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Gallagher Challenge Cup Round 2 Review

Jun 3, 2024 | General News

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:

https://northerncricketunion.org/ncu-nv-play-match-zone/?tab=c_matches#cd04723e9-fce2-49cf-a092-825584ed5c7c

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.