2021 Inter-Provincial Trophy#Round three
{{short description|Cricket tournament}}
{{use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2021 Inter-Provincial Trophy
| image =
| caption =
| fromdate = 18 June
| todate = 19 September 2021
| administrator = Cricket Ireland
| cricket format = Twenty20
| tournament format = Round-robin
| champions = North West Warriors
| count = 2
| participants = 4
| matches = 18
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = Matt Ford (220)
| most wickets = Ben White (17)
| previous_year = 2020
| previous_tournament = 2020 Inter-Provincial Trophy
| next_year = 2022
| next_tournament = 2022 Inter-Provincial Trophy
}}
The 2021 Inter-Provincial Trophy was the ninth edition of the Inter-Provincial Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket competition that was played in Ireland in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1251512.html |title=No Irish first-class cricket in 2021 as board revamp domestic structure |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=12 February 2021}} It was the fifth edition of the competition to be played with full Twenty20 status. The tournament was played as a series of three-day festivals between four teams.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/new-inter-provincial-series-structure-unveiled-new-coaching-hubs-and-emergi |title=New Inter-Provincial Series structure unveiled; new coaching hubs and emerging competition created |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=12 February 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56043799 |title=Inter-Provincial Series: Revamp to include Munster Reds joining 50-over Cup |work=BBC Sport |access-date=12 February 2021}} On 25 March 2021, Cricket Ireland confirmed the fixtures for the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/inter-provincial-series-2021-fixture-dates-confirmed |title=Inter-Provincial Series 2021 fixture dates confirmed |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=26 March 2021}} On 9 April 2021, Cricket Ireland announced the revised fixtures for the tournament,{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketworld.com/cricket-ireland-revised-inter-provincial-series-2021-fixture-schedule-released/69920.htm |title=Cricket Ireland revised Inter-Provincial Series 2021 fixture schedule released |work=Cricket World |access-date=9 April 2021}} with number of matches increased from 12 to 18.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/revised-inter-provincial-series-2021-fixture-schedule-released |title=Revised Inter-Provincial Series 2021 fixture schedule released |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=9 April 2021}} Leinster Lightning were the defending champions.{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2020/articles/000010/001090.shtml |title=Lightning beat Knights to clinch T20 Trophy |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=4 September 2020 |archive-date=4 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104143139/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2020/articles/000010/001090.shtml |url-status=dead }}
After the first round of matches, North West Warriors were leading the competition with two wins from their three games.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/end-of-the-first-t20-festival |title=Ben White spins Knights to victory, but the Warriors top the table after the first T20 Festival week |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=21 June 2021}} Defending champions Leinster Lightning suffered two defeats from their three matches.{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000009/000920.shtml |title=Knights and Munster bounce back |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=21 June 2021 |archive-date=21 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621200854/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000009/000920.shtml |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000009/000922.shtml |title=Young guns down Leinster |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=21 June 2021 |archive-date=23 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623093808/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000009/000922.shtml |url-status=dead }} It was the first time that Leinster Lightning had lost back-to-back matches in the Inter-Provincial competition.{{cite web|url=https://emergingcricket.com/news/ireland-ip20-two-wins-put-north-west-on-top/ |title=Ireland IP20: Two wins put North-West on top |work=Emerging Cricket |access-date=23 June 2021}} In the second round of matches, Leinster Lightning won two of their three matches,{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/leinster-lightning-return-to-form-in-win-over-warriors-while-knights-rout-r |title=Leinster Lightning return to form in win over Warriors, Knights beat Reds in high-scoring affair |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=28 June 2021}} putting them in second place behind North West Warriors.{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000009/000960.shtml |title=Dockrell keeps Lightning in title contention |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=28 June 2021 |archive-date=28 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628104529/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000009/000960.shtml |url-status=dead }} In the third and final round of matches, the first three games were all abandoned due to the weather.{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000012/001270.shtml |title=T20 Trophy still up for grabs after first day washout |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=19 September 2021 |archive-date=19 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919212310/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000012/001270.shtml |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000012/001276.shtml |title=Delany and Ford star as Munster beat Warriors |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=19 September 2021 |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920161012/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000012/001276.shtml |url-status=dead }} In the last match of the tournament, North West Warriors beat Leinster Lightning by eight wickets to win their second title.{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000012/001278.shtml |title=Warriors beat Lightning to secure T20 Trophy |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=19 September 2021 |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920203401/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000012/001278.shtml |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://emergingcricket.com/news/ireland-domestic-cricket-continues-before-international-action/ |title=Ireland domestic cricket continues before international action |work=Emerging Cricket |access-date=24 September 2021}}
Points table
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!width="20"| {{Tooltip | Pld | Played}} !width="20"| {{Tooltip | W | Won}} !width="20"| {{Tooltip | L | Lost}} !width="20"| {{Tooltip | T | Tied}} !width="20"| {{Tooltip | NR | No result}} !width="20"| {{Tooltip | Pts | Points}} | |||||
| style="background:#cfc"
|style="text-align:left"|North West Warriors | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| style="text-align:left"|Northern Knights
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| style="text-align:left"|Leinster Lightning
| 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| style="text-align:left"|Munster Reds
| 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
Fixtures
=Round one=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 18 June 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = Munster Reds
| team2 = Leinster Lightning
| score1 = 148/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Murray Commins 51 (34)
| wickets1 = David O'Halloran 2/20 (4 overs)
| score2 = 149/3 (15.1 overs)
| runs2 = George Dockrell 48* (30)
| wickets2 = Fionn Hand 1/22 (1 over)
| result = Leinster Lightning won by 7 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259535.html Scorecard]
| venue = Sydney Parade, Dublin
| umpires = Mark Hawthorne and Paul Reynolds
| motm = Simi Singh (Leinster Lightning)
| toss = Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = David O'Halloran (Leinster Lightning), Mike Frost and Seamus Lynch (Munster Reds) all made their T20 debuts.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Munster Reds 0.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 18 June 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = Northern Knights
| team2 = North West Warriors
| score1 = 135/9 (20 overs)
| runs1 = James McCollum 48 (37)
| wickets1 = Graham Kennedy 2/21 (3 overs)
| score2 = 138/3 (11.1 overs)
| runs2 = Stephen Doheny 54 (27)
| wickets2 = Ben White 2/38 (3 overs)
| result = North West Warriors won by 7 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259536.html Scorecard]
| venue = Sydney Parade, Dublin
| umpires = Mark Hawthorne and Paul Reynolds
| motm = Stephen Doheny (North West Warriors)
| toss = North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Luke Georgeson (Northern Knights) and Jared Wilson (North West Warriors) both made their T20 debuts.
- Points: North West Warriors 5, Northern Knights 0.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 19 June 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = Northern Knights
| team2 = Leinster Lightning
| score1 = 174/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Luke Georgeson 31 (18)
| wickets1 = Josh Little 3/26 (4 overs)
| score2 = 152/8 (20 overs)
| runs2 = Andrew Balbirnie 42 (33)
| wickets2 = Ben White 3/27 (4 overs)
| result = Northern Knights won by 22 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259537.html Scorecard]
| venue = Sydney Parade, Dublin
| umpires = Alan Neill and Roland Black
| motm = Ross Adair (Northern Knights)
| toss = Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Points: Northern Knights 4, Leinster Lightning 0.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 19 June 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = North West Warriors
| team2 = Munster Reds
| score1 = 146/9 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Andy McBrine 41 (30)
| wickets1 = Josh Manley 3/34 (4 overs)
| score2 = 147/4 (17.1 overs)
| runs2 = Murray Commins 44 (32)
| wickets2 = Craig Young 2/34 (4 overs)
| result = Munster Reds won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259538.html Scorecard]
| venue = Sydney Parade, Dublin
| umpires = Alan Neill and Roland Black
| motm = Matt Ford (Munster Reds)
| toss = North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Points: Munster Reds 4, North West Warriors 0.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 20 June 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = Leinster Lightning
| team2 = North West Warriors
| score1 = 182/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Lorcan Tucker 51 (27)
| wickets1 = Ross Allen 3/19 (3 overs)
| score2 = 183/9 (19.5 overs)
| runs2 = William Porterfield 52 (23)
| wickets2 = Simi Singh 3/31 (4 overs)
| result = North West Warriors won by 1 wicket
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259539.html Scorecard]
| venue = Sydney Parade, Dublin
| umpires = Alan Neill and Paul Reynolds
| motm = Craig Young (North West Warriors)
| toss = North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Points: North West Warriors 4, Leinster Lightning 0.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 20 June 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = Munster Reds
| team2 = Northern Knights
| score1 = 137/9 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Peter Moor 49 (24)
| wickets1 = Ben White 5/13 (4 overs)
| score2 = 139/5 (18.3 overs)
| runs2 = Luke Georgeson 51 (41)
| wickets2 = Aaron Cawley 2/15 (3 overs)
| result = Northern Knights won by 5 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259540.html Scorecard]
| venue = Sydney Parade, Dublin
| umpires = Alan Neill and Paul Reynolds
| motm = Ben White (Northern Knights)
| toss = Munster Reds won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Mitchell Thompson (Munster Reds) and Carl Robinson (Northern Knights) both made their T20 debuts.
- Ben White (Northern Knights) took his first five-wicket haul in T20 cricket.{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000009/000921.shtml |title=All White as Knights beat Munster |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=21 June 2021 |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829105042/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000009/000921.shtml |url-status=dead }}
- Points: Northern Knights 4, Munster Reds 0.
}}
=Round two=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 25 June 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = North West Warriors
| team2 = Northern Knights
| score1 = 160/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = William McClintock 54 (32)
| wickets1 = Luke Georgeson 2/30 (3 overs)
| score2 = 159/8 (20 overs)
| runs2 = Neil Rock 45 (30)
| wickets2 = Graham Kennedy 1/3 (1 over)
| result = North West Warriors won by 1 run
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259541.html Scorecard]
| venue = Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
| umpires = Mark Hawthorne and Roland Black
| motm = William McClintock (North West Warriors)
| toss = Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Ryan MacBeth (North West Warriors) made his T20 debut.
- Points: North West Warriors 4, Northern Knights 0.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 25 June 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = Leinster Lightning
| team2 = Munster Reds
| score1 = 133/9 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Simi Singh 61 (38)
| wickets1 = Mike Frost 2/14 (4 overs)
| score2 = 137/3 (18 overs)
| runs2 = Peter Moor 95* (58)
| wickets2 = Barry McCarthy 2/25 (3 overs)
| result = Munster Reds won by 7 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259542.html Scorecard]
| venue = Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
| umpires = Mark Hawthorne and Roland Black
| motm = Peter Moor (Munster Reds)
| toss = Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Alistair Frost (Munster Reds) made his T20 debut.
- Points: Munster Reds 4, Leinster Lightning 0.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 26 June 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = Munster Reds
| team2 = North West Warriors
| score1 = 120/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Peter Moor 37 (40)
| wickets1 = Graham Kennedy 3/19 (4 overs)
| score2 = 122/3 (14.4 overs)
| runs2 = William Porterfield 61* (43)
| wickets2 = Mike Frost 2/28 (4 overs)
| result = North West Warriors won by 7 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259543.html Scorecard]
| venue = Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
| umpires = Alan Neill and Paul Reynolds
| motm = William Porterfield (North West Warriors)
| toss = North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Points: North West Warriors 5, Munster Reds 0.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 26 June 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = Leinster Lightning
| team2 = Northern Knights
| score1 = 167 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Simi Singh 57 (47)
| wickets1 = Ruhan Pretorius 2/29 (4 overs)
| score2 = 97 (16.3 overs)
| runs2 = Neil Rock 30 (23)
| wickets2 = Josh Little 3/8 (3 overs)
| result = Leinster Lightning won by 70 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259544.html Scorecard]
| venue = Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
| umpires = Alan Neill and Paul Reynolds
| motm = Josh Little (Leinster Lightning)
| toss = Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Gavin Hoey (Leinster Lightning) made his T20 debut.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Northern Knights 0.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 27 June 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = Leinster Lightning
| team2 = North West Warriors
| score1 = 127/8 (20 overs)
| runs1 = George Dockrell 55* (44)
| wickets1 = Andy McBrine 3/19 (4 overs)
| score2 = 111/9 (20 overs)
| runs2 = William McClintock 35 (35)
| wickets2 = Barry McCarthy 3/20 (4 overs)
| result = Leinster Lightning won by 16 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259545.html Scorecard]
| venue = Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
| umpires = Alan Neill and Roland Black
| motm = Gavin Hoey (Leinster Lightning)
| toss = North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Points: Leinster Lightning 4, North West Warriors 0.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 27 June 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = Northern Knights
| team2 = Munster Reds
| score1 = 221/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Jeremy Lawlor 81 (42)
| wickets1 = Matt Ford 2/31 (4 overs)
| score2 = 198/5 (20 overs)
| runs2 = Matt Ford 57 (40)
| wickets2 = Mark Adair 2/34 (4 overs)
| result = Northern Knights won by 23 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259546.html Scorecard]
| venue = Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
| umpires = Alan Neill and Roland Black
| motm = Jeremy Lawlor (Northern Knights)
| toss = Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Points: Northern Knights 4, Munster Reds 0.
}}
=Round three=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 17 September 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = Northern Knights
| team2 = North West Warriors
| score1 =
| runs1 =
| wickets1 =
| score2 =
| runs2 =
| wickets2 =
| result = Match abandoned
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259547.html Scorecard]
| umpires = Alan Neill and Roland Black
| motm =
| toss = No toss.
| rain = No play was possible due to rain.
| notes = Points: Northern Knights 2, North West Warriors 2.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 17 September 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = Leinster Lightning
| team2 = Munster Reds
| score1 =
| runs1 =
| wickets1 =
| score2 =
| runs2 =
| wickets2 =
| result = Match abandoned
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259548.html Scorecard]
| umpires = Alan Neill and Roland Black
| motm =
| toss = No toss.
| rain = No play was possible due to rain.
| notes = Points: Leinster Lightning 2, Munster Reds 2.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 18 September 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = Northern Knights
| team2 = Leinster Lightning
| score1 =
| runs1 =
| wickets1 =
| score2 =
| runs2 =
| wickets2 =
| result = Match abandoned
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259549.html Scorecard]
| umpires = Alan Neill and Roland Black
| motm =
| toss = No toss.
| rain = No play was possible due to a wet outfield.
| notes = Points: Northern Knights 2, Leinster Lightning 2.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 18 September 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = North West Warriors
| team2 = Munster Reds
| score1 = 151/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Graham Hume 52 (24)
| wickets1 = Matt Ford 2/25 (4 overs)
| score2 = 154/4 (15.1 overs)
| wickets2 = Conor Olphert 2/26 (4 overs)
| result = Munster Reds won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259550.html Scorecard]
| umpires = Alan Neill and Roland Black
| motm = Matt Ford (Munster Reds)
| toss = Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Conor Olphert (North West Warriors) made his T20 debut.
- Points: Munster Reds 5, North West Warriors 0.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 19 September 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = Munster Reds
| team2 = Northern Knights
| score1 = 72/5 (10 overs)
| runs1 = Matt Ford 21 (14)
| wickets1 = Ben White 2/3 (2 overs)
| score2 = 74/1 (7.4 overs)
| runs2 = Ross Adair 54* (27)
| wickets2 = Mike Frost 1/13 (2 overs)
| result = Northern Knights won by 9 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259551.html Scorecard]
| umpires = Aidan Seaver and Roland Black
| motm = Ross Adair (Northern Knights)
| toss = Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = The match was reduced to 10 overs per side due to a wet outfield.
| notes = Cian Robertson, Morgan Topping, Thomas Mayes (Northern Knights) and Liam McCarthy (Munster Reds) all made their T20 debuts.
- Points: Northern Knights 5, Munster Reds 0.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 19 September 2021
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = Leinster Lightning
| team2 = North West Warriors
| score1 = 113/9 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Gavin Hoey 37 (28)
| wickets1 = Conor Olphert 3/27 (4 overs)
| score2 = 119/2 (13.5 overs)
| runs2 = William Porterfield 39* (34)
| wickets2 = David O'Halloran 1/13 (2 overs)
| result = North West Warriors won by 8 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1259552.html Scorecard]
| umpires = Aidan Seaver and Roland Black
| motm = Conor Olphert (North West Warriors)
| toss = North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Robbie Millar (North West Warriors) and Theo Lawson (Leinster Lightning) both made their T20 debuts.
- Points: North West Warriors 5, Leinster Lightning 0.
}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ireland-inter-provincial-twenty20-trophy-2021-1259521 Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]
{{Interprovincials}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2021 Inter-Provincial Trophy}}