Billy the Hat Trick Hero as Dumfries fight back to win

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Batting first the Sunday XI had a steady start with Mat and Adam getting through the first 10 overs before Mat was out caught. Adam went on to hit 35 before also being caught bringing James Little and Max together in the middle to accelerate the run rate with James hitting 2 big sixes. Max retired for 50 in the 34th over with an over and a bit remaining.

Max and Jacob opened the bowling. Max picked up two early wickets, both bowled. A couple of bowling changes were not able to stem the run rate by Wetheral, until Dave Lightfoot and Billy Morgan were brought on together following the drinks break.

Dave Lightfoot made the first breakthrough clean bowling one and in his next over got a second with a good one handed catch by Jesse. The following over Billy got his first wicket dismissing the Wetheral top scorer as he hit the ball deep into the leg side where Max took a very good catch. The next ball clean bowled a second and he claimed a senior debut hat trick with his 3rd wicket an LBW.

Following those 4 overs Wetheral lost the ability to chase and Dumfries squeezed the run rate with sharp fielding and accurate bowling. The last ball saw a run out and Dumfries winners by 12 runs in a tight and friendly well played match.

Eden Valley Sunday League Division 1
Dumfries beat Wetheral by 12 runs
Dumfries Sunday XI 160-2 (36 overs)
Max Corbett-Byers 50 retired, James Little 37no, Adam Malik 35

Wetheral 148-9 (36 overs)
Billy Morgan 3 wickets (on debut, hat trick)
Dave Lightfoot 2 wickets
Max Corbett-Byers 2 wickets

The scorecard will be automatically updated here on the website once the home side have completed it on the ECB play cricket site. See here
play-cricket.com scorecard - dumfriescc.play-cricket.com/website/results/5337374

Thanks to Colin who filled in for the side on Sunday.