2014 Inter-Provincial Cup

The 2014 Inter-Provincial Cup is the second season of the Inter-Provincial Cup, the domestic List A cricket competition of Ireland. The competition is played between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North-West Warriors.

2014 Inter-Provincial Cup

Administrator(s)	Cricket Ireland
Cricket format	List A
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Participants	3

The Leinster Lightning won this year's competition with a game to spare, after beating the Northern Knights at Waringstown. In the final match of the season, at Rathmines against the same opposition, the Lightning won again to finish the competition with a 100% record of four wins out of four.

The Inter-Provincial Series has been funded at least partly by the ICC via their TAPP programme.

Final Table

Team	Pld	W	L	TNR	BP	Pts	NRR
Leinster Lightning	4	4	0	0	1	17	+0.942
Northern Knights	4	1	2	1	1	7	+0.247
North-West Warriors	4	0	3	1	0	2	-2.011

Squads

Leinster Lightning	Northern Knights	North-West Warriors
John Mooney (Captain) Ben Ackland Yaqoob Ali John Anderson Andrew Balbirnie Pat Collins George Dockrell Tyrone Kane Fintan McAllister Barry McCarthy David Murphy Kevin O'Brien Andrew Poynter Stuart Poynter Eddie Richardson Max Sorensen Fiachra Tucker	Andrew White (Captain) Stephen Bunting James Cameron-Dow Allen Coulter Adam Dennison Christopher Dougherty Phil Eaglestone Shane Getkate Neil Gill Nigel Jones Nick Larkin James McCollum Christopher McMorran Lee Nelson Zach Rushe James Shannon David Simpson Greg Thompson Jason van der Merwe Nathan Waller	Andrew McBrine (Captain) Brian Allen Andrew Austin David Barr Scott Campbell Richi Chopra Rickie-Lee Dougherty Iftikhar Hussain Gary McClintock Niall McDonnell Jason Milligan Matt Moran David Rankin Andrew Riddles Johnny Thompson Stuart Thompson Craig Young

Fixtures

The tournament ran from 3 May to 20 September.

3 May (scorecard)

North-West Warriors 285/4 (50 overs)	v	Leinster Lightning 254/7 (38 overs/38)
Johnny Thompson 66* (47) Eddie Richardson 2/54 (10 overs)		Andrew Balbirnie 103* (103) Andrew McBrine 2/50 (10 overs)

Leinster Lightning won by 19 runs (D/L) The Hills CC, Milverton Umpires: Gordon Black & Sameer Dutt

• Points: Leinster Lightning 4, North-West Warriors 0

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26 May (scorecard)

North-West Warriors 120 ao (39.1 overs)	v	Northern Knights 31/0 (7 overs)
Andrew Riddles 28 (41) Nigel Jones 3/19 (10 overs)

No result Coleraine CC Umpires: Roland Black & Noel Dunn

• Points: North-West Warriors 2, Northern Knights 2

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14 July (scorecard)

Northern Knights 227/4 (42 overs/42)	v	North-West Warriors 95/8 (23.3 overs/23.3)
Lee Nelson 47 (38) Richi Chopra 2/40 (9 overs)		Andrew McBrine 24 (28) David Simpson 2/3 (4 overs)

Northern Knights won by 107 runs (D/L) North Down CC, Comber Umpires: Mark Hawthorne & Jareth McCready

• Points: Northern Knights 5, North-West Warriors 0

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16 August (scorecard)

Leinster Lightning 158/5 (28 overs/28)	v	North-West Warriors 160 ao (23.1 overs/28)
Andrew Balbirnie 88 (97) Craig Young 2/22 (6 overs)		Gary McClintock 46 (34) Albert van der Merwe 3/30 (6 overs)

Leinster Lightning won by 54 runs (D/L) Strabane CC Umpires: David Bradley & Charlie McElwee

• Points: Leinster Lightning 5, North-West Warriors 0

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14 September (scorecard)

Leinster Lightning 254/9 (50 overs)	v	Northern Knights 207 ao (43.5 overs)
Andrew Poynter 124* (112) Greg Thompson 2/47 (10 overs)		James McCollum 37* (50) Kevin O'Brien 3/24 (6 overs)

Leinster Lightning won by 47 runs Waringstown CC Umpires: Alex Adam s& Alan Neill

• Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0

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20 September (scorecard)

Northern Knights 192 ao (47.5 overs)	v	Leinster Lightning 194/8 (43.5 overs)
Andrew White 44 (75) Tyrone Kane 4/31 (10 overs)		John Anderson 80 (88) Neil Gill 3/35 (10 overs)

Leinster Lightning won by 2 wickets Leinster CC, Rathmines Umpires: Azam Ali Baig & Kevin Gallagher

• Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0

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See also

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