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2020 Inter-Provincial Trophy

The 2020 Inter-Provincial Trophy was the eighth edition of the Inter-Provincial Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket competition played in Ireland during August and September 2020.[1][2] It was the fourth edition of the competition to be played with full Twenty20 status. Northern Knights were the defending champions.[3]

2020 Inter-Provincial Trophy
Dates20 August – 8 September 2020
Administrator(s)Cricket Ireland
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
ChampionsLeinster Lightning (6th title)
Participants4
Matches12
Most runsKevin O'Brien (148)
Most wicketsSimi Singh (8)
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On the opening day of the tournament, Northern Knights beat North West Warriors by two runs in a match affected by the rain,[4] and Leinster Lightning defeated Munster Reds by nine wickets with twelve overs to spare.[5] Leinster Lightning won the tournament, to claim their sixth title,[6] after beating Northern Knights by five wickets in the penultimate round of matches.[7]

The final two fixtures of the tournament, scheduled to be played on 8 September 2020, were both called off a day before they were meant to be played.[8] The match between Munster Reds and Northern Knights was cancelled because of a possible COVID-19 "chain of transmission" linked back to a cancelled match in the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy in England a few days prior.[9] The other match, between North West Warriors and Leinster Lightning, was called off due to a wet outfield, meaning only half of the scheduled twelve matches finished with a result.[10]

Background edit

Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held from 12 June to 3 August 2020, with competition split into two halves, each branded as a T20 Festival. The first half was scheduled to be played in June, and the second half was scheduled to be played in August.[11]

On 26 March 2020, Cricket Ireland confirmed that domestic competitions would be pushed back to 28 May 2020 at the earliest, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12][13] Government restrictions prevented any cricket, including training, from starting before June 2020.[14] The Irish government announced a provisional date of 20 July 2020 for a possible restart of sporting fixtures in the country.[15] Plans of a possible start of domestic cricket in Ireland, with matches taking place during August and September, were looked at in July 2020.[16] On 22 July 2020, Cricket Ireland confirmed the revised fixtures for the tournament.[17] On 15 August 2020, all the teams confirmed their squads for the tournament.[18][19]

Points table edit

The following teams competed:

Team[20] Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
Leinster Lightning 6 4 0 0 2 22 +2.608
Northern Knights 6 2 1 0 3 15 +0.753
Munster Reds 6 0 2 0 4 8 –4.111
North West Warriors 6 0 3 0 3 6 –2.013

Fixtures edit

20 August 2020
Scorecard
North West Warriors
132/6 (20 overs)
v
Northern Knights
52/3 (7.4 overs)
Graham Hume 47* (40)
Graeme McCarter 2/17 (4 overs)
Paul Stirling 41* (24)
Graham Hume 2/15 (3 overs)
Northern Knights won by 2 runs (DLS method)
Bready Cricket Club Ground, Bready
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Alan Neill
  • Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain during Northern Knights innings prevented any further play.
  • Will Smale (North West Warriors), Ross Adair and CJ van der Walt (Northern Knights) all made their T20 debuts.
  • Points: Northern Knights 4, North West Warriors 0.
20 August 2020
Scorecard
Munster Reds
76 (19.3 overs)
v
Leinster Lightning
77/1 (8 overs)
Jonathan Garth 26 (37)
Gareth Delany 3/8 (4 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 46* (27)
Jonathan Garth 1/5 (1 over)
Leinster won by 9 wickets
Pembroke Cricket Club, Dublin
Umpires: Steve Wood and Paul Reynolds
  • Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
  • Matthew Foster and Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin (Munster Reds) both made their T20 debuts.
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Munster Reds 0.
25 August 2020
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
The Green, Comber
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Roland Black
  • No toss.
  • The match was called off due to the impact of Storm Francis.[21]
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 2, Northern Knights 2.
27 August 2020
Scorecard
Leinster Lightning
124/4 (12 overs)
v
North West Warriors
104/8 (12 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 82 (37)
Graham Hume 3/18 (3 overs)
William Porterfield 50 (30)
Simi Singh 3/11 (2 overs)
Leinster Lightning won by 24 runs (DLS method)
Pembroke Cricket Club, Dublin
Umpires: Paul Reynolds and Alan Neill
  • North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
  • North West Warriors were set a revised target of 129 runs from 12 overs due to rain.
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 4, North West Warriors 0.
  • Greg Ford (Leinster Lightning) made his T20 debut.
27 August 2020
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Roland Black
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
  • Points: Northern Knights 2, Munster Reds 2.
1 September 2020
Scorecard
North West Warriors
115 (20 overs)
v
Northern Knights
119/2 (14.2 overs)
Ryan Hunter 37 (38)
Mark Adair 4/14 (4 overs)
James McCollum 79* (53)
Andy McBrine 1/15 (4 overs)
Northern Knights won by 8 wickets
The Green, Comber
Umpires: Roland Black and Alan Neill
  • North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ryan Hunter (North West Warriors) made his T20 debut.
  • Points: Northern Knights 5, North West Warriors 0.
1 September 2020
Scorecard
Munster Reds
76/7 (13 overs)
v
Leinster Lightning
77/3 (9.4 overs)
Jonathan Garth 22 (17)
George Dockrell 2/12 (3 overs)
Lorcan Tucker 28* (24)
Matthew Foster 1/7 (1 over)
Leinster Lightning won by 7 wickets
The Mardyke, Mardyke
Umpires: Paul Reynolds and Aidan Seaver
  • Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 13 overs per side due to a wet outfield.
  • James Newland (Leinster Lightning) made his T20 debut.
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Munster Reds 0.
3 September 2020
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
The Inch, Dublin, Balrothery
Umpires: Paul Reynolds and Roland Black
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
  • Points: Munster Reds 2, North West Warriors 2.
3 September 2020
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
The Inch, Dublin, Balrothery
Umpires: Paul Reynolds and Roland Black
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
  • Points: Munster Reds 2, North West Warriors 2.
3 September 2020
Scorecard
Northern Knights
128 (20 overs)
v
Leinster Lightning
131/5 (18.5 overs)
Harry Tector 24 (19)
Simi Singh 3/15 (4 overs)
Simi Singh 39* (34)
Ruhan Pretorius 1/8 (2 overs)
Leinster Lightning won by 5 wickets
Pembroke Cricket Club, Dublin
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Alan Neill
  • Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
  • Josh Manley (Northern Knights) made his T20 debut.
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0.
8 September 2020
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
The Mardyke, Mardyke
  • No toss.
  • The match was called off on the previous day due to a COVID-19 related issue.
  • Points: Munster Reds 2, Northern Knights 2.
8 September 2020
Scorecard
v
  • No toss.
  • The match was called off on the previous day due to a wet outfield.
  • Points: North West Warriors 2, Leinster Lightning 2.

References edit

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  8. ^ "Cricket Ireland cancels match as a precautionary measure". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Cricket Ireland cancels interprovincial T20 over links to Northamptonshire Covid case". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  10. ^ "T20 interpro cancelled". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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  13. ^ "Season pushed back". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Update on COVID-19 and the Irish cricket season". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Light at end of tunnel for cricket?". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Ireland hopeful of Interprovincial season". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  17. ^ "Test Triangle Inter-Provincial Series and Super 50 Series fixtures released for 2020 season". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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  21. ^ "Knights clash with Lightning called off". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

External links edit

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