# 2018 Inter-Provincial Cup

The 2018 Inter-Provincial Cup was the sixth edition of the Inter-Provincial Cup, a List A cricket competition played in Ireland. It was held from 28 May to 9 September 2018. It is the second edition of the competition to be played with List A status. Leinster Lightning were the defending champions.
In the second match of the tournament, between Leinster Lightning and Northern Knights, Simi Singh and George Dockrell of Leinster Lightning set a new record partnership in List A cricket for the seventh wicket, with 215 runs.
Leinster Lightning retained their title, after beating North West Warriors by 58 runs in the final match of the tournament.

## Points table

The following teams competed:
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts |
| Leinster Lightning | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| North West Warriors | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Northern Knights | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

## Fixtures

As with the first-class competition, the Inter-Provincial Championship, the competition format is a home and away round robin.

### 1st match

* 28 May 2018 Scorecard
| Northern Knights (H) 226 (47.1 overs) | v | North West Warriors 227/2 (46.3 overs) |
| Harry Tector 84 (111) David Scanlon 4/60 (8.1 overs) | | William Porterfield 110* (145) Gary Kidd 1/38 (7 overs) |
* North West Warriors won by 8 wickets Stormont, Belfast Umpires: Graeme McCrea and Philip Thompson
* Northern Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
* Alistair Shields, Harry Tector, Neil Rock, James Cameron-Dow (Northern Knights) and Graham Kennedy (North West Warriors) all made their List A debuts.
* Points: North West Warriors 4, Northern Knights 0.

### 2nd match

* 4 June 2018 Scorecard
| Leinster Lightning (H) 277/6 (50 overs) | v | Northern Knights 224 (42.3 overs) |
| Simi Singh 121* (108) Shane Getkate 4/47 (10 overs) | | Neil Rock 47 (42) George Dockrell 5/21 (10 overs) |
* Leinster Lightning won by 53 runs The Vineyard, Dublin Umpires: Sum Wijesundera and H Bingham
* Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
* Marc Ellison (Northern Knights) made his List A debut.
* Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0.

### 3rd match

* 19 June 2018 Scorecard
| North West Warriors (H) 137/6 (40 overs) | v | Leinster Lightning |
| Niall O'Brien 57* (79) George Dockrell 3/30 (8 overs) | | |
* No result Woodvale Road, Eglinton Umpires: Steve Wood and Graeme McCrea
* Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
* Josh Little and Stephen Doheny (Leinster Lightning) both made their List A debuts.
* Points: North West Warriors 2, Leinster Lightning 2.

### 4th match

* 1 July 2018 Scorecard
| Northern Knights (H) 235/9 (50 overs) | v | Leinster Lightning 239/7 (48.3 overs) |
| Harry Tector 68* (78) Simi Singh 3/49 (10 overs) | | George Dockrell 94* (100) Andre Malan 3/51 (10 overs) |
* Leinster won by 3 wickets Stormont, Belfast Umpires: Michael Foster and Sum Wijesundera
* Northern Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0.

### 5th match

* 16 July 2018 Scorecard
| North West Warriors (H) 139 (38 overs) | v | Northern Knights 141/8 (38.5 overs) |
| Niall O'Brien 54* (91) Mark Adair 3/16 (8 overs) | | Christopher Dougherty 46 (79) Andy McBrine 3/37 (10 overs) |
* Northern Knights won by 2 wickets Woodvale Road, Eglinton Umpires: Michael Foster and George Brolly
* North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ryan MacBeth (North West Warriors) and Stephen Bunting (Northern Knights) both made their List A debuts.
* Points: Northern Knights 5, North West Warriors 0.

### 6th match

* 9 September 2018 Scorecard
| Leinster Lightning (H) 253/8 (50 overs) | v | North West Warriors 195 (42.1 overs) |
| Gareth Delany 67 (109) Andrew Britton 5/23 (10 overs) | | William Porterfield 71 (87) Kevin O'Brien 3/34 (5.1 overs) |
* Leinster Lightning won by 58 runs Observatory Lane, Dublin Umpires: Scott Richardson and Roland Black
* Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Leinster Lightning 5, North West Warriors 0.