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Mercury Senior League Section 2 2026

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  P W T L NR Pts   NRR
Holywood 1881 5 5 0 0 0 20   5.02
BISC 5 4 0 1 0 16   0.23
Dunmurry 4 2 0 2 0 8   -0.24
Downpatrick 4 2 0 2 0 8   -0.87
Belfast 4 2 0 2 0 8   -2.28
Larne 4 1 0 3 0 4   -0.35
Ardent Blues 5 1 0 4 0 4   -0.58
Ballymena 5 1 0 4 0 4   -2.25

13th June
Ardent Blues 153 (37.2 overs, U Anil 26, A Mathew 31, N Nair 29, N Ahmad 2-26, S Mohd 2-25, U Ayub 2-32, N Kukdeja 3-34)
Belfast 154-4 (28.5 overs, F Saeed 23, N Ahmad 32, U Ayub 42, N Kukdeja 25*, A Gopalakrishnan 2-34)
Belfast beat Ardent Blues by 6 wickets

Larne 167-8 (40 overs, W Noffke 46, R Wilson 47, C Dempsey 27, L Holdaway 2-22, M Ahmed 2-28)
Ballymena 168-4 (37.3 overs, L Holdaway 81*, O Dick 26*, S Fleming 2-38)
Ballymena beat Larne by 6 wickets

Holywood 1881 121 (34.1 overs, E Harte 33, L McKeown 20, A Tariq 20, V Vyas 4-26, D Gowdappa 2-13)
BISC 85 (34 overs, G Ramesh 28, L McKeown 2-13, J Shannon 2-17, A Tariq 4-10)
Holywood 1881 beat BISC by 36 runs

Downpatrick v Dunmurry – Match Postponed

30th May
Ballymena 113-3 (20 overs, S Colgan 50*, L Holdaway 50)
BISC 121-3 (17.3 overs, V Vyas 54*)
BISC beat Ballymena by 7 wickets (DLS)
Target revised to 120 off 20 overs

Downpatrick 222-9 (40 overs, H Khan 46, R Rufus Eddy 29, M Agadi 33, J Vinod 28, S Irwin 22*, A Sharon 2-37, A Gopalakrishnan 2-46, A Aneesh 2-14)
Ardent Blues 164 (31.3 overs, U Anil 24, T Louis 41, A Gopalakrishnan 25, T Raju 22*, S Irwin 2-47, H Khan 5-19)
Downpatrick beat Ardent Blues by 58 runs

Holywood 1881 377-3 (40 overs, T Gouws 137, J Shannon 120, E Harte 71*, O Jadhav 2-66)
Dunmurry 175 (34.1 overs, B Farooq 22, N Connelly 29, S Somashekhar 28, L McKeown 4-28, J McKeown 2-17)
Holywood 1881 beat Dunmurry by 202 runs

Larne 149-3 (26 overs, W Noffke 59, R Wilson 35, C Keenan 34*, M Aziz 2-32)
Belfast v Larne – Abandoned

25th May
Dunmurry 110 (32 overs, B Farooq 34, G Deshmukh 25, D Gowdappa 3-22, V Gaur 4-7)
BISC 111-9 (36.1 overs, S Misquith 25, M Sadana 3-32, P Yalamanchili 2-19, S Somashekhar 3-20)
BISC beat Dunmurry by 1 wicket

23rd May
Belfast 253 (40 overs, N Kukdeja 107, U Ayub 27, H Hussain 44, M Ahmed 3-39, M Caithness 2-41)
Ballymena 173 (32 overs, L Holdaway 80, K Pandey 2-7, N Kukdeja 3-36, U Ayub 2-25)
Belfast beat Ballymena by 80 runs

Ardent Blues 116 (32.4 overs, A Matthew 48, V Urs 3-20, A Vasudeva 2-27, D Gowdappa 2-5)
BISC 118-9 (35.2 overs, N Nagineni 38*, T Raju 4-32, G Sudhakaran 2-10)
BISC beat Ardent Blues by 1 wicket

Dunmurry 221-9 (40 overs, B Farooq 60, O Jadhav 77, H Khalid 23, B Anderson 2-26, G Gaw 2-29, W Graham 2-49)
Larne 175 (36.5 overs, P Mulholland 31, C Dempsey 40, W Noffke 27, B Farooq 4-32, S Patil 3-32,P Yalamanchili 2-16)
Dunmurry beat Larne by 46 runs

Downpatrick 123 (28.2 overs, A Bhattacharya 25, L Sebastian 27, J McKeown 5-22, J Shannon 3-11)
Holywood 1881 124-0 (10 overs, B James 36*, T Gouws 82*)
Holywood 1881 beat Downpatrick by 10 wickets

16th May
Ballymena 132-9 (40 overs, P Moon 29, A Frazer 25*, A Sharon 3-16, U Anil 3-22)
Ardent Blues 110-4 (16 overs, A Mathew 68, T Louis 25, M Ali 2-27)
Ardent Blues beat Ballymena by 6 wicket (DLS)
DLS par score was 109 off 29 overs

Holywood 1881 404-6 (40 overs, T Gouws 223, B James 22, J Shannon 68, E Harte 27, M Aziz, U Ayub 2-77)
Belfast 79 (22 overs, F Saeed 39, K Pandey 21*, A Tariq 2-36, J Shannon 3-28, D Cardy 2-5)
Holywood 1881 beat Belfast by 294 runs (DLS)
DLS par score was 374 off 36 overs

Downpatrick 217-7 (40 overs, K Reddy 21, A Rekhi 45, H Khan 65, S Kumar 36*, Y Vijayakumar 3-42, W Graham 3-32)
Larne 127-7 (20 overs, C Dempsey 38, A McKinley 23*, S Irwin 3-12, S Kumar 2-12)
Downpatrick beat Larne by 19 runs (DLS)
DLS par score was 146 off 20 overs

2nd May
BISC 188 (39.4 overs, P Shashidara 42, N Nagineni 32, R Eddy 5-53, R Raju 2-31, J Jacob 2-35)
Downpatrick 156 (33.5 overs, K Reddy 44, A Bhattacharya 30, V Vyas 4-28, V Gaur 4-18)
BISC beat Downpatrick by 32 runs

Belfast 77 (19.2 overs, K Pandey 20, S Patil 2-32, B Farooq 3-15, P Yalamanchili 2-2)
Dunmurry 80-1 (10.2 overs, B Farooq 55*)
Dunmurry beat Belfast by 9 wickets

Holywood 1881 331-3 (40 overs, T Gouws 115, B James 26, J Shannon 67, E Harte 82*, L McKeown 31*, J Scott 2-68)
Ballymena 121 (27.1 overs, O Stinson 35, L McKeown 2-17, J McKeown 2-32, J Shannon 2-18, D Cardy 3-37)
Holywood 1881 beat Ballymena by 210 runs

Ardent Blues 141 (35.4 overs, J Jose 22, A Gopalakrishnan 21, Y Vijayakumar 3-27, T Evans 4-33)
Larne 142-9 (33.4 overs, A Ramachandran 2-33, A Aneesh 2-17, T Raju 2-22)
Larne beat Ardent Blues by 1 wicket

16th June
Belfast v Larne (M2)

20th June
Belfast v Downpatrick
BISC v Larne (at Sandy Bay, Larne CC)
Dunmurry v Ballymena
Holywood 1881 v Ardent Blues

21st June (Sunday) (Junior Cup QF)

27th June
Ballymena v Downpatrick
Belfast v BISC
Larne v Holywood 1881

4th July
Ardent Blues v Larne (at Sandy Bay, Larne CC)
Ballymena v Holywood 1881
Belfast v Dunmurry
BISC v Downpatrick

5th July (Sunday) (Junior Cup SF)

11th July (T20 Bowl Semi-Finals)

13th July
Ardent Blues v Dunmurry

18th July
Ballymena v Ardent Blues
BISC v Dunmurry
Holywood 1881 v Belfast
Larne v Downpatrick

25th July
Ardent Blues v BISC
Belfast v Ballymena
Downpatrick v Holywood 1881
Dunmurry v Larne

1st August (Junior Cup – Final)
Ardent Blues v Downpatrick
Ballymena v BISC
Holywood 1881 v Dunmurry
Larne v Belfast

8th August
Ardent Blues v Holywood 1881
Ballymena v Dunmurry
Downpatrick v Belfast
Larne v BISC

15th August
BISC v Belfast (at Banford Green, Millpark)
Downpatrick v Ballymena
Dunmurry v Ardent Blues
Holywood 1881 v Larne

22nd August
Belfast v Ardent Blues
Dunmurry v Downpatrick
Holywood 1881 v BISC
Larne v Ballymena