After bowling out their opponents cheaply at Stirling the previous week, Your Move Dumfries suffered a similar scoreline and outcome at home against Uddingston on Saturday in Western Premiership One.

After being put into bat Dumfries had reached nearly thirty unscathed when two quick wickets set the innings on a slippery slope. Then opening bowler Tom Wilmott, with a spell of pace and inswing, went on to claim seven wickets with four of those wickets lbw. Only Bellwood and Thornely reached double figures as Dumfries limped to fifty seven all out. Uddingston then had little trouble reaching their target with Awais hitting 33 not out for a nine wicket win.

The youthful Dumfries 2nd team continued their learning experiences through a defeat at Uddingston 2nds, Bothwell. Batting first, Bothwell numbers one and three, Martin and Dunne put the fielding side under pressure as they hit 94 and 73 respectively. Despite that the bowlers persisted and went on to have the home side seven wickets down albeit for a big total of 297. The Nexgen Driver Training Dumfries Player of the Match, Munro Cubbon, claimed three wickets with a wicket shared around four other bowlers as the side learnt the need to take any catches offered. In reply the side grafted to reach 105 all out batting thirty-five overs. Wahid Jabarkhil was the top scorer with a run-a-ball 30 and Callum Reynolds-Lewis was next with a patient 20.

The combined women's club side between Dumfries and Galloway played West of Scotland at Nunholm in the Women's Premier League where a quality Scotland U19 opening partnership found the wicket and the bowling to their liking. Maryan Faisal went on to hit 122 and Nayma Sheikh 76. To their credit the fielding side pulled things back after the drinks break. Nicola Brown bowled both batters and Emma Fordyce got her wicket, bowled, on the last ball for an unlikely target of 262 for 3. Macey Corbett-Byers bowled accurately with five overs on her debut and was unlucky not to claim a wicket. In reply, Niamh Muir batted well to top score with 31 for the Ashleigh Building Player of the Match. Sue Strachan also hit 25 as the side put in a good effort to score 121 and nearly batted out to reach their full overs.

On Saturday, Your Move Dumfries play away at Clydesdale in Western Premiership One.

If interested in participating in some junior, women's, senior cricket during this summer Dumfries Cricket Club can be contacted on dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com or find the club online at www.dumfriescricketclub.com.