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The 2020 Inter-Provincial Trophy was the eighth edition of the Inter-Provincial Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket competition played in Ireland during August and September 2020.[1][2] It was the fourth edition of the competition to be played with full Twenty20 status. Northern Knights were the defending champions.[3]

On the opening day of the tournament, Northern Knights beat North West Warriors by two runs in a match affected by the rain,[4] and Leinster Lightning defeated Munster Reds by nine wickets with twelve overs to spare.[5] Leinster Lightning won the tournament, to claim their sixth title,[6] after beating Northern Knights by five wickets in the penultimate round of matches.[7]

The final two fixtures of the tournament, scheduled to be played on 8 September 2020, were both called off a day before they were meant to be played.[8] The match between Munster Reds and Northern Knights was cancelled because of a possible COVID-19 “chain of transmission” linked back to a cancelled match in the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy in England a few days prior.[9] The other match, between North West Warriors and Leinster Lightning, was called off due to a wet outfield, meaning only half of the scheduled twelve matches finished with a result.[10]

Background[edit]

Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held from 12 June to 3 August 2020, with competition split into two halves, each branded as a T20 Festival. The first half was scheduled to be played in June, and the second half was scheduled to be played in August.[11]

On 26 March 2020, Cricket Ireland confirmed that domestic competitions would be pushed back to 28 May 2020 at the earliest, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12][13] Government restrictions prevented any cricket, including training, from starting before June 2020.[14] The Irish government announced a provisional date of 20 July 2020 for a possible restart of sporting fixtures in the country.[15] Plans of a possible start of domestic cricket in Ireland, with matches taking place during August and September, were looked at in July 2020.[16] On 22 July 2020, Cricket Ireland confirmed the revised fixtures for the tournament.[17] On 15 August 2020, all the teams confirmed their squads for the tournament.[18][19]

Points table[edit]

The following teams competed:

Fixtures[edit]

  • Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain during Northern Knights innings prevented any further play.
  • William Smale (North West Warriors), Ross Adair and CJ van der Walt (Northern Knights) all made their T20 debuts.
  • Points: Northern Knights 4, North West Warriors 0.
  • Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
  • Matthew Foster and Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin (Munster Reds) both made their T20 debuts.
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Munster Reds 0.
  • No toss.
  • The match was called off due to the impact of Storm Francis.[21]
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 2, Northern Knights 2.
  • North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
  • North West Warriors were set a revised target of 129 runs from 12 overs due to rain.
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 4, North West Warriors 0.
  • Greg Ford (Leinster Lightning) made his T20 debut.
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
  • Points: Northern Knights 2, Munster Reds 2.
  • North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ryan Hunter (North West Warriors) made his T20 debut.
  • Points: Northern Knights 5, North West Warriors 0.
  • Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 13 overs per side due to a wet outfield.
  • James Newland (Leinster Lightning) made his T20 debut.
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Munster Reds 0.
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
  • Points: Munster Reds 2, North West Warriors 2.
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
  • Points: Munster Reds 2, North West Warriors 2.
  • Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
  • Josh Manley (Northern Knights) made his T20 debut.
  • Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0.
  • No toss.
  • The match was called off on the previous day due to a COVID-19 related issue.
  • Points: Munster Reds 2, Northern Knights 2.
  • No toss.
  • The match was called off on the previous day due to a wet outfield.
  • Points: North West Warriors 2, Leinster Lightning 2.

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