North Kildare lost to The Hills by 46 runs (DLS)
The Hills 149 (33 overs; Febin Manoj 30*, Nicolaj Damgaard Laegsgaard 25, Tomas Rooney Murphy 21; Bakhtyar Nabi 3-30, Imran Ul Haq 3-33)
North Kildare 91 (23.1 overs; Husnain Maroof 29; Sean McNicholl 4-22, Nicolaj Damgaard Laegsgaard 2-6, Matthew Weldon 2-10, Febin Manoj 2-27) (Target 138 in 37 overs)
Sean McNicholl took four wickets (CricketEurope)
The Hills showed all their battling qualities as they beat North Kildare by 46 runs at The Maws. Nicolaj Damgaard Laegsgaard (25), and Tomas Rooney Murphy (21) got the visitors to 91 for 3 before a collapse saw six wickets fall for just 12 runs to leave their innings in tatters at 103 for 9. Number 11 Febin Manoj (30*) got them up to 149 and those late runs gave the Milverton's sides bowling unit some heart. Sean McNicholl roared in to claim 4 for 22, while there were two wickets apiece for Nicolaj, Mathew Weldon and Manoj to clinch the comeback win that will have left the Fingal side in good spirits for the journey home.
North County beat Civil Service by 146 runs
North County 262/7 (38 overs; John Devane 73*, Ciaran Sheridan 40, Niall McGovern 37, Luke Whelan 28; Dhiraj Shetty 2-18, Vipul Kashyap 2-45, Mubasher Siddique 2-59)
Civil Service 116 (29 overs; Mubasher Siddique 32, Digamber Mishra 20; Abdul Ghaffar 2-15, Sean Sludds 2-15, Eddie Richardson 2-20, Alan Mathew 2-29)
John Devane (CricketEurope)
North County got their promotion push back on track after their horror weekend last time out with a 146-run demolition of Civil Service at Balrothery. Ciaran Sheridan (40) and skipper Niall McGovern (37) laid the platform with an opening stand of 60. John Devane then top-scored with a 68-ball unbeaten 73 (7 fours, 1 six) adding 56 for the 6th wicket with Luke Whelan (28) in a total of 262 for 7. The visitors reply never got going as two wickets apiece for Eddie Richardson, Abdul Ghaffar, Sean Sludds and Alan Mathew saw them bundled out for 116.
Terenure beat Cork County by 7 wickets
Cork County 184/9 (40 overs; Sunil Gautam 59, Nabeel Anjum 55, Syed Aiman 26; Dylan Cleary 3-31, Kripesh Shetty 3-53)
Terenure 185/3 (31.1 overs; Donal Vaughan 75*, Sidharth Nair 54, Seamus Lynch 22, Henry Dall 22; Thorne Prophet 2-47)
A second wicket stand of 103 between Donal Vaughan and Sid Nair propelled Terenure to their first Championship win of the season as they chased 185 to beat Cork County. Vaughan top scored with an unbeaten 75 (11 fours, 1 six), while Nair's even time 54 saw him hit 8 boundaries and clear the ropes twice. There were also breezy 20s for Henry Dall and Seamus Lynch. Earlier three wickets apiece for the hosts Dylan Cleary and Kripesh Shetty had the Munster side in real trouble, but a 7th wicket stand of 96 between Nabeel Anjum - who hit 7 fours and 2 sixes in his 37-ball 55 - and top scorer Sunil Gautum (59: 7 fours) gave their side something to defend, but in the end nowhere near enough.
Railway Union lost to Rush by 7 wickets
Railway Union 135/6 (20 overs; Robert O'Brien 42, Srihan Karpe 28, Hedayat Ullah Khogiani 22; Nasir Totakhil 2-9, Nathan McGuire 2-33)
Rush 140/3 (16.5 overs; Jack McGee 42*, Josh Doyle 42) (Target 140)
Rush are the new Championship leaders after an impressive 7-wickets win at Railway Union in a game reduced to 20 overs. Teenager Robert O'Brien top-scored for the Park Avenue side in a total of 135 for 6 - 20s for Srihan Karpe and Hedayat Khogiani. The impressive Nasir Totakhil took 2 for 9 in his four-overs spell, while there were also a brace for fellow spinner Nathan McGuire. Josh Doyle and Jack McGee both scored 42 apiece in a text book chase that saw the Fingal side's patience in waiting around for a game duly rewarded. What price Rush for a double in the coming weeks?
