# 2013 Inter-Provincial Championship

The 2013 Interprovincial Championship was the first season of the Inter-Provincial Championship, the domestic multi-day cricket competition of Ireland. The competition was between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North West Warriors.
The inaugural Inter-Provincial Championship was won by the Leinster Lightning, who clinched the title with one match to spare. Despite falling just four runs short of victory in their opening match, they then won their next two games before closing with a hard-fought, high-scoring draw against Northern Knights in the last game of the year at Waringstown.
The Inter-Provincial Series has been funded at least partly by the ICC via their TAPP programme.

## Table

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | BatBP | BowlBP | Dedns | Points |
| Leinster Lightning | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 63 |
| Northern Knights | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 43 |
| North West Warriors | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 22 |

## Squads

| Leinster Lightning | Northern Knights | North West Warriors |
| Kevin O'Brien (Captain) Ben Ackland John Anderson Peter Chase Bill Coghlan Pat Collins Alex Cusack Tyrone Kane Paul Lawson Fintan McAllister John Mooney Andrew Poynter Stuart Poynter Eddie Richardson Simi Singh Max Sorensen Albert van der Merwe | Andrew White (Captain) James Cameron-Dow Allen Coulter Christopher Dougherty Phil Eaglestone Craig Ervine Nigel Jones Nick Larkin Rory McCann Eugene Moleon Lee Nelson Zach Rushe James Shannon Nikolai Smith Jonny Terrett Greg Thompson Nathan Waller | Iftikhar Hussain (Captain) Brian Allen Andrew Britton Gareth Burns Scott Campbell Peter Connell Rickie-Lee Dougherty Kamran Sajiid Andrew McBrine Dean McCarter Niall McDonnell Jason Milligan Romano Ramoo David Rankin Andrew Riddles Roy Silva Johnny Thompson Stuart Thompson Craig Young |

## Fixtures

* 14–16 May (Scorecard)
* Match Drawn College Park, Dublin Umpires: David Bradley & Louis Fourie
* Leinster Lightning won the toss and chose to bowl
* Close of play (Day 1) – Leinster Lightning 105/1 (39 overs); (Day 2) – North-West Warriors 2nd inns 22/2 (9 overs). Leinster Lightning 10 pts, North-West Warriors 7 pts
* 4–6 June (Scorecard)
* Northern Knights won by 3 wickets Eglinton CC Umpires: Roland Black & David Bradley
* Northern Knights won the toss and chose to bowl
* Close of play (Day 1) – North-West Warriors 2nd inns 12/0 (6 overs); (Day 2) – Northern Knights 2nd inns 97/5 (47 overs). Northern Knights 20 pts, North-West Warriors 4 pts
* 25–27 June (Scorecard)
* Leinster Lightning won by an innings and 13 runs College Park, Dublin Umpires: Azam Ali Baig & Louis Fourie
* Northern Knights won the toss and chose to bowl
* Close of play (Day 1) – Northern Knights 20/2 (7.3 overs); (Day 2) – Northern Knights 2nd inns 204/8 (69 overs). Leinster Lightning 24 pts, Northern Knights 4 pts
* 30 July – 1 August (Scorecard)
* Match drawn Osborne Park, Belfast Umpires: Noel McCarey & Charlie McElwee
* Northern Knights won the toss and chose to bat
* Close of play (Day 1) – Northern Knights 259/6 (90 overs); (Day 2) – North-West Warriors 69/4 (22 overs). No play on day 3 (Rain). Northern Knights 8 pts, North-West Warriors 7 pts.
* 13–14 August (Scorecard)
* Leinster Lightning won by 7 wickets Bready CC Umpires: David Bradley & Charlie McElwee
* North-West Warriors won the toss and chose to bat
* Close of play (Day 1) – Leinster Lightning 173/3 (57 overs). Match completed on day 2. Leinster Lightning 23 pts, North-West Warriors 4 pts.
* 27–29 August (Scorecard)
* Match drawn Waringstown CC Umpires: Alan Neill & Charlie McElwee
* Northern Knights won the toss and chose to bat
* Close of play (Day 1) –; (Day 2) -. Northern Knights 11 pts, Leinster Lightning 6 pts.

## Records
### Highest Individual Innings

| Score | Player | For | Opps | Venue | Date |
| 247* | Nick Larkin | NK | LL | Waringstown CC | 27-29 Aug |
| 113 | Andrew Poynter | LL | NK | Waringstown CC | 27-29 Aug |
| 92 | Craig Ervine | NK | NWW | Osborne Park | 30 Jul-1 Aug |
| 91 | John Anderson | LL | NWW | Bready CC | 13-14 Aug |
| 88 | Christopher Dougherty | NK | LL | Waringstown CC | 27-29 Aug |
| 87 | Ben Ackland | LL | NK | Waringstown CC | 27-29 Aug |
| 86 | John Anderson | LL | NK | College Park | 25-27 Jun |
| 76 | Simi Singh | LL | NWW | Bready CC | 13-14 Aug |
| 75 | Christopher Dougherty | NK | NWW | Osborne Park | 30 Jul-1 Aug |

### Best Bowling in an Innings

| Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Player | For | Opps | Venue | Date |
| 35 | 7 | 124 | 5 | James Cameron-Dow | NK | LL | Waringstown CC | 27-29 Aug |
| 14 | 4 | 41 | 4 | Max Sorensen | LL | NWW | Bready CC | 13-14 Aug |
| 25 | 8 | 50 | 4 | Max Sorensen | LL | NWW | College Park | 14–16 May |
| 17 | 5 | 51 | 4 | Phil Eaglestone | NK | NWW | Eglinton CC | 4-6 Jun |
| 17 | 3 | 52 | 4 | Phil Eaglestone | NK | LL | Waringstown CC | 27-29 Aug |
| 27 | 7 | 59 | 4 | Peter Connell | NWW | LL | College Park | 14–16 May |
| 20 | 3 | 93 | 4 | Phil Eaglestone | NK | LL | College Park | 25-27 Jun |

### Season Aggregates
#### Most runs

| Runs | Inns | Avge | Player | Highest |
| 345 | 7 | 57.50 | John Anderson | 91 |
| 334 | 6 | 66.80 | Christopher Dougherty | 88 |
| 247 | 2 | 247.00 | Nick Larkin | 247* |
| 195 | 5 | 48.75 | Andrew Poynter | 113 |
| 172 | 6 | 34.40 | Andrew Riddles | 47* |

#### Most wickets

| Wickets | Average | Player | Best Bowling |
| 18 | 16.94 | Phil Eaglestone | 4-51 |
| 15 | 20.67 | Max Sorensen | 4-41 |
| 12 | 15.00 | John Mooney | 3-12 |
| 10 | 22.20 | Eddie Richardson | 3-26 |
| 9 | 16.11 | Peter Connell | 4-59 |