Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
James Shannon (c)	c Gamble b Simi Singh	51	35	-	4	4	145.71

Michael Gilmour †	c Balbirnie b Gamble	6	4	-	0	1	150.00

Graeme McCarter	b Richardson	1	5	-	0	0	20.00

Adam Dennison	st †Tucker b Stanton	2	5	-	0	0	40.00
Shane Getkate	c Chase b Gamble	4	6	-	0	0	66.66

Greg Thompson	c Balbirnie b Simi Singh	56	40	-	8	1	140.00

Nikolai Smith	c Stanton b Simi Singh	21	21	-	1	1	100.00

Craig Lewis	b Stanton	1	2	-	0	0	50.00

Nathan Smith	not out	2	5	-	0	0	40.00
Jacob Mulder	not out	0	0	-	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 1, nb 3, w 9)	13
Total	20 Ov (RR: 7.85)	157/8
Did not bat: Gary Kidd
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Michael Gilmour, 1.2 ov), 2-20 (Graeme McCarter, 2.3 ov), 3-30 (Adam Dennison, 3.6 ov), 4-48 (Shane Getkate, 6.1 ov), 5-88 (James Shannon, 11.3 ov), 6-145 (Greg Thompson, 17.6 ov), 7-147 (Craig Lewis, 18.3 ov), 8-157 (Nikolai Smith, 19.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Eddie Richardson	3	0	24	1	8.00	11	2	1	5	0
2.3 to GJ McCarter, looks to pull a good length ball into the legside and he is bowled. 20/2
Bobby Gamble	3	0	20	2	6.66	8	0	2	1	0
1.2 to M Gilmour, gets an outside edge and it goes to 1st slip. 19/1 6.1 to SC Getkate, pulled straight to mid-wicket. 48/4
Peter Chase	3	0	37	0	12.33	7	4	2	0	3
Tom Stanton	4	0	30	2	7.50	10	2	1	1	0
3.6 to A Dennison, . 30/3 18.3 to C Lewis, one and out for Lewis. Looks to drive the ball into the legside, spins back in off the pitch and he is bowled!. 147/7
Gareth Delany	3	0	26	0	8.66	7	3	1	0	0
Simi Singh	4	0	19	3	4.75	14	2	0	1	0
11.3 to JNK Shannon, slices the ball to backward point.. 88/5 17.6 to GJ Thompson, Leans back in the crease and hits the ball towards long-on. Didn't get a proper connection and its in the air for a long while. Balbirnie comes in off the boundary and takes the catch. 145/6 19.4 to NL Smith, hits the ball in the air towards long-off, Stanton comes in off the rope, dives forward and takes the catch. 157/8

Leinster Lightning (T: 158 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andy Balbirnie	not out	71	44	-	5	3	161.36
Gareth Delany	b Getkate	11	13	-	2	0	84.61

Simi Singh	b Getkate	16	10	-	0	2	160.00

Kevin O'Brien	b Mulder	17	11	-	1	1	154.54

John Anderson (c)	not out	41	25	-	5	1	164.00
Extras	(w 2)	2
Total	17.1 Ov (RR: 9.20)	158/3
Did not bat: Lorcan Tucker †, Max Sorensen, Eddie Richardson, Bobby Gamble, Peter Chase, Tom Stanton
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Gareth Delany, 3.4 ov), 2-40 (Simi Singh, 5.4 ov), 3-79 (Kevin O'Brien, 9.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Graeme McCarter	3	0	16	0	5.33	10	1	1	0	0
Nathan Smith	1	0	10	0	10.00	2	2	0	0	0
Shane Getkate	4	0	47	2	11.75	5	5	2	1	0
3.4 to GJ Delany, Delany's brief stay is over! Its a full ball and Delany looks to thrash it back over the bowlers head again, misses and his stumps get hit. 22/1 5.4 to Simi Singh, Singh starts off down the wicket before Getkate bowls, Getkate sees him coming and pushes it full. Singh yorks himself and the bails are knocked off again. 40/2
Gary Kidd	3	0	35	0	11.66	2	1	3	0	0
Jacob Mulder	4	0	28	1	7.00	7	2	0	1	0
9.3 to KJ O'Brien, Big wicket falls! O'Brien goes onto the front foot and looks to defend forward. Gets a little inside edge which goes back onto the stumps.. 79/3
Craig Lewis	2	0	16	0	8.00	3	2	0	0	0
Nikolai Smith	0.1	0	6	0	36.00	0	0	1	0	0

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Match Details

Merrion Cricket Club Ground, Dublin
Toss	Northern Knights, elected to bat first
Series	Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy
Season	2017
Hours of play (local time)	17.00 start, First Session 17.00-18.25, Interval 18.25-18.45, Second Session 18.45-20.10
Match days	09 June 2017 - daynight (20-over match)
T20 debut	Nathan Smith Tom Stanton
Umpires	Azam Baig Paul Reynolds
Reserve Umpire	Alan Neill
Points	Leinster Lightning 4, Northern Knights 0

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Leinster Innings

Player Name	O	R	W	Econ
GJ McCarter	3	16	0	5.33
Nathan Smith	1	10	0	10
SC Getkate	4	47	2	11.75
GE Kidd	3	35	0	11.66
J Mulder	4	28	1	7
C Lewis	2	16	0	8
NL Smith	0.1	6	0	36

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