NCU beat Cricket Leinster by 6 wickets
Shaw's Bridge, 31 July.
Cricket Leinster 174-8 (40 overs; P Jacob 40, L Russell 21, D O'Brien 21, A Anish 21; E Gawley 3-34, M Girvin 2-25)
NCU 175-4 (27.4 overs; O McMillan 103, D Pooler 23, O Campbell 21)
Winners NCU (NCU)
NCU beat Cricket Leinster by 7 wickets.
Shaw's Bridge, 29 July.
Cricket Leinster 101 (29.5 overs; L Russell 36; M Girvin 3-18, H Salian 2-13)
NCU 102-3 (22 overs; O McMillan 46, P Saran 20)
Callum Lowe and Owen McMillan were in the runs again (NCU Cricket)
NCU Under 13's took a two-nil lead to ensure at least a share of the spoils with their Leinster counterparts. Batting first, Leinster made 101 all out in the 30th over with only Leo Russell (36) getting to grips with the home side's bowling attack. Michael Girvin took 3 for 18, while Hridaan Salian was amongst the wickets again claiming 2 for 13. Openers Pranav Saran (20) and Owen McMillan got the chase off to a good start in a stand of 47. Cregagh batsman McMillan has been the star of the week with the bat, and the talented youngster top-scored again with 46 (3 fours, 1 six) adding 42 with Callum Lowe (13*) before being dismissed with the scores level. The teams meet again on Thursday in the third game of the series.
Cricket Leinster lost to NCU by 70 runs.
Ringcommons, 28 July.
NCU 209-9 (40 overs; O McMillan 69, C Lowe 58, E Gawley 34; E O’Brien 2-17, D Kordia 2-8)
Cricket Leinster 139 (36.1 overs; L Russell 32, A Anish 29, A Ganapathy 29; H Salian 6-18)
Six wickets for Hridaan Salian (NCU Cricket)