# 2016 Inter-Provincial Cup

The 2016 Inter-Provincial Cup was the fourth season of the Inter-Provincial Cup, the domestic List A cricket competition of Ireland. The competition is played between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North-West Warriors.
The championship is in Strategic Plan of Cricket Ireland success to achieve Test Status for the national team.

## Standings

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts |
| Leinster Lightning | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Northern Knights | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| North West Warriors | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |

## 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 Mark Berry Stephen Bunting Allen Coulter Adam Dennison Christopher Dougherty Phil Eaglestone Peter Eakin Shane Getkate Michael Gilmour Jamie Holmes Nigel Jones Gary Kidd Mansoor Amjad Graeme McCarter Jordan McClurkin James McCollum Robert McKinley Jacob Mulder Lee Nelson Nathan Smith Nikolai Smith Rusty Theron Greg Thompson | Andy McBrine (Captain) 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 Marco Marais Jason Milligan David Rankin Jonathan Robinson David Scanlon Stuart Thompson Oraine Williams Craig Young |

## Fixtures
### 1st match

* 2 May 2016 10:45 IST Scorecard
| Northern Knights 221 (49.4 overs) | v | Leinster Lightning (H) 226/4 (43.4 overs) |
| Greg Thompson 61 (59) Eddie Richardson 3/40 (10 overs) | | Kevin O'Brien 89* (77) Graeme McCarter 2/35 (10 overs) |
* Leinster Lightning won by 6 wickets Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin Umpires: Michael Ross and Sum Wijesundera
* Northern Knights won the toss and elected to bat
* Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0.

### 2nd match

* 30 May 2016 10:45 IST Scorecard
| Leinster Lightning 332/7 (50 overs) | v | North West Warriors (H) 191 (41.3 overs) |
| Simi Singh 136 (135) Stuart Thompson 4/64 (8 overs) | | Marco Marais 66 (77) Simi Singh 4/16 (6.3 overs) |
* Leinster Lightning won by 141 runs New Strabane Park, Strabane Umpires: Noel Dunn and Paul Reynolds
* Leinster Lightning won the toss elected to bat
* Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Northern Knights 0.

### 3rd match

* 12 June 2016 10:45 IST Scorecard
| North West Warriors 212/8 (38 overs) | v | Leinster Lightning (H) 46/2 (10 overs) |
| Oraine Williams 85 (65) Peter Chase 3/22 (8 overs) | | Dom Joyce 20* (29) Jarred Barnes 2/15 (5 overs) |
* No result The Vineyard, Dublin Umpires: Sameer Dutt and Graeme McCrea
* Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field
* Points: Leinster Lightning 2, North West Warriors 2.

### 4th match

* 31 July 2016 10:45 IST Scorecard
| Northern Knights 246 (48.3 overs) | v | Leinster Lightning (H) 248/6 (47.5 overs) |
| Shane Getkate 87 (86) George Dockrell 4/51 (10 overs) | | Sean Terry 85* (101) Nathan Smith 2/41 (10 overs) |
* Leinster Lightning won by 4 wickets Observatory Lane, Rathmines Umpires: Sameer Dutt and Jareth McCready
* Northern Knights won the toss and elected to bat
* Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0.

### 5th match

* 7 August 2016 11:00 IST Scorecard
| North West Warriors 270 (50 overs) | v | Northern Knights (H) 238/7 (41.4 overs) |
| Andy McBrine 66 (76) Robert McKinley 3/46 (7 overs) | | Adam Dennison 73 (100) David Scanlon 2/24 (6 overs) |
* Northern Knights won by 3 wickets (D/L/S) The Lawn, Waringstown Umpires: Roland Black and Philip Thompson
* North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat
* Points: Northern Knights 4, North West Warriors 0.

### 6th match

* 14 August 2016 10:45 IST
| North West Warriors (H) | v | Northern Knights |
* No result Woodvale Road, Eglinton Umpires: George Brolly and Alan Neill
* Points: North West Warriors 2, Northern Knights 2.