Laura Delany Q&A: ‘We need to go after some camogie players - they’d bring something great to Irish cricket!’

Laura Delany, 24, from Knocklyn, plays for Leinster Cricket Club (Rathmines) and captains Ireland. An all-rounder and medium-paced inswing bowler, she made her senior international debut in 2010 when she was 17, and still a fifth-year in school.

Q: What’s the most annoying misconception you hear about cricket?

A: That it’s not a physically demanding sport. At the start of this tour we played three matches against England in Dubai and it was 46, 45 and 41 celsius those days! In these 20-over games, you’re out from 10.30am to 5.30pm and you have to be so fit to compete and always be mentally switched on. You only realise how physically demanding cricket is when you play it.