Belfast Under 14's have qualified for the national finals of the Lord's Taverners' Ford Inner Cities Cricket Cup for the eighth successive year. Two very comfortable victories over Glasgow and Edinburgh in preliminary round matches, in which they lost only three wickets, saw Belfast through to compete with seven other major UK cities at Arundel in West Sussex from 11-14 August.

19 June 2008 - v Glasgow at Carrickfergus CC
Glasgow were asked to bat first and were restricted to 113 for 6 in a match reduced to 25 overs because of the weather. Belfast in reply lost 2 early wickets, but a third wicket partnership of  71 runs between Ards opener Nathan Burns, who completed an excellent fifty, and Carrick's Jordan McClurkin saw their side home with nearly 10 overs to spare.
Glasgow 113 for 6 (25 overs; D Chaudry 25, M English 24)
Belfast 114 for 2 (15.1 overs; Nathan Burns 53*, Jordan McClurkin 31*)

Belfast won by 8 wkts

24 June 2008 - v Edinburgh at Watsonians CC
Belfast again asked their opponents to bat first, and in another match reduced to 25 overs some very accurate bowling and keen fielding restricted Edinburgh to only 89 for 8. Cooke Collegians opening bowler Mark Gribben struck with two early wickets, North Down medium pacer Peter Eakin picked up three and club colleague Alistair Shields took two wickets. After losing a wicket in the first over, skipper Scott Irvine led the way with a fine aggressive innings of 47*, and he and Nathan Burns saw Belfast home to victory without further loss in the 16th over.

Edinburgh 81 for 8 (25 overs; K Meier 22, Peter Eakin 3-16, Mark Gribben 2-10, Alistair Shields 2-16)
Belfast 82 for 1 (15.3 overs; Scott Irvine 47*, Nathan Burns 23*)

Belfast won by 9 wkts