# 2013 Inter-Provincial Cup

The 2013 Inter-Provincial Cup was the first season of the Inter-Provincial Cup, the domestic 50-over one-day competition of Ireland. The competition was played between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North West Warriors.
The Northern Knights were the inaugural winners of the competition, following a surprise last day defeat of Leinster Lightning by North West Warriors by 71 runs in Strabane. That result meant the Northern Knights finished top of the table with 10 points from four matches.
The Inter-Provincial Series has been funded at least partly by the ICC via their TAPP programme.

## Final Table

| Team | Pld | W | L | TNR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| Northern Knights | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | +0.117 |
| Leinster Lightning | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +0.364 |
| North West Warriors | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -0.588 |

## Squads

| Leinster Lightning | Northern Knights | North West Warriors |
| Kevin O'Brien (Captain) Ben Ackland John Anderson Andrew Balbirnie Peter Chase Bill Coghlan Pat Collins Alex Cusack Trent Johnston Tyrone Kane Fintan McAllister Barry McCarthy John Mooney Stephen Moreton Andrew Poynter Eddie Richardson Max Sorensen Albert van der Merwe | Andrew White (Captain) Christopher Dougherty Phil Eaglestone Peter Eakin James Hall Nigel Jones Gary Kidd Nick Larkin Eugene Moleon Lee Nelson James Shannon David Simpson Michael Taiaroa Jonny Terrett Greg Thompson Ben Wylie | Iftikhar Hussain (Captain) Brian Allen David Barr Andrew Britton Gareth Burns Scott Campbell Peter Connell Rickie-Lee Dougherty Andrew McBrine Niall McDonnell Jason Milligan David Rankin Andrew Riddles Johnny Thompson Stuart Thompson Craig Young |

## Fixtures

* 6 May (scorecard)
| Northern Knights 259/7 (50 overs) | v | Leinster Lightning 260/8 (49 overs) |
| Lee Nelson 54 (56) Albert van der Merwe 2/46 (10 overs) | | Kevin O’Brien 111* (89) David Simpson 2/21 (5 overs) |
* Leinster Lightning won by 2 wickets The Hills CC, Milverton Umpires: Gordon Black & Louis Fourie
* Points: Leinster Lightning 2; Northern Knights 0
* 19 May (scorecard)
| North West Warriors | v | Northern Knights |
* Match abandoned due to rain Coleraine CC
* Points: North-West Warriors 2, Leinster Lightning 2
* 1 Jun (Scorecard)
| Leinster Lightning 272/6 (50 overs) | v | North West Warriors 123 all out (40.1 overs) |
| Ben Ackland 78 (102) Andrew McBrine 3/40 (10 overs) | | Scott Campbell 27 (63) Andrew Balbirnie 3/14 (4 overs) |
* Leinster Lightning won by 149 runs Malahide CC Umpires: Gordon Black & Louis Fourie
* Points: Leinster Lightning 5, North-West Warriors 0
* 15 July (scorecard)
| North West Warriors 232/9 (50 overs) | v | Northern Knights 234/8 (48.1 overs) |
| Johnny Thompson 86 (82) Phil Eaglestone 3/17 (10 overs) | | Nigel Jones 72 (67) Johnny Thompson 3/50 (8.1 overs) |
* Northern Knights won by 2 wickets North Down CC, Comber Umpires: Michael Ross & Richard Smith
* Points: Northern Knights 4; North-West Warriors 0
* 10 August (scorecard)
| Leinster Lightning 243/9 (50 overs) | v | Northern Knights 246/7 (48.1 overs) |
| Eddie Richardson 74 (79) Peter Eakin 3/44 (10 overs) | | Lee Nelson 62 (64) Tyrone Kane 3/30 (6 overs) |
* Northern Knights won by 3 wickets Waringstown CC Umpires: Alex Adams & Jareth McCready
* Points: Northern Knights 4; Leinster Lightning 0
* 21 September (scorecard)
| North West Warriors 230/8 (50 overs) | v | Leinster Lightning 159 all out (45 overs) |
| Niall McDonnell 41 (57) Barry McCarthy 2/44 (10 overs) | | Kevin O’Brien 39 (32) Andrew Riddles 4/31 (10 overs) |
* North-West Warriors won by 71 runs Strabane CC Umpires: Roland Black & Charlie McElwee
* Points: North-West Warriors 5; Leinster Lightning 0

## Records
### Highest Individual Innings

| Score (BF) | Player | For | Opps | Venue | Date |
| 111* (87) | Kevin O'Brien | LL | NK | The Hills CC | 6 May |
| 86 (82) | Johnny Thompson | NWW | NK | North Down CC | 15 Jul |
| 78 (102) | Ben Ackland | LL | NWW | Malahide CC | 1 Jun |
| 74 (79) | Eddie Richardson | LL | NK | Waringstown CC | 10 Aug |
| 72 (67) | Nigel Jones | NK | NWW | North Down CC | 15 Jul |
| 71* (51) | Kevin O'Brien | LL | NWW | Malahide CC | 1 Jun |

### Best Bowling in an Innings

| Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Player | For | Opps | Venue | Date |
| 10 | 1 | 31 | 4 | Andrew Riddles | NWW | LL | Strabane CC | 21 Sep |
| 4 | 0 | 14 | 3 | Andrew Balbirnie | LL | NWW | Malahide CC | 1 Jun |
| 10 | 5 | 17 | 3 | Phil Eaglestone | NK | NWW | North Down CC | 15 Jul |
| 6 | 0 | 30 | 3 | Tyrone Kane | LL | NK | Waringstown CC | 10 Aug |
| 9.1 | 0 | 39 | 3 | Max Sorensen | LL | NK | Waringstown CC | 10 Aug |
| 10 | 0 | 40 | 3 | Andrew McBrine | NWW | LL | Malahide CC | 1 Jun |

### Season Aggregates
#### Most runs

| Runs | Player | Avge | Str Rate |
| 221 | Kevin O'Brien | 221.00 | 130.00 |
| 162 | John Anderson | 40.50 | 62.55 |
| 137 | Lee Nelson | 45.67 | 84.57 |
| 116 | Nigel Jones | 38.67 | 93.55 |
| 105 | Ben Ackland | 35.00 | 76.09 |

#### Most wickets

| Wickets | Economy | Player | Matches |
| 7 | 4.53 | Max Sorensen | 4 |
| 6 | 3.95 | Andrew Riddles | 3 |
| 6 | 4.12 | Andrew McBrine | 3 |
| 5 | 4.19 | Albert van der Merwe | 4 |
| 5 | 4.23 | Phil Eaglestone | 3 |
| 5 | 5.78 | David Simpson | 3 |