2015 Inter-Provincial Trophy

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2015 Inter-Provincial Trophy
Dates1 May 2015 (2015-05-01) – 25 June 2015 (2015-06-25)
Administrator(s) Cricket Ireland
Cricket format20 over
Tournament format(s) Double Round-robin
Champions Leinster Lightning (2nd title)
Participants3
Matches6
Most runs John Mooney (175)
Most wickets Tyrone Kane (10)
2014
2016

The 2015 Inter-Provincial Trophy was the third edition of the Inter-Provincial Trophy, a 20 over cricket competition played in Ireland. It was held from 1 May to 25 June 2015.

Contents

Leinster Lightning won the tournament on the last day. Despite losing to North West Warriors by 15 runs, Warriors failed to gain a bonus point and so Lightning were crowned champions for the second time. [1]

Points table

The following teams competed:

Team [2] PldWLTNRBPPtsNRR
Leinster Lightning 43100113+0.886
North West Warriors 43100012+0.055
Northern Knights 4040000-1.042

  Champions

Squads

Leinster Lightning [3] Northern Knights [4] [5] North-West Warriors [6]

Fixtures

1 May 2015
Scorecard
Match report
Leinster Lightning
144/7 (20 overs)
v
Northern Knights (H)
139/8 (20 overs)
Andrew Poynter 52* (47)
Gary Kidd 2/17 (4 overs)
Nigel Jones 60 (47)
Tyrone Kane 3/21 (4 overs)
Leinster Lightning won by 5 runs
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Alan Neill
  • Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
  • Tyrone Kane took a hat-trick with the wickets of White, Getkate and Eakin.
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 4, North West Warriors 0.

15 May 2015
Scorecard
Match report
Leinster Lightning (H)
168/6 (20 overs)
v
Northern Knights
115/8 (20 overs)
John Anderson 61 (36)
Neil Gill 2/18 (3 overs)
Greg Thompson 34 (19)
Alex Cusack 2/16 (4 overs)
Leinster Lightning won by 53 runs
Anglesea Road, Dublin
Umpires: Paul Reynolds and Louis Fourie
  • Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 5 (Bonus 1), Northern Knights 0.

22 May 2015
Scorecard
Match report
North West Warriors
131/6 (20 overs)
v
Leinster Lightning (H)
137/3 (17.2 overs)
Stuart Thompson 71* (56)
Tyrone Kane 5/15 (4 overs)
John Mooney 53* (52)
Rishi Chopra 1/17 (2 overs)
Leinster Lightning won by 7 wickets
Claremont Road, Dublin
Umpires: Azam Ali Baig and Kevin Gallagher
  • North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 4, North West Warriors 0.

29 May 2015
Scorecard
Match report
North West Warriors (H)
96/3 (11 overs)
v
Northern Knights
96/4 (11 overs)
Stuart Thompson 42 (22)
Lee Nelson 2/12 (2 overs)
James Shannon 57* (32)
Graeme McCarter 2/8 (2 overs)
North West Warriors won by 3 runs D/L method
Woodvale Road, Eglinton
Umpires: Roland Black and Dermot Ward
  • Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 11 overs per side, Northern Knights target was 100 runs
  • Points: North West Warriors 4, Northern Knights 0.

12 June 2015
Scorecard
Match report
North West Warriors
136/7 (20 overs)
v
Northern Knights (H)
123 (19.3 overs)
David Rankin 35 (34)
Zac Rushe 2/19 (4 overs)
Chris Dougherty 40 (38)
Craig Young 3/13 (3.3 overs)
North West Warriors won by 13 runs
Circular Road, Belfast
Umpires: Jareth McCready and Philip Thompson
  • North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: North West Warriors 4, Northern Knights 0.

25 June 2015
Scorecard
Match report
North West Warriors (H)
200/6 (20 overs)
v
Leinster Lightning
185/4 (20 overs)
David Rankin 76 (44)
John Anderson 2/27 (4 overs)
John Mooney 110* (68)
Craig Young 2/32 (4 overs)
Northern Knights won by 15 runs
Woodvale Road, Eglinton
Umpires: Roland Black and Noel Dunn
  • Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
  • Leinster Lightning are crowned champions.
  • Points: North West Warriors 4, Leinster Lightning 0.

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