The most exciting game of the day was in Airlie Park where Adamstown fell one run short as Carrickfergus won a last over thriller.

Indeed the last over of the two innings proved the difference with Carrick professional Atish Varape and captain CJ van der Walt taking 16 off the 40th over while Richard Hood restricted the Adamstown seventh wicket pair to 11 off their final over when they needed 13 to win.

Varape was 112 not out, with just eight boundaries, more than half of the runs off the bat in Carrick’s 234 for three.

Alex Haggan had figures of three for 34 in his eight overs as Adamstown fell to 162 for six in reply but a stand of 70 between their captain,  Nagare, and Prabash Kamal got them so close.

Ballyspallen's replacement professsional Eddie Moore hit 142 as the NW side ousted Terenure by seven wickets making light work of a 242 target.

The South African Test player hit 13 fours and 10 sixes in his 97-ball innings, adding 187 for the third wicket with Graham Kennedy (61*).

Kennedy had earlier taken four wickets in the hosts 241 for 9 - Niqash Ali top-scoring with 63 and Hancke von Rauenstein making 41.

County Kerry flew the flag for Munster as they beat Glendermott by 56 runs at the Oyster Oval.

Alam Morshed top-scored with a 58-ball 61 (6 fours, 3 sixes) as Kerry made 235 for 9 - Ali's hard-hit 41 (four sixes) adding vital runs. Ben Mills took five wickets for the NW side.

Skipper Alan Johnson (41) and Mills (29) did well in the reply, but the total was too much as Khuram Iqbal and Braden Warnke each took three wickets.

County Galway recovered from 2 for 4 and 73 for 7, going on to make 161 for 9, securing a 17-run win over Laois. Tom Mahon's unbeaten 65 was the highlight of Galway's innings.