Lisburn's big guns fired at Wallace Park as they blew away Cliftonville Academy under a barrage of boundaries.

Ross Adair set the ball rolling with a 38-ball top score of 96 that included 10 fours and seven of the 20 sixes that Lisburn hit.

Adair shared an opening stand of 121 in 10 overs with skipper Neil Whitworth (40), but if CA thought his dismissal would bring some relief they were in for a shock.

Mark Adair kept the tempo going with a 12-ball 31 (2 fours, 3 sixes), but the fireworks really started with the arrival to the crease of fellow international Ben Calitz.

The left-hander hit 82 from just 21 balls - a strike rate approaching 400! Ten of the 21 balls he faced sailed over the ropes and beyond, and for good measure he struck six fours in 32 minutes of mayhem.

A final total of 283 for Lisburn is believed to be an NCU Senior record for the competition, and not surprisingly CA didn't come close to shaking it down.

CP Klijnhans did offer some fun with a breezy 31 (3 fours, 3 sixes) but thereafter the pace slowed as they limped to 106 for 6 - two wickets for Mark Adair - as bad light brought a premature end to proceedings. The official margin of victory for Lisburn 121 runs on DLS.

Instonians got their defence of the trophy off to a winning start, but were pushed all the way by CSNI in a high scoring contest at Stormont.

Sully Gould's prolific start to the season continued as he plundered 7 fours and 8 sixes in a rapid 37-ball 92, adding 118 for the second wicket with Cade Carmichael (33). There were runs too for Shane Dadswell (28), Andy White (21*), and Cian Robertson (18) in an impressive total of 213 for 6 - three wickets for Jake Collingwood.

CSNI though weren't fazed by such a total as James West's 16-ball 31 got the chase up and running. Ashwin Hebbar then took up the mantle, keeping pace with the required rate as he hit a 51-ball hundred that included no fewer than 11 sixes.

However, he and Jordan Neill fell in quick succession and despite valiant efforts from skipper Stuart Thompson (22) and Harry Dyer (14*) they fell 10 runs adrift on 203 for 6 - two wickets each for Matthew Humphreys and Cian Robertson.

Waringstown won Mid-Ulster bragging rights with a comfortable 92-run DLS win over Laurelvale. The result was never in doubt after Steve Stolk raced out of the traps with a 21-ball 55 (4 fours, 5 sixes) as he and Matthew Halliday (18) had an opening stand of 68 inside the powerplay.

James McCollum hit 8 fours in a quality 45, sharing a half century stand with in-form Morgan Topping (38). There were runs too for skipper Greg Thompson (21*) and Ross Allen (12) in a total of 209 for 5 - three wickets for Hameed Subhani.

Laurelvale's chase never got any traction as they limped to 65 for 6 in 15 overs before bad light halted play - two wickets for Ross Allen and James Cameron-Dow.

There's action on Friday night as Woodvale take on CI.