The 2013 Interprovincial Championship was the first season of the Inter-Provincial Championship, the domestic multi-day cricket competition of Ireland. The competition comprised three contestants: 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 International Cricket Council via their Targeted Assistance and Performance Programme (TAPP).
Table TeamPldWDLBatBPBowlBPDednsPointsLeinster 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
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
See also 2013 Interprovincial One-Day Trophy 2013 Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup
References and notes
External links Cricket Ireland | Live Scores, News, Photos, Players-official website