Dumfries Cricket Club hosted the Murgitroyd National T20 Final’s Day on Sunday for the first time with four clubs qualifying from around Scotland to vye for the title of Scottish Champions of the short twenty over a side format. The day had plenty of Scotland internationals and Scotland representative players across the teams and the sides duly delivered some big hitting and high quality fielding.

Croma Vigilant Dumfries played Heriots in the morning semi-final but the home side were well beaten by the side fresh from winning the Scottish Cup with the Edinburgh side hitting 169 for 8. In reply Dumfries never got going after early wickets fell and finished on just 67.

The second semi-final was between Glasgow side Clydesdale and the newly crowned East League and Scottish Club Champions, Forfarshire, from Dundee. The action really lit up in the ninth over when Scotland’s Richie Berrington accelerated and smashed three huge sixes over the road, clubhouse and onto a nearby roof. He top scored with 63 as Clydesdale reached 143 for 5. However his Scotland team-mate, Craig Wallace, responded as he opened and was steered his Forfarshire side to an 8 wicket win in hitting the day’s top score of 75 with his share of fours and sixes.

So the final was appropriately between the Scottish Cup and Scottish Club Champions. Heriots chose to bat first once more and after a fast start looked reasonably placed going past eighty with 3 wickets down. However leg spinner Hogarth slowed the scoring down by taking wickets and ended up with a man of the match performance with 6 wickets for just 12, including three wickets in his final over, as Heriots subsided to 111 all out. Wallace and Greaves then took twenty off the first two overs but Watt held on to a screamer at short cover to remove danger man Wallace. Heriots then raised a few question marks with Forfarshire 5 down for eighty six. However Greaves hit a no-ball free hit onto the training area for another massive six to settle any worries and ended 55 not out as the Dundee side won with an over left.

The Murgitroyd T20 Cup was presented to the winning Forfarshire Captain, Umair Mohammed, for their third trophy of the season, by Sue Strachan from the Dumfries Club in her role as President-Elect of Cricket Scotland.

Scottish T20 Semi Final 1
Heriots 169 for 8 in 20 overs (Elnathan Meiri 34, Hayes van der Berg 36, Michael Shean 31, Mark Watt 31. S Beveridge 4 for 18) defeated Dumfries 67 all out in 17.1 overs (Thomas McBride 26. Keith Morton 3 for 5, Micheal Shean 2 for 7, Elliot Ruthven 2 for 17, Ryan Brown 2 for 20)

Scottish T20 Semi Final 2 
Clydesdale 143 for 5 in 20 overs (Richie Berrington 63, Angus Guy 25, Arman Farid 22. Bryce Allchin 2 for 23) lost to Forfarshire 146 for 2 in 18.4 overs (Craig Wallace 75, Callum Garden 49*)

Scottish T20 Final 
Heriots 111 all out in 20 overs (Mark Watt 25, Hayes van der Berg 18. Jack Hogarth 6 for 12) lost to Forfarshire 112 for 5 in 19 overs. (Chris Greaves 55*, Craig Wallace 18. Michael Shean 3 for 15, Elliot Ruthven 2 for 25)