Cliftonville Academy beat Woodvale by 5 wickets (DLS)
Woodvale 160 (49.4 overs , 35 extras, Jamie Gibson 27, James Martin 26*, Rory Bessell 4-10, Abhishek Raut 3-18, Matthew McCord 2-42)
Cliftonville Academy 160/5 (39 overs Abhishek Raut 59* Jared Wilson 40 , Ronan Restieaux 2-21) (Rain affected: Cliftonville Academy target 156 in 46 overs

Woodvale missed the chance to extend to their lead at the top of the Premiership table after a five-wickets loss at Cliftonville Academy. Rory Bessell claimed four wickets as the Ballygomartin Road side slumped to 56 for 6 and 103 for 9, but got up to 160 thanks to a last wicket stand of 57 between Jamie Gibson and James Martin as well as the boost of 35 extras. The hosts were in trouble as they slipped to 56 for four in the reply, but a half century from professional Abishek Raut and 40 from Jared Wilson in a fifth wicket stand of 89 saw them home. They now join Muckamore and Waringstown on 24 points, the trio breathing down the necks of Woodvale who remain on 28.

CIYMS beat Carrickfergus by 78 runs (DLS)
CIYMS 274/8 (50 overs; Ross Adair 72, Chris Dougherty 65; Jacques Snyman 3-44, CJ van der Walt 2-35, Alex Armstrong 2-50)
Carrickfergus 180 (37.1overs; Alex Haggan 48, CJ van der Walt 28, Michael Gilmour 25, Jake Egan 24; Carson McCullough 4-22, Bamanye Xenxe 3-39, Allen Couletr 2-39) (Rain affected: Carrickfergus target 259 in 41 overs)

Ross Adair who hit 72 from just 32 balls. (CricketEurope)

Carrickfergus flew in former South African professional Jacques Snyman on a one-off basis for their clash with CIYMS at Belmont, but it was Ross Adair who stole the show. The Irish international clubbed six sixes and six fours in a top score of 72 from just 32 balls – taking 26 alone off the second over of the day bowled by the unfortunate Prince Sharma. He dominated an opening stand of 85 in just 7.2 overs with Chris Dougherty, who was content to play second fiddle on his way to 65 as the hosts posted 274 for eight. Carson McCullough claimed four wickets in the chase, including the prize scalp of Snyman for 15, as Carrick were bowled out for 180 and now see themselves bottom of the table, behind CIYMS on Nett Run Rate.

Instonians beat CSNI by 8 wickets (DLS)
CSNI 223 (49.2 overs; Marc Ellison 57, Jordan Neill 28, Adam Leckey 26; James Lambert 4-41, Robert McKinley 2-13 )
Instonians 176/2 (30.1 overs; Robert McKinley 52*, Oliver Metcalfe 46, Neil Rock 45, Cade Carmichael 25*) (Rain Instonians target 173 in 35 overs)

Instonians had a welcome win as they proved too strong for CSNI at Shaw’s Bridge. Former New Zealand U19 international Marc Ellison’s 57 was the best of the Stormont’s side 223, with James Lambert picking up four wickets. Rain meant an adjusted target of 173 in 35 overs, but ‘Inst’ didn’t have to get out of second gear thanks to an unbeaten 52 from Robert McKinley, who shared an opening stand of 72 with Ollie Metcalfe (46), while Irish international Neil Rock cleared the ropes four times in his 22-ball 45.