Dumfries Under-11s into Cup Semi-Final

Dumfries under-11s had a successful trip to an unbeaten Workington to play in the quarter final of the Cumbria U11 League Cup and Cory Dawson caught the eye with a James Hallam Insurance Player of the Match effort.

Dumfries batted first against a challenging opening pair of bowlers but Cory and Lachlan Osmond proved equal to the task. They both set up the game by reaching the retiral total of thirty. Jonty Clark-Maxwell struck two boundaries in a valuable ten and Isaac Ishmael and Angus Middlemiss then used their heads and ran well as Dumfries reached a total of 103 for 2 off the 16 overs.

Opening bowler Macey Corbett-Byers took an important wicket very well caught by Cory and the latter bowled straight to hit the stumps four times in his opening overs. That left the home side in deep trouble and then Oliver Clark-Maxwell matched his brother with two wickets bowled when he came on to bowl. Gregor Martin and Angus Middlemiss contributed with their bowling and the latter took the final wicket, all out for 49. Sarah Cox kept wicket well as Dumfries got the better of the key match-ups in a cup-tie which could readily have gone the other way.

The team move on to the next round and are scheduled to play at Keswick in the Cumbria League Cup semi-final.

Cumbria Under-11 League Cup Quarter-Final
Dumfries Under 11s 102-3 (16 overs)
C Dawson 30rtd, L Osmond 30rtd, J Clark-Maxwell 10
Workington Under-11s 49 all out (7.2 overs)
C Dawson 4 for 3, O Clark-Maxwell 2 for 6, Macey Corbett-Byers 1 for 14, A Middlemiss 1 for 0

Online scorecard: https://dumfriescc.play-cricket.com/website/results/4930991