title: 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship
text: # 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
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | D | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Leinster Lightning | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 68 |
  | North West Warriors | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33 |
  | Northern Knights | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 31 |
  
  Champions
  
  ## Fixtures
  
  ### 1st match
  
  * 30 May–1 June 2017 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Woodvale Road, Eglinton Umpires: Roland Black and Jareth McCready
  * North West Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
  * No play was possible on day 3 due to rain.
  * Ross Allen, Rickie-Lee Dougherty, Aaron Gillespie, Niall McDonnell, David Rankin, David Scanlon (North West Warriors); Adam Dennison, Christopher Dougherty, Shane Getkate, Nathan Smith, Lee Nelson and Nikolai Smith (Northern Knights) all made their first-class debuts.
  * Points: North West Warriors 11, Northern Knights 10.
  
  ### 2nd match
  
  * 5–7 June 2017 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Stormont Umpires: Michael Foster and Paul Reynolds
  * Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
  * Gareth Delany, Max Neville, Eddie Richardson, Simi Singh, Jack Tector, Lorcan Tucker (Leinster Lightning) and John Matchett (Northern Knights) all made their first-class debuts.
  * Points: Leinster Lightning 10, Northern Knights 9.
  
  ### 3rd match
  
  * 20–22 June 2017 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Oak Hill Cricket Club Ground, Wicklow Umpires: Graeme McCrea and Paul Reynolds
  * North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Andrew Austin, Steve Vijay Lazars and Johnny Thompson (North West Warriors) all made their first-class debuts.
  * Points: Leinster Lightning 11, North West Warriors 8.
  
  ### 4th match
  
  * 1–3 August 2017 Scorecard
  * Match drawn The Green, Comber Umpires: Mark Hawthorne and Philip Thompson
  * North West Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
  * No play was possible on day 2 due to rain.
  * David Barr (North West Warriors); Jamie Magowan and Jacob Mulder (Northern Knights) all made their first-class debuts.
  * Points: Northern Knights 10, North West Warriors 8.
  
  ### 5th match
  
  * 30 August–1 September 2017 Scorecard
  * Leinster Lightning won by an innings and 4 runs Bready Cricket Club Ground, Bready Umpires: Roland Black and Paul Reynolds
  * Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
  * Reece Kelly, Ryan MacBeth (North West Warriors) and Tyrone Kane (Leinster Lightning) all made their first-class debuts.
  * Points: Leinster Lightning 23, North West Warriors 4.
  
  ### 6th match
  
  * 5–7 September 2017 Scorecard
  * Leinster won by an innings and 12 runs Clontarf Cricket Club, Clontarf Umpires: Bala Kailash and Alan Neill
  * Leinster Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
  * David Delany (Leinster Lightning) made his first-class debut.
  * Points: Leinster Lightning 24, Northern Knights 4.
  