The Inter-Provincial T20 Festival, known for sponsorship reasons as the Hanley Energy Inter-Provincial T20 Festival, is a
Twenty20 cricket
Twenty20 (abbreviated T20) is a shortened format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the county cricket, inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two t ...
tournament in Ireland over three days between the four leading cricketing provinces of Ireland. The tournament was first held in July 2018 at
Pembroke Cricket Club
Pembroke Cricket Club was founded in 1868 and is located at Sydney Parade, Park Avenue, just outside the old village of Sandymount in the prosperous Dublin suburb of Ballsbridge. The grounds were part of the lands of the Pembroke Estate from whi ...
in
Sandymount
Sandymount () is a coastal suburb in the Dublin 4 district on the Southside, Dublin, Southside of Dublin in Ireland.
Etymology
An early name for the area was Scal'd Hill or Scald Hill. , Dublin. All four inter-provincial sides in the season long T20 competition, the
Inter-Provincial Trophy
The Inter-Provincial Trophy is a Twenty20 cricket tournament between the four leading cricketing provinces of Ireland.
The tournament was first held by three provinces in 2013, across venues in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland ...
, will take part.
Format
The tournament, inaugurated in 2018 is held as a single round-robin format with each team playing each other once, with six matches over three days between 6 and 8 July 2018.
Teams
Four teams will initially participate in the tournament,
Leinster
Leinster ( ; or ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland.
The modern province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige, which existed during Gaelic Ireland. Following the 12th-century ...
,
Northern
Northern may refer to the following:
Geography
* North
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and
North-West
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, and
Munster
Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ...
. Pembroke Cricket Club will host the competition.
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Competition placings
2018 to Present
See also
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Cricket in Ireland
Cricket in Ireland is governed by Cricket Ireland, which maintains the Ireland men's and women's cricket teams. Like several other sports in Ireland, cricket is organised on an All-Ireland basis. Following the team's success in the 2007 Crick ...
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History of cricket
The sport of cricket has a known history beginning in the late 16th century England. It became an established sport in the country in the 18th century and developed globally in the 19th and 20th centuries. International matches have been playe ...
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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 Coun ...
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Inter-Provincial Cup
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Inter-Provincial Trophy
The Inter-Provincial Trophy is a Twenty20 cricket tournament between the four leading cricketing provinces of Ireland.
The tournament was first held by three provinces in 2013, across venues in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland ...
References and notes
{{Twenty20 leagues
Irish domestic cricket competitions
Domestic cricket competitions in 2017–18