{"items":"\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-16583\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-16583 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homepage category-news\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-806\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/three-out-of-four\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" 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Four<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta woodmart-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-09-10T08:17:28+00:00\">September 10, 2023<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/images\/lazy.png\" data-wood-src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dff43b51656f7096f0f4d6e91271f5?s=32&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g' srcset=\"\" data-srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dff43b51656f7096f0f4d6e91271f5?s=64&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g 2x' class='woodmart-lazy-load woodmart-lazy-fade avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/author\/mcc-admin\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Eddie Lewis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><span class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/three-out-of-four\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content woodmart-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tThree out of four titles ain't bad. For the second year in a row Merrion Women's 1st XI have won three of the four available titles. This weekend they added the Pilkington  Plate to the Leinster Senior Cup and Irish T20 Cup. They were...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/three-out-of-four\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-16556\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-16556 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homepage category-news\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-229\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/womens-senior-averages-2023\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"935\" height=\"1024\" 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data-wood-src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sibha-Bhoja.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sibha-Bhoja.jpeg 935w, https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sibha-Bhoja-274x300.jpeg 274w, https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sibha-Bhoja-768x841.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sibha-Bhoja-117x128.jpeg 117w, https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sibha-Bhoja-29x32.jpeg 29w\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-image-mask\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date woodmart-post-date\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t05\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSep\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/homepage\/\" rel=\"category tag\">homepage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/womens-senior-averages-2023\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Womens Senior Averages 2023<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta woodmart-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-09-05T11:23:55+00:00\">September 5, 2023<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/images\/lazy.png\" data-wood-src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dff43b51656f7096f0f4d6e91271f5?s=32&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g' srcset=\"\" data-srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dff43b51656f7096f0f4d6e91271f5?s=64&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g 2x' class='woodmart-lazy-load woodmart-lazy-fade avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/author\/mcc-admin\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Eddie Lewis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><span class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/womens-senior-averages-2023\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content woodmart-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCongratulations to S\u00edbha Bhoja who has just been announced as the winner of the Harrison Cup for topping the Senior Bowling averages in Leinster for 2023. In what is in effect only her second year as a senior player  Sibha's achievement is remarkable. She...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/womens-senior-averages-2023\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-16551\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-16551 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homepage category-news\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-103\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/merrion-u13s-through-to-all-ireland-final\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" 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-->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/homepage\/\" rel=\"category tag\">homepage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/merrion-u13s-through-to-all-ireland-final\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Merrion U13s through to All Ireland final<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta woodmart-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-09-04T14:16:23+00:00\">September 4, 2023<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/images\/lazy.png\" data-wood-src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dff43b51656f7096f0f4d6e91271f5?s=32&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g' srcset=\"\" data-srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dff43b51656f7096f0f4d6e91271f5?s=64&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g 2x' class='woodmart-lazy-load woodmart-lazy-fade avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/author\/mcc-admin\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Eddie Lewis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><span class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/merrion-u13s-through-to-all-ireland-final\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content woodmart-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tThe Merrion U13 team took themselves to the beautiful surroundings of St Columba\u2019s College in Kilmashogue Lane, Rathfarnham for their eagerly anticipated semi final against the strong Belfast team Instonians.\r\nBefore the game Merrion were likely to have one disadvantage as the Northern team play all...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/merrion-u13s-through-to-all-ireland-final\/\">Continue 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tag\">News<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/two-down-and-one-to-go\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Two down and one to go<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta woodmart-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-08-28T08:25:52+00:00\">August 28, 2023<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/images\/lazy.png\" data-wood-src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dff43b51656f7096f0f4d6e91271f5?s=32&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g' srcset=\"\" data-srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dff43b51656f7096f0f4d6e91271f5?s=64&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g 2x' class='woodmart-lazy-load woodmart-lazy-fade avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/author\/mcc-admin\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Eddie Lewis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><span class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/two-down-and-one-to-go\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content woodmart-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tMerrion's Women secured their successful defence of the Arachas Womens All Ireland T20 Championship with a convincing win over Fox Lodge on Saturday. Inserted into bat in damp conditions , Merrion got off to a bright start with Annabel Squires and Leah Paul putting on...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/two-down-and-one-to-go\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-16504\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-16504 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homepage category-news\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-328\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/dominant-home-win-for-merrion\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img 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class=\"post-image-mask\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date woodmart-post-date\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t20\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAug\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/homepage\/\" rel=\"category tag\">homepage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/dominant-home-win-for-merrion\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dominant Home win for Merrion<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta woodmart-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-08-20T05:12:28+00:00\">August 20, 2023<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/images\/lazy.png\" data-wood-src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dff43b51656f7096f0f4d6e91271f5?s=32&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g' srcset=\"\" data-srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dff43b51656f7096f0f4d6e91271f5?s=64&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g 2x' class='woodmart-lazy-load woodmart-lazy-fade avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/author\/mcc-admin\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Eddie Lewis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><span class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/dominant-home-win-for-merrion\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content woodmart-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tA two hundred run opening partnership between Stephen Doheny  and Jack Carty  laid the foundation for an emphatic 181 run victory over Malahide in the Premier League.\u00a0\r\n\r\nDespite the wet over night conditions, the game at Anglesea Road started on time. Merrion batted first...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/dominant-home-win-for-merrion\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-16466\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-16466 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date woodmart-post-date\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t13\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAug\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/presidents-lunch-pavilion-members-friends-saturday-26th-august\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">President&#8217;s Lunch: Members, Friends, YMCA Guests &amp; More! Sat: 26th August &#8211; M1&#8217;s vs YMCA<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta woodmart-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-08-13T10:54:57+00:00\">August 13, 2023<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/images\/lazy.png\" data-wood-src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e71f465bd81e3715fc56df78939b066d?s=32&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g' srcset=\"\" data-srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e71f465bd81e3715fc56df78939b066d?s=64&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g 2x' class='woodmart-lazy-load woodmart-lazy-fade avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/author\/liam-casey\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Liam Casey<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><span class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/presidents-lunch-pavilion-members-friends-saturday-26th-august\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content woodmart-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWe're continuing our series of President Lunches on Saturday the 26th of August (Merrion 1's VS YMCA) with a focus on a local derby, and some great new Merrion annoncments!\r\n\r\nIt's a great chance for people to meet again at Merrion, as the season comes to...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/presidents-lunch-pavilion-members-friends-saturday-26th-august\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-16460\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-16460 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homepage category-youth\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-179\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/news\/youth\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Youth<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/merrion-win-u17-cup\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Merrion win U17 Cup<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta woodmart-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-08-13T07:19:11+00:00\">August 13, 2023<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/images\/lazy.png\" data-wood-src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dff43b51656f7096f0f4d6e91271f5?s=32&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g' srcset=\"\" 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.entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content woodmart-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tMerrion boys won the U17 Cup in an exciting game against Adamstown on Friday. Bowling first Merrion did well to hold Adamstown to 113\/8 in the 20 overs. The wickets were shared between Sam Joyce  and the Dijkstras, Isaac  and Seb . But...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/merrion-win-u17-cup\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-16441\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-16441 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homepage category-news\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-464\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/merrion-women-win-first-trophy-of-year\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"data:image\/jpg;base64,\/9j\/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEAYABgAAD\/\/gA7Q1JFQVRPUjogZ2QtanBlZyB2MS4wICh1c2luZyBJSkcgSlBFRyB2NjIpLCBxdWFsaXR5ID0gODIK\/9sAQwAGBAQFBAQGBQUFBgYGBwkOCQkICAkSDQ0KDhUSFhYVEhQUFxohHBcYHxkUFB0nHR8iIyUlJRYcKSwoJCshJCUk\/9sAQwEGBgYJCAkRCQkRJBgUGCQkJCQkJCQkJCQkJCQkJCQkJCQkJCQkJCQkJCQkJCQkJCQkJCQkJCQkJCQkJCQkJCQk\/8AAEQgACgAPAwEiAAIRAQMRAf\/EAB8AAAEFAQEBAQEBAAAAAAAAAAABAgMEBQYHCAkKC\/\/EALUQAAIBAwMCBAMFBQQEAAABfQECAwAEEQUSITFBBhNRYQcicRQygZGhCCNCscEVUtHwJDNicoIJChYXGBkaJSYnKCkqNDU2Nzg5OkNERUZHSElKU1RVVldYWVpjZGVmZ2hpanN0dXZ3eHl6g4SFhoeIiYqSk5SVlpeYmZqio6Slpqeoqaqys7S1tre4ubrCw8TFxsfIycrS09TV1tfY2drh4uPk5ebn6Onq8fLz9PX29\/j5+v\/EAB8BAAMBAQEBAQEBAQEAAAAAAAABAgMEBQYHCAkKC\/\/EALURAAIBAgQEAwQHBQQEAAECdwABAgMRBAUhMQYSQVEHYXETIjKBCBRCkaGxwQkjM1LwFWJy0QoWJDThJfEXGBkaJicoKSo1Njc4OTpDREVGR0hJSlNUVVZXWFlaY2RlZmdoaWpzdHV2d3h5eoKDhIWGh4iJipKTlJWWl5iZmqKjpKWmp6ipqrKztLW2t7i5usLDxMXGx8jJytLT1NXW19jZ2uLj5OXm5+jp6vLz9PX29\/j5+v\/aAAwDAQACEQMRAD8A6OTxP8Qri2t7nS9Lt5Y54xIsxuVjDeg2ZGOPr1pkni7x\/pVtJe3sCWSIQpLXKzpg4x8isCDnPOa2vCoEnhzSA4DYtosZ5\/5Z1T+I8aR+D7vYirl4z8ox\/GKiVSf1eUk9Ut\/kYW1P\/9k=\" 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onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t08\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAug\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/homepage\/\" rel=\"category tag\">homepage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/merrion-women-win-first-trophy-of-year\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Merrion Women Win First Trophy of Year<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta woodmart-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-08-08T05:17:51+00:00\">August 8, 2023<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/images\/lazy.png\" data-wood-src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dff43b51656f7096f0f4d6e91271f5?s=32&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g' srcset=\"\" data-srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dff43b51656f7096f0f4d6e91271f5?s=64&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g 2x' class='woodmart-lazy-load woodmart-lazy-fade avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/author\/mcc-admin\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Eddie Lewis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><span class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/merrion-women-win-first-trophy-of-year\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content woodmart-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tA convincing win by Merrion Women's 1st XI saw them sweep past Pembroke in the final of the Sprint Coatings Senior Cup at Sydney Parade. Merrion were the holders and have now won the trophy eighth time.\r\n\r\nMerrion won the toss and batted first and having...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/merrion-women-win-first-trophy-of-year\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-16436\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-16436 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homepage category-news\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-387\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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look for two in a row<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta woodmart-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-08-06T11:45:22+00:00\">August 6, 2023<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/images\/lazy.png\" data-wood-src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dff43b51656f7096f0f4d6e91271f5?s=32&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g' srcset=\"\" data-srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dff43b51656f7096f0f4d6e91271f5?s=64&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g 2x' class='woodmart-lazy-load woodmart-lazy-fade avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/author\/mcc-admin\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Eddie Lewis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><span class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/merrion-look-for-two-in-a-row\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content woodmart-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tMerrion Women's 1st XI are the current holders of the Sprint Coatings Women's Senior Cup. They go into the final of the competition on Monday 7th August at Sydney Parade  against Pembroke seeking to hold on to the title. Although losing to Pembroke in...<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/news\/merrion-look-for-two-in-a-row\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-16360\" class=\"blog-design-small-images blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow post-16360 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homepage category-women\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-222\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrioncricketclub.ie\/homepage\/tight-at-the-top\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" 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