Southern representation on the national cricket squad - rather thin on the ground in recent times - has been further enhanced by the call-up of Ed Joyce of Merrion and Leinster's Johnny Byrne for the defence of the Triple Crown in Birmingham tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday.
The pair have been brought into the 13-man squad to replace Decker Curry (Limavady) and Peter Gillespie (Strabane), who have withdrawn because of work commitments. Earlier last week, John Davy of Pembroke was also called up to replace the injured Mark Patterson.
Davy, Joyce and Byrne are all uncapped, but may well make their senior international debuts in the three-day Triple Crown campaign. Joyce was one of the stars in the Ireland under-19 side's successful run in the International Youth Tournament in Bermuda, and his century against Denmark was the only one scored in the competition.
IRISH UNIVERSITIES (v Queensland University, College Park, Wednesday, 1.00): P Lee (capt), W Horwood, R O'Reilly, P Davy, M Barriscale, G Joyce, M Patton, B Nolan, I Latham, F Hoey, J Atkinson.
SATURDAY RESULTS
Senior League Section A At Claremont Road: Carlisle 210 (54.2 overs) (J Molins 123, M Cohen 15, A Lewis 5 for 46, S McCready 2 for 28, H Harrison 2 for 32); YMCA 148 (45.5 overs) (B Sweeney 60, M Vincent 21 no, A Dunlop 20, R Molins 4 for 34, G Molins 3 for 34, W Evans 2 for 40). Carlisle (30 pts) bt YMCA (7 pts) by 62 runs.
At Park Avenue: Clontarf 163 (55 overs) (B Nolan 37, D Gaughran 23 no, S Grehan 6 for 45); Railway Union 165 for 7 (54.3 overs) (D Kanchana 59, P O'Brien 37, A Botha 3 for 22). Railway Union (28 pts) bt Clontarf (7 pts) by 3 wkts.
At Kenure: Pembroke 279 for 9 (55 overs) (T Dagg 70, P Davy 60, I Solomon 46, J Carthy 3 for 53, Cian Armstrong 3 for 77, Conor Armstrong 2 for 62); Rush 228 (52.2 overs) (Conor Armstrong 53, D Armstrong 52, N Shaukat 49, J Davy 3 for 57, R Smith 3 for 59). Pembroke (30 pts) bt Rush (10 pts) by 51 runs.
Section B - At Cabra: Phoenix 168 for 9 (55 overs) (A Masood 55, H Prestige 34 no, M Barriscale 27, J Atkinson 24, P O'Reilly 4 for 39, D Cooper 2 for 41); Old Belvedere 86 (39.5 overs) (A Canavan 22, D Cooper 18, A Dunne 11, G Charlesworth 4 for 14, J Atkinson 2 for 8). Phoenix (28 pts) bt Old Belvedere (5 pts) by 82 runs.
At Malahide: Malahide 66 (36 overs) (D Fleming 12, R Dowse 4 for 19, J Morrissey 2 for 5, D Poder 2 for 16, A Fleming 2 for 20); Merrion 67 for no wicket (18.2 overs) (J Myers 29 no, E Joyce 29 no). Merrion (30 pts) beat Malahide (0 pts) by 10 wkts.
At Milverton: North County 51 (37 overs) (John Mooney 16, J Murphy 11, Matt Dwyer 3 for 9, M Clinton 2 for 1, P Mooney 2 for 10); The Hills 52 for 1 (12 overs (B Archer 33 no, P Mooney 9 no). The Hills (30 pts) bt North County (0 pts) by 9 wkts.
Opening baty Jason Molins, who had scored 123 against YMCA on Saturday, added an undefeated century to scupper Leinster at Kimmage yesterday and push Carlisle to the top of the Senior League Section A table.His unbeaten 120 was a near faultless innings which included 16 fours, and the first wicket stand of 154 which he shared with Mark Cohen effectively wrecked Leinster's chances.
