Inter-Provincial Cup 2018

The Inter-Provincial Cup 2018 (also Hanley Energy Inter-Provincial Cup 2018 for sponsorship reasons ) is the sixth season of the national List A cricket competition in Ireland, which was held from May 28 to September 9, 2018. It was the second edition of the competition that was awarded List A status by the International Cricket Council .

format

Each team plays each other twice. There are 4 points for a win, 2 points for a no result or a tie. There is also a bonus point if the run rate is 1.25 times higher than that of the opponent.

Results

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	BP	Ded	Points	NRR
Leinster Lightning	4th	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	15th	+0.818
North West Warriors	4th	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	6th	−0.636
Northern Knights	4th	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	−0.149

Games

May 28 scorecard	Belfast	Northern Knights 226 (47.1)	-	North West Warriors 227-2 (46.3)
		North West Warriors wins with 8 wickets

June 4th scorecard	Dublin (The Vineyard)	Leinster Lightning 277-6 (50)	-	Northern Knights 224 (42.3)
		Leinster Lightning wins with 53 runs

June 19 scorecard	Eglinton	North West Warriors 137-6 (40/40)	-	Leinster Lightning
		No result

July 1st scorecard	Belfast	Northern Knights 235-9 (50)	-	Leinster Lightning 239-7 (48.3)
		Leinster Lightning wins with 3 wickets

July 16 scorecard	Eglinton	North West Warriors 139 (38)	-	Northern Knights 141-8 (38.5)
		Northern Knights wins with 2 wickets

September 9 scorecard	Dublin (Leinster CCC)	Leinster Lightning 253-8 (50)	-	North West Warriors 195 (42.1)
		Leinster Lightning wins with 58 runs

Web links

Contest on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ireland's Inter-Provincial Championship awarded first-class status ( English ) BBC. October 14, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
2. ↑ Ireland domestic competition awarded first-class status ( English ) Cricinfo. October 14, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2017.