2014 Inter-Provincial Cup

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2014 Inter-Provincial Cup
Administrator(s) Cricket Ireland
Cricket format List A
Tournament format(s) Double round-robin
Participants3
2013
2015

The 2014 Inter-Provincial Cup is the second season of the Inter-Provincial Cup, the domestic List A cricket competition of Ireland. The competition is played between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North-West Warriors.

Contents

The Leinster Lightning won this year's competition with a game to spare, after beating the Northern Knights at Waringstown. In the final match of the season, at Rathmines against the same opposition, the Lightning won again to finish the competition with a 100% record of four wins out of four.

The Inter-Provincial Series has been funded at least partly by the ICC via their TAPP programme. [1]

Final Table

TeamPldWLTNRBPPtsNRR
Leinster Lightning 4400117+0.942
Northern Knights 412117+0.247
North-West Warriors 403102-2.011

Squads

Leinster Lightning Northern Knights North-West Warriors

Fixtures

The tournament ran from 3 May to 20 September.

3 May
(scorecard)
North-West Warriors
285/4 (50 overs)
v
Leinster Lightning
254/7 (38 overs/38)
Johnny Thompson 66* (47)
Eddie Richardson 2/54 (10 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 103* (103)
Andrew McBrine 2/50 (10 overs)
Leinster Lightning won by 19 runs (D/L)
The Hills CC, Milverton
Umpires: Gordon Black & Sameer Dutt
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 4, North-West Warriors 0

26 May
(scorecard)
North-West Warriors
120 ao (39.1 overs)
v
Northern Knights
31/0 (7 overs)
Andrew Riddles 28 (41)
Nigel Jones 3/19 (10 overs)
No result
Coleraine CC
Umpires: Roland Black & Noel Dunn
  • Points: North-West Warriors 2, Northern Knights 2

14 July
(scorecard)
Northern Knights
227/4 (42 overs/42)
v
North-West Warriors
95/8 (23.3 overs/23.3)
Lee Nelson 47 (38)
Richi Chopra 2/40 (9 overs)
Andrew McBrine 24 (28)
David Simpson 2/3 (4 overs)
Northern Knights won by 107 runs (D/L)
North Down CC , Comber
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne & Jareth McCready
  • Points: Northern Knights 5, North-West Warriors 0

16 August
(scorecard)
Leinster Lightning
158/5 (28 overs/28)
v
North-West Warriors
160 ao (23.1 overs/28)
Andrew Balbirnie 88 (97)
Craig Young 2/22 (6 overs)
Gary McClintock 46 (34)
Albert van der Merwe 3/30 (6 overs)
Leinster Lightning won by 54 runs (D/L)
Strabane CC
Umpires: David Bradley & Charlie McElwee
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 5, North-West Warriors 0

14 September
(scorecard)
Leinster Lightning
254/9 (50 overs)
v
Northern Knights
207 ao (43.5 overs)
Andrew Poynter 124* (112)
Greg Thompson 2/47 (10 overs)
James McCollum 37* (50)
Kevin O'Brien 3/24 (6 overs)
Leinster Lightning won by 47 runs
Waringstown CC
Umpires: Alex Adam s& Alan Neill
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0

20 September
(scorecard)
Northern Knights
192 ao (47.5 overs)
v
Leinster Lightning
194/8 (43.5 overs)
Andrew White 44 (75)
Tyrone Kane 4/31 (10 overs)
John Anderson 80 (88)
Neil Gill 3/35 (10 overs)
Leinster Lightning won by 2 wickets
Leinster CC, Rathmines
Umpires: Azam Ali Baig & Kevin Gallagher
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0

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References

  1. "Ireland set for $1.5m boost". ESPNcricinfo.

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