2013 Inter-Provincial Championship

The 2013 Interprovincial Championship was the first season of the Inter-Provincial Championship, the domestic multi-day cricket competition of Ireland. The competition was between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North West Warriors.^[1]

2013 Inter-Provincial Championship

Administrator(s)	Cricket Ireland
Cricket format	3-day
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Champions	Leinster Lightning (1st title)
Participants	3
Matches	6
Most runs	John Anderson (345)
Most wickets	Phil Eaglestone (18)
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The inaugural Inter-Provincial Championship was won by the Leinster Lightning, who clinched the title with one match to spare. Despite falling just four runs short of victory in their opening match, they then won their next two games before closing with a hard-fought, high-scoring draw against Northern Knights in the last game of the year at Waringstown.

The Inter-Provincial Series has been funded at least partly by the ICC via their TAPP programme.^[2]

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	BatBP	BowlBP	Dedns	Points
Leinster Lightning	4	2	2	0	12	13	0	63
Northern Knights	4	1	2	1	8	13	0	43
North West Warriors	4	0	2	2	2	14	0	22

Squads

Leinster Lightning[3]	Northern Knights[4]	North West Warriors
Kevin O'Brien (Captain) Ben Ackland John Anderson Peter Chase Bill Coghlan Pat Collins Alex Cusack Tyrone Kane Paul Lawson Fintan McAllister John Mooney Andrew Poynter Stuart Poynter Eddie Richardson Simi Singh Max Sorensen Albert van der Merwe	Andrew White (Captain) James Cameron-Dow Allen Coulter Christopher Dougherty Phil Eaglestone Craig Ervine Nigel Jones Nick Larkin Rory McCann Eugene Moleon Lee Nelson Zach Rushe James Shannon Nikolai Smith Jonny Terrett Greg Thompson Nathan Waller	Iftikhar Hussain (Captain) Brian Allen Andrew Britton Gareth Burns Scott Campbell Peter Connell Rickie-Lee Dougherty Kamran Sajiid Andrew McBrine Dean McCarter Niall McDonnell Jason Milligan Romano Ramoo David Rankin Andrew Riddles Roy Silva Johnny Thompson Stuart Thompson Craig Young

Fixtures

14–16 May (Scorecard)

North West Warriors	v	Leinster Lightning
191 all out (65 overs) Andrew Riddles 47* Kevin O'Brien 2/12		319 all out (121.2 overs) Bill Coghlan 71 Peter Connell 4/59
153 all out (68.5 overs) Andrew Riddles 31 Max Sorensen 4/50		22/5 (4 overs) Patrick Collins 10 Johnny Thompson 2/6

Match Drawn College Park, Dublin Umpires: David Bradley & Louis Fourie

• Leinster Lightning won the toss and chose to bowl
• Close of play (Day 1) – Leinster Lightning 105/1 (39 overs); (Day 2) – North-West Warriors 2nd inns 22/2 (9 overs). Leinster Lightning 10 pts, North-West Warriors 7 pts

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4–6 June (Scorecard)

North West Warriors	v	Northern Knights
116 all out (44.2 overs) Kamran Sajiid 47 Phil Eaglestone 3/35		131 all out (48.3 overs) Jonny Terrett 29 Stuart Thompson 3/31
172 all out (60.1 overs) Rickie-Lee Dougherty 34 Phil Eaglestone 4/51		160/7 (59.5 overs) James Shannon 49 Andrew McBrine 2/28

Northern Knights won by 3 wickets Eglinton CC Umpires: Roland Black & David Bradley

• Northern Knights won the toss and chose to bowl
• Close of play (Day 1) – North-West Warriors 2nd inns 12/0 (6 overs); (Day 2) – Northern Knights 2nd inns 97/5 (47 overs). Northern Knights 20 pts, North-West Warriors 4 pts

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25–27 June (Scorecard)

Leinster Lightning	v	Northern Knights
364 all out (93.4 overs) John Anderson 86 Phil Eaglestone 4/93		123 all out (48.2 overs) Christopher Dougherty 60 John Mooney 3/18
		228 for 9 (all out) (77 overs) Christopher Dougherty 69 Pat Collins 2/10

Leinster Lightning won by an innings and 13 runs College Park, Dublin Umpires: Azam Ali Baig & Louis Fourie

• Northern Knights won the toss and chose to bowl
• Close of play (Day 1) – Northern Knights 20/2 (7.3 overs); (Day 2) – Northern Knights 2nd inns 204/8 (69 overs). Leinster Lightning 24 pts, Northern Knights 4 pts

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30 July – 1 August (Scorecard)

Northern Knights	v	North West Warriors
301/9 decl (99.2 overs) Craig Ervine 92 Iftikhar Hussain 3/70		69/4 (22 overs) Niall McDonnell 26 Phil Eaglestone 2/30

Match drawn Osborne Park, Belfast Umpires: Noel McCarey & Charlie McElwee

• Northern Knights won the toss and chose to bat
• Close of play (Day 1) – Northern Knights 259/6 (90 overs); (Day 2) – North-West Warriors 69/4 (22 overs). No play on day 3 (Rain). Northern Knights 8 pts, North-West Warriors 7 pts.

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13–14 August (Scorecard)

North West Warriors	v	Leinster Lightning
164 all out (45 overs) David Rankin 28 Max Sorensen 4/41		267/8 decl (83.4 overs) John Anderson 91 Andrew McBrine 3/45
173 all out (55.5 overs) Andrew McBrine 48 John Anderson 3/4		73/3 (17.1 overs) Ben Ackland 28 Johnny Thompson 2/21

Leinster Lightning won by 7 wickets Bready CC Umpires: David Bradley & Charlie McElwee

• North-West Warriors won the toss and chose to bat
• Close of play (Day 1) – Leinster Lightning 173/3 (57 overs). Match completed on day 2. Leinster Lightning 23 pts, North-West Warriors 4 pts.

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27–29 August (Scorecard)

Northern Knights	v	Leinster Lightning
501/4 decl (117.1 overs) Nick Larkin 247* John Mooney 3/73		225 all out (93.5 overs) Ben Ackland 87 Phil Eaglestone 4/52
		315/8 decl (86 overs) Andrew Poynter 113 James Cameron-Dow 5/124

Match drawn Waringstown CC Umpires: Alan Neill & Charlie McElwee

• Northern Knights won the toss and chose to bat
• Close of play (Day 1) –; (Day 2) -. Northern Knights 11 pts, Leinster Lightning 6 pts.

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Records

Highest Individual Innings

Score	Player	For	Opps	Venue	Date
247*	Nick Larkin	NK	LL	Waringstown CC	27-29 Aug
113	Andrew Poynter	LL	NK	Waringstown CC	27-29 Aug
92	Craig Ervine	NK	NWW	Osborne Park	30 Jul-1 Aug
91	John Anderson	LL	NWW	Bready CC	13-14 Aug
88	Christopher Dougherty	NK	LL	Waringstown CC	27-29 Aug
87	Ben Ackland	LL	NK	Waringstown CC	27-29 Aug
86	John Anderson	LL	NK	College Park	25-27 Jun
76	Simi Singh	LL	NWW	Bready CC	13-14 Aug
75	Christopher Dougherty	NK	NWW	Osborne Park	30 Jul-1 Aug

Best Bowling in an Innings

Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Player	For	Opps	Venue	Date
35	7	124	5	James Cameron-Dow	NK	LL	Waringstown CC	27-29 Aug
14	4	41	4	Max Sorensen	LL	NWW	Bready CC	13-14 Aug
25	8	50	4	Max Sorensen	LL	NWW	College Park	14–16 May
17	5	51	4	Phil Eaglestone	NK	NWW	Eglinton CC	4-6 Jun
17	3	52	4	Phil Eaglestone	NK	LL	Waringstown CC	27-29 Aug
27	7	59	4	Peter Connell	NWW	LL	College Park	14–16 May
20	3	93	4	Phil Eaglestone	NK	LL	College Park	25-27 Jun

Season Aggregates

Most runs

Runs	Inns	Avge	Player	Highest
345	7	57.50	John Anderson	91
334	6	66.80	Christopher Dougherty	88
247	2	247.00	Nick Larkin	247*
195	5	48.75	Andrew Poynter	113
172	6	34.40	Andrew Riddles	47*

Most wickets

Wickets	Average	Player	Best Bowling
18	16.94	Phil Eaglestone	4-51
15	20.67	Max Sorensen	4-41
12	15.00	John Mooney	3-12
10	22.20	Eddie Richardson	3-26
9	16.11	Peter Connell	4-59

See also

• 2013 Interprovincial One-Day Trophy
• 2013 Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup