# 2016 Inter-Provincial Championship

The 2016 Inter-Provincial Championship is the fourth season of the Inter-Provincial Championship, the domestic three-day (though not officially first-class) cricket competition of Ireland. The competition is played between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North West Warriors. The championship will be sponsored by Hanley Energy and will be observed International Cricket Council. The championship is in Strategic Plan of Cricket Ireland success to achieve Test Status for the national team.

## Standings

The tournament was dominated by drawn matches; five of the six matches ended in a draw, with only Leinster Lightning managing a positive result from their game with North West Warriors. Highest score of the championship was 206 from Adam Dennison.
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | NR | Pts |
| Leinster Lightning (C) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 50 |
| Northern Knights | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 39 |
| North West Warriors | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 32 |

## Squads

| Leinster Lightning | Northern Knights | North West Warriors |
| John Anderson (Captain) Rory Anders Joe Carroll Kenny Carroll Peter Chase Bill Coghlan Adrian D'Arcy Eoghan Delany George Dockrell Stephen Doheny Jamie Grassi Dominick Joyce Tyrone Kane Joshua Little Fintan McAllister Kevin O'Brien Andrew Poynter Eddie Richardson Simi Singh Max Sorensen Jack Tector Sean Terry Lorcan Tucker Yaqoob Ali | James Shannon (Captain) Mark Adair Stephen Bunting Allen Coulter Adam Dennison Christopher Dougherty Phil Eaglestone Peter Eakin Shane Getkate Jamie Holmes Nigel Jones Gary Kidd Jamie Magowan Mansoor Amjad Graeme McCarter Jordan McClurkin James McCollum Robert McKinley Jacob Mulder Lee Nelson Nathan Smith Nikolai Smith Greg Thompson | Andy McBrine (c) Ross Allen Andrew Austin Craig Averill Jarred Barnes David Barr Andrew Britton Scott Campbell Rishi Chopra Varun Chopra Rickie-Lee Dougherty Aaron Gillespie Ryan Hunter Danza Hyatt Ryan MacBeth Gary McClintock William McClintock Jason Milligan Suraj Randiv David Rankin Jonathan Robinson David Scanlon Roshen Silva Stuart Thompson Oraine Williams Craig Young |

## Fixtures
### 1st match

* 10–12 May 2016 Scorecard
* Match drawn Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin Umpires: Alan Neill and Paul Reynolds
* Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Northern Knights 10, Leinster Lightning 5.

### 2nd match

* 17–19 May 2016 Scorecard
* Match drawn Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast Umpires: Azam Baig and Jareth McCready
* Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Leinster Lightning 10, Northern Knights 8.

### 3rd match

* 31 May–2 June 2016 Scorecard
* Leinster Lightning won by an innings and 67 runs Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason Umpires: David Bradley and Paul Reynolds
* Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Leinster Lightning 24, North West Warriors 3.

### 4th match

* 21–23 June 2016 Scorecard
* Match drawn Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason Umpires: David Bradley and Alan Neill
* North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: North West Warriors 11, Northern Knights 10.

### 5th match

* 8–10 August 2016 Scorecard
* Match drawn The Green, Comber Umpires: Martin Block and David Bradley
* Northern Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Northern Knights 14, North West Warriors 10.

### 6th match

* 23–25 August 2016 Scorecard
* Match drawn The Village, Malahide Umpires: Azam Baig and David Bradley
* North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Leinster Lightning 14, North West Warriors 14.

## Highest Scores

* 206 - A Dennison - Northern Cricket Union v North West, The Green, Comber
* 135* - J Anderson - Leinster Cricket Union v Northern Cricket Union Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast
* 121 - O Williams - North West v Leinster Cricket Union The Village, Malahide, Dublin
* 101 - GH Dockrell - Leinster Cricket Union v North West The Village, Malahide, Dublin

## Best Bowling

* 6-37 D Scanlon - North West v Northern Cricket Union Magheramason, Bready
* 6-92 J Mulder - Northern Cricket Union v North West Magheramason, Bready
* 5-24 GJ McCarter - Northern Cricket Union v Leinster Cricket Union Castle Avenue, Dublin