Pressure continued to build up in the middle of the Hoofdklasse table on Sunday, with the bottom three sides all winning. But the most significant result of the day was perhaps Quick Haag’s victory over Hermes-DVS Schiedam, which took them back into third spot.

It was another round of matches affected by a ridiculously wet summer – three of the four games were abbreviated, with only Excelsior’s game against Voorburg able to go the full distance.

In Schiedam, Quick Haag made a good start against Hermes, reaching 106 for two in 27 overs before the match was interrupted by rain. Opener Job van Bunge was on 49 at this stage, and after the resumption, with the game reduced to 44 overs a side, he went on his century, reaching this milestone in the final over as Quick got to 198 for six. Pankaj Joshi picked up three for 29 for Hermes.

Nicky Statham again led the way for Hermes as they set out after a target of 223 set by the Duckworth/Lewis calculation, and after he was dismissed Jeroen van der Zwan made his first Hoofdklasse half-century, going on to make 85. But it wasn’t enough, and Edgar Schiferli took five for 29 for Quick as the visitors dismissed Hermes for 213, 10 runs short, with seven balls left.

It was a good day for the van Bunge family, with Job’s better-known brother, Dutch international Daan, making 89 for Excelsior as they reached 223 for eight in 50 overs. Luuk van Troost contributed 41, while Mohammed Rafi was the most successful of the Voorburg bowlers with three for 61.

Voorburg were 107 for two at one stage in reply with Ryan Le Loux and Tim de Leede going well, but once van Troost dismissed Le Loux for 40 and then Rashid Amin – making his long-awaited debut for Excelsior – accounted for de Leede for 38 with the total on 157, the innings rapidly declined.

Brett Haider, who had earlier removed both openers, came back to run through the lower order, finishing with his best-ever Hoofdklasse haul of five for 43 as Voorburg were all out for 171.

At De Diepput, VRA’s batting again struggled somewhat in a shortened innings, having reached 59 for two in 19 overs when a break for rain led to the loss of seven overs. The leaders were without skipper Darrin Murray, but opener Ryan Maron made 51, while Adeel Raja, in his best knock of the season so far, made 32 not out in the latter stages.

But with wickets falling regularly at the other end, Ed Sleijffers taking four for 34 for HCC, VRA had to be content with 171 for nine. The Duckworth/Lewis revision adjusted the target to 176, but HCC never looked in serious trouble achieving this, especially after they got away to a rapid-fire start, reaching 75 for one in the first 12 overs.

Karl Kout, playing his first Hoofdklasse match of the season, hit 33 and Shane Deitz 31, but it was Derk Rijkens whose not-out 51, supported by Jeroen Smits with 24, who saw HCC through to a comfortable seven-wicket victory with seven overs to spare.

VOC Rotterdam moved to within a percentage point of VRA by completing a comfortable win over HBS Den Haag. Here 37 overs had been bowled by the time the players were driven from the field, with VOC, who had won the toss and elected to bat, on 118 for three. Bas Zuiderent had made 39.

Once the game resumed there were only six more overs available, and Xavier Doherty and Jelte Schoonheim plundered 67 runs to complete an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 95, Doherty making 55 and Schoonheim 59.

On the basis of this total of 185 for three Duckworth/Lewis calculation set a revised target of 209 to win, which HBS never seemed likely to achieve. Only Billy Stelling, with 58, was able to survive for long against the varied VOC attack, and the visitors were all out for 128 in 36.1 overs.

The Duckworth/Lewis calculation produced a thrilling finish in the Amsterdam derby, where VVV were dismissed only five runs short of a revised target of 177 in a match reduced to 40 overs a side.

ACC were 77 for two in 25 overs when the interruption came, with Chris Slattery and Scott Fraser at the wicket. Slattery went on to make 51 before Mohammed Hafeez trapped him leg-before, but Fraser continued to end, finishing with 60 not out as ACC reached 152 for five.

This resulted in a revised target of 177 for VVV, but although they began aggressively as always, they were soon 41 for three and in trouble. Mohammed Sadiq again provided the core of the VVV innings, but Xander Udo took four for 29 for ACC and when Sadiq fell for 63 the total was 164 for nine, with 13 still needed. The final pair managed eight more, but the last wicket fell with VVV still five short.