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The 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy was the fifth edition of the Inter-Provincial Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket competition played in Ireland. It was held from 26 May to 11 August 2017. It was the first edition of the competition to be played with full Twenty20 status, following the outcome of a meeting by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in October 2016. In April 2017, Cricket Ireland approved the participation of a fourth team, Munster Reds, for the tournament. Leinster Lightning won the tournament, after beating Munster Reds by five wickets in the final round of fixtures.

Points table

The following teams competed:

  Champions

Fixtures

Round 1

• Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
• Peter Chase, Gareth Delany, Bobby Gamble, Eddie Richardson, Simi Singh (Leinster Lightning); Andrew Britton, Rickie-Lee Dougherty, Steve Vijay Lazars, William McClintock, Jonathan Robinson and Johnny Thompson (North West Warriors) all made their T20 debuts.
• Points: Leinster Lightning 5, North West Warriors 0.

• Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain set Munster Reds a revised target of 101 runs from 13 overs.
• This was Munster Reds first match in the Inter-Provincial Trophy.
• Rory Anders, Aaron Cawley, Robert Forrest, Jamie Grassi, Stephanus Grobler, Gary King, Max Neville, Nicolaas Pretorius, Harry Tector, Jack Tector, Yaqoob Ali (Munster Reds); Adam Dennison, Shane Getkate, Michael Gilmour, Craig Lewis, Lee Nelson and Nikolai Smith (Northern Knights) all made their T20 debuts.
• Points: Northern Knights 4, Munster Reds 0.

Round 2

• Northern Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
• Tom Stanton (Leinster Lightning) and Nathan Smith (Northern Knights) both made their T20 debuts.
• Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0.

• No toss.
• Rain prevented any play.
• Points: Munster Reds 2, North West Warriors 2.

Round 3

• Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
• Andrew Sheridan (Leinster Lightning), Arslan Anwar, Morne Bauer and David Delany (Munster Reds) all made their T20 debuts.
• Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Munster Reds 0.

• Northern Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
• Aaron Gillespie (North West Warriors), Jamie Holmes and Robert McKinley (Northern Knights) all made their T20 debuts.
• Points: North West Warriors 4, Northern Knights 0.

Round 4

• Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jamie Magowan and James McCollum (Northern Knights) both made their T20 debuts.
• Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0.

• Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
• Muhammad Sadique (Munster Reds), Ross Allen, Graham Kennedy and David Scanlon (North West Warriors) all made their T20 debuts.
• Points: North West Warriors 4, Munster Reds 0.

Round 5

• Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: North West Warriors 4, Leinster Lightning 0.

• Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
• Cormac Hassett (Munster Reds) and Christopher Dougherty (Northern Knights) both made their T20 debuts.
• Points: Northern Knights 4, Munster Reds 0.

Round 6

• North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
• Adam Berry, Alexander Haggan, John Matchett (Northern Knights); David Barr, Aaron Heywood (North West Warriors) all made their T20 debuts.
• Points: Northern Knights 4, North West Warriors 0.

• Munster Reds won the toss and elected to bat.
• Stephen Doheny (Leinster Lightning) made his T20 debut.
• Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Munster Reds 0.

References

1. "2017 Hanley Energy Inter-Provincial Fixtures Announced". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
2. "Ireland domestic competition awarded first-class status". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
3. "Ireland's Inter-Provincial Championship awarded first-class status". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
4. "Cricket Ireland Board Meeting April 6th 2017". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
5. "Leinster Lightning Claim Hanley Energy IP20 Trophy". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
6. "Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
7. "Lightning and Knights win T20 openers". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 27 May 2017.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

• 2017 in Irish cricket
• Inter-Provincial Trophy seasons