2025 Inter-Provincial Trophy
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Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
Dates17 June – 10 July 2025
AdministratorCricket Ireland
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament formatQuadruple round-robin
| Dates | 17 June – 10 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Cricket Ireland |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format | Quadruple round-robin |
| Host | 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) |
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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.
| 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
Round 1
North West Warriors 191/7 (20 overs) |
v |
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) |
North West Warriors won by 29 runs Richard Beamish Cricket Grounds, Mardyke Umpires: Roland Black and Mark Hawthorne Player of the match: John McNally (Munster Reds) |
- 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) |
v |
Northern Knights 156/2 (12.4 overs) |
Northern Knights won by 8 wickets Richard Beamish Cricket Grounds, Mardyke Umpires: Roland Black and Jonathan Kennedy Player of the match: Morgan Topping (Northern Knights) |
- 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
North West Warriors 130 (16.5 overs) |
v |
Leinster Lightning 134/6 (15.4 overs) |
Tim Tector 58 (37) Robbie Millar 3/23 (3 overs) |
Leinster Lightning won by 4 wickets Richard Beamish Cricket Grounds, Mardyke Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Jonathan Kennedy |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, North West Warriors 0
Munster Reds 215/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Northern Knights 168 (15 overs) |
Munster Reds won by 47 runs Richard Beamish Cricket Grounds, Mardyke Umpires: Roland Black and Mark Hawthorne Player of the match: Stephen Doheny (Munster Reds) |
- Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- Stephen Doheny (Munster Reds) scored his first century in T20s.
Round 3
Northern Knights 175/5 (20 overs) |
v |
North West Warriors 66 (12.4 overs) |
Northern Knights won by 109 runs Richard Beamish Cricket Grounds, Mardyke Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Jonathan Kennedy Player of the match: Carson McCullough (Northern Knights) |
- North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Northern Knights 5, North West Warriors 0
Munster Reds 166/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Leinster Lightning 169/4 (15.5 overs) |
Christopher De Freitas 70 (29) Bakhtyar Nabi 3/30 (4 overs) |
Leinster Lightning won by 6 wickets Richard Beamish Cricket Grounds, Mardyke Umpires: Roland Black and Jonathan Kennedy Player of the match: Gavin Hoey (Leinster Lightning) |
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Munster Reds 0
Round 4
North West Warriors 181/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Northern Knights 42 (6.1 overs) |
Sean Davey 10 (7) Jared Wilson 4/15 (2 overs) |
North West Warriors won by 38 runs (DLS method) Stormont, Belfast Umpires: Roland Black and Aidan Seaver Player of the match: Jared Wilson (North West Warriors) |
- 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) |
v |
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
North West Warriors 143/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Leinster Lightning 147/2 (15.2 overs) |
Andrew Balbirnie 44 (35) Matt Hollard 2/20 (3 overs) |
Leinster Lightning won by 8 wickets Stormont, Belfast Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Aidan Seaver Player of the match: Harry Tector (Leinster Lightning) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, North West Warriors 0
Northern Knights 177/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Munster Reds 152/6 (20 overs) |
John McNally 38 (24) Matthew Humphreys 2/19 (4 overs) |
Northern Knights won by 25 runs Stormont, Belfast Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Jonathan Kennedy Player of the match: Ruhan Pretorius (Northern Knights) |
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Northern Knights 4, Munster Reds 0
Round 6
North West Warriors 138/8 (20 overs) |
v |
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 by 2 wickets Stormont, Belfast Umpires: Roland Black and Jonathan Kennedy Player of the match: Liam McCarthy (Munster Reds) |
- 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) |
v |
Northern Knights 118 (18.2 overs) |
Leinster Lightning won by 32 runs Stormont, Belfast Umpires: Roland Black and Mark Hawthorne Player of the match: Harry Tector (Leinster Lightning) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Northern Knights 0
Round 7
North West Warriors 186/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Munster Reds 129 (20 overs) |
Swapnil Modgill 33 (25) Andy McBrine 3/7 (3 overs) |
North West Warriors won by 57 runs Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason Umpires: Roland Black and Mark Hawthorne Player of the match: Jake Egan (North West Warriors) |
- Munster Reds won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: North West warriors 5, Munster Reds 0
Northern Knights 123 (18.4 overs) |
v |
Leinster Lightning 127/1 (12.3 overs) |
Leinster Lightning won by 9 wickets Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason Umpires: Roland Black and Jonathan Kennedy Player of the match: Tim Tector (Leinster Lightning) |
- Norther Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Northern Knights 0
Round 8
Munster Reds 170/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Northern Knights 152/1 (11 overs) |
John McNally 61 (50) Ruhan Pretorius 2/26 (4 overs) |
Northern Knights won by 72 runs (DLS method) Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason Umpires: George Brolly and Mark Hawthorne Player of the match: Paul Stirling (Northern Kinghts) |
- 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) |
v |
North West Warriors 114 (18.1 overs) |
Leinster Lightning won by 79 runs Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Jonathan Kennedy Player of the match: Christopher De Freitas (Leinster Lightning) |
- Point: Leinster Lightning 5, North West Warriors 0
Round 9
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Match abandoned Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason Umpires: George Brolly and Jonathan Kennedy |
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 2, Munster Reds 2
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Match abandoned Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Jonathan Kennedy |
- No toss.
- No Play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Northern Knights 2, North West Warriors 2
Round 10
Munster Reds 159/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Leinster Lightning 160/2 (16 overs) |
Leinster Lightning won by 8 wickets Sydney Parade, Dublin Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Jonathan Kennedy Player of the match: David Delany (Leinster Lightning) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Munster Reds 0
Northern Knights 173/7 (20 overs) |
v |
North West Warriors 177/2 (18.3 overs) |
North West Warriors won by 8 wickets Sydney Parade, Dublin Umpires: Jonathan Kennedy (Ire) and Connor McGarry (Eng) Player of the match: Sam Topping (North West Warriors) |
- 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
Munster Reds 180/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Northern Knights 166 (18.3 overs) |
Philippe le Roux 51 (34) Sean Davey 4/29 (4 overs) |
Munster Reds won by 14 run Sydney Parade, Dublin Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Connor McGarry (Eng) Player of the match: Ben White (Munster Reds) |
- Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Munster Reds 4, Northern Knights 0
North West Warriors 198/2 (20 overs) |
v |
Leinster Lightning 202/4 (18.4 overs) |
Andrew Balbirnie 80 (51) Matt Hollard 1/36 (2 overs) |
Leinster Lightning won by 6 wickets Sydney Parade, Dublin Umpires: Jonathan Kennedy (Ire) and Connor McGarry (Eng) Player of the match: Tim Tector (Leinster Lightning) |
- 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
Munster Reds 188/7 (20 overs) |
v |
North West Warriors 88 (13.3 overs) |
Curtis Campher 5/16 (2.3 overs) |
Munster Reds won by 100 runs Sydney Parade, Dublin Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Connor McGarry (Eng) Player of the match: Curtis Campher (Munster Reds) |
- 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 take five wickets in five balls in men's T20s.[5]
- Points: Munster Reds 5, North West warriors 0
Northern Knights 187/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Leinster Lightning 188/8 (19.2 overs) |
Leinster Lightning won by 2 wickets Sydney Parade, Dublin Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Jonathan Kennedy Player of the match: Tim Tector (Leinster Lightning) |
- Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0
References
- ↑ "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.
External links
Inter-Provincials (Ireland) | |
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| Competing teams | |
| Inter-Provincial Championship | |
| Inter-Provincial Cup | |
| Inter-Provincial Trophy | |