Cork County Cricket Club is a

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

club in

Cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

, playing in Division 2 of the Leinster Senior League. A member of the

Munster Cricket Union The Munster Cricket Union is one of five provincial governing bodies for cricket in Ireland. Along with the Connacht, Northern, Leinster and North West unions, it makes up the Irish Cricket Union (now known as Cricket Ireland), the supreme gover ...

, it is the only club from outside Leinster playing in the Leinster League. The club was established in 1874. In 2009, it was given permission by the

Leinster Cricket Union The Leinster Cricket Union, also known as Cricket Leinster, is one of five provincial governing bodies for cricket in Ireland. Along with the Northern Cricket Union, Northern, Munster Cricket Union, Munster, Connacht Cricket Union and North West o ...

to compete in the Leinster League from the 2010 season. Promotion to Division 1 was first achieved in 2014.Cork County clinch promotion to Leinster Division 1 with thrilling win over Malahide
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Cork County Cricket Club
Leinster Senior League (cricket) teams 1874 establishments in Ireland Cricket clubs in Munster Cricket in County Cork Sports clubs in County Cork

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