In Western Premiership 2, third placed Dumfries 1st XI, Vigilant Dumfries, won their home encounter against fifth placed Stirling County by five wickets. The visitors were asked to bat first and at one point were progressing well at 98 for 1. However the introduction of spin stalled that progress. Chris Brockwell then removed two wickets, and Callum Reynolds-Lewis took 4 wickets for just 23 runs, including the opposition skipper who was the top scorer with an innings of 78. Tommy McGrath followed up with his two wickets and Stirling were reduced to a final total of 168 all out.

The Dumfries top three all contributed with scores from Chris Bellwood (18), Munro Cubbon (28) and when Lachlan Friend was caught for 23 Dumfries had, in their turn, reached 98 for 4. From there Ronan Dunbar and Max Corbett-Byers turbo-charged the response. Dunbar was eventually out for 52, which included 48 runs all scored in boundaries to claim the Mogerleys Butchers Player of the Match award. Corbett-Byers was also faster than a run-a-ball in hitting his 32 not out to take Dumfries to a five wicket win. Defeat for the two sides above them in the Premiership, Kilmarnock and Uddingston, narrowed the gap to the top two places.

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Dumfries won by 5 wickets
Stirling County 1st XI won the toss and elected to bat
Stirling County 168-9 all out (33.2 overs)
C. Silva 78
A. Davidson 7 overs 1-39
O. Barnard 5 overs 0-26
C. Brockwell 7 overs 2-31
M. Cubbon 3 overs 0-22
C. Reynolds-Lewis 7 overs 4-23
T. McGrath 4.2 overs 2-26
Fall of Wickets 1-14 Alasdair Banks, 2-98 Aaron Gairns, 3-98 Euan Smith, 4-125 Nathan Hume, 5-143 Rukman Kumara Wewelwala Hewage, 6-144 Cameron Silva, 7-152 Shreyas Salunke, 8-156 Ali MuBarak, 9-168 Rajkoti Pothineni
Dumfries 171-5 (27.3 overs)
C. Bellwood 18
M. Cubbon 28
L. Friend 23
R. Dunbar 52 off 40 balls 12 fours
M. Corbett-Byers 32no
Extras 12 10WD 0NB 1LB 1B 0P
Fall of Wickets1-37 Chris Bellwood, 2-49 Munro Cubbon, 3-66 Billy Morgan, 4-98 Lachlan Friend, 5-156 Ronan Dunbar