North County top the Group A table with back-to-back wins over Dublin University, while Balbriggan and The Hills share the spoils.

Balbriggan lost to The Hills by 3 wickets
Balbriggan 143 (20 overs; Cameron Rowe 65, Sebastian de Oliveira 27; Febin Manoj 3-22, Cian Nulty 2-23, Tomas Rooney-Murphy 2-28)
The Hills 144-7 (18.5 overs; Brandon Kruger 37, Andrew Kavanagh 36, Edson Silva 29*; Farooq Nasr 3-19, Dylan Lues 2-14)

In a day of primarily one-sided contests, Balbriggan and The Hills served up two close matches, ending up with one win apiece. Cameron Rowe hit a 50-ball 65 (9 fours, 2 sixes) as Balbriggan made 143 - three wickets for Febin Manoj. Brandon Kruger (37) and Andrew Kavanagh (36) got the chase off to a fine start, but three wickets for Farooq Nasr and two for Dylan Lues had them in a little trouble. Edson Silva's unbeaten 29 the vital knock as The Hills won by three wickets with seven balls left.

Balbriggan beat The Hills by 1 wicket
The Hills 133-8 (20 overs; Edson Silva 34, Muzamil Sherzad 26; Sam Willemse 3-7, Jordan Hollard 2-19)
Balbriggan 137-9 (19.3 overs; Dylan Lues 41; Cian Nulty 4-31)

Balbriggan edged out the Hills by one wicket in a last over thriller at the Jack Harper Ground. Edson Silva's 34 and 26 from Muzamil Sherzad got The Hills to 133 for 8 - three wickets for Sam Willemse. Cian Nulty's four wickets had The Hills on top despite a hard-hit 41 from Dylan Lues (4 fours, 3 sixes). There was still 21 needed with the last pair of Bilal Iqbal and Kashif Ali in the middle, but they got over the finishing line with three balls left much to the delight of the home faithful.

Dublin University lost to North County by 4 wickets
Dublin University 141 (20 overs; Mikey O'Reilly 49, Nic Pretorius 37, Jack Atkinson 26; Eddie Richardson 3-21, Tanvir Hasan 2-12, Sean Sludds 2-22)
North County 142-6 (19.1 overs; Eddie Richardson 38, Suliman Safi 31; Jamie Forbes 2-30)

North County won both their encounters with Dublin University at College Park, with Suliman Safi and Eddie Richardson to the fore. Mikey O'Reilly (49) and Nic Pretorius (37) made runs in the students 141. Eddie Richardson took 3 for 21, and then top-scored with 38 as they won by four wickets in the final over. Suliman Safi also made 31 in the tense chase.

Dublin University lost to North County by 16 runs
North County 166-4 (20 overs; Suliman Safi 116*; Yash Balasubramanium 2-28)
Dublin University 150-9 (20 overs; Mikey O'Reilly 88*; Alan Mathew 3-22, Abdul Ghaffar 3-30)

Suliman Safi thumped 10 fours and 5 sixes in a brilliant unbeaten 63-ball 116 as North County posted 166 for 4 against DU at College Park. The students made a brave fist of the chase thanks to Mikey O'Reilly's 88 not out from 72 balls (9 fours, 1 six) but they left themselves just too much to do, ending on 150 for 9 - three wickets apiece for Alan Mathew and Abdul Ghaffar.