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2016 Inter Provincial Championship

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Administrator(s)
  
Cricket Ireland

Tournament format(s)
  
Double round-robin

Matches played
  
6

Cricket format
  
3-day

Participants
  
3

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 International Cricket Council. The championship is in Strategic Plan of Cricket Ireland success to achieve Test Status for the national team.

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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. Highest score of the championship was 206 from Alan Dennison.

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

    • References

    2016 Inter-Provincial Championship Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA