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]

2020 Inter-Provincial Trophy
Dates20 August – 8 September 2020
Administrator(s)Cricket Ireland
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Participants4
Matches played12

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
  1. "Fixtures announced for men's internationals, Inter-Provincial Series and Super 3s in 2020". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  2. "Interpros to return next month". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. "Knights lift T20 crown". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 August 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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