Donemana break Irish Senior Cup scoring record to knock Waringstown out of All-Ireland competition

Donemana pulled of the most remarkable of wins at the Lawn on Saturday afternoon as the Holm side completed the highest ever run chase in the history of the Irish Senior Cup to knock Waringstown out of the All-Ireland competition.

Chasing a mammoth 359 to win, few would have given Gary McClintock's side a squeak, however if we've learned anything down through the years it is never to rule Donemana out of anything.

DJ Dougherty, Anuj Jotin and Raymond Curry all did their bit with half centuries in the top order, but it was a wonderful effort from David O’Sullivan that was to change the course of the game.

With overs running out and the visitors still well adrift, O'Sullivan blasted 66 from 22 balls - including 5 sixes in one over from Jason van der Merwe.

Ricky-Lee Dougherty was exactly the type of last man in that Donemana needed, and he was there at the end to steer the Tyrone side home with nothing to spare.

Earlier in the day, James McCollum had made 125, and Greg Thompson an unbeaten 74 as the Belfast side would surely have felt they had done more than enough.

O'Sullivan, and Donemana clearly had a different plan in an absolute classic cup game.

Coleraine are also in the hat for Round 2 after the Bannsiders beat Muckamore by 114 runs at Sandel Lodge.

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Scott Campbell was in top form for the hosts as he made a very valuable 69 (3 fours, 4 sixes) to help his side towards a competitive 213-8 from their 50 overs.

Paddy Carson added 42 at the top of the order with Matthew Hutchinson's 22 pushing the total up over 200 late on.

Randeera Ranasinge (2-40), Shane Henderson (2-48) and Sathish Suresh (2-50) were all on the mark with the ball for the visitors; however their batting was less competitive as they were bowled out in reply for 99.

Once again it was Campbell in the thick of the action as his 3-11 paired with 3-26 from Gareth Burns and a couple of wickets from Stephen Hutchinson (2-23) kept Muckamore at arm's length.

Jason van der Merwe (24) fared best with the bat, but it was to be Coleraine's day.

That however was to be as good as it got for North West sides with Brigade unable to get past in-form Lisburn at Wallace Park.

Iftikhar Hussain made 44 from 72 balls as the Limavady Road side were bowled out in the final over for 196.

Craig Averill on his way to scoring 80 in Coleraine's win at Brigade.

Neil Whitworth claimed five wickets for the hosts, and James Hunter top scored with 89 in the reply - sharing in a stand of 130 with Faiz Fazal that saw them into the next round.

North County easily saw off the challenge of Eglinton who managed just 115 batting first - Liam Doherty's 37 the best of that.

Suliman Safi helped himself to four wickets and the outcome was a formality after that - Jamie Grassi with an unbeaten 65 and Safi 30 in a cosy win.

Strabane were no match for Instonians at Shaw's Bridge either; Shane Dadswell, Cian Robertson and Andrew White all claiming three wickets each as the Red Caps were bowled out for 178.

Overseas man Ranitha batted very well to make 66, but there was little resistance elsewhere. Nikolai Smith top scored in the reply as the Belfast side cruised into Round 2.

Centuries from new North West Warrior, Jake Egan, and former Bready man Chris Dougherty ensured that CIYMS also progressed at Magheramason.

That pair posted a 185-run stand for the second wicket as the Belmont side racked up 312-4 from their 50 overs.

Egan hit 13 fours and 2 sixes in his 128 while Dougherty had 9 fours and 4 sixes in his 105, before Carson McCullough added an unbeaten 46 late on.

Australian batsman Ben Mitchell enjoying the dry conditions as Leinster beat Newbuildings on Saturday.

Teenager Travis Faulkner bowled well to pick up 2-39, and the home side got a decent platform in their reply with David Rankin making 45, Josh van Heerdon 41, Gavin Roulston 38 and Kyle Magee 21, however McCullough soon put an end to any thoughts of a successful chase.

McCullough bowled really well for his 5-38 with support from Alex Armstrong (2-35) as the hosts were all out for 185.

Rush racked up the runs at a sun-drenched Bleachgreen with two more former North West players doing plenty of damage for Jarred Barnes' men.

Former Warrior, Nathan McGuire hit 17 fours and 2 sixes on his way to an entertaining 107 while ex-Red Cap Ehtesham Ahmed added 78 in the visitors' hefty total of 364-9. In between those two, Jack Magee made 89 with skipper Barnes chipping in with an unbeaten 34.

Harry Zimmermann continued his impressive start to the season- the home skipper largely avoiding the melee with figures of 4-61- with Muhammad Edrees chipping in with 3-83.

Ardmore were never in the hunt if truth be told; Zimmermann again the standout with a really good 89 not out in their reply. It was largely only cameos him aside though as Abidullah Taniwar (3-17), Barnes (3-40) and Allan Eastwood (2-26) saw the southerners over the line with 200 runs to spare.

Former winners Leinster started with a comfortable win at Newbuildings courtesy of a strong bowling display and an aggressive reply led by overseas man Ben Mitchell.

Ryan Hunter (33) and Jason Dunn (23) fared best with the bat in front of a big Foyle View crowd, however Bilal Azhar (3-20), Jai Moondra (3-54), and Mitchell (2-26) saw to it that the hosts could muster just 127 batting first.

Mitchell then set about the chase with a bit of swagger- hitting 6 fours and 4 sixes in his 60, with Monil Patel (30) and Younas Ahmadzai (27*) finishing off a 6-wicket win.

Things were a bit more positive in the National Cup with five of the eight local sides progressing to the next phase.

St Johnston were already through after their intended opponents, Downpatrick, pulled out of the competition on Friday night.

Fox Lodge are also through after they posted a 77-run win at Cregagh.

Gayan Maneeshan was in scintillating form for the Ballymagorry side as he hit 15 fours and 7 sixes in his 155 with Brian Allen (25) and Jonny Robinson (24) keeping him company at various stages of the afternoon.

Chris Dougherty acknowledges the applause after a superb innings.

Alistair Watt (3-47) and Adam McCormick (3-49) were best with the ball for the home side and while Jonny Moore (50) and Daniel Henry (27*) battled well, Adam Walker (4-25) and two wickets apiece for Gayan and Jason Milligan sealed the win.

Ballyspallen thrashed Drumaness Superkings with the visitors bowled out for 77, after Isaac Bird and Kagiso Rapulana claimed four wickets each.

Bird then took 31 off the first over of the reply, and he went on to make a 23-ball unbeaten 73 that included 9 fours and 6 sixes as they passed their target in five overs!

Glendermott took care of North Kildare in emphatic fashion at The Rectory too; Ben Mills taking 5-40 as the visitors were dismissed for 165.

Former Glendermott skipper Mills then hit 9 sixes and 7 fours in a superb 105* from just 62 balls, including a century stand with Jason Lynch who added 32.

Bonds Glen beat Civil Service Dublin in a cracking game- Sam Haslett top-scoring with an unbeaten 70 (6 fours, 2 sixes), while Heinrich Roberts made a 29-ball half century (4 sixes, 4 fours) in a total of 272-5.

Stand-in overseas man, Lesiba Ngoepe made 43, while Stephen McGowan (40) and Adam Thompson (30*) were also among the runs. T

CS openers Karan Narang and Jeyachandran both recorded 50's in an opening stand of 148 with Dharm Singh paving the way for a Bee Gees win as he picked up five wickets in the reply.

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The sides knocked out include Burndennett, who lost by more than 200 runs in Galway.

Shariq Nasim made an unbeaten 133 and Swarrop Burra a 36-ball 83 not out as the westerners posted 318-3 while there were four wickets apiece for Sukhal Singh and Jayesh Juneja as the North West side were bowled out for 110.

Killyclooney went down by 1 wicket in a thriller at Laois- the hosts chasing down 'Clooney's 184 with just two balls to spare.

Aron Visser made 37 and Timmy Dougherty 34 for the visitors, but despite three wickets apiece for Kenzie Hall and Matthew Campbell, Laois just about had enough to get through, with Rashid Mehraj (37) and Jahangar Noor (30) among the runs for them.

Sion Mills had to travel light to face University College Cork- Simon Galloway's 22 the best of the Tyrone side's 73 all out batting first.

Cork made short work of that - winning with all ten wickets still in hand.