2014 Inter-Provincial Championship

2014 Inter-Provincial Championship

Administrator(s)	Cricket Ireland
Cricket format	3-day
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Champions	Leinster Lightning (2nd title)
Participants	3
Matches	6
Most runs	Craig Ervine (224)
Most wickets	James Cameron-Dow (18)

The 2014 Inter-Provincial Championship is the second season of the Inter-Provincial Championship, the domestic three-day (though not officially first-class) cricket competition of Ireland. The competition is played between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North West Warriors.

This year's competition was won by the Leinster Lightning, who secured a draw in their final match of the season to win the title. They retained the Championship, having won the inaugural Inter-Provincial Championship.

The Inter-Provincial Series has been funded at least partly by the ICC via their TAPP programme.^{[1] [2]}

Standings

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	D	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts[3]
Leinster Lightning	4	3	0	0	1	0	10	13	0	74
Northern Knights	4	1	2	0	1	0	5	13	0	37
North West Warriors	4	1	3	0	0	0	3	16	0	35

Squads

Leinster Lightning	Northern Knights	North West Warriors
John Mooney (Captain) Ben Ackland John Anderson Kenny Carroll Bill Coghlan Pat Collins Tyrone Kane Fintan McAllister Cormac McLoughlan Kevin O'Brien Andrew Poynter Eddie Richardson Simi Singh Max Sorensen Albert van der Merwe	Andrew White (Captain) Mark Adair James Cameron-Dow Allen Coulter Christopher Dougherty Craig Ervine Shane Getkate Nick Larkin Lee Nelson James Shannon David Simpson Nathan Waller Imad Wasim Greg Thompson Robert McKinley JW Terrett James McCollum Adam Dennison Neil Gill Zach Rushe	Andrew McBrine (Captain) Jared Barnes David Barr Scott Campbell Rickie-Lee Dougherty Ernest Kemm Tabish Khan Gary McClintock William McClintock Niall McDonnell Jason Milligan David Rankin Andrew Riddles Johnny Thompson Stuart Thompson Craig Young Ross Allen

Fixtures

20–22 May Scorecard

North West Warriors	v	Leinster Lightning
176 (62.5 overs) NJ McDonnell 53 (86) EJ Richardson 4/42 (18.5 overs)		220 (71.5 overs) FP McAllister 48* (99) CA Young 5/37 (16 overs)
105 (34.2 overs) CA Young 20* (17) JF Mooney 4/22 (12 overs)		65/6 (23 overs) BJ Ackland 19 (36) EH Kemm 3/15 (8 overs)

Leinster Lightning won by 4 wickets Bready CC, Magheramason Umpires: CA McElwee and RP Smith

• Leinster won the toss and elected to field
• Points: Leinster 22, North West Warriors 5

3–5 June Scorecard

North West Warriors	v	Northern Knights
190 (67.2 overs) J Thompson 40 (69) SC Getkate 4/25 (11.2 overs)		187 (47.2 overs) NCR Larkin 40 (59) T Khan 6/55 (17.2 overs)
150 (61.1 overs) RL Dougherty 41 (87) NR Waller 4/24 (9.1 overs)		157/2 (41.2 overs) CR Ervine 72* (124) CA Young 1/28 (8 overs)

Northern Knights won by 8 wickets Stormont, Belfast Umpires: AJ Neill and CA McElwee

• Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field
• Points: Northern Knights 21, North West Warriors 5

17–19 June Scorecard

Leinster Lightning	v	Northern Knights
290/9d (99.4 overs) J Anderson 60 (150) SC Getkate 3/47 (14 overs)		144 (51.2 overs) SC Getkate 34 (48) MC Sorensen 4/34 (12 overs)
187/6d (56.5 overs) AD Poynter 62 (81) I Wasim 2/21 (9 overs)		176 (81.1 overs) NCR Larkin 40 (90) EJ Richardson 3/24 (12 overs)

Leinster Lightning won by 157 runs College Park, Dublin Umpires: A Ali Baig and S Dutt

• Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to bat
• Points: Leinster 23, Northern Knights 4

1–3 July Scorecard

Leinster Lightning	v	North West Warriors
324 (109 overs) MC Sorensen 86 (151) CA Young 4/91 (22 overs)		188 (65.4 overs) EH Kemm 55* (155) JF Mooney 3/34 (17 overs)
156/2d (36.5 overs) FP McAllister 71 (103) AR McBrine 2/33 (8.5 overs)		227 (67.4 overs) AR McBrine 87 (120) A van der Merwe 4/54 (17.4 overs)

Leinster Lightning won by 65 runs Malahide, Dublin Umpires: L Fourie and K Gallagher

• Leinster Lightning won the toss and chose to bat
• Points: Leinster 23, North West Warriors 5

12–14 August Scorecard

Northern Knights	v	Leinster Lightning
312/4d (76 overs) CR Ervine 131 (176) MC Sorensen 2/60 (16 overs)		205/3d (55.1 overs) KED Carroll 77 (117) GJ Thompson 1/36 (9 overs)

Match Drawn Waringstown CC, Waringstown Umpires: NT McCarey and M Hawthorne

• Northern Knights won the toss and elected to bat
• No play on day 2 due to rain
• Points: Northern Knights 8, Leinster 6

26–28 August Scorecard

North West Warriors	v	Northern Knights
137 (46 overs) G McClintock 57 (92) AR White 3/31 (14 overs)		119 (50.5 overs) C Dougherty 37 (75) CA Young 2/6 (7 overs)
250 (75.1 overs) J Thompson 53 (88) J Cameron-Dow 7/107 (34 overs)		224 (88.1 overs) NL Smith 46 (108) AR McBrine 5/52 (25 overs)

North West Warriors won by 44 runs Eglinton CC, Eglinton Umpires: RE Black and D Bradley

• Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field
• Points: North West Warriors 20, Northern Knights 4

External links

1. "West Indies, Zimbabwe receive total of $4.5m by ICC". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
2. "Ireland set for $1.5m boost". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
3. "Newstalk Inter-Provincial Championship 2014 Table". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 14 September 2014.

See also

• 2014 Inter-Provincial Cup
• 2014 Inter-Provincial Trophy
• 2014 Irish cricket season