Munster Reds is an Irish inter-provincial

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team based in

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, in the province of

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

. In April 2017,

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approved the participation of the team in the Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup, the highest level of T20 domestic cricket in Ireland. They joined

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and

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in the 2017 tournament. They played their first match in the

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on 26 May 2017, and won their first match, against North West Warriors, on 6 July 2018. Following the successful end to their 2018 season, there was talk of Munster Reds being included in the

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competition, but while this is an objective of Cricket Ireland, it was confirmed this would not happen in 2019. In February 2021, Cricket Ireland confirmed that the team would take part in the 2021 tournament. Munster won their inaugural Inter-Provincial title when they won the

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Current squad

* denotes players with international caps. *''On 4 April, it was announced that Neil Rock would move to the Northern Knights with PJ Moor taking his place in the Munster Reds 12 man core squad for the 2021 season.''

Notable players

:''See List of Munster Reds List A cricketers and List of Munster Reds Twenty20 players''

Grounds

Munster Reds play their home

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fixtures at The Mardyke in

, with the ground so far hosting two matches.

References

External links

Munster Reds official website
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