In Western Championship Two, Nunholm continued their recent winning sequence with an 11-run win at East Kilbride 2nds, Torrance House, to place fourth in a crowded top of the table. Nunholm set a sizeable total of 246 for 8 wickets thanks to a key seventh partnership of 85 between Liam Renou, with 46, and a first 2nd XI fifty for junior Lachlan Osmond with 58 not out which was a recovery from 139 for 6. Earlier, Ronan Dunbar batted well for his 43 to get the side past the hundred.
Cox and Osmond gave Nunholm a good start with two very early wickets and Newport ended a couple of partnerships with his two wickets but the home side middle order contributed scores and Torrance House got near thanks largely to a battling not out 66 by their number eight batter Nadeem. Three wickets by Ross Lamb helped to keep making inroads and Finley Trigg coped with the challenge of the closing overs, and took a wicket, and bowled the last over to restrict the chase to 235 for 9 for an 11 run win. Lachlan was awarded the S&R Roofing Player of the Match.
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Western Championship Two at Torrance House
Nunholm beat Torrance House by 11 runs
Nunholm 246-8 (40 overs)
L. Osmond 58no
L. Renou 46
R. Dunbar 43
J. Cox 22
EXTRAS: 48 ( b 3, lb 3, nb 3, w 39)
Fall of wickets: 36 (J Cox) 58 (F Trigg) 78 (C Dawson) 109 (R Dunbar) 123 (A Dawson) 139 (R Lamb) 224 (L Renou) 246 (A Vadakkoott)
Torrance House 235-9 (40 overs)
I. Nadeem 66no
J. Cox 4 overs 1-12
L. Osmond 4 overs 1-9
C. Dawson 3 overs 0-21
T. Newport 8 overs 2-43
A Vadakkoott 5 overs 0-34
R. Lamb 8 overs 3-45
A. Goodin 5 overs 1-45
F. Trigg 3 overs 1-25
EXTRAS: 21 ( lb 1, nb 3, w 17)
Fall of wickets: 6 (V Balachandran) 9 (A Khalil) 71 (R Mariyappan) 92 (N Malik) 120 (N Sheikh) 156 (A Ejaz) 177 (A Mughis) 193 (I Khan) 210 (B Meikle)