Eddie Richardson’s five-wickets haul and an unbeaten 93 from Malcolm Nofal got North County’s promotion push back on track as they chased 200 to win by seven wickets at Rush. The North County skipper took 5 for 22 as Rush scored 199 – tanks primarily to a century stand between Jared Barnes (54) and Andrew Doheny (42). John Mooney got 2 for 25 including Neil Rock (25), while Nofal’s two wickets included the prize scalp of Llew Johnson (29). Jamie Grassi (37) and Niall McGovern (22) got the innings off to a solid start, and although John Mooney fell for 0, County still romped home. Nofal smashed 10 fours and 5 sixes in an unbeaten 93, adding 110 in 12 overs with Richardson (31*) to clinch the emphatic win.

Cork County won the closest game of the day as they edged out Leinster by one wicket at Rathmines. Bilal Azhar’s half century and 21 from Rian Cassidy saw Leinster post 135, with four wickets for Kevin O’Sullivan. The Munster side were pushed all the way as Ben Mitchell also responded with four wickets, but Byron McDonough’s crucial quickfire 39 from 32 balls (6 fours) was the difference in a tense chase, with Diarmuid Carey’s boundary clinching a one-wicket win.

Terenure survived a rally by Cork Harlequins to secure a four-wicket win. The Cork side had been reeling at 59 for 7, with Raghav Grover being chiefly responsible taking four wickets. Umer Khan counterattacked hitting five fours and two sixes in his 47 from just 38 balls, helping Quins post 131. Donal Lynch (31) and Henry Dall (19) shared a half century opening stand before both fell to Seanan Jones (3-53), who also dismissed Donal Vaughan. Mick Cotter made a breezy 21, while Sidharth Nair (18) also chipped in to the victory.

Railway Union recovered from a poor start to record an ultimately comfortable 68-run win over North Kildare. Devansh Bansali ripped through the Railway top order on his way to a six wicket haul, and it looked an early finish as they were struggling on 49 for 5. However a sixth wicket stand of 99 between Philippe Le Roux and Liam McCarthy, both of whom made 50s allowed them to recover to 195 all out. Kildare in reply could only manage 127, with Kaustabh Pawar making 27.