Western Premiership One produced an enthralling match at Nunholm on Saturday as Dumfries took on league leaders Clydesdale from Glasgow. In a rain reduced 30-over game, Dumfries set a total of 122 all out but that was after the Vigilant Security Player of the Match Alan Davidson, with 40 opening, and Adam Malik, with 20, had got the side to the promising position of 62 for 1. Spinner Zeeshan Bashir did the damage with four wickets.

Then an impressive display by opening bowlers James Hobman and Alan Davidson had the visitors in trouble at 24 for 3 by the tenth over. Hobman was also as impressive in the field as his two excellent catches helped to make it 6 wickets down for 62. However, it took a sixty-run seventh wicket partnership to get the visitors over the line for a four-wicket win with Dumfries left regretting opportunities missed.

In Western Championship 2, the toss provided significant as league leaders Dumfries 2nd XI, Nunholm, were put in to bat at Woodfarm on a soft wicket. On a day when only two batters reached double figures, Nunholm struggled to 61 all out with number ten, John Woodhouse, the top scorer with 12 not out.

A run-a-ball 24 from the Woodfarm opener then set the course of the match. Nunholm made it difficult with youngster Finley Trigg, the Lochthorn Medical Centre Player of the Match, taking 3 wickets, and Trevor Newport with 2, combining to give Nunholm hope. However, it finished as a four-wicket loss to inflict the first league defeat upon the side.

On Sunday, the combined Watsonian/Dumfries Women’s side defeated East Kilbride in Edinburgh to claim the Scottish Women’s Premier League title after winning all their matches to become only the third team to win the trophy.

Also on Sunday, at Langholm, Dumfries managed two wins out of two over the home side and Galloway in a T20 tri-tournament. Wahid Jabarkhil starred with the bat reaching an aggregate 100 runs not out after two retirals at fifty. Jasmine McCulloch was the team’s top wicket taker with two wickets in each game.

Former Dumfries club junior Chris McBride is selected for Scotland Men this week for a World Cup Qualification tournament in the Netherlands as Scotland seek to qualify for the T20 World Cup Finals.

On Saturday, the 1st team, Vigilant Dumfries, play Kelburne at home in Western Premiership One. The 2nd team, Nunholm, play at Renfrew 2nds in Western Championship 2.

To try some junior, senior and women's cricket at Nunholm over the summer holidays then the club can be contacted via dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com or online at dumfriescricketclub.com.