Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2022 Inter-Provincial Cup is the tenth edition of the Inter-Provincial Cup, a List A cricket competition that is taking place in Ireland during 2022. It is the sixth edition of the competition to be played with List A status. On 4 March 2022, Cricket Ireland confirmed the fixtures for the tournament.[1]
Leinster Lightning were the defending champions, having won the tournament for an eighth time in 2021.[2] In the opening match, Leinster Lightning began their title defence with a seven wicket win against North West Warriors,[3] with George Dockrell taking a five-wicket haul.[4] In their next match, Leinster Lightning made 304/6 against Munster Reds, but lost by five wickets after Peter Moor scored 152 runs, the highest individual score in the Inter-Provincial Cup.[5] Munster Reds also made the highest successful run chase in an Inter-Provincial Cup match.[6]
Munster Reds won their first senior title following the abandonment of the final slate of matches.
Points table
Fixtures
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Muzamil Sherzad (Leinster Lightning), Scott MacBeth and Jared Wilson (North West Warriors) all made their List A debuts.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 4, North West Warriors 0.
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
- Max Burton, Matthew Humphreys (Northern Knights) and Liam McCarthy (Munster Red) all made their List A debuts.
- Points: Munster Reds 4, Northern Knights 0.
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
- Theo Dempsey, Gavin Hoey and Mikey O'Reilly (Leinster Lightning) all made their List A debuts.
- Points: Munster Reds 4, Leinster Lightning 0.
- North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- North West Warriors were set a revised target of 74 runs from 23.2 overs due to rain.
- Points: Northern Knights 4, North West Warriors 0.
- Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 2, Northern Knights 2.
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
- Andy McBrine (North West Warriors) scored his first century in List A cricket.[8]
- Mike Frost (Munster Reds) took his first five-wicket haul in List A cricket.[9]
- Points: North West Warriors 5, Munster Reds 0.
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: North West Warriors 2, Leinster Lightning 2.
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to bat.
- Northern Knights were set a revised target of 266 runs from 49 overs due to rain.
- Adam Hickey (Munster Reds) made his List A debut.
- Mark Adair (Northern Knights) scored his first century in List A cricket.[10]
- Points: Munster Reds 4, Northern Knights 0.
- Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- Thomas Mayes (Northern Knights) made his List A debut.
- Points: North West Warriors 5, Northern Knights 0.
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Cormac Hassett (Munster Reds) made his List A debut.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 2, Munster Reds 2.
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Series: Munster Reds won the 2022 Inter-Provincial Cup.
- Points: North West Warrios 2, Munster Reds 2
- Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- Cian Robertson and Cade Carmichael (Northern Knights) both made their List A debuts.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0
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