2013 Inter-Provincial Cup Explained

2013 Inter-Provincial Cup
Administrator:	Cricket Ireland
Cricket Format:	One-day
Tournament Format:	Double round-robin
Participants:	3
Next Year:	2014
Next Tournament:	2014 Inter-Provincial Cup

The 2013 Inter-Provincial Cup was the first season of the Inter-Provincial Cup, the domestic 50-over one-day competition of Ireland. The competition was played between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North West Warriors.^[1]

The Northern Knights were the inaugural winners of the competition, following a surprise last day defeat of Leinster Lightning by North West Warriors by 71 runs in Strabane. That result meant the Northern Knights finished top of the table with 10 points from four matches.

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

Final Table

width=175	Team	Pld	W	L	TNR	BP	Pts	NRR
Northern Knights	4	2	1	1	0	10	+0.117
Leinster Lightning	4	2	2	0	1	9	+0.364
North West Warriors	4	1	2	1	1	7	-0.588

Squads

width=300	Leinster Lightning^[3]	width=300	Northern Knights	width=300	North West Warriors
valign=top	Kevin O'Brien (Captain) Ben Ackland John Anderson Andrew Balbirnie Peter Chase Bill Coghlan Pat Collins Alex Cusack Trent Johnston Tyrone Kane Fintan McAllister Barry McCarthy John Mooney Stephen Moreton Andrew Poynter Eddie Richardson Max Sorensen Albert van der Merwe	valign=top	Andrew White (Captain) Christopher Dougherty Phil Eaglestone Peter Eakin James Hall Nigel Jones Gary Kidd Nick Larkin Eugene Moleon Lee Nelson James Shannon David Simpson Michael Taiaroa Jonny Terrett Greg Thompson Ben Wylie	valign=top	Iftikhar Hussain (Captain) Brian Allen David Barr Andrew Britton Gareth Burns Scott Campbell Peter Connell Rickie-Lee Dougherty Andrew McBrine Niall McDonnell Jason Milligan David Rankin Andrew Riddles Johnny Thompson Stuart Thompson Craig Young

Fixtures

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Records

Highest Individual Innings

Score (BF)	Player	For	Opps	Venue	Date
111* (87)		LL	NK	The Hills CC	6 May
86 (82)		NWW	NK	North Down CC	15 Jul
78 (102)		LL	NWW	Malahide CC	1 Jun
74 (79)		LL	NK	Waringstown CC	10 Aug
72 (67)		NK	NWW	North Down CC	15 Jul
71* (51)		LL	NWW	Malahide CC	1 Jun

Best Bowling in an Innings

Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Player	For	Opps	Venue	Date
10	1	31	4	Andrew Riddles	NWW	LL	Strabane CC	21 Sep
4	0	14	3		LL	NWW	Malahide CC	1 Jun
10	5	17	3		NK	NWW	North Down CC	15 Jul
6	0	30	3		LL	NK	Waringstown CC	10 Aug
9.1	0	39	3		LL	NK	Waringstown CC	10 Aug
10	0	40	3		NWW	LL	Malahide CC	1 Jun

Season Aggregates

Most runs

Runs	Player	Avge	Str Rate
221		221.00	130.00
162		40.50	62.55
137		45.67	84.57
116		38.67	93.55
105		35.00	76.09

Most wickets

Wickets	Economy	Player	Matches
7	4.53		4
6	3.95	Andrew Riddles	3
6	4.12		3
5	4.19		4
5	4.23		3
5	5.78		3

See also

• 2013 Inter-Provincial Championship
• 2013 Inter-Provincial Trophy

Notes and References

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. cricketireland.ie.