North County beat Cork County by 114 runs
North County 279/5 (50 overs: John Devane 86*, Brian Dunphy 60, Ash Jain 30*, Alan Mathew 29, Eddie Richardson 28, Suliman Safi 21)
Cork County 165 (38.5 overs: Thorne Prophet 81, Eshan O'Sullivan 24; Alan Mathew 6-30, Eddie Richardson 3-27)

Alan Mathew took 6 wickets, while Brian Dunphy and John Devane were in the runs. (North County CC)

Six wickets from Alan Mathew, allied with half centuries for John Devane and Brian Dunphy helped North County to a 114-run win against Cork County at Balrothery. Devane hit 10 fours and 3 sixes in his 70-ball unbeaten 86, while Irish Youth international Dunphy's 60 included seven boundaries. Alan Mathew (29) and Ash Jain (30*) shared a sixth wicket stand of 64, and a total of 279 for 5 was always going to be challenging. Thorne Prophet's 81 (9 fours, 3 sixes) saw him add 83 for the fourth wicket with Eshan O'Sullivan (24),but from 105 for 3, the wheels came off. Mathew was the destroyer-in-chief as he took 6 for 30 - including three in an over as the last five wickets fell for nine runs.

North Kildare beat Terenure by 31 runs
North Kildare 111 (28 overs; Henry Dall 4-29, Jilal Khatri 2-22, Dylan Cleary 2-28)
Terenure 80 (30.3 overs; Sid Nair 27*; Bakhtyar Nabi 5-16, Abidullah Taniwal 4-23)

Bakhtyar Nabi's five wicket haul inspired North Kildare to a 31-run win at home to Terenure in a low-scoring encounter at The Maws. It has looked bleak for the home side after Henry Dall's four wickets had them bundled out for just 111. But the Dublin side found the conditions equally tough as they were skittled for 80 despite Sid Nair's unbeaten 27. Nabi claimed 5 for 16, able supported by left-arm seamer Abidullah Taniwal who took four scalps in a fine bowling display.

Rush beat Civil Service by 6 wickets
Civil Service 263/8 (50 overs: Vipul Kashyap 50, Asadullah Ahmadzai 46, Deepak Jayachandran 41, Dhiraj Shetty 40, Simranjeet Singh 20; Nasir Totakhil 2-26, Nathan McGuire 2-50, Asher Abbasi 2-70))
Rush 267/4 (48 overs: Prasanth Viswanath 84, Jack McGee 69, Hashir Sultan 39*, Nasir Totakhil 20*; Asadullah Ahmadzai 2-36)

Jack McGee (Rush CC)

Prasanth Vishwanath and Jack McGee shared a third wicket stand of 142 as Rush chased down 264 to beat Civil Service by 6 wickets at Kenure. Vishwanath top-scored with a fluent 84, while McGee hit 7 fours in his 69. There were runs too for Hashir Sultan (39*) and Nasir Totakhil (20*) in an impressive chase that keeps their title hopes very much alive.