught	37	34
F Hand	bowled	9	7
BJ McCarthy	lbw	34	21
R Wilson	not out	5	7
Extras	(lb 2, w 2)
Total	250(10 wkts; 43.3 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
T Mayes	8	0	49	1	6.12
R Pretorius	8	2	31	1	3.87
MT Foster	5.3	0	26	3	4.72
MJ Humphreys	6	0	31	1	5.16
T Koen	9	0	59	2	6.55
TF van Woerkom	7	0	52	2	7.42

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	33	Simi Singh	Tim Tector
2nd	6	Adam Rosslee	Tim Tector
3rd	7	Harry Tector	Tim Tector
4th	5	Lorcan Tucker	Tim Tector
5th	64	Lorcan Tucker	Mark Donegan
6th	35	George Dockrell	Lorcan Tucker
7th	18	George Dockrell	Gavin Hoey
8th	12	Fionn Hand	Gavin Hoey
9th	55	Barry McCarthy	Gavin Hoey
10th	15	Gavin Hoey	Reuben Wilson

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Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
NK	6	3	2	15	-0.159
LEL	6	3	3	14	0.829
REDS	6	3	3	14	0.439
NWW	6	2	3	11	-1.340

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