2017 Inter-Provincial Championship

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2017 Inter-Provincial Championship
Dates30 May 2017 (2017-05-30) – 7 September 2017 (2017-09-07)
Administrator(s) Cricket Ireland
Cricket format First-class
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Champions Leinster Lightning (5th title)
Participants3
Matches6
Most runs James Shannon (446)
Most wickets George Dockrell (22)
2016
2018

The 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship was the fifth edition of the Inter-Provincial Championship, a first-class cricket competition played in Ireland. It was held from 30 May to 7 September 2017. [1] It was the first edition of the competition to be played with first-class status, [2] following the outcome of a meeting by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in October 2016. [3] [4] Leinster Lightning won the tournament, their fifth-consecutive, and completed a domestic clean-sweep in the process. [5] [6]

Contents

Points table

Team [7] Pld W L D Pts
Leinster Lightning 420268
North West Warriors 401333
Northern Knights 401331

  Champions

Fixtures

1st match

30 May–1 June 2017
Scorecard
v
130 (37.5 overs)
James Shannon 71 (106)
Craig Young 5/37 (13 overs)
167 (64.5 overs)
Andy McBrine 30 (66)
Nathan Smith 4/34 (18 overs)
161 (55 overs)
Robert McKinley 43* (73)
David Scanlon 5/29 (12 overs)
48/2 (15 overs)
Imran Butt 23 (36)
Gary Kidd 1/1 (2 overs)
Match drawn
Woodvale Road, Eglinton
Umpires: Roland Black and Jareth McCready

2nd match

5–7 June 2017
Scorecard
v
233 (85.4 overs)
James McCollum 119* (235)
Eddie Richardson 4/33 (18 overs)
288 (95 overs)
Jack Tector 75 (196)
Gary Kidd 3/70 (25 overs)
328/6d (96 overs)
James Shannon 140* (161)
Andrew Balbirnie 3/40 (24 overs)
Match drawn
Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Stormont
Umpires: Michael Foster and Paul Reynolds

3rd match

20–22 June 2017
Scorecard
v
235 (87.2 overs)
Andy McBrine 67 (125)
Simi Singh 3/59 (22.2 overs)
365/9d (101.3 overs)
Ed Joyce 156 (209)
Craig Young 3/70 (24.3 overs)
296 (108.4 overs)
Niall O'Brien 87 (192)
George Dockrell 6/67 (40.4 overs)
123/3 (16 overs)
Jack Tector 48* (40)
Stuart Thompson 2/17 (3 overs)
Match drawn
Oak Hill Cricket Club Ground, Wicklow
Umpires: Graeme McCrea and Paul Reynolds

4th match

1–3 August 2017
Scorecard
v
208/9d (68.2 overs)
Ross Allen 81 (179)
Gary Kidd 3/36 (9 overs)
0/0d (0 overs)
84/1d (28 overs)
David Barr 42* (89)
Gary Kidd 1/19 (7 overs)
264/8 (79 overs)
James Shannon 59 (84)
Steve Vijay Lazars 3/54 (13 overs)
Match drawn
The Green, Comber
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Philip Thompson
  • North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No play was possible on day 2 due to rain.
  • David Barr (North West Warriors); Jamie Magowan and Jacob Mulder (Northern Knights) all made their first-class debuts.
  • Points: Northern Knights 10, North West Warriors 8.

5th match

30 August–1 September 2017
Scorecard
v
122 (54.2 overs)
Ross Allen 37 (102)
George Dockrell 4/38 (22 overs)
274 (81 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 74 (87)
Johnny Thompson 3/61 (14 overs)
148 (50.1 overs)
Aaron Gillespie 51 (99)
Andrew Balbirnie 4/23 (10.1 overs)
Leinster Lightning won by an innings and 4 runs
Bready Cricket Club Ground, Bready
Umpires: Roland Black and Paul Reynolds
  • Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
  • Reece Kelly, Ryan MacBeth (North West Warriors) and Tyrone Kane (Leinster Lightning) all made their first-class debuts.
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 23, North West Warriors 4.

6th match

5–7 September 2017
Scorecard
v
195 (55.2 overs)
James Shannon 86 (109)
David Delany 4/31 (12.2 overs)
383/8d (88.3 overs)
Ed Joyce 167* (246)
Shane Getkate 4/62 (15 overs)
176 (63.2 overs)
James Shannon 60 (155)
George Dockrell 6/29 (21.2 overs)
Leinster won by an innings and 12 runs
Clontarf Cricket Club, Clontarf
Umpires: Bala Kailash and Alan Neill
  • Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
  • David Delany (Leinster Lightning) made his first-class debut.
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 24, Northern Knights 4.

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