Lisburn, the Premier League leaders, will play three of their final five games at Wallace Park.

The fixtures for the remainder of the season were released yesterday and although Callum Atkinson’s side will resume with a trip to Carrickfergus on July 23, Lisburn will then play defending champions Waringstown, the only team to have defeated them this season, at home.

After a break for the Challenge Cup final on August 6, Lisburn must make a second visit of the season to North Down – where they won by 93 runs two weeks ago but they will return home for both their final two games against Civil Service North and, on August 27, CIYMS.

There is a four-way tie for second place after the first full round of matches, with Waringstown and CIYMS (with three home matches), Carrick and North Down (two) all resuming eight points behind Lisburn.

Civil Service North won only five of their first nine games and having had to switch their game against CIYMS in May because Stormont was unavailable must return there again on August 13. It means they will play only five of their 14 league games at Stormont.