2017 Inter-Provincial Championship
# 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship

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. It was the first edition of the competition to be played with first-class status, following the outcome of a meeting by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in October 2016. Leinster Lightning won the tournament, their fifth-consecutive, and completed a domestic clean-sweep in the process.

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Leinster Lightning | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 68 |
| North West Warriors | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33 |
| Northern Knights | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 31 |

Champions

## Fixtures

### 1st match

* 30 May–1 June 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Woodvale Road, Eglinton Umpires: Roland Black and Jareth McCready
* North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was possible on day 3 due to rain.
* Ross Allen, Rickie-Lee Dougherty, Aaron Gillespie, Niall McDonnell, David Rankin, David Scanlon (North West Warriors); Adam Dennison, Christopher Dougherty, Shane Getkate, Nathan Smith, Lee Nelson and Nikolai Smith (Northern Knights) all made their first-class debuts.
* Points: North West Warriors 11, Northern Knights 10.

### 2nd match

* 5–7 June 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Stormont Umpires: Michael Foster and Paul Reynolds
* Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
* Gareth Delany, Max Neville, Eddie Richardson, Simi Singh, Jack Tector, Lorcan Tucker (Leinster Lightning) and John Matchett (Northern Knights) all made their first-class debuts.
* Points: Leinster Lightning 10, Northern Knights 9.

### 3rd match

* 20–22 June 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Oak Hill Cricket Club Ground, Wicklow Umpires: Graeme McCrea and Paul Reynolds
* North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
* Andrew Austin, Steve Vijay Lazars and Johnny Thompson (North West Warriors) all made their first-class debuts.
* Points: Leinster Lightning 11, North West Warriors 8.

### 4th match

* 1–3 August 2017 Scorecard
* 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
* 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
* 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.
