Dates | 18 June – 19 September 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Ireland |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Champions | North West Warriors (2nd title) |
Participants | 4 |
Matches | 18 |
Most runs | Matt Ford (220) |
Most wickets | Ben White (17) |
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.[1] 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.[2][3] On 25 March 2021, Cricket Ireland confirmed the fixtures for the tournament.[4] On 9 April 2021, Cricket Ireland announced the revised fixtures for the tournament,[5] with number of matches increased from 12 to 18.[6] Leinster Lightning were the defending champions.[7]
After the first round of matches, North West Warriors were leading the competition with two wins from their three games.[8] Defending champions Leinster Lightning suffered two defeats from their three matches.[9][10] It was the first time that Leinster Lightning had lost back-to-back matches in the Inter-Provincial competition.[11] In the second round of matches, Leinster Lightning won two of their three matches,[12] putting them in second place behind North West Warriors.[13] In the third and final round of matches, the first three games were all abandoned due to the weather.[14][15] In the last match of the tournament, North West Warriors beat Leinster Lightning by eight wickets to win their second title.[16][17]
Team[18] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts |
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North West Warriors | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
Northern Knights | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
Leinster Lightning | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
Munster Reds | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
18 June 2021
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Munster Reds
148/7 (20 overs) |
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Leinster Lightning
149/3 (15.1 overs) |
18 June 2021
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Northern Knights
135/9 (20 overs) |
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North West Warriors
138/3 (11.1 overs) |
19 June 2021
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Northern Knights
174/7 (20 overs) |
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Leinster Lightning
152/8 (20 overs) |
19 June 2021
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North West Warriors
146/9 (20 overs) |
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Munster Reds
147/4 (17.1 overs) |
Andy McBrine 41 (30)
Josh Manley 3/34 (4 overs) |
20 June 2021
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Leinster Lightning
182/7 (20 overs) |
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North West Warriors
183/9 (19.5 overs) |
20 June 2021
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Munster Reds
137/9 (20 overs) |
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Northern Knights
139/5 (18.3 overs) |
25 June 2021
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North West Warriors
160/6 (20 overs) |
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Northern Knights
159/8 (20 overs) |
25 June 2021
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Leinster Lightning
133/9 (20 overs) |
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Munster Reds
137/3 (18 overs) |
26 June 2021
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Munster Reds
120/7 (20 overs) |
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North West Warriors
122/3 (14.4 overs) |
26 June 2021
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Leinster Lightning
167 (20 overs) |
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Northern Knights
97 (16.3 overs) |
27 June 2021
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Leinster Lightning
127/8 (20 overs) |
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North West Warriors
111/9 (20 overs) |
27 June 2021
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Northern Knights
221/6 (20 overs) |
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Munster Reds
198/5 (20 overs) |
17 September 2021
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17 September 2021
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18 September 2021
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18 September 2021
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North West Warriors
151/6 (20 overs) |
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Munster Reds
154/4 (15.1 overs) |
19 September 2021
Scorecard |
Munster Reds
72/5 (10 overs) |
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Northern Knights
74/1 (7.4 overs) |
19 September 2021
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Leinster Lightning
113/9 (20 overs) |
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North West Warriors
119/2 (13.5 overs) |