Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Cricket muNorthern Ireland yaive mutambo wevashoma kusvika nguva pfupi yadarika, asi mutambo uyu wave kufarirwa chaizvo pakati pevagari nekuda kwenyaya dzekubudirira dzichangobva kuitika dzeIrish Cricket Team, inomiririra nyika mbiri dzeIreland. Cricket zvino iri kuva yakakurumbira zvikuru nemhaka yemushandirapamwe wakabudirira weIreland weCricket World Cup muna 2007
uye 2011. Yakatambwa pano kubvira pakutanga kwezana ramakore rechi19, ichipesana neScotland (mutambo une chinzvimbo chekutanga-kirasi) wakatambwa gore rega rega kubvira muna 1909. Chikwata cheIrish chakanga chakasimba pakati uye mukupera kwezana ramakore rechi19, uye chakatumira mapato akati wandei ekushanyira kunze kwenyika, asi kukura kwemutambo kwakakanganiswa kutanga nekurambidzwa kweGaelic Athletic Association kunhengo dzayo kutora chikamu mumitambo "yekunze" uyezve nekugadzirwa kweIrish Free State; vazhinji vevatambi vekiriketi vakanakisa muIreland vaive varwi veBritish nevashandi vehurumende uye kubviswa kwavo kwakatungamira mukudzikira kwehuwandu hwemutambo.