Lisburn and Instonians remain unbeaten after May Day fixtures

Belfast Telegraph

05-05-2025

Faiz Fazal was the hero at Wallace Park as with 12 needed off the last two balls, the Indian professional showed why he is regarded as the best batsman in the country by clearing the ropes twice to seal a dramatic one-wicket win.
His unbeaten 145 included eight fours and sixes as the Wallace Park side chased down CSNI's 256 for 6, with James Hunter also making 51. The result was tough on teenager Harry Dyer, who scored a half century along with Marc Ellison, and took two for 22 in his ten-overs spell.
Instonians had Cian Robertson to thank for their two-wickets win at North Down. Needing nine off the final over, Robertson's unbeaten 62 got them over the line off the penultimate ball chasing 225. Kian Hilton top-scored for the Comber side with 69.
It was a tale of three South African centuries at Ballygomartin Road, with Woodvale coming out on top against Templepatrick. Neil Brand hit 18 fours and three sixes on his way to 144 in the newly promoted side's 313 for 6. That proved little trouble as Ruhan Pretorius and Eddie Moore shared a third wicket partnership of 234 in 31 overs. Pretorius hit 14 fours and 6 sixes in a top score of 132, while Test player Moore's debut saw him clear the ropes nine times in an unbeaten 128.
There was a shock at The Lawn where defending champions Waringstown lost to CIYMS by 12 runs. Tom Mayes' six-wicket haul looked to have them in control as the Belmont side were bowled out for 187 – Chris Dougherty making 61. However, despite opener Adam Dennison's 54 CIYMS earned the points as former Irish international leg-spinner Jacob Mulder picked up a five wickets haul, with two apiece for Herman Rolfes and teenage spinner Alex Armstrong.
There was no shortage of drama at Moylena either, where Muckamore survived a late surge by Cliftonville Academy to win by 20 runs. Chasing 246, the home side looked well in control as CA slumped to 137 for 7. However, John Glass and Adam Kelso added 85 for the eighth wicket, before they lost three wickets in six balls to fall short.
NCU PREMIERSHIP RESULTS Waringstown lost to CIYMS by 12 runs CIYMS 187 (40.4 overs; C Dougherty 61, J Beattie 21; Tom Mayes 6-27, R Allen 2-45) Waringstown 175 (42.3 overs; A Dennison 54, R Allen 23*; J Mulder 5-29, H Rolfes 2-23, A Armstrong 2-29) Woodvale beat Templepatrick by 7 wickets Templepatrick 313/6 (50 overs; N Brand 144, R Bryans 44, C Swart 27, R Greer 27, J Smyth 23; S Bunting 2-22, R Pretorius 2-47) Woodvale 318/3 (47.3 overs; R Pretorius 132, E Moore 128*, H Warke 34) North Down lost to Instonians by 2 wickets North Down 224/8 (50 overs , K Hilton 69, C Young 39, A Shields 34, S Saul 26, P Davison 25*, A White 3-46, S Dadswell 2-30) Instonians 225/8 (49.5 overs) C Robertson 50*, A White 46, C Carmichel 42, A Ly 35) Muckamore beat Cliftonville Academy by 20 runs Muckamore 245/8 (50 overs; J van der Merwe 64, S Gordon 33, Sathish Suresh 33, R Ranasinge 30, J Jackson 26; A Raut 3-45, B Kane 2-45, M McCord 2-46) Cliftonville Academy 225 (47.5 overs; J Glass 62, A Kelso 36, V Chopra 31, D Khan 31; Ethan Wilson 3-43, J van der Merwe 2-30, Satish Suresh 2-34) Lisburn beat CSNI by 1 wicket CSNI 256/6 (50 overs; M Ellison 88, H Dyer 53*, S Davey 31, S Thompson 26, P Beverland 20*) Lisburn 258/9 (50 overs, Faiz Fazal 145*, J Hunter 51; S Davey 3-53, H Dyer 2-22, M Foster 2-58)