2023 Inter-Provincial Trophy
Dates | 6 June – 3 August 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Ireland |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Triple round-robin |
Champions | Northern Knights (2nd title) |
Participants | 4 |
Matches | 18 |
Most runs | 198 Tim Tector (Leinster Lightning) |
Most wickets | 10 Trent McKeegan (North West Warriors) 10 Cain Robertson (Northern Knights) |
The 2023 Inter-Provincial Trophy, also known as Rario T20 Inter-Provincial Trophy[1] for sponsorship reasons, was the 11th edition of the Inter-Provincial Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket competition being played in Ireland in 2023. It was the seventh edition of the competition played with full Twenty20 status. The tournament was played as a series of three-day festivals between four teams, with the fixtures being confirmed by Cricket Ireland on 5 June 2023.[2] Leinster Lightning are the defending champions having won their 7th title in 2022.
Points Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Northern Knights (C) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 2.046 |
2 | North West Warriors | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | −0.081 |
3 | Munster Reds | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | −0.322 |
4 | Leinster Lightning | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | −1.322 |
Champion
Fixtures
Round One
Munster Reds 120 (18.5 overs) |
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North West Warriors 125/4 (16 overs) |
Scott MacBeth 40 (24) Ben White 1/7 (2 overs) |
- North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Michael Granger (North West Warriors), Corner Fletcher, Cameron Melly and Harry Zimmermann (Munster Reds) all made their T20 debuts.
- Points: North West Warriors 5, Munster Reds 0.
Northern Knights 236/3 (20 overs) |
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Leinster Lightning 163 (17.1 overs) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Mark Donegan, Samuel Harbinson, Adam Rosslee, Amish Sidhu (Leinster Lightning), Jason van der Merwe and Theo van Woerkom (Northern Knights) all made their T20 debuts.
- Points: Northern Knights 5, Leinster Lightning 0.
North West Warriors 180/7 (20 overs) |
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Leinster Lightning 99 (13.4 overs) |
Barry McCarthy 27 (15) Cain Robertson 4/20 (3.4 overs) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: North West Warriors 5, Leinster Lightning 0.
Munster Reds 106/5 (12 overs) |
v |
Northern Knights 131/3 (10.4 overs) |
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to bat.
- Northern Knights were set a revised target of 129 runs from 12 overs.
- Points: Northern Knights 4, Munster Reds 0.
North West Warriors 164/9 (20 overs) |
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Northern Knights 167/3 (16.1 overs) |
Morgan Topping 51 (28) Jared Wilson 1/33 (3.1 overs) |
- Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- Liam Doherty (North West Warriors) made his T20 debut.
- Points: Northern Knights 5, North West Warriors 0.
Leinster Lightning 157/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Munster Reds 159/5 (16.1 overs) |
Samuel Harbinson 45 (26) Liam McCarthy 2/27 (4 overs) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Munster Reds 5, Leinster Lightning 0.
Round Two
Munster Reds 88/7 (16 overs) |
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- North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Ryan Joyce and Carson McCullough (Munster Reds) both made their T20 debuts.
- Points: Munster Reds 2, North West Warriors 2.
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- No toss
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 2, Northern Knights 2.
15 July 2023 Scorecard |
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- No toss
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Munster Reds 2, Northern Knights 2.
15 July 2023 Scorecare |
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 2, North West Warriors 2.
16 July 2023 Scorecard |
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 2, Munster Reds 2.
16 July 2023 Scorecard |
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: North West Warriors 2, Northern Knights 2.
Round Three
Munster Reds 167/6 (20 overs) |
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Leinster Lightning 171/4 (15.1 overs) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Riley Mudford (Leinster Lightning) and Cain Egerton (Munster Reds) both made their T20 debuts.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Munster Reds 0.
North West Warriors 78 (15.1 overs) |
v |
Northern Knights 81/5 (13 overs) |
Jared Wilson 29 (27) Matthew Humphreys 5/13 (4 overs) |
- Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- Northern Knights 5, North West Warriors 0.
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- No toss
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Munster Reds 2, Northern Knights 2.
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 2, North West Warriors 2.
Munster Reds 183/9 (20 overs) |
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North West Warriors 145/9 (20 overs) |
Alistair Frost 83 (39) Craig Young 4/26 (4 overs) |
- North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Munster Reds 5, North West Warriors 0.
3 August 2023 Scorecard |
Northern Knights 187/7 (20 overs) |
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Leinster Lightning 191/5 (18.3 overs) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0.
References
- ^ "2023 Men's Rario Inter-Provincial Series set to kick off in Cork | Cricket Ireland". www.cricketireland.ie. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Rario T20 Inter-Provincial Festival heads to Cork for first time | Cricket Ireland". www.cricketireland.ie. Retrieved 6 June 2023.