Croma Vigilant Dumfries played a strong Heriots side on Sunday as the South Champions in the Murgitroyd T20 National semi-final at Nunholm. However the East Champions came away with a convincing win to reach the later final against Forfarshire.

Heriots chose to bat first first with a 10:30 start and swung the game away from the local side as they wrestled with the morning dew on the pink match ball. A South African overseas opening pairing of Van der Berg and Meira asserted themselves and that, and a few too many extras, meant they were already nearing ninety after just eight overs.

Dumfries managed to fight back with skipper McCutcheon dismissing Meira thanks to excellent catch from Thomas McBride at long-on and Scott Beveridge bowled Van der Berg for 36. Scotland player Mark Watt and Shean then hustled Heriots up past 150 with three overs to go. The McCutcheon/McBride combination removed Watt for 31 and Dumfries managed to pick up a succession of wickets in the final over. Beveridge took three, including a triumphant catch by Stuart Alexander on the boundary, plus run-outs from him and McCutcheon as Heriots scored four for the loss of five wickets but still finished with a commanding total of 169 for 8.

Dumfries needed a couple of commanding innings of their own to even threaten that target but got off the worst start losing a wicket first ball, bowled Ruthven. Regular wickets kept any boundary shots at bay and the side were four down at the half stage. Thomas McBride looked comfortable but was bowled for 26 looking for runs and the side limped to 67 all out in the 18th over for Heriots to canter into the later final.

This weekend the final games of the Dumfries season take place with the Club Day for juniors to seniors on Saturday and the final outing of the summer for the Sunday Development XI away on Sunday.

Heriots 169 for 8 (20 overs)
 E. Meiri 34, H. Van der Berg 36, M. Shean 31, M, Watt 31;
 S Beveridge 4 overs 4 for 18, C McCutcheon 4 overs 2 for 29
 Dumfries 67 all out (17.1 overs) 
T. McBride 26; K. Morton 3 for 5, M. Shean 2 for 7, E. Ruthven 2 for 17, R. Brown 2 for 20