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. It is scheduled to be held from 12 June to 3 August 2020.[1] It will be the fourth edition of the competition to be played with full Twenty20 status. The competition will be split into two halves, each branded as a T20 Festival. The first half is scheduled to be played in June, and the second half is scheduled to be played in August.[2] Northern Knights are the defending champions.[3]

2020 Inter-Provincial Trophy
Dates12 June – 3 August 2020
Administrator(s)Cricket Ireland
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Participants4
Matches played12

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.[4][5] Government restrictions prevented any cricket, including training, from starting before June 2020.[6] The Irish government announced a provisional date of 20 July 2020 for a possible restart of sporting fixtures in the country.[7]

References
  1. "Fixtures announced for men's internationals, Inter-Provincial Series and Super 3s in 2020". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  2. "Interpro series cut". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  3. "Knights lift T20 crown". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  4. "UPDATE: Irish cricket season". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  5. "Season pushed back". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  6. "Update on COVID-19 and the Irish cricket season". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  7. "Light at end of tunnel for cricket?". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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