2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy
# 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy

The 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy was the fifth edition of the Inter-Provincial Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket competition played in Ireland. It was held from 26 May to 11 August 2017. It was the first edition of the competition to be played with full Twenty20 status, following the outcome of a meeting by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in October 2016. In April 2017, Cricket Ireland approved the participation of a fourth team, Munster Reds, for the tournament. Leinster Lightning won the tournament, after beating Munster Reds by five wickets in the final round of fixtures.

## Points table

The following teams competed:

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | NR | Pts | NRR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Leinster Lightning | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | +1.637 |
| North West Warriors | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | –0.221 |
| Northern Knights | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | +0.273 |
| Munster Reds | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | –2.245 |

Champions

## Fixtures

### Round 1

* 26 May 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

| Leinster Lightning 153/8 (20 overs) | v | North West Warriors (H) 97 (17 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Andrew Balbirnie 44 (31) Andy McBrine 3/19 (4 overs) | | Jonathan Robinson 38* (37) Eddie Richardson 3/11 (3 overs) |

* Leinster Lightning won by 56 runs Bready Cricket Club Ground, Bready Umpires: Noel Dunn and Graeme McCrea
* Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
* Peter Chase, Gareth Delany, Bobby Gamble, Eddie Richardson, Simi Singh (Leinster Lightning); Andrew Britton, Rickie-Lee Dougherty, Steve Vijay Lazars, William McClintock, Jonathan Robinson and Johnny Thompson (North West Warriors) all made their T20 debuts.
* Points: Leinster Lightning 5, North West Warriors 0.
* 26 May 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

| Northern Knights 123/8 (15 overs) | v | Munster Reds (H) 92/5 (13 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Adam Dennison 33 (21) Stephanus Grobler 3/12 (3 overs) | | Jack Tector 59 (40) Jacob Mulder 2/8 (2 overs) |

* Northern Knights won by 8 runs (D/L method) Mardyke, Cork Umpires: Bala Kailash and Steve Wood
* Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain set Munster Reds a revised target of 101 runs from 13 overs.
* This was Munster Reds first match in the Inter-Provincial Trophy.
* Rory Anders, Aaron Cawley, Robert Forrest, Jamie Grassi, Stephanus Grobler, Gary King, Max Neville, Nicolaas Pretorius, Harry Tector, Jack Tector, Yaqoob Ali (Munster Reds); Adam Dennison, Shane Getkate, Michael Gilmour, Craig Lewis, Lee Nelson and Nikolai Smith (Northern Knights) all made their T20 debuts.
* Points: Northern Knights 4, Munster Reds 0.

### Round 2

* 9 June 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

| Northern Knights 157/8 (20 overs) | v | Leinster Lightning (H) 158/3 (17.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Greg Thompson 56 (40) Simi Singh 3/19 (4 overs) | | Andy Balbirnie 71* (44) Shane Getkate 2/47 (4 overs) |

* Leinster Lightning won by 7 wickets Anglesea Road Cricket Ground, Dublin Umpires: Azam Baig and Paul Reynolds
* Northern Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
* Tom Stanton (Leinster Lightning) and Nathan Smith (Northern Knights) both made their T20 debuts.
* Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0.
* 9 June 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

| Munster Reds (H) | v | North West Warriors |
| - | - | - |

* Match abandoned Mardyke, Cork Umpires: Bala Kailash and Aidan Seaver
* No toss.
* Rain prevented any play.
* Points: Munster Reds 2, North West Warriors 2.

### Round 3

* 16 June 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

| Leinster Lightning (H) 247/4 (20 overs) | v | Munster Reds 188/9 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Simi Singh 109 (53) Yaqoob Ali 2/52 (4 overs) | | Robert Forrest 59 (39) Gareth Delany 3/25 (4 overs) |

* Leinster Lightning won by 59 runs Anglesea Road Cricket Ground, Dublin Umpires: Bala Kailash and Sum Wijesundera
* Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
* Andrew Sheridan (Leinster Lightning), Arslan Anwar, Morne Bauer and David Delany (Munster Reds) all made their T20 debuts.
* Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Munster Reds 0.
* 16 June 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

| Northern Knights 118 (19.2 overs) | v | North West Warriors (H) 122/7 (19.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Graeme McCarter 32 (19) Craig Young 5/15 (3.2 overs) | | Johnny Thompson 39 (46) Nikolai Smith 2/23 (2.1 overs) |

* North West Warriors won by 3 wickets New Strabane Park, Strabane Umpires: Roland Black and Noel Dunn
* Northern Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
* Aaron Gillespie (North West Warriors), Jamie Holmes and Robert McKinley (Northern Knights) all made their T20 debuts.
* Points: North West Warriors 4, Northern Knights 0.

### Round 4

* 23 June 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

| Leinster Lightning 136/9 (20 overs) | v | Northern Knights (H) 128 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Kevin O'Brien 19 (11) Shane Getkate 2/16 (2 overs) | | Graeme McCarter 42 (43) Peter Chase 4/11 (4 overs) |

* Leinster Lightning won by 8 runs Shaw's Bridge Lower Ground, Belfast Umpires: Gary Blair and Michael Ross
* Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
* Jamie Magowan and James McCollum (Northern Knights) both made their T20 debuts.
* Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0.
* 23 June 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

| North West Warriors (H) 142/5 (20 overs) | v | Munster Reds 117 (17.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Andy McBrine 52* (25) Harry Tector 4/21 (4 overs) | | David Delany 25 (18) David Scanlon 3/19 (2.4 overs) |

* North West Warriors won by 25 runs Woodvale Road, Eglinton Umpires: Roland Black and Noel Dunn
* Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
* Muhammad Sadique (Munster Reds), Ross Allen, Graham Kennedy and David Scanlon (North West Warriors) all made their T20 debuts.
* Points: North West Warriors 4, Munster Reds 0.

### Round 5

* 21 July 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

| Leinster Lightning (H) 118 (19.3 overs) | v | North West Warriors 119/3 (19.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Lorcan Tucker 44 (29) Craig Young 5/22 (3.3 overs) | | Stuart Thompson 43 (49) Kevin O'Brien 1/25 (4 overs) George Dockrell 1/25 (4 overs) |

* North West Warriors won by 7 wickets Anglesea Road Cricket Ground, Dublin Umpires: Gordon Black and Azam Baig
* Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: North West Warriors 4, Leinster Lightning 0.
* 21 July 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

| Northern Knights (H) 209/5 (20 overs) | v | Munster Reds 154/9 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| James Shannon 67 (31) David Delany 1/29 (4 overs) | | Stephanus Grobler 43* (31) Robert McKinley 3/18 (4 overs) |

* Northern Knights won by 55 runs Middle Road, Carrickfergus Umpires: Alan Neill and Philip Thompson
* Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
* Cormac Hassett (Munster Reds) and Christopher Dougherty (Northern Knights) both made their T20 debuts.
* Points: Northern Knights 4, Munster Reds 0.

### Round 6

* 11 August 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

| North West Warriors 123/4 (20 overs) | v | Northern Knights (H) 124/4 (19.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| David Barr 41 (48) Gary Kidd 2/19 (3 overs) | | James Shannon 62 (43) Andy McBrine 2/24 (4 overs) |

* Northern Knights won by 6 wickets Circular Road, Belfast Umpires: H Bingham and Mark Hawthorne
* North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
* Adam Berry, Alexander Haggan, John Matchett (Northern Knights); David Barr, Aaron Heywood (North West Warriors) all made their T20 debuts.
* Points: Northern Knights 4, North West Warriors 0.
* 11 August 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

| Munster Reds (H) 118 (19.2 overs) | v | Leinster Lightning 120/5 (13.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Stephan Grobler 36 (28) Josh Little 3/17 (3.2 overs) | | Gareth Delany 40 (22) Yaqoob Ali 3/25 (4 overs) |

* Leinster Lightning won by 5 wickets Mardyke, Cork Umpires: Paul Reynolds and Steve Wood
* Munster Reds won the toss and elected to bat.
* Stephen Doheny (Leinster Lightning) made his T20 debut.
* Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Munster Reds 0.
