Leinster were the day’s biggest winners in the Championship as they crushed Railway Union by 216 runs at Park Avenue.

Saqib Bahadur top scored with 78, while there also half centuries for Ben Mitchell and Tristen De Beer, who hit 4 sixes and 4 fours in his 52 from just 36 balls. De Beer added 75 in just 7 overs for the ninth wicket with Amit Waghmare (24), while others who contributed to the 319 total were Peter Masterson (47) and Joey Carroll (31).

Railway in reply could only muster 103, with three wickets each for Mitchell and Bahadur.

North County showed their depth as they beat Cork Harlequins by 73 runs in a game that was far from as comprehensive as the result margin would suggest.

County were struggling at 99 for 7, and it took an eighth wicket stand of 134 in 20 overs between Andrew Sheridan and Luke Whelan (53) to get them up to the dizzy heights of 242 for 8.

Sheridan hit 6 sixes in his unbeaten 100 – reaching three figures off the last ball of the innings.

Awais Saghar (34) and Shiwan Kislay (33) helped Harlequins to 103 for 2 in the chase, but they folded to 169 all out – three wickers for Malcolm Nofal and Usman Azhar.

Terenure won their first game of the season as they chased 182 to beat Cork County by three wickets. Ross Durity top scored with 60 for the Munster side, adding 68 for the seventh wicket with Nabeel Anjum (47) after Raghav Grover (4-23) had them in trouble at 65 for 6.

Cork rallied to 182 with two wickets also for Sadiq Safi, Mick Cotter and Dylan Cleary.

Seamus Lynch’s brutal assault on the Cork County all but settled the match, as he hit 8 sixes and 6 fours in a belligerent 81 from 48 balls. He added 93 for the second wicket with Raghav Grover (38), and despite a fightback, Sidarth Nair’s unbeaten 25 sealed the three-wicket win.

North Kildare sprang a surprise as they beat Rush by 57 runs at The Maws.

Indian overseas professional Kaustubh Pawar top scored with 52 as they made 201, adding 78 for the fourth wicket with Husnain Mahroof (43).

There were four wickets apiece for Jared Barnes and Asher Abbassi.

In the chase, New Zealander Llew Johnson was again in the runs with 44, but despite his best efforts and 33 from skipper Neil Rock, Rush were dismissed for 144 after collapsing from 115 for 3.

Abdul Sattar took four wickets, while Pawar’s excellent day finished with 3 for 25.