Ardmore Cricket Club is a cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 club in Ardmore

Ardmore, County Londonderry

Ardmore is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 210. It is within Derry City Council area...

, County Londonderry

County Londonderry

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, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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, playing in North West Senior League 2

North West Senior League

The North West Senior League is the provincial cricket league within the North West Cricket Union jurisdiction in Ireland, which covers counties Londonderry, Fermanagh, and part of Tyrone in Northern Ireland and County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. The league has eighteen members and is...

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Playing record

The club has suffered relegation twice since the turn of the century in 2006 and 2008. A lone bright spot was reaching the final of the Ulster Cup

Ulster Cup (cricket)

The Ulster Cup is knock-out cricket competition in Ireland run jointly by the Northern Cricket Union and the North West Cricket Union. The top eight teams in the previous season’s NCU Premier League and North West Senior League 1 are eligible to take part...

 only to lose to Strabane

Strabane Cricket Club

Strabane Cricket Club is a cricket club in Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, playing in North West Senior League 1.The club was founded in 1883, and merged with Strabane Rovers in 1903.-Honours:*Irish Senior Cup: 1**1998*Ulster Cup: 1**2005...

 in a rain shortened match.

The club has a dubious history in the North West Senior Cup

North West Senior Cup

The North West Senior Cup, or North West Cup, is a senior football competition in Northern Ireland run by the North West of Ireland Football Association. Senior and intermediate teams from the North West FA's jurisdiction The North West Senior Cup, or North West Cup, is a senior football...

 reaching the final on ten occasions. Their only victory came in 1994 helped by the performance of former Indian Test player Sanjeev Sharma

Sanjeev Sharma

Sanjeev Kumar Sharma is a former Indian cricketer who played in 2 Tests and 23 ODIs from 1988 to 1990....

, breaking a losing streak of eight finals. They also hold the record for the lowest score ever recorded in a final when they were shot out for only 17 runs in the second innings in 1998.