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Leinster Lightning
Leinster Lightning is an Ireland, Irish inter-provincial cricket team. They participate in the Inter-Provincial Championship, Inter-Provincial Cup and Inter-Provincial Trophy. The team is based in Dublin and is managed by Cricket Leinster. History In 2013, Cricket Ireland formed the three-day Interprovincial Championship (cricket), Interprovincial Championship, Inter-Provincial Cup, Cup and Inter-Provincial Trophy, Trophy featuring teams from Leinster, the Northern Cricket Union of Ireland, NCU and the North West of Ireland Cricket Union, North West. The Leinster team is known as Leinster Lightning. In January 2015, Ted Williamson was announced as the new head coach, taking over at the helm from Trent Johnston. Under his coaching, Leinster Lightning took a clean-sweep of trophies in the 2015 and 2016 seasons before he stepped down from the position. Up to and including the 2016 Inter-Provincial Championship, the matches were not given First-class cricket, first-class status. H ...
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Lorcan Tucker
Lorcan John Tucker (born 10 September 1996) is an Irish people, Irish cricketer and Wicket-keeper-batter, wicket-keeper batter. He was part of Ireland's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and made his international debut for the Ireland cricket team in September 2016. He currently plays for MI Emirates in the International League T20, ILT20. In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland, the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis. In 2022 he was awarded a further two-year contract. Biography His father Barry Tucker was also a cricketer who is currently serving as the Chair of Pembroke Cricket Club in Dublin. Barry also played for the said club during his playing days. His brothers Donncha Tucker and Fiachra Tucker are also cricketers. He also incidentally played alongside Fiachra during the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup where he played a crucial knock of 57 in a losing cause duri ...
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First-class Cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each, although in practice a team might play only one innings or none at all. The etymology of "first-class cricket" is unknown, but the term was used loosely before it acquired official status in 1895, following a meeting of leading English clubs. At a meeting of the International Cricket Council, Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC) in 1947, it was formally defined on a global basis. A significant omission of the ICC ruling was any attempt to define first-class cricket retrospectively. That has left historians and statisticians with the problem of how to categorise earlier matches, especially those played in ...
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2018 Inter-Provincial Cup
The 2018 Inter-Provincial Cup was the sixth edition of the Inter-Provincial Cup, a List A cricket competition played in Ireland. It was held from 28 May to 9 September 2018. It is the second edition of the competition to be played with List A status. Leinster Lightning were the defending champions. In the second match of the tournament, between Leinster Lightning and Northern Knights, Simi Singh Simranjit "Simi" Singh (born 4 February 1987) is an Indian born Irish cricketer. In December 2018, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season. In January 2020, he was one of nineteen pl ... and George Dockrell of Leinster Lightning set a new record partnership in List A cricket for the seventh wicket, with 215 runs. Leinster Lightning retained their title, after beating North West Warriors by 58 runs in the final match of the tournament. Points table The following teams competed: Fixtures As with the first-class comp ...
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2017 Inter-Provincial Cup
The 2017 Inter-Provincial Cup was the fifth edition of the Inter-Provincial Cup, a List A cricket competition played in Ireland. It was held from 1 May to 10 September 2017. It was the first edition of the competition to be played with List A status, following the outcome of a meeting by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in October 2016. Three teams competed; Leinster Lightning Leinster Lightning is an Ireland, Irish inter-provincial cricket team. They participate in the Inter-Provincial Championship, Inter-Provincial Cup and Inter-Provincial Trophy. The team is based in Dublin and is managed by Cricket Leinster. Hist ..., North West Warriors and Northern Knights, with Leinster Lightning being the defending champions. Leinster Lightning retained their title, after North West Warriors won their match against Northern Knights on 6 August, giving Leinster Lightning an unassailable lead in the competition. Points table The following teams competed: Champions Fixture ...
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2016 Inter-Provincial Cup
The 2016 Inter-Provincial Cup was the fourth season of the Inter-Provincial Cup, the domestic List A cricket competition of Ireland. The competition is played between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North-West Warriors. The championship is in Strategic Plan of Cricket Ireland Cricket Ireland (formerly the Irish Cricket Union) is the national Sport governing body, governing body for cricket on the island of Ireland (both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland), and oversees the national Ireland cricket team, men' ... success to achieve Test Status for the national team. Standings Squads Fixtures 1st match 2nd match 3rd match 4th match 5th match 6th match References External links See also * 2016 Inter-Provincial Championship * 2016 Inter-Provincial Trophy Inter Inter-Provincial Cup seasons {{Irish-domestic-cricket-competition-stub ...
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2015 Inter-Provincial Cup
The 2015 Inter-Provincial Cup was the third edition of the Inter-Provincial Cup, a One Day cricket competition played in Ireland. It was held from 4 May to 30 August 2015. Three teams competed; Leinster Lightning Leinster Lightning is an Ireland, Irish inter-provincial cricket team. They participate in the Inter-Provincial Championship, Inter-Provincial Cup and Inter-Provincial Trophy. The team is based in Dublin and is managed by Cricket Leinster. Hist ..., North West Warriors and Northern Knights, with Leinster Lightning being the defending champions. Leinster Lightning retained their title, after going undefeated in the tournament. Points table The following teams competed: Champions Fixtures 1st match 2nd match 3rd match 4th match 5th match 6th match References External links 2015 in Irish cricket, Inter Inter-Provincial Cup seasons {{Irish-domestic-cricket-competition-stub ...
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2014 Inter-Provincial Cup
The 2014 Inter-Provincial Cup is the second season of the Inter-Provincial Cup, the domestic List A cricket competition of Ireland. The competition is played between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North-West Warriors. The Leinster Lightning Leinster Lightning is an Ireland, Irish inter-provincial cricket team. They participate in the Inter-Provincial Championship, Inter-Provincial Cup and Inter-Provincial Trophy. The team is based in Dublin and is managed by Cricket Leinster. Hist ... won this year's competition with a game to spare, after beating the Northern Knights at Waringstown. In the final match of the season, at Rathmines against the same opposition, the Lightning won again to finish the competition with a 100% record of four wins out of four. The Inter-Provincial Series has been funded at least partly by the ICC via their TAPP programme. Final Table Squads Fixtures The tournament ran from 3 May to 20 September. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ...
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2019 Inter-Provincial Championship
The 2019 Inter-Provincial Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the Test Triangle Inter-Provincial Championship, was the seventh edition of the Inter-Provincial Championship, a first-class cricket competition played in Ireland. It took place from 28 May to 29 August 2019. It was the third edition of the competition to be played with first-class status. North West Warriors were the defending champions. The tournament was heavily affected by rain, with none of the games being completed. Only six days of play across the eighteen that were scheduled took place. Leinster Lightning Leinster Lightning is an Ireland, Irish inter-provincial cricket team. They participate in the Inter-Provincial Championship, Inter-Provincial Cup and Inter-Provincial Trophy. The team is based in Dublin and is managed by Cricket Leinster. Hist ... were the eventual winners of the tournament. Points table Champions Fixtures 1st match 2nd match 3rd match 4th match 5th match 6th m ...
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2017 Inter-Provincial Championship
The 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship was the fifth edition of the Inter-Provincial Championship, a first-class cricket competition played in Ireland. It was held from 30 May to 7 September 2017. It was the first edition of the competition to be played with first-class status, following the outcome of a meeting by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in October 2016. Leinster Lightning won the tournament, their fifth-consecutive, and completed a domestic clean-sweep in the process. Points table Champions Fixtures 1st match 2nd match 3rd match 4th match 5th match 6th match References External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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2015 Inter-Provincial Championship
The 2015 Inter-Provincial Championship is the third season of the Inter-Provincial Championship, the domestic three-day (though not officially first-class) cricket competition of Ireland. The competition is played between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North West Warriors. Standings Squads Fixtures External links See also *2015 Inter-Provincial Cup The 2015 Inter-Provincial Cup was the third edition of the Inter-Provincial Cup, a One Day cricket competition played in Ireland. It was held from 4 May to 30 August 2015. Three teams competed; Leinster Lightning Leinster Lightning is an Irel ... * 2015 Inter-Provincial Trophy {{Interprovincials Inter-Provincial Championship seasons Inter ...
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2014 Inter-Provincial Championship
The 2014 Inter-Provincial Championship is the second season of the Inter-Provincial Championship, the domestic three-day (though not officially first-class) cricket competition of Ireland. The competition is played between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North West Warriors. This year's competition was won by the Leinster Lightning, who secured a draw in their final match of the season to win the title. They retained the Championship, having won the inaugural Inter-Provincial Championship. The Inter-Provincial Series has been funded at least partly by the ICC via their TAPP programme. Standings Squads Fixtures External links See also *2014 Inter-Provincial Cup The 2014 Inter-Provincial Cup is the second season of the Inter-Provincial Cup, the domestic List A cricket competition of Ireland. The competition is played between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North-West Warriors. The Leinster ... * 2014 Inter-Provincial Trophy * 2014 I ...
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2013 Inter-Provincial Championship
The 2013 Interprovincial Championship was the first season of the Inter-Provincial Championship, the domestic multi-day cricket competition of Ireland. The competition was between Leinster Lightning, Northern Knights and North West Warriors. The inaugural Inter-Provincial Championship was won by the Leinster Lightning, who clinched the title with one match to spare. Despite falling just four runs short of victory in their opening match, they then won their next two games before closing with a hard-fought, high-scoring draw against Northern Knights in the last game of the year at Waringstown Waringstown () is a large village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies southeast of Lurgan, within the parish of Donaghcloney, and the barony of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half. In the United Kingdom census, 2011, 2011 Census it had a population of .... The Inter-Provincial Series has been funded at least partly by the ICC via their TAPP programme. Table Squads Fixtures ---- --- ...
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