IBI CORPORATE FINANCE PREMIER LEAGUE & CHAMPIONSHIP – JUNE 6TH

Convincing wins were the order of the day across the top two divisions on the opening day of the season, with just one game in each division being a real nail-biting finish. In the Premier League, Pembroke got the better of Clontarf by 16 runs in the dress-rehearsal for next week’s SLC final, whilst in the Championship, Railway Union squeaked home against Terenure by two wickets in the final over.

Elsewhere in the Premier League, a Dylan Blignaut century helped The Hills to a 110 run victory against Malahide, a Kashif Ali five-for saw Balbriggan defend 138 comfortably by 75 runs. Whilst in Claremont Road, 63 from Harry Tector off the back of four wickets for Mikey O’Reilly saw YMCA to a 6 wicket victory against Merrion.

Around the grounds in the Championship, North Kildare’s overseas player Kaustabh Pawar announced his arrival with 191 out of their total of 310/6, as Manjeet Singh’s four wickets then saw them to a 262 run victory. Saqib Bahadur’s 66 saw Leinster make 189 all out, before 5 wickets for captain Bilal Azhar meant they restricted North County to 68 all out and a 121 run victory. Finally, Llew Johnson made 138 of the first 211 runs as Rush posted 268/9, before four wickets for Jack McGee helped them bowl Harlequins out for 185, meaning an 83 run win for Rush.

IBI CORPORATE FINANCE PREMIER LEAGUE

At Castle Avenue
Pembroke 210/10, 49.2 overs (L Tucker 64, D Tucker 35; C McDonnell 3/44, F Hand 2/36, D Vincent 2/34)
beat
Clontarf 194/10, 48.2 overs (P Ryan 59, D Delany 53; P Mehta 4/16, P Lawson 3/29)
by 16 runs

At Claremont Road
YMCA 190/4, 45.3 overs (H Tector 63, T Tector 44; T Stanton 2/44)
beat
Merrion 188/8, 50 overs (S Stanton 77; M O’Reilly 4/24, T Anders 2/41)
by 6 wickets

At Balbriggan
Balbriggan 138/10, 40.1 overs (D Lues 26*; G Dockrell 3/38, O Hald 2/13)
beat
Phoenix 63/10, 30.2 overs (K Ali 5/10, R Hadley 2/21)
by 75 runs

At Milverton
The Hills, 253/9, 50 overs (D Blignaut 101, M Donegan 47; J Newland 5/47)
beat
Malahide 143/10, 39.1 overs (R Hackney 56; A Farooqi 4/22, T Rooney-Murphy 2/24)
by 110 runs

IBI CORPORATE FINANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

At Park Avenue
Railway Union 189/8, 49.5 overs (C Divney 46*, A Mathew 43; R Grover 2/31, D Cleary 1/27)
beat
Terenure 188/10, 48.4 overs (R Grover 70, S Safi 24; H Maan 3/35, F Zaman 3/40)
by 2 wickets

At Observatory Lane
Leinster 189/10, 48.4 overs (S Bahadur 66; J Mooney 4/29, U Azhar 2/31)
beat
North County 68/10, 22.3 overs (B Azhar 5/28, B Mitchell 3/34)
by 121 runs

At Kenure
Rush 268/9, 50 overs (L Johnson 138, A Abbasi 30; B Kruger 4/29, E Ibrahimi 3/48)
beat
Cork Harlequins 185/10, 42.4 overs (J Buss 29; J McGee 4/36, J Barnes 2/27)
by 83 runs

At The Maws
North Kildare 310/6, 45 overs (K Pawar 191, S Patel 38, I Ul-Haq 32*; S Singh 3/59)
beat
Cork County 48/10, 19.5 overs (M Singh 4/7, M  Sherzad 3/12)
by 262 runs