The 2016 Inter-Provincial Championship is the fourth season of the Inter-Provincial Championship, the domestic three-day (though not officially first-class) cricket competition of Ireland. The competition is played between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North West Warriors. The championship will be sponsored by Hanley Energy and will be observed by International Cricket Council. The championship is in the Strategic Plan of Cricket Ireland success to achieve Test Status for the national team.Inter-Pro Stars Launch 2016 Hanley Energy SeriesCricket Ireland Launch Strategic Plan and Unveil New Sponsor DealsIrish domestic season set to get underway
Standings The tournament was dominated by drawn matches; five of the six matches ended in a draw, with only Leinster Lightning managing a positive result from their game with North West Warriors. The highest score of the championship was 206 by Adam Dennison. Team Leinster Lightning (C) 4 1 0 3 0 50Northern Knights 4 0 0 4 0 39 North West Warriors 4 0 1 3 0 32
Squads Leinster Lightning Northern Knights North West Warriors John Anderson (Captain) Rory Anders Joe Carroll Kenny Carroll Peter Chase Bill Coghlan Adrian D'Arcy Eoghan Delany George Dockrell Stephen Doheny Jamie Grassi Dominick Joyce Tyrone Kane Joshua Little Fintan McAllister Kevin O'Brien Andrew Poynter Eddie Richardson Simi Singh Max Sorensen Jack Tector Sean Terry Lorcan Tucker Yaqoob Ali James Shannon (Captain) Mark Adair Stephen Bunting Allen Coulter Adam Dennison Christopher Dougherty Phil Eaglestone Peter Eakin Shane Getkate Jamie Holmes Nigel Jones Gary Kidd Jamie Magowan Mansoor Amjad Graeme McCarter Jordan McClurkin James McCollum Robert McKinley Jacob Mulder Lee Nelson Nathan Smith Nikolai Smith Greg Thompson Andy McBrine (c) Ross Allen Andrew Austin Craig Averill Jarred Barnes David Barr Andrew Britton Scott Campbell Rishi Chopra Varun Chopra Rickie-Lee Dougherty Aaron Gillespie Ryan Hunter Danza Hyatt Ryan MacBeth Gary McClintock William McClintock Jason Milligan Suraj Randiv David Rankin Jonathan Robinson David Scanlon Roshen Silva Stuart Thompson Oraine Williams Craig Young
Fixtures
1st match
2nd match
3rd match
4th match
5th match
6th match
Highest Scores 206 - A Dennison - Northern Cricket Union v North West, The Green, Comber 135* - J Anderson - Leinster Cricket Union v Northern Cricket Union Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast 121 - O Williams - North West v Leinster Cricket Union The Village, Malahide, Dublin 101 - GH Dockrell - Leinster Cricket Union v North West The Village, Malahide, Dublin
Best Bowling 6-37 D Scanlon - North West v Northern Cricket Union Magheramason, Bready 6-92 J Mulder - Northern Cricket Union v North West Magheramason, Bready 5-24 GJ McCarter - Northern Cricket Union v Leinster Cricket Union Castle Avenue, Dublin
See also 2016 Inter-Provincial Cup 2016 Inter-Provincial Trophy
References
External links Fixtures at Cricinfo