Valkyres and Ramsey are through to the semi-finals of the Standard Bank Tinker Cup. On Sunday both clubs were in top form and had convincing wins. Tom Reader blasted a century as Valkyres scored 211 for 7 against Crosby. Tom made 102 not out with Will Warwick hitting 24 and Andy Stokes 21.

Harry Rothwell took 3 for 25 for the Marown side who then made a disastrous start in reply. Three wickets went down for only 14 runs, but Jack Rowlands and Jacob Hicklin restored order with a stand of 82. Jack was run out for 36, but Jacob went on to make 56. The side were dismissed for 140, with Zubair Siddiqi taking 4 for 34.

Ramsey did well to bowl out Castletown for 133. Ollie Webster took 3 for 11 and Jamie Moffatt had 3 for 48. John Short top scored with 29. Moffatt then shone with the bat, cracking 53 not out to guide Ramsey to a 5 wicket victory.