Inter-Provincial Trophy

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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. A fourth province, Munster Reds was added in 2017.

History

Background

The Ireland cricket team have had huge success recently on the international level which has boosted the popularity of the game in the country. They had earned the reputation of a giant killer after upsetting teams like Pakistan and Bangladesh (2007 Cricket World Cup), and England (2011 Cricket World Cup). Their good performances in major international tournaments meant that Cricket Ireland openly started bidding for Test match status to the International Cricket Council. Nevertheless, one of the main stumbling road blocks for Ireland from getting to play the pinnacle of the game was a lack of a first-class cricket infrastructure at home, among other things. As early as August 2011, Cricket Ireland announced plans of a domestic first-class tournament. In January 2012, Cricket Ireland announced the ambitious 'Vision 2020' plan which announced the establishment of a first-class structure by 2015 and achievement of Test status by 2020. It also began work on a cricket academy to find talented players across the country and improving grass-roots cricket in the country. For the first time professional contacts, with central, A, B, and C were established. Plans for Test status were established partly to stem the flow of their star cricketers moving away to England in hope of playing Test cricket such as Ed Joyce, Eoin Morgan and Boyd Rankin. According to Richard Holdsworth in an interview with Setanta Sports, CI are pleased with the strategic progress that had been made as of November 2012. In December 2012, Ireland got a $1.5m boost as increased funding from the ICC to establish elite domestic competitions in the country.

아일랜드 크리켓 대회 "인터-주간 트로피"는 아일랜드에서 개최되는 프로빈스 간 경기입니다. 이 대회는 아일랜드의 세 개의 주인 레인스터, 몬스터, 울스터 간의 경쟁을 통해 진행됩니다. 이 대회는 아일랜드 크리켓 경기의 최고 수준을 보여주며, 국내 선수들의 실력을 겨뤄볼 수 있는 좋은 기회입니다. 인터-주간 트로피는 팀 간의 경기로 이루어지며, 각 주에서 선택된 최고의 선수들이 참가합니다. 이 대회는 크리켓 팬들에게 놀라운 경기와 열정적인 경쟁을 선사하며, 아일랜드 크리켓의 발전과 성장에 기여하고 있습니다.