2013 Inter-Provincial Championship Explained

2013 Inter-Provincial Championship
Administrator:	Cricket Ireland
Cricket Format:	3-day
Tournament Format:	Double round-robin
Champions:	Leinster Lightning
Count:	1
Participants:	3
Matches:	6
Most Runs:	John Anderson (345)
Most Wickets:	Phil Eaglestone (18)
Next Year:	2014
Next Tournament:	2014 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]

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

width=175	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

width=300	Leinster Lightning^[3]	width=300	Northern Knights^[4]	width=300	North West Warriors
valign=top	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	valign=top	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	valign=top	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

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Records

Highest Individual Innings

Score	Player	For	Opps	Venue	Date
247*		NK	LL	Waringstown CC	27-29 Aug
113		LL	NK	Waringstown CC	27-29 Aug
92		NK	NWW	Osborne Park	30 Jul-1 Aug
91		LL	NWW	Bready CC	13-14 Aug
88		NK	LL	Waringstown CC	27-29 Aug
87		LL	NK	Waringstown CC	27-29 Aug
86		LL	NK	College Park	25-27 Jun
76		LL	NWW	Bready CC	13-14 Aug
75		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		NK	LL	Waringstown CC	27-29 Aug
14	4	41	4		LL	NWW	Bready CC	13-14 Aug
25	8	50	4		LL	NWW	College Park	14–16 May
17	5	51	4		NK	NWW	Eglinton CC	4-6 Jun
17	3	52	4		NK	LL	Waringstown CC	27-29 Aug
27	7	59	4		NWW	LL	College Park	14–16 May
20	3	93	4		NK	LL	College Park	25-27 Jun

Season Aggregates

Most runs

Runs	Inns	Avge	Player	Highest
345	7	57.50		91
334	6	66.80		88
247	2	247.00		247*
195	5	48.75		113
172	6	34.40	Andrew Riddles	47*

Most wickets

Wickets	Average	Player	Best Bowling
18	16.94		4-51
15	20.67		4-41
12	15.00		3-12
10	22.20		3-26
9	16.11		4-59

See also

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

References and notes

1. Web site: All Systems go for Interpros. Cricket Ireland.
2. Web site: Ireland set for $1.5m boost. ESPNcricinfo.
3. Web site: Leinster Lightning announce extended squad. Cricket Ireland.
4. Web site: Inaugural Northern Knights squad announced. Cricket Ireland.

External links

• Cricket Ireland | Live Scores, News, Photos, Players-official website