Cricket fans bring colour and noise to historic occasion at Stormont

Stormont has hosted many historic encounters – but few have brought the colour and noise of cricket supporters on day one of a Test match.

There was a sense of occasion at the estate as Ireland’s and Zimbabwe’s players met in a milestone match on Thursday – the first Test fixture in Northern Ireland.

Several hundred attended the first day’s play at Stormont, including Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly.

While most of the crowd were clear which team they were there to support, one well-known local politician faced a quandary. Alliance Party MLA and former lord mayor of Belfast Kate Nicholl was born in Zimbabwe.

She told the PA news agency: “I grew up supporting the Flower brothers and Henry Olonga and all these great Zimbabwean…

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