Highlights of the Round
- Ballymena’s overseas Glen Adams hit 74 in vain as in-form CSNI youngster Jordan Neill scored 92 to help CSNI win by 6 wickets.
- Ross Bailey of Derriaghy scored 60 and took home the Gallagher POTM award as his side beat Premier League outfit Carrickfergus by 25 runs at Queensway.
- Shane Warren of Donacloney Mill scored a brilliant 106 to help his side post 211-9. Instonians opening batters showed their class chasing 217 for the loss of no wicket with Rob McKinley hitting 54* and Ollie Metcalfe hitting a mammoth 153*.
- Stephen Chambers scored 40 for Lurgan with Lisburn Captain Neil Whitworth being the pick of the bowlers with 3-26. Whitworth also hit 50* to guide his side to victory despite the bowling efforts of Peter Maxwell who took 3-35.
- Max Burton contributed 56 runs to CIYMS’ total of 171 with Curtis Moorhead taking 3-38. Kyllin Vardhan (56) and Sathish Suresh (78) top scored as Muckamore chased down the total in 33.3 overs.
- Ali Shields was the star bowler for North Down as he claimed 5-16 as North Down beat Cregagh by 4 wickets.
- Abhishek Raut scored 70 for Cliftonville Academy with Bliawal Bhatti taking 5-30 to restrict the batting team to 196 all out. James McCollum (66*) and Matthew Halliday (60) showed their class as they guided Waringstown to victory by 8 wickets.
- In-form Woodvale cruised to a 9-wicket win over Section One side Laurelvale with Ludwig Kaestner taking 3-5 and Carl Robinson 5-15. Harry Warke hit a fine 58 while Aditya Adey remained not out on 38.
Full results:
Ballymena 222-6 (50 overs, M Glass 24, G Adams 74, S Glass 55, O Dick 21*, M Foster 3-39)
CSNI 226-4 (31.1 overs, C Archibald 40, J Neill 92, M Ellison 57*)
CSNI beat Ballymena by 6 wickets
Derriaghy 182 (46.4 overs, R Bailey 60, C Lewis 23, R Haasbroek 2-43, A Armstrong 3-29)
Carrickfergus 157 (38 overs, I Parkhill 20, A Haggan 45, CJ Van der Walt 43, R Adams 4-19, W Hughes 2-26, C Lewis 2-39)
Derriaghy beat Carrickfergus by 25 runs
Donacloney Mill 211-9 (50 overs, S Warren 106. R Matthews 30, N Kilpatrick 27, J Magee 2-41, C Robertson 3-33, R Craigan 3-37)
Instonians 217-0 (26 overs, O Metcalfe 153*, R McKinley 54*)
Instonians beat Donacloney Mill by 10 wickets
Lurgan 142 (49.2 overs, S Johnston 20, S Chambers 40, J Manley 2-13, M Humphreys 2-20, N Whitworth 3-26, F Fazal 2-21)
Lisburn 146-7 (35.2 overs, F Fazal 20, J Waite 28, N Whitworth 50*, P Maxwell 3-35, D Nazari 2-27)
Lisburn beat Lurgan by 3 wickets
CIYMS 171 (48 overs, M Burton 56, T Koen 32, B xenxe 20, N Gill 2-14, J Van Der Merwe 2-25, C Moorhead 3-38)
Muckamore 177-3 (33.3 overs, K Vardhan 56, S Suresh 78, J Van Der Merwe 26*)
Muckamore beat CIYMS by 7 wickets
Cregagh 112 (40.4 overs, B Moore 22, A Sheilds 5-16, L Hayman 2-17, R Haire 2-10)
North Down 116-6 (26.2 overs, S Saul 39, A Sheilds 23, G Hassard 3-22)
North Down beat Cregagh by 4 wickets
Cliftonville Academy 196 (49.5 overs, F Collins 35, A Raut 70, M McCord 30, B Bhatti 5-30)
Waringstown 197-2 (31.5 overs, S Topping 27, M Halliday 60, J McCollum 66*, L Nelson 26*)
Waringstown beat Cliftonville Academy by 8 wickets
Laurelvale 102 (26.4 overs, A Malik 31, L Kaestner 3-5, C Robinson 5-15, J Rose 2-15)
Woodvale 103-1 (14.2 overs, H Warke 58, A Adey 38*)
Woodvale beat Laurelvale by 9 wickets
NVplay results:
Congratulations to all of the Player of the Match awardees and thank you to the Gallagher representatives for attending the games and presenting the awards.
The draw for the quarter-finals will take place at 16:30 on Tuesday 4th June live on the NCU Facebook.
