2013 Inter-Provincial Trophy Explained

2013 Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup
Administrator:	Cricket Ireland
Cricket Format:	Twenty20
Tournament Format:	Double round-robin
Participants:	3
Matches:	6
Next Year:	2014
Next Tournament:	2014 Inter-Provincial Trophy

The 2013 Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup was the first season of the Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup, the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition of Ireland. The competition was played between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights, and North West Warriors.^[1]

The competition was won by Leinster Lightning, who won the last game of the competition, against North West Warriors at Bready CC, to draw level with Northern Knights on 6 points, but finish top of the table on Net Run Rate.^[2]

The Interprovincial Series has been funded at least partly by the ICC via their TAPP programme.^[3]

Squads

width=300	Leinster Lightning^[4]	width=300	Northern Knights	width=300	North West Warriors
valign=top	Kevin O'Brien (captain) Ben Ackland Bill Coghlan Pat Collins Alex Cusack Tyrone Kane Fintan McAllister Barry McCarthy John Mooney Stephen Moreton Stuart Poynter Eddie Richardson Max Sorensen Reinhardt Strydom Albert van der Merwe	valign=top	Andrew White (captain) Phil Eaglestone Peter Eakin James Holmes Nigel Jones Nick Larkin Rory McCann Eugene Moleon Lee Nelson James Shannon David Simpson Nikolai Smith Jonny Terrett Greg Thompson Ben Wylie	valign=top	Iftikhar Hussain (captain) Brian Allen Andrew Britton Gareth Burns Scott Campbell Peter Connell Rickie-Lee Dougherty Ryan Hunter Andrew McBrine Dean McCarter Niall McDonnell Andrew McGinnis Gareth McKeegan 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
77 (55)		NK	LL	Pembroke CC	21 Jun
66 (54)		LL	NK	Pembroke CC	21 Jun
62 (42)		NK	NWW	North Down CC	16 Jul
51* (45)		NWW	NK	North Down CC	16 Jul

Best Bowling in an Innings

Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Player	For	Opps	Venue	Date
4	0	12	3		NWW	NK	Bready CC	21 Jul
3	0	13	3		LL	NWW	Pembroke CC	21 Jun
3	0	13	3		LL	NK	Pembroke CC	21 Jun
4	0	17	3		LL	NWW	Bready CC	21 Jul
4	0	17	3		NK	NWW	Bready CC	21 Jul

Season Aggregates

Most runs

Runs	Player	Avge	Str Rate	HS
133		44.33	113.68	77
113		28.25	118.95	66
96		24.00	131.51	62
94		31.33	116.05	37

Most wickets

Wickets	Economy	Player	Matches	Best Bowling
9	5.79		4	3/23
6	5.21		4	3/17
6	5.27		4	2/12
6	6.00		4	3/13

See also

• 2013 Interprovincial Championship
• 2013 Interprovincial One-Day Trophy

Notes and References

1. Web site: All Systems go for Interpros | Cricket Ireland . Cricketireland.ie . 2013-03-14 . 2014-02-28.
2. Web site: Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy Table – - . ESPN . 2018-05-17 . 2018-05-18.
3. Web site: Ireland Cricket News: Ireland set for $1.5m boost . ESPNcricinfo. 2014-02-28.
4. Web site: Leinster Lightning announce extended squad | Cricket Ireland . Cricketireland.ie . 2013-04-11 . 2014-02-28.