In Western Championship 2, Nunholm, Dumfries 2nd XI, won at home against Mearns 2nds by 86 runs to stay in second place. Nunholm set a competitive total helped by a rapid 59 by opener Wahid Jabarkhil. Junior Cory Dawson contributed 18 to add to his five hundred league runs so far this season, and then Captain Drew Dawson shared an important sixty-run sixth-wicket partnership with James Cox, who hit 22. Dawson finished not out on 74 as he took his side up to 227 for 9 at the end of the forty overs.

Sultan Kamran once more took two early wickets and in combination with a wicket by Cory Dawson kept Mearns to 30 for 3, The subsequent bowlers also managed to take wickets with Lachlan Osmond taking two as did Ross Lamb who also took three catches. Barring two late order cameos Nunholm kept the Mearns batting in check as the visitors reached a final tally of 141 all out with bowlers Finley Trigg, Cox, and John Woodhouse also claiming a wicket. Skipper Dawson was awarded the R Lamb Timber Player of the Match for setting a challenging total with his crucial innings of 74.

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Nunholm won by 86 runs
Toss Nunholm won the toss and elected to bat
Nunholm 227-9 (40 overs)
A. Dawson 74no
W. Jabarkhil 59
J. Cox 22
C. Dawson 18
Extras 26 20WD 3NB 3LB 0B 0P
Mearns 2 141-10 (32.1 overs) [1 bonus point for 60% to total]
C. Dawson 6 overs 1-11
S. Kamran 8 overs 2-35
L. Osmond 5 overs 2-17
F. Trigg 3 overs 1-25
J. Woodhouse 4 overs 1-16
W. Osmond 3 overs 0-17
R. Lamb 2.1 overs 2-7
J. Cox 1 over 1-8
Extras 27 20WD 2NB 0LB 5B 0P
Fall of Wickets 1-14 Player, 2-15 Pradipta Mohanty, 3-30 Player, 4-63 Akshay Gupta, 5-64 Player, 6-64 Player, 7-101 Player, 8-114 Player, 9-119 Karthick Gurusamy, 10-141 Player