Kia McCartney joins Women’s Senior Performance Squad for 2023
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Kia McCartney joins Women’s Senior Performance Squad for 2023
Cricket Ireland has today confirmed that Coleraine Cricket Club’s Kia McCartney has been offered a casual contract for 2023, replacing Rachel Delaney who has stepped away from the women’s senior performance squad due to work commitments.
McCartney, 17, was part of the Ireland Under-19s Women’s squad that competed at the recent ICC Women’s U19 T20 World Cup, playing four matches and opening the bowling. The right-arm off-break bowling all-rounder was also named in the Dragons squad in the 2022 Super Series.
Delaney, who has earned 34 caps for Ireland, has advised Cricket Ireland that due to full-time work commitments she cannot commit to a contract in 2023.
The centrally contracted full-time women’s players for 2023 are:
Full-time contracts
- Laura Delany, Shauna Kavanagh, Arlene Kelly, Gaby Lewis*, Sophie MacMahon, Cara Murray**, Orla Prendergast***, Rebecca Stokell****, Mary Waldron
Educational/Part-time contracts
- Ava Canning, Georgina Dempsey, Amy Hunter, Louise Little, Jane Maguire, Leah Paul
Casual (match) contracts
- Alana Dalzell, Sarah Forbes, Joanna Loughran, Aimee Maguire, Kia McCartney, Kate McEvoy, Eimear Richardson, Freya Sargent
* Gaby Lewis will revert to Educational/Part-time contract during her university semester, but full-time contract during semester breaks
** Cara Murray will be on an Educational/Part-time contract until June 2023, from July 2023 she will move to a full-time contract
*** Orla Prendergast will be on an Educational/Part-time contract until May 2023, from June 2023 she will move to a full-time contract
**** Rebecca Stokell will be on an Educational/Part-time contract until November 2023, from December 2023 she will move to a full-time contract
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