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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. 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. On 25 March 2021, Cricket Ireland confirmed the fixtures for the tournament. On 9 April 2021, Cricket Ireland announced the revised fixtures for the tournament, with number of matches increased from 12 to 18. Leinster Lightning were the defending champions.

After the first round of matches, North West Warriors were leading the competition with two wins from their three games. Defending champions Leinster Lightning suffered two defeats from their three matches. It was the first time that Leinster Lightning had lost back-to-back matches in the Inter-Provincial competition. In the second round of matches, Leinster Lightning won two of their three matches, putting them in second place behind North West Warriors. In the third and final round of matches, the first three games were all abandoned due to the weather. In the last match of the tournament, North West Warriors beat Leinster Lightning by eight wickets to win their second title.

Points table

Fixtures

Round one

• Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
• David O'Halloran (Leinster Lightning), Mike Frost and Seamus Lynch (Munster Reds) all made their T20 debuts.
• Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Munster Reds 0.

• North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
• Luke Georgeson (Northern Knights) and Jared Wilson (North West Warriors) both made their T20 debuts.
• Points: North West Warriors 5, Northern Knights 0.

• Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Northern Knights 4, Leinster Lightning 0.

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

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

• Munster Reds won the toss and elected to bat.
• 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.
• Points: Northern Knights 4, Munster Reds 0.

Round two

• Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
• Ryan MacBeth (North West Warriors) made his T20 debut.
• Points: North West Warriors 4, Northern Knights 0.

• Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
• Alistair Frost (Munster Reds) made his T20 debut.
• Points: Munster Reds 4, Leinster Lightning 0.

• North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: North West Warriors 5, Munster Reds 0.

• Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
• Gavin Hoey (Leinster Lightning) made his T20 debut.
• Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Northern Knights 0.

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

• Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Northern Knights 4, Munster Reds 0.

Round three

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.
• Points: Northern Knights 2, North West Warriors 2.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.
• Points: Leinster Lightning 2, Munster Reds 2.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to a wet outfield.
• Points: Northern Knights 2, Leinster Lightning 2.

• Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
• Conor Olphert (North West Warriors) made his T20 debut.
• Points: Munster Reds 5, North West Warriors 0.

• Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 10 overs per side due to a wet outfield.
• 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.

• North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
• Robbie Millar (North West Warriors) and Theo Lawson (Leinster Lightning) both made their T20 debuts.
• Points: North West Warriors 5, Leinster Lightning 0.

References

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External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

• 2021 in Irish cricket
• Inter-Provincial Trophy seasons
• Domestic cricket competitions in 2021