Dumfries Sports Club

Holders Dumfries Women took third place at the Cricket Scotland Womens indoor 6-a-side tournament at Peebles on Sunday with a comprehensive win over Edinburgh University in their play-off match.

The side  won both their group games with Ally McCubbin hitting a crucial six in a close one wicket win over St Boswells and Kirsty Strachan top scoring with a not out fifty, including a remarkable five sixes in one over, to defeat Edinburgh Ladies.

In the semi-final the side lost with two balls and two wickets left as eventual tournament winners Galloway successfully passed a challenging total of 56. The team then produced their best performance with a five wicket win against Edinburgh University chasing down a target of 41 in just two overs.

Kirsty Strachan was Dumfries’s top scorer with over a hundred runs for one dismissal and she and Rachel Howard and Rosy Ryan bowled well handling the opening overs. Captain Sue Strachan chipped in with three wickets, including being on a hat-trick, and debutant youngster Kelsey Patterson starred taking two wickets, both bowled.

The Parkdale Garage Dumfries Player of the Tournament was Rosy Ryan as top wicket taker with a wicket in each of her four overs plus hitting 72 runs opening the batting with Strachan. However, each of the players showed their improvement in an enjoyable tournament which was played at an increasingly higher standard.

The Nunholm club’s Womens and Girls sessions resume indoors this Sunday with soft-ball cricket at Max High Sports Hall from 11:30 to 13:00 with newcomers to the sport encouraged to come along. Contact dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com for details, or see www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk.

2012 Dumfries CC Award Winners

Scott Beveridge scooped the player awards at the Dumfries Cricket Club Awards Dinner on Saturday.

The all-rounder was presented with the 1st XI Player of the Year award and was also voted by his teammates as the Players’ Player of the Year.

The left arm spinner was the Western Premier League’s second top wicket taker and backed that up with over two hundred and fifty league runs.

After the club’s most successful ever season, as Western Premier League winners, the members of the 1st XI squad were each presented with a special trophy to mark their achievements this summer. Alan Davidson won the Jimmy Steele Bowling Trophy for his match winning performance of 6 wickets for 30 in the final title decider match against rivals West of Scotland.

This week Cricket Scotland also awarded the Nunholm club their Fair Play Award for the 2012 season.

Also picking up trophies were Hugh Farries as the 2nd XI Player of the Year who was the top run scorer after the side finished third in the Reserve League. One of the club’s three century makers this season, Marcus Richardson, was the Young Player of the Year. Kirsty Strachan and Rosy Ryan, who both played for Scotland U17s , won the Women’s awards as Player the Year and the Most Improved Player respectively.

Womens Cricket: Womens and Girls cricket continues this Sunday with soft-ball sessions at Max High Sports Hall from 11:30 to 13:00 with newcomers to the sport very much encouraged to come along. Contact dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com for details, or see www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk.