List of Leinster Lightning grounds explained

Leinster Lightning was established in 2013, and accorded first-class status in 2017.^[1]

Since then, they have played first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket at a number of different home grounds.

Their first home first-class match was against North West Warriors in 2017 at Oak Hill Cricket Club Ground in County Wicklow.^[2] From 2019, College Park was due to become the home ground for Leinster Lightning for the 2019 and 2020 seasons,^[3] though this arrangement failed to materialise.

As of 4 September 2018, Leinster Lightning have played seven first-class matches,^[2] 18 List A matches,^[4] and 20 Twenty20 matches at eight different home grounds.^[5] The grounds that Leinster Lightning have used for home matches are listed below, with statistics complete through the end of the 2023 season.

List of grounds

Name	Location	First	Last	No.	First	Last	No.	First	Last	No.	Refs
		First-class			List A			Twenty20
		-	-			14 Aug 2023 v North West Warriors		-	-		^[6] ^[7] ^[8]
		-	-		-	-			21 Jul 2017v North West Warriors		^[9] ^[10] ^[11]
		20 Jun 2017v North West Warriors	-		-	-		-	-		^[12] ^[13] ^[14]
		5 Sep 2017v Northern Knights	-		-	-		-	-		^[15] ^[16] ^[17]
		-	-		10 Sep 2017v Northern Knights	9 Sep 2018v North West Warriors		-	-		^[18] ^[19] ^[20]
		1 May 2018v North West Warriors	-		27 Jun 2019v Northern Knights	18 May 2023v Munster Reds			3 Aug 2023 v Northern Knights		^[21] ^[22] ^[23] ^[24]
The Village		4 Sep 2018v Northern Knights	30 Jul 2019v Northern Knights		17 Sep 2020v Northern Knights	28 Sep 2020v North West Warriors		-	-		^[25] ^[26] ^[27] ^[28]
The Inch	Balrothery	12 Aug 2019v North West Warriors	-		-	-	0	-	-	0	^[29]

See also

• List of cricket grounds in Ireland
• List of international men's cricket grounds in Ireland

Notes and References

1. News: First-class status for interpros sees Irish cricket break another glass ceiling. 2017-05-28. Irish Independent. 21 December 2018.
2. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Leinster Cricket Union . CricketArchive . 2018-12-21 . subscription . 2018-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181221230449/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/24/24185/First-Class_Matches.html . dead .
3. Web site: College Park to become Lightning home ground . 2024-04-11 . irishcricketarchives.org.
4. Web site: List A Matches played by Leinster Cricket Union . CricketArchive . 2018-12-21 . subscription . 2018-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181221230418/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/24/24185/List_A_Matches.html . dead .
5. Web site: Twenty20 Matches played by Leinster Cricket Union . CricketArchive . 2018-12-21 . subscription . 2018-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181221230407/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/24/24185/Twenty20_Matches.html . dead .
6. Web site: The Vineyard, Dublin . CricketArchive . 2018-07-13 . subscription.
7. Web site: List A Matches played on The Vineyard, Dublin (2) . CricketArchive . 2018-07-13 . subscription.
8. Hosted two List A matches during the 2005 ICC Trophy. Only the List A matches played by Leinster Lighting are recorded.
9. Web site: Anglesea Road Cricket Ground, Dublin . CricketArchive . 2018-07-13 . subscription.
10. Web site: Twenty20 Matches played on Anglesea Road Cricket Ground, Dublin (3) . CricketArchive . 2018-07-13 . subscription.
11. Hosted a single List A match between Papua New Guinea and the United States during the 2005 ICC Trophy.
12. Web site: Oak Hill Cricket Club, County Wicklow . CricketArchive . 2018-07-13 . subscription.
13. Web site: First-Class Matches played on Oak Hill Cricket Club, County Wicklow (1) . CricketArchive . 2018-07-13 . subscription.
14. Ireland played a first-class match and two Twenty20 matches here against South Africa A. Only the first-class match played by Leinster Lightning is recorded.
15. Web site: Castle Avenue, Dublin . CricketArchive . 2018-07-13 . subscription.
16. Web site: First-Class Matches played on Castle Avenue, Dublin (1) . CricketArchive . 2018-07-13 . subscription.
17. Has hosted 15 first-class matches. Only the first-class match played by Leinster Lightning is recorded.
18. Web site: Observatory Lane, Dublin . CricketArchive . 2018-07-13 . subscription.
19. Web site: List A Matches played on Observatory Lane, Dublin (2) . CricketArchive . 2018-07-13 . subscription.
20. Hosted two List A matches during the 2005 ICC Trophy. Only the List A matches played by Leinster Lighting are recorded.
21. Web site: Sydney Parade, Dublin . CricketArchive . 2018-07-13 . subscription.
22. Web site: First-Class Matches played on Sydney Parade, Dublin (1) . CricketArchive . 2018-07-13 . subscription.
23. Web site: Twenty20 Matches played on Sydney Parade, Dublin (4) . CricketArchive . 2018-07-13 . subscription.
24. Has hosted seven Twenty20 matches. Only the Twenty20 matches with Leinster Lighting as the home team are recorded.
25. Web site: The Village, Malahide . CricketArchive . 2018-07-13 . subscription.
26. Web site: First-Class Matches played on The Village, Malahide (1) . CricketArchive . 2018-07-13 . subscription.
27. Web site: List A matches played on The Village, Dublin (27) . subscription . 11 Apr 2024 . CricketArchive.
28. Six first-class matches have been played at the ground (including one Test match). Only the first-class match played by Leinster Lighting is recorded.
29. Web site: First Class matches played on The Inch, Dublin (1) . subscription . 11 Apr 2024 . CricketArchive.