Another youthful Gala/Hawick Development team suffered defeat to table toppers Drummond Trinity by 144 runs.

With heavy rain in Edinburgh during the week, the match was switched to Meigle Park but the hosts were under the cosh early on as openers Gurjeet (87) and Pradeep (82) put on 164 for the first wicket.

Gala/Hawick did well to claw themselves back into the game however, as the returning pair Craig Thomson (2 for 39) and Alex Hastings (2 for 44) pegged back the visitors, with the aid of two catches by Maisie Maceira who also bowled well alongside Fergus Hastings.

The homesters got off to a solid start with Stuart Skeldon (14) and Jamie Bell (10).

But a succession of wickets fell before Paul Cowan (21) top scored to help Gala/Hawick finish on 86 all out.

Drummond Trinity 4s

A. Gurjeet ct N. Dobbie b L. Skeldon 87

A. Pradeep b A. Hastings 82

A. Puli run out (A. Hastings) 6

A. Naresh b A. Hastings 0

A. Jaykrishna ct M. Maceira b C. Thomson 11

A. Uday ct M. Maceira b C. Thomson 4

A. Mahesh not out 7

A. Logem ct C. Thomson b B. Johnston 11

A. Sai not out 1

Extras – 21

Total – 230 for seven wickets

C. Thomson 8-0-39-2; L. Skeldon 7-0-40-1; B. Johnston 7-0-50-1; A. Hastings 8-0-44-2; M. Maceira 3-0-17-0; F. Hastings 6-0-40-0.

Gala/Hawick Development team

S. Skeldon ct A. Mahesh b A. Uday 14

J. Bell b A. Sai 10

M. Maceira ct & b A. Uday 3

S. Lindores b A. Mahesh 0

C. Thomson ct & b A. Gurjeet 5

P. Cowan ct & b A. Puli 21

A. Hastings run out (A. Gurjeet) 0

F. Hastings run out (A. Gurjeet) 0

B. Johnston b A. Mahesh 6

N. Dobbie not out 1

L. Skeldon b A. Puli 0

Extras – 27

Total – 86 for ten wickets

A. Naresh 7-2-18-0; A. Logesh 4-2-5-0; A. Uday 3-1-3-2; A. Sai 5-0-17-1; A Ravi 3-1-3-0; A. Mahesh 7-1-13-2; A. Gurjeet 3-0-11-2; A. Puli 0.5-0-2-2.