2025 Inter-Provincial Trophy
| Dates | 17 June – 10 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Cricket Ireland |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Quadruple round-robin |
| Host(s) | Ireland |
| Champions | Leinster Lightning (9th title) |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 24 |
| Most runs | Tim Tector (507) |
| Most wickets | Barry McCarthy (16) Andy McBrine (16) Matthew Humphreys (16) |
The 2025 Inter-Provincial Trophy was the thirteenth edition of the Inter-Provincial Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket competition in Ireland. It was the ninth edition of the competition played with full Twenty20 status. The tournament begun on 17 June 2025 and the last match was played on 10 July 2025.[1] Four provincial teams took part in the tournament.[2] In April 2025, Cricket Ireland confirmed the fixtures for the competition.[3] Leinster Lightning were the defending champions.
Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leinster Lightning | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 50 | 1.648 |
| 2 | Northern Knights | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0.260 |
| 3 | Munster Reds | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | −0.629 |
| 4 | North West Warriors | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | −1.225 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[4]
Champion
Fixtures
[edit]Round 1
[edit]North West Warriors
191/7 (20 overs) |
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Munster Reds
162/9 (18.3 overs) |
Sam Topping 67 (39)
John McNally 3/33 (4 overs) |
John McNally 64 (39)
Robbie Millar 2/15 (2 overs) |
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
- Awais Saghir, Bakhtyar Nabi, Matthew Brewster, Philippe le Roux (Munster Reds) Robbie Millar and Josh Wilson (North West Warriors) all made their T20 debuts.
- Points: North West Warriors 4, Munster Reds 0
Leinster Lightning
153/7 (20 overs) |
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Northern Knights
156/2 (12.4 overs) |
- Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- Macdara Cosgrave, Jordan Hollard, Matt Hollard and Daniel Murray (Leinster Lightning) all made their T20 debuts.
- Points: Morgan Topping 5, Leinster Lightning 0
Round 2
[edit]North West Warriors
130 (16.5 overs) |
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Leinster Lightning
134/6 (15.4 overs) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, North West Warriors 0
Munster Reds
215/7 (20 overs) |
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Northern Knights
168 (15 overs) |
- Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- Stephen Doheny (Munster Reds) scored his first century in T20s.
Round 3
[edit]Northern Knights
175/5 (20 overs) |
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North West Warriors
66 (12.4 overs) |
- North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Northern Knights 5, North West Warriors 0
Munster Reds
166/6 (20 overs) |
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Leinster Lightning
169/4 (15.5 overs) |
Christopher De Freitas 70 (29)
Bakhtyar Nabi 3/30 (4 overs) |
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Munster Reds 0
Round 4
[edit]North West Warriors
181/6 (20 overs) |
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Northern Knights
42 (6.1 overs) |
Sean Davey 10 (7)
Jared Wilson 4/15 (2 overs) |
- Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- Northern Knights were set a revised target of 81 runs from 7 overs due to rain.
- Points: North West Warriors 5, Northern Knights 0
Munster Reds
122/9 (20 overs) |
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Leinster Lightning
123/4 (15.3 overs) |
Philippee le Roux 80 (57)
Barry McCarthy 4/14 (4 overs) |
Lorcan Tucker 45 (40)
John McNally 1/9 (2 overs) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Munster Reds 0
Round 5
[edit]North West Warriors
143/8 (20 overs) |
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Leinster Lightning
147/2 (15.2 overs) |
Andrew Balbirnie 44 (35)
Matt Hollard 2/20 (3 overs) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, North West Warriors 0
Northern Knights
177/6 (20 overs) |
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Munster Reds
152/6 (20 overs) |
John McNally 38 (24)
Matthew Humphreys 2/19 (4 overs) |
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Northern Knights 4, Munster Reds 0
Round 6
[edit]North West Warriors
138/8 (20 overs) |
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Munster Reds
142/8 (20 overs) |
Jake Egan 40 (35)
Bakhtyar Nabi 2/10 (4 overs) |
John McNally 37 (33)
Robbie Millar 3/17 (3 overs) |
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
- Isaac Bird (North West Warriors) made his T20 debut.
- Points: Munster Reds 4, North West Warriors 0
Leinster Lightning
150/8 (20 overs) |
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Northern Knights
118 (18.2 overs) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Northern Knights 0
Round 7
[edit]North West Warriors
186/7 (20 overs) |
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Munster Reds
129 (20 overs) |
Swapnil Modgill 33 (25)
Andy McBrine 3/7 (3 overs) |
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: North West warriors 5, Munster Reds 0
Northern Knights
123 (18.4 overs) |
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Leinster Lightning
127/1 (12.3 overs) |
- Norther Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Northern Knights 0
Round 8
[edit]Munster Reds
170/6 (20 overs) |
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Northern Knights
152/1 (11 overs) |
John McNally 61 (50)
Ruhan Pretorious 2/26 (4 overs) |
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to bat.
- No further play was possible due to rain. Northern Knights were 72 runs ahead of DLS target in 11 overs.
- Points: Northern Knights 5, Munster Reds 0
Leinster Lightning
193/5 (20 overs) |
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North West Warriors
114 (18.1 overs) |
- Point: Leinster Lightning 5, North West Warriors 0
Round 9
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 2, Munster Reds 2
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- No toss.
- No Play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Northern Knights 2, North West Warriors 2
Round 10
[edit]Munster Reds
159/8 (20 overs) |
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Leinster Lightning
160/2 (16 overs) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Munster Reds 0
Northern Knights
173/7 (20 overs) |
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North West Warriors
177/2 (18.3 overs) |
- North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Adam Kennedy (Northern Knights) made his T20 debut.
- Points: North West Warriors 4, Northern Knights 0
Round 11
[edit]Munster Reds
180/9 (20 overs) |
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Northern Knights
166 (18.3 overs) |
Philippe le Roux 51 (34)
Sean Davey 4/29 (4 overs) |
- Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Munster Reds 4, Northern Knights 0
North West Warriors
198/2 (20 overs) |
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Leinster Lightning
202/4 (18.4 overs) |
Andrew Balbirnie 80 (51)
Matt Hollard 1/36 (2 overs) |
- North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tim Tector (Leinster Lightning) scored his maiden century in T20s.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 4, North West Warriors 0
Round 12
[edit]Munster Reds
188/7 (20 overs) |
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North West Warriors
88 (13.3 overs) |
Curtis Campher 5/16 (2.3 overs) |
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to bat.
- Curtis Campher (Munster Reds) played his 100th T20 match.
- Curtis Campher (Munster Reds) became the first bowler to took five-wickets in five balls in men's T20s.[5]
- Points: Munster Reds 5, North West warriors 0
Northern Knights
187/9 (20 overs) |
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Leinster Lightning
188/8 (19.2 overs) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0
References
[edit]- ^ "Fixtures for the 2025 season of the Inter-Provincial Series have been released – this year the T20 Trophy competition will be played across four three-day festivals across Ireland". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "Inter-Provincial Series fixtures released for 2025 season". Cricket World. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "2025 Inter-Provincial Series fixtures released". Cricket Ireland. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy 2025 Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ^ "Five wickets in five balls! Curtis Campher creates history". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2025.