Trio book last four spots

On Saturday only one game in the Premiership took place.

Fox Lodge travelled to near neighbours Strabane and batting first the men from Ballymagorry amassed a massive 302 for 3 wickets in a match reduced to 48 overs.

A first wicket partnership of 190 between Jason Milligan and Iftikhar Hussain ended when Hussain was run out after scoring 88 an innings which included 8 fours and a six. Milligan continued to destroy some poor Strabane bowling and after losing skipper Brian Allen for 8 he found a willing partner in Dean McCarter who smashed 60 which included 7 fours and 2 sixes. McCarter was bowled by the last ball of the innings while Milligan remained undefeated on 138 which included 19 fours in what was a superb knock.

Strabane after a solid start where they reached 67 for 1 with Mark Gillespie scoring 42 before he fell to the Foxies skipper Johnny Robinson who went on to have figures of 6 for 26 off his 9 overs as the Red caps were bowled out for just 126.

The game between Coleraine and Brigade saw just 12 overs bowled with the Bannsiders struggling on 50 for 4 before the game was abandoned.

Things weren’t much better on Sunday where after more torrential rain saw the three quarter finals of the Danske Bank Senior cup somehow managing to get completed. Coleraine entertained a St Johnston side containing seven players under 18, the Donegal men batted first put up a reasonable show scoring 132 with Ian Mc Beth top scoring with 32 with a number of their youngsters also performing well.

The Bannsiders openers Niall McDonnell and Scott Campbell found little difficulty in chasing the score Campbell was the only one out after scoring 50 while McDonnell was undefeated on 68.

Donemana booked their place in the semi final when they defeated Ardmore by six wickets in a game reduced to 20 overs a side. Ardmore scored an excellent 162 in their innings with Adrian Murphy scoring 78.

After a few scares Richard Kee’s side thanks to two undefeated innings from Ricky Lee Dougherty and Andy Mc Brine saw their side home with one over to spare.

In the other game, Brigade defeated Fox Lodge 2-0 in a bowl out.