Cooke Collegians will be wondering just how they managed to lose this T20 Bowl final after dominating Bangor the whole way through until the last stages. Bangor were restricted to a modest 103/7 in a game reduced to 17 overs, with Kuda Samundera (26), Adam McCusker (22) and teenager Sam McMillan (18) all hitting three boundaries. Manoj Khatri (3-20) and Paul Kerr (2-28) best with the ball. The result looked a foregone conclusion as Man-of-the-Match Hugh Gibbons and Ashish Pandita (30) shared an opening stand of 67. The required rate had dropped to under four, 37 needed in 9.2 overs and all ten wickets intact. Surely Cooke Collegians couldn't lose it from here? Think again. It's a funny old game and pressure produces panic. Doubly so in a final. George Prince got the breakthrough, and further wickets for William Simpson, Kuda Samunderu, and Ricky McLarnon meant the Seasiders kept a toehold in the game. Still, with only four needed off the last over, six wickets intact and Gibbons on strike, the visitors were still strong favourites. Chris Pyper though was the Bangor hero, conceding just a single off the first five balls, while dismissing Luke Willmott. Needing three off the final ball, Ryan Hanna and Gibbons could only scramble a bye, as Bangor pulled off an incredible victory. Captain Johnny Parker lifted the glass trophy aloft on a night that will be long remembered by the home support and players.

Tom Crothers scored a Man-of-the-Match 80 not out to propel North Down to a comprehensive 145-run win over Ballymena in the Intermediate Cup final at Sandy Bay. Crothers innings came from only 54 balls (7 fours, 1 six), as he and Stephen Scott added (37) added 73 in just 8 overs for the 6th wicket. The platform had been laid by opener Hamilton Coulter (70), who shared a 3rd wicket stand of 50 with Nathan Burns (21). Josh Scott (3-30) was the pick of the Ballymena attack, but a total of 247 for 6 looked imposing and so it proved. Billy Adams conceded just 14 runs in his 8-over spell, and scoreboard pressure built. Jacob McClure-Dalzell (4-18) and Josh Corbett (3-40) doing the damage. Credit must go to the Larne ground staff for their remarkable work in ensuring the final got the green light.