2021 Inter-Provincial Trophy
Dates | 18 June – 19 September 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Ireland |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Participants | 4 |
Matches | 18 |
The 2021 Inter-Provincial Trophy is the eighth edition of the Inter-Provincial Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket competition being played in Ireland in 2021.[1] It is the fifth edition of the competition to be played with full Twenty20 status. The tournament is being played as a series of three-day festivals between four teams.[2][3] On 25 March 2021, Cricket Ireland confirmed the fixtures for the tournament.[4] On 9 April 2021, Cricket Ireland announced the revised fixtures for the tournament,[5] with number of matches increased from 12 to 18.[6] Leinster Lightning are the defending champions.[7]
After the first round of matches, North West Warriors were leading the competition with two wins from their three games.[8] Defending champions Leinster Lightning suffered two defeats from their three matches.[9][10] It was the first time that Leinster Lightning had lost back-to-back matches in the Inter-Provincial competition.[11] In the second round of matches, Leinster Lightning won two of their three matches,[12] putting them in second place behind North West Warriors.[13]
Fixtures[]
Round one[]
18 June 2021
Scorecard |
Munster Reds
148/7 (20 overs) |
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Leinster Lightning
149/3 (15.1 overs) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- David O'Halloran (Leinster Lightning), Mike Frost and Seamus Lynch (Munster Reds) all made their T20 debuts.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Munster Reds 0.
18 June 2021
Scorecard |
Northern Knights
135/9 (20 overs) |
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North West Warriors
138/3 (11.1 overs) |
- North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Luke Georgeson (Northern Knights) and Jared Wilson (North West Warriors) both made their T20 debuts.
- Points: North West Warriors 5, Northern Knights 0.
19 June 2021
Scorecard |
Northern Knights
174/7 (20 overs) |
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Leinster Lightning
152/8 (20 overs) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Northern Knights 4, Leinster Lightning 0.
19 June 2021
Scorecard |
North West Warriors
146/9 (20 overs) |
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Munster Reds
147/4 (17.1 overs) |
Andy McBrine 41 (30)
Josh Manley 3/34 (4 overs) |
- North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Munster Reds 4, North West Warriors 0.
20 June 2021
Scorecard |
Leinster Lightning
182/7 (20 overs) |
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North West Warriors
183/9 (19.5 overs) |
- North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: North West Warriors 4, Leinster Lightning 0.
20 June 2021
Scorecard |
Munster Reds
137/9 (20 overs) |
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Northern Knights
139/5 (18.3 overs) |
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mitchell Thompson (Munster Reds) and Carl Robinson (Northern Knights) both made their T20 debuts.
- Ben White (Northern Knights) took his first five-wicket haul in T20 cricket.[14]
- Points: Northern Knights 4, Munster Reds 0.
Round two[]
25 June 2021
Scorecard |
North West Warriors
160/6 (20 overs) |
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Northern Knights
159/8 (20 overs) |
- Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- Ryan MacBeth (North West Warriors) made his T20 debut.
- Points: North West Warriors 4, Northern Knights 0.
25 June 2021
Scorecard |
Leinster Lightning
133/9 (20 overs) |
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Munster Reds
137/3 (18 overs) |
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
- Alistair Frost (Munster Reds) made his T20 debut.
- Points: Munster Reds 4, Leinster Lightning 0.
26 June 2021
Scorecard |
Munster Reds
120/7 (20 overs) |
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North West Warriors
122/3 (14.4 overs) |
- North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: North West Warriors 5, Munster Reds 0.
26 June 2021
Scorecard |
Leinster Lightning
167 (20 overs) |
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Northern Knights
97 (16.3 overs) |
- Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- Gavin Hoey (Leinster Lightning) made his T20 debut.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Northern Knights 0.
27 June 2021
Scorecard |
Leinster Lightning
127/8 (20 overs) |
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North West Warriors
111/9 (20 overs) |
- North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 4, North West Warriors 0.
27 June 2021
Scorecard |
Northern Knights
221/6 (20 overs) |
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Munster Reds
198/5 (20 overs) |
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Northern Knights 4, Munster Reds 0.
Round three[]
References[]
- ^ "No Irish first-class cricket in 2021 as board revamp domestic structure". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "New Inter-Provincial Series structure unveiled; new coaching hubs and emerging competition created". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "Inter-Provincial Series: Revamp to include Munster Reds joining 50-over Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "Inter-Provincial Series 2021 fixture dates confirmed". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Cricket Ireland revised Inter-Provincial Series 2021 fixture schedule released". Cricket World. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Revised Inter-Provincial Series 2021 fixture schedule released". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Lightning beat Knights to clinch T20 Trophy". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Ben White spins Knights to victory, but the Warriors top the table after the first T20 Festival week". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Knights and Munster bounce back". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Young guns down Leinster". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Ireland IP20: Two wins put North-West on top". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Leinster Lightning return to form in win over Warriors, Knights beat Reds in high-scoring affair". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Dockrell keeps Lightning in title contention". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "All White as Knights beat Munster". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
External links[]
- 2021 in Irish cricket
- Irish domestic cricket competitions
- Inter-Provincial Championship seasons