2020 Inter-Provincial Cup

The 2020 Inter-Provincial Cup will be the eighth edition of the Inter-Provincial Cup, a List A cricket competition played in Ireland during September 2020.[1] It will be the fourth edition of the competition to be played with List A status. Leinster Lightning are the defending champions.[2]

2020 Inter-Provincial Cup
Dates15 – 28 September 2020
Administrator(s)Cricket Ireland
Cricket formatList A
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Participants3
Matches played6

Background

The tournament was originally scheduled to take place from 8 May to 29 July 2020.[3][4] However, on 26 March 2020, Cricket Ireland confirmed that domestic competitions would be pushed back to 28 May 2020 at the earliest, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6] Government restrictions prevented any cricket, including training, from starting before June 2020.[7] The Irish government announced a provisional date of 20 July 2020 for a possible restart of sporting fixtures in the country.[8] Plans of a possible start of domestic cricket in Ireland, with matches taking place during August and September, were looked at in July 2020.[9] On 22 July 2020, Cricket Ireland confirmed the revised fixtures for the tournament.[10] On 15 August 2020, all the teams confirmed their squads for the tournament.[11][12]

Fixtures
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References
  1. "Interpros to return next month". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. "Abandoned game sees Lightning confirm 6th title". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  3. "Fixtures announced for men's internationals, Inter-Provincial Series and Super 3s in 2020". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  4. "Interpro series cut". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  5. "UPDATE: Irish cricket season". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  6. "Season pushed back". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  7. "Update on COVID-19 and the Irish cricket season". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  8. "Light at end of tunnel for cricket?". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. "Ireland hopeful of Interprovincial season". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  10. "Test Triangle Inter-Provincial Series and Super 50 Series fixtures released for 2020 season". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  11. "Squads named for interpro series". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  12. "Test Triangle Inter-Provincial squads announced; captains give their views". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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