Semi-final: County Galway beat Terenure by 208 runs
Galway, 13 July.
County Galway 317-4 (40 overs; S Nasim 85, S Singh 76*, S Durra 53, M Sidiqi 29, T Mahon 25; M Cotter 2-51)
Terenure 109 (22.5 overs; K Ghandi 28, Jinal Khatri 21*; Iliff Sumit 4-26, K Mehmood 3-13, Jayesh Juneja 3-46)
County Galway (Glenn Brokenshire/GB Images)
Semi-final: Carrickfergus lost to County Kerry by 9 runs
Middle Road, 13 July.
County Kerry 223-8 (40 overs; K Iqbal 80, A Morshed 36, Y Ali 23; R Arbuthnot 2-32, A Haggan 2-52)
Carrickfergus 214-9 (40 overs; I Parkhill 43, A Varape 35, A Haggan 24, J Parkhill 23, M Gilmour 21; K Khan 3-20, A Morshed 3-27, Y Ali 2-29)
Khuram Iqbal scored 80 for County Kerry (CricketEurope)
Round 3: Adamstown lost to Carrickfergus by 1 run
Airlie Park, 29 June.
Carrickfergus 234-3 (40 overs; A Varape 112*, P Sharma 45, I Parkhill 26)
Adamstown 233-6 (40 overs; M Shankar 40, P Kamal 40*, N Padmaprabhu 38, K Nagare 34*; A Haggan 3-34)
The most exciting game of the day was in Airlie Park where Adamstown fell one run short in a last over thriller. Indeed the last over of the two innings proved the difference with 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 71 between their captain, K Nagare, and P Kamal got them so close. There was confusion and controversy from the first ball of the final over when Kamal was hit on the head and although they took a run, the umpires called a dead ball!
Round 3: Terenure lost to Ballyspallen by 7 wickets.
Terenure, 29 June.
Terenure 241-9 (40 overs; N Ali 63, H von Rauenstein 41, K Shetty 31*, M Cotter 26; G Kennedy 4-28, S Kennedy 2-51, E Moore 2-56)
Ballyspallen 242-3 (32 overs; E Moore 142, G Kennedy 61*; Z Mumtaz 2-49)
Graham Kennedy and Eddie Moore (CricketEurope)
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.
Round 3: County Kerry beat Glendermott by 56 runs.
Oyster Oval, 29 June.
County Kerry 235-9 (40 overs; A Morshed 61, Y Ali 41, B Warnke 27, V Ghorpade 25; B Mills 5-38, C Ross 2-31)
Glendermott 179 (33.4 overs; A Johnson 41, B Mills 29; K Iqbal 3-34, S Warnke 3-36, A Saghir 2-23)
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.
Round 3: County Galway beat Laois by 17 runs.
Galway, 29 June.
County Galway 161-9 (40 overs; T Mahon 65*, K Mehmood 26; K Sabrie 3-28, S Nagara 3-33, O Sabrie 2-18)
Laois 144 (35 overs; A Pervaiz 46; D Ali 3-22, S Singh 2-21, I Sumit 2-37)
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.