Woodvale are the first team into the Challenge Cup quarter-finals after a double-quick nine wickets victory over Ballymena. The Section One side were bowled out for 82 in the 23rd over with only two batters in double figures. Showing no mercy, Ruhan Pretorius bowled his 10 overs unchanged to finish with 4-27 and Carl Robinson had identical figures from 7.1 overs. Stephen Bunting was 31 not out when Woodvale won with more than 33 overs to spare.

Holders Muckamore made an embarrassing exit in their first defence of the Challenge Cup when they failed to produce a DLS print-out after rain interrupted the second innings. Waringstown were awarded the match. The Villagers had stormed to 323 for eight from 48 overs when asked to bat first with skipper Greg Thompson run out off the last ball for 114, from 77 balls with 17 fours and two sixes. He shared stands of 86 with Morgan Topping and 77 with Tom Mayes. Muckamore were 24 for no wicket after 5.3 overs when the rain returned. The umpires ruled that the match would restart at 5.20pm with a target of 266 in 36 overs. But by 5.21pm there was no DLS print-out and Muckamore forfeited the match.

For the second day in a row, Instonians came out on the right side of a thriller. After beating Lisburn in a controversial finish to their T20 Cup match, they defeated Civil Service North by six runs (DLS) to reach the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup. Set 226 for victory in 34 overs, CSN needed 21 off the last over and Stuart Thompson took 12 runs off James Lambert's first three balls. He failed to score off  the fourth and was caught off the fifth to end their superb chase. The captain made 84 from just 54 balls and hit 10 boundaries, half of them sixes. Andrew White top scored for Instonians with 51 from 45 balls in their innings of 218 for seven

Ryan Matthews brought up his hundred with the winning six as Donaghcloney Mill eased to victory in the all-Section clash with Armagh. Matthews finished 105 not out from 88 balls with 16 fours and four sixes in the home side’s 148 for one after bowling out Armagh in 36.4 overs. Alex Ogle and Mark Hanna shared seven of the wickets with Michael Villiers scoring more than double any of his team-mates.

Cliftonville Academy continue to be the specialists in the short-form game easing to an eight wickets win over Templepatrick. In what effectively became another 20-over chase – they have won all three T20 Cup games this season – they were set 100 for victory in 21 overs and needed only a third of those to complete the chase, Abi Raut batting through the innings for 37 not out. Templepatrick professional Sandun Weerakkody provided the lone resistance when they batted first, hitting 60 off 47 balls before he was one of Ben Kane’s  three victims. Cliftonville Academy captain Matty McCord went one better with four wickets as the home side were bowled out four overs short of their reduced 35 overs innings.

An unbeaten 77 from opener Iain Parkhill steered Carrickfergus to a seven wickets (DLS) victory over Section One rivals Cregagh. Set 209 to win in 44 overs, Parkhill put on 99 for the second wicket with Atish Varape and when captain CJ van der Walt hit the winning runs they had 28 balls to spare. Jonny Moore scored 72 of Cregagh’s 209 for nine with their most successful bowlers from opposite ends of the age spectrum. Elliott Parkhill took three for 51 from six overs and Ryan Eagleson, on a rare outing these days, had two for 16 from eight overs.

North Down survived an early scare to see off Co Down neighbours Bangor, who fought bravely at The Green. Christopher Pyper reduced the Premier League side to 75 for four, bowling captain Mickey Copeland and Alistair Shields with successive balls but Ryan Haire, with his first 50 for six years and Kian Hilton’s 82 from 55 balls (five fours, six sixes) hauled them up to 253 for eight in their 39 overs. Pyper’s early success reduced Bangor’s target to 242 but despite a last wicket stand of 22 between Jonny Parker and Pyper, they fell 30 runs short.