Dumfries under 11s welcomed Penrith at Nunholm on Sunday for a pairs game and Captain Cory Dawson won the toss and decided to have a bowl on a green artificial wicket.

Angus Middlemiss performed well on his hard ball debut taking three early wickets and Sarah Cox continued to impress with her bowling with two wickets as well. That, plus a direct hit run out by Dawson, had Dumfries on top early with dismissal run deductions. Another debutant Isaac Ishmael showed promise with his good seam bowling. Both Macey Corbett-Byers and Dawson then delivered a good finish by not conceding a run off their four overs, plus each took a wicket, to put Dumfries in a good position to chase down Penrith's total.

After a couple of solid batting pairings, twins Oliver and Jonty Clark-Maxwell came to the crease and played some lovely cricket shots. Oliver hit one cover drive to the boundary and brother Jonty hit a pull shot for four. Then in the last batting pair Cory Dawson managed to hit his first four balls faced to the boundary for 4. Thomas Cook continued to show confidence with the bat and together they kept Dumfries well above the Penrith total after an all round team effort. The Dumfries Player of the Day went to Cory Dawson for his efforts with the bat and in the field.

Thanks to the parents for their support and to the team support staff whose game management had the game just completed when the lowering clouds did produce the threatened downpour. Thanks also to an enthusiastic Penrith Green team for coming to play.

Penrith Green U11s 210 (16 overs) Angus 3 wickets, Sarah 2 wickets
Dumfries U11s 285 (16 overs) Cory 28
Dumfries U11s won by 75 runs

Scorecard: dumfriescc.play-cricket.com/website/results/4892054