2020 Inter-Provincial Trophy
The 2020 Inter-Provincial Trophy will be the seventh edition of the Inter-Provincial Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket competition played in Ireland during August and September 2020.[1][2] It will be the fourth edition of the competition to be played with full Twenty20 status. Northern Knights are the defending champions.[3]
Dates | 20 August – 8 September 2020 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Ireland |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Participants | 4 |
Matches played | 12 |
Background
Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held from 12 June to 3 August 2020, with competition split into two halves, each branded as a T20 Festival. The first half was scheduled to be played in June, and the second half was scheduled to be played in August.[4]
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
References
- "Fixtures announced for men's internationals, Inter-Provincial Series and Super 3s in 2020". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- "Interpros to return next month". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- "Knights lift T20 crown". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- "Interpro series cut". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- "UPDATE: Irish cricket season". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- "Season pushed back". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- "Update on COVID-19 and the Irish cricket season". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- "Light at end of tunnel for cricket?". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- "Ireland hopeful of Interprovincial season". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- "Test Triangle Inter-Provincial Series and Super 50 Series fixtures released for 2020 season". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- "Squads named for interpro series". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- "Test Triangle Inter-Provincial squads announced; captains give their views". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 14 August 2020.