Ground conditions unplayable.

Templepatrick claimed a hard-fought 28-run victory over Cregagh after defending a modest total of 137 in a low-scoring contest. Jack Smyth provided the backbone of the Templepatrick innings with 51, while captain Michael Stewart added 28 as Cregagh’s bowlers kept the pressure on, Daniel Henry taking three wickets. Cregagh’s reply faltered badly as Templepatrick’s attack struck at regular intervals, reducing them to 58 for seven. Henry gave the chase some late hope with a battling 38, but he received little support as Cregagh were dismissed for 109. Shane Henderson was the match-winner with the ball, claiming four for 28, while Jancan Adams returned an excellent two for 14 as Templepatrick secured the points.

Werner Brand produced a superb all-round display as Saintfield crushed Templepatrick by 137 runs. Brand top-scored with 64 in Saintfield’s 234 for nine, sharing a 90-run opening stand with Ross Murray, who made 47. Gareth Harrison added 28, while Jancan Adams claimed four wickets for Templepatrick. Brand then tore through the reply with outstanding figures of six for 33, including three maidens. Templepatrick slipped to 38 for four and never recovered despite Levi Cave’s unbeaten 33. Ethan Hanna took three for 30 and Ross Boultwood claimed the final wicket as Templepatrick were dismissed for 97.

Derriaghy breathed fresh life into their survival push with a thumping 60-run DLS win over Templepatrick at The Cloghan. Runs were at a premium as they were bowled out for 92 in 43.1 overs, skipper Ross Bailey making 23 and Jonathan Bell 21, with David Kane taking 3 for 15. Bailey then turned the match on its head with the ball, claiming 5 for 11, while overseas professional Matt Scoble ripped through the rest with 4 for 21. Templepatrick folded for 33, chasing 94 off 48 overs, as Derriaghy’s third win lifted them to eighth.

Jancan Adams starred with bat and ball as Templepatrick beat Armagh by five wickets in a low-scoring contest. Adams ripped through Armagh with 5 for 12, reducing them to 3 for 3 before Harry Doyle’s unbeaten 25 helped them reach 83 all out. Connor Courtney and Michael Stewart took two wickets each. Templepatrick then wobbled badly as Luan Liebenberg claimed 3 for 8, leaving them 36 for 5. But Adams completed a match-winning all-round display with an unbeaten 47, supported by Shane Henderson’s 13 not out, to seal victory.

Rain ended the Bangor innings early and the match was abandoned after a further interruption in the second over of the Templepatrick chase.

Templepatrick and Bangor will have to do it all again after rain forced the abandonment of their NCU Section One clash at The Cloghan. League leaders Bangor had reached 46-3 in the 13th over when the weather intervened, leaving the visitors perhaps the more relieved side as they earned a second chance in the replay. Templepatrick made the early breakthroughs through Shane Henderson, who produced an excellent spell of 2-11. The seamer accounted for Bangor’s prolific opening pair, trapping both Sam McMillan and Seb Yeates lbw to leave the table-toppers under pressure. Former Ireland international Mark Hutchinson helped steady the innings with an unbeaten 21, while overseas professional Brodie Harrison was dismissed for just eight by David Kane before rain brought proceedings to a premature end.

Templepatrick edged the closest game of the day, defeating Donacloney Mill by just one wicket in a tense finish at The Cloghan. Donacloney Mill made a bright start after choosing to bat, reaching 76 for 1 thanks to solid contributions from Lachy Aitken and Craig Kennedy. Aitken top-scored with 37, while Kennedy added 32, but the innings lost momentum badly after the strong opening platform. Templepatrick’s bowlers dragged the game back impressively, with Andrew Greer taking 2-14 and Fintan McCarthy claiming 2-24. Ben Cave and Curtley Deelman also picked up two wickets each as Donacloney Mill were eventually bowled out for 161 in 45.2 overs. The chase proved every bit as dramatic. Templepatrick’s batters all made starts, with nine of the top ten reaching double figures, but none were able to go on and play a match-defining innings. Deelman top-scored with 28, while Lewis Goodbarn’s 3-33 and Alex Ogle’s 2-47 kept Donacloney Mill in contention throughout. With wickets falling regularly and the pressure mounting, Templepatrick were indebted to a nerveless last-wicket stand of 19 between Fintan McCarthy and Bryn McCallan. McCarthy finished unbeaten on 17, while McCallan’s 8 not out helped seal a hard-fought victory with two overs to spare.

Carrickfergus made it two wins from two in NCU Section One with a crushing nine-wicket victory over Templepatrick at Middle Road. The visitors were blown away for just 81 in 24.5 overs in a one-sided contest dominated by the Carrick attack. Opener Richard Greer top-scored with 22 and was the only batter to reach double figures as wickets tumbled steadily. Prince Sharma was the chief destroyer, producing outstanding figures of 5 for 15, while experienced seamer Anthony Martin claimed 3 for 40. Richard Hood and skipper CJ van der Walt chipped in with a wicket each. Carrick raced to victory in only 13.2 overs. Michael Gilmour struck a lively 20 before falling to Curtley Deelman, but Iain Parkhill and the in-form Atish Varape shared an unbroken stand of 55. Varape finished unbeaten on 38 from 26 balls with seven boundaries as Carrick climbed to second in the table behind Bangor.

Saintfield were the first winners of the season in Section One, when they passed their hosts total of 244 in the 39th over with six wickets to spare. Mark Thompson, Curtley Deelman and Richard Greer all hit half-centuries for last year’s Section Two champions – Greer and Deelman putting on 108 for the third wicket. But Werner Brand’s 157 not out made light of that total, the South African professional hitting 20 fours and three sixes in his 118 balls innings and dominating a fourth wicket stand of 182 with TJ McCavera.