2020 Inter-Provincial Championship

The 2020 Inter-Provincial Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the Test Triangle Inter-Provincial Championship, was scheduled to be the eighth edition of the Inter-Provincial Championship, a first-class cricket competition played in Ireland. It was scheduled to take place from 2 to 27 August 2020.[1] It would have been the fourth edition of the competition to be played with first-class status. The number of fixtures were halved from the previous year, with each team playing two matches instead of four.[2] Leinster Lightning were the defending champions.[3]

2020 Inter-Provincial Championship
Dates11 – 27 August 2020
Administrator(s)Cricket Ireland
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Participants3
Matches played3

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] Plans of a possible start of domestic cricket in Ireland, with matches taking place during August and September, were looked at in July 2020.[8] However, on 22 July 2020, Cricket Ireland confirmed that only the 20-over and 50-over tournaments would take place in 2020 due to the pandemic.[9][10]

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. "Interpro wipe-out ensures Leinster win title". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 29 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.
  8. "Ireland hopeful of Interprovincial season". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  9. "Test Triangle Inter-Provincial Series and Super 50 Series fixtures released for 2020 season". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  10. "Interpros to return next month". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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