Western Australia Dugites 15 July 2026

Manager Craig Foster

Lost by 38 Runs

Western Australia Dugites 192 (Junaid Aziz 3-0-20-2, Craig Foster 8-0-47-2)

SOA 154 all out (Junaid Aziz 43, Shiraz Husain 29, Paddy Daniel 23)

This was a new fixture for the SOA against the Western Australian Dugites, an Over 50s social side based in Perth and introduced to us by our own Bob Belcher.

A lovely day greeted us at University College and the Dugites won the toss and chose to bat. They got off to a steady start and with Colin Allen (1-17 off 8) and Stevie Roberts as wily as ever, wickets fell steadily. With none of the top six making:more than 20, it was left to Van der Lan, with an excellent contribution of 60, and support from Patterson to lift them to 192-7 from their 45 overs.

Thinking that this score was very gettable, SOA started off with high hopes that quickly faded as Junaid, with 43, and Shiraz (29) were the only two batters to shine and we ended up being bowled out for 154 to lose by 38 runs against some tidy bowling.