2026 Inter-Provincial Trophy

2026 Inter-Provincial Trophy

Dates	2 June – 29 July 2026
Administrator	Cricket Ireland
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format	Triple round-robin
Host	Ireland
Champions	Leinster Lightning (10th title)
Participants	3
Matches	9
Most runs	Andrew Balbirnie (205)
Most wickets	Jai Moondra (10)

The 2026 Inter-Provincial Trophy was the fourteenth edition of the Inter-Provincial Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket competition in Ireland and was the tenth edition of the competition played with full Twenty20 status.

Three provincial teams took part in the tournament. In March 2026, Cricket Ireland confirmed the fixtures for the competition. Leinster Lightning are still the defending champions after the final match was abandoned due to rain.

The tournament began on 2 June and the final match was scheduled to be played on 17 June 2026.

On 10 June 2026, Cricket Ireland announced that the round of fixtures scheduled for 10-11 June in Lisburn were postponed due to ongoing rioting across Northern Ireland. The following week, it was announced that the fixtures were rescheduled to 28-29 July.

Teams and standings

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Leinster Lightning	6	4	0	2	22	2.524
2	North West Warriors	6	2	3	1	11	−0.385
3	Northern Knights	6	0	3	3	6	−2.190

Source: Cricinfo

  Champions

Points summary

Team	Group matches
	1	2	3	4	5	6
Leinster Lightning	4	6	11	15	20	22
Northern Knights	2	4	4	4	4	6
North West Warriors	0	2	7	7	11	11

Win

Loss

Tie

No result

Eliminated

• Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
• Note: Click on the points or results to see the match summary.

Fixtures

Match 1 2 June 2026 15:30 Scorecard

Leinster Lightning 179/9 (16 overs)	v	North West Warriors 159/6 (16 overs)
George Dockrell 57 (20) Craig Young 3/37 (3 overs)		Gavin Roulston 57 (31) Jai Moondra 3/31 (4 overs)

Leinster Lightning won by 20 runs Bready Cricket Club Ground, Bready Umpires: Roland Black and George Brolly Player of the match: George Dockrell (Leinster Lightning)

• North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 16 overs per side due to rain.
• Points: Leinster Lightning 4, North West Warriors 0.

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Match 2 3 June 2026 10:45 Scorecard

Northern Knights 16/0 (1.2 overs)	v	Leinster Lightning
Ross Adair 11* (5)

No result Bready Cricket Club Ground, Bready Umpires: George Brolly and Warren McCully

• Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Points: Northern Knights 2, Leinster Lightning 2.

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Match 3 3 June 2026 15:30 Scorecard

North West Warriors	v	Northern Knights

Match abandoned Bready Cricket Club Ground, Bready Umpires: George Brolly and Warren McCully

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.
• Points: Northern Knights 2, North West Warriors 2.

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Match 4 28 July 2026 15:30 Scorecard

North West Warriors 214/5 (20 overs)	v	Northern Knights 198 (19.5 overs)
Gareth Delany 55* (20) Shane Dadswell 1/9 (2 overs)		Morgan Topping 83 (49) Gareth Delany 3/29 (4 overs)

North West Warriors won by 16 runs Wallace Park, Lisburn Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Jareth McCready Player of the match: Gareth Delany (North West Warriors)

• North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was rescheduled to 28 July 2026 due to rioting.
• Points: North West Warriors 4, Northern Knights 0.

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Match 5 29 July 2026 10:45 Scorecard

North West Warriors 176/4 (18 overs)	v	Leinster Lightning 129/2 (9.4 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 102* (61) Jai Moondra 3/39 (4 overs)		Harry Tector 59* (29) Trent McKeegan 1/18 (3 overs)

Leinster Lightning won by 40 runs (DLS method) Wallace Park, Lisburn Umpires: Azam Baig and Warren McCully

• Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
• Leinster Lightning were 40 runs ahead of the DLS par score of 90 runs off 9.4 overs due to rain.
• Alastair Doherty (North West Warriors) made his T20 debut.
• The match was rescheduled to 29 July 2026 due to rioting.
• Points: Leinster Lightning 5, North West Warriors 0.

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Match 6 29 July 2026 15:30 Scorecard

Northern Knights	v	Leinster Lightning

Match abandoned Wallace Park, Lisburn

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.
• The match was rescheduled to 29 July 2026 due to rioting.
• Points: Leinster Lightning 2, Northern Knights 2.

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Match 7 16 June 2026 15:30 Scorecard

Northern Knights 152/9 (20 overs)	v	Leinster Lightning 153/2 (13.3 overs)
James McCollum 24 (28) Matt Hollard 3/35 (4 overs)		Lorcan Tucker 58* (24) Reuben Wilson 1/25 (2.3 overs)

Leinster Lightning won by 8 wickets Sydney Parade, Dublin Umpires: Aidan Seaver and Kashif Sumra Player of the match: Tim Tector (Leinster Lightning)

• Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
• Charles Swart (Northern Knights) made his T20 debut.
• Points: Leinster Lightning 5, Northern Knights 0.

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Match 8 17 June 2026 10:45 Scorecard

North West Warriors 204/6 (20 overs)	v	Northern Knights 159 (17.1 overs)
Gareth Delany 56 (27) Adam Leckey 3/47 (4 overs)		Kian Hilton 43* (25) Scott MacBeth 3/17 (3.1 overs)

North West Warriors won by 45 runs Sydney Parade, Dublin Umpires: Azam Baig and Aidan Seaver Player of the match: Scott MacBeth (North West Warriors)

• Northern Knights won the toss and elected to field.
• Hassan Shahid (North West Warriors) made his T20 debut.
• Points: North West Warriors 5, Northern Knights 0.

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Match 9 17 June 2026 15:30 Scorecard

Leinster Lightning 183 (19.3 overs)	v	North West Warriors 149 (18.1 overs)
Lorcan Tucker 56 (26) Trent McKeegan 3/28 (3.3 overs)		Gareth Delany 31 (24) Gavin Hoey 3/26 (4 overs)

Leinster Lightning won by 34 runs Sydney Parade, Dublin Umpires: Aidan Seaver (Ire) and Kashif Sumra (Eng) Player of the match: Lorcan Tucker (Leinster Lightning)

• North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Leinster Lightning 4, North West Warriors 0.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo