Barkby United landed a first-round giant-killing.
The Everards Division One side were emphatic seven-wicket winners at Premier Division Broomleys.
Tom Foulds was the mainstay of the Broomleys batting but, when he had reached 71, he had to retire hurt after being hit on an arm by a straight drive while he was the non-striker.
David Bates made 47 but Broomleys were restricted to 172-8 off 40 overs with teenage medium-pacer Jack Wood taking three wickets.
Skipper Steve Flowers (82) and Ian Kirk (32) gave Broomleys a flying start and they won with 10 balls to spare.
Sileby and Market Harborough won the two all-Premier clashes.
Sileby restricted hosts Stoughton & Thurnby to 199-3 despite opener Waqas Akhter making an unbeaten 89.
Rob Moore (52) and Liam Kinch (55 not out) helped Sileby home with six wickets and nearly four overs to spare.
Chris Gordon smashed 123 as Harborough raced to 279-3 against Earl Shilton. Ben Collins (3-14) and his brother Max (2-2) helped to bowl out the visitors for 83.
Kibworth and Loughborough Town set up an attractive second-round clash with convincing wins over Division Two sides.
Tom Driver took 3-37 as Kibworth bowled out Leicester Banks for 114 and Aamir Mahmood followed up his two wickets with 47 runs as the home side galloped home with eight wickets in hand.
Anish Patel scored 116 off 114 deliveries as Loughborough Town raced to 294-4 against Loughborough Carillon, who were held to 134-6 with Alex Relf hitting 42.
A third-wicket stand of 103 between James Kirkham (59) and Danny Yeow (53) steered Leicester Ivanhoe to 228 all out at Electricity Sports, who were bowled out for 91 as left-arm spinner Chris Harvey claimed 5-14.
An unbroken opening stand of 158 between Chris Davies (89 not out) and Craig Ashcroft (52) booked a 10-wicket victory for Kegworth at Thorpe Arnold.
Ramesh Kara's century helped Barrow & Burton to an emphatic win over Enderby.
Second-round draw (June 16): Leicester Ivanhoe v Syston or Cropston; Kibworth v Loughborough Town; Lutterworth v Maher Sports; Market Harborough v Atlantis; Sileby v Newbold Verdon; Barrow & Burton v Shree Sanatan Centre; Barkby United v Leicester Caribbeans; Birstall Village or Rothley Park v Kegworth.
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