Waringstown, fielding their first choice XI for the first time this season, made  it a three-way tie at the top in the Premier League by inflicting Lisburn’s first defeat of the season.

Waringstown finished just seven runs short of 300, yet were bowled out in the 46th over. Tom Mayes, not for the first time this season, top scored with 66 while Matthew Halliday hit an impressive 50 before being dismissed next ball.

Josh Manley and Adam Kennedy, at twice  the expense, each took three wickets.

 Lisburn never threatened the total although a last wicket stand of 48 between Kennedy (30 not out) and Callum Atkinson (24) reduced the margin of defeat to 45 runs.

Waringstown captain Greg Thompson finished with three wickets including the big one of Faiz Fazal for 58.

North Down would have disappointed to finish on 267 for seven after Alistair Shields (104) and Mo Aahil (71) had put on 194 for the first wicket.

But Michael Stewart dismissed both batters in the space of three balls and Templepatrick conceded just 73 runs in the last 12 overs.

Although the visitors reached 118 for two in the reply, a horrible collapse – they lost their last eight wickets for 26 runs - handed North Down a comfortable 123 runs victory. Mickey Copeland and Shields each took three wickets.

Instonians top the Premier League table on run-rate after crushing CIYMS by 150 runs at Shaw’s Bridge.

Ireland international Cade Carmichael scored 134, with 14 fours and two sixes, and shared stands of 121 with Rob McKinley (44) and 134 with captain Nikolai Smith (87) as Instonians finished  on 315 for seven.

Shane Dadswell took two early wickets to put the visitors immediately on the back foot at 49 for five. A partnership of 35 for the last wicket between Beau Dennison and Ben Snell only delayed the inevitable.

Muckamore hit  the highest total of the day, 325 for four, with Mark Gleghorne finishing 127 not out, including 13 fours and 5 sixes.

He added 119 with Neil Brand (65) for the second wicket, 84 for the fourth wicket with Sam Gordon and 76 unbeaten for the fifth with Luke Allen (43 not out).

Curtis Moorhead was the destroyer in chief for the visitors as Woodvale collapsed from 111 for three to 144 for eight, taking four of the wickets for 16 runs.

He claimed  the match-ball by having Ashwin Shetty stumped for 38 after a stand of 57 for the ninth wicket with James Martin.

Cliftonville Academy won their first league match of the season with an impressive 141 runs success at Stormont.

Francis Collins led the way with 104 and 50s from Abhishek Raut and Jared Wilson, not out, took them to 301 for six. Civil Service North reached 133 for three in reply but Sean Davey and Adam Leckey, top scorer with 58, were dismissed within five balls of each other and nine overs later they were all for 160.

Varun Chopra ended up as the winners’ most successful bowler with three for 13.