The 2018 Inter-Provincial Cup was the sixth edition of the

Inter-Provincial Cup The Inter-Provincial Cup is a limited-overs cricket tournament in Ireland between the four leading cricketing provinces of Ireland. The tournament was held for the first time in 2013 across venues in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ir ...

, a

List A cricket List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numb ...

competition played in

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. 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 Leinster Lightning is one of three provincial cricket teams in Ireland. Along with the North West Warriors and Northern Knights it makes up the Inter-Provincial Championship, Interprovincial One-Day Trophy and Interprovincial Twenty20 Cup. The ...

were the defending champions. In the second match of the tournament, between

and

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, Simi Singh and

George Dockrell George Henry Dockrell (born 22 July 1992) is an Irish cricketer. Dockrell is right-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler who plays international cricket for Ireland after learning his cricket at Leinster Cricket Club, Dublin. He was ...

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 competition, the

Inter-Provincial Championship The Inter-Provincial Championship is a three-day cricket tournament in Ireland, played between regional teams drawn from three of Ireland's five provincial unions. It parallels first-class cricket tournaments in other countries such as the Count ...

, the competition format is a home and away round robin.

1st match

2nd match

3rd match

4th match

5th match

6th match

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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Inter-Provincial Cup seasons