Yesterday, following a one sided final against Heriots FP at Bothwell Castle Policies, M8 Driving Ferguslie were crowned Champions of Scotland.

After losing the toss and being invited to bat M8 Driving Ferguslie accumulated 191 all out in 46.2 overs which included a high class half century (68) for captain Riyaad Henry and a solid 29 from South African Elliot Moses. The Heriots bowling attack proved hard to dominate with fine spells from Alexander with 3 for 38 and Brown with 2 for 25.  At the interval it wasn’t clear who was on top and both sets of supporters knew the answer would come early in the second innings.

And so it was the Paisley faithful that were rewarded as openers, Adil Ghaffar 2 for 17 and Riyaad Henry 2 for 19, blew away the Heriots top order leaving them in big trouble at 17 for 4.  The Heriots batting line up failed to recover and a mid-innings haul of 4 for 20 from Elliot Moses edged the Paisley side to the brink of victory.

This was secured when Haroon Tahir snapped up the final wicket with Heriots reaching 88 in just over 23 overs.

So it was M8 Driving Ferguslie who became the first recipients of the Willie Morton Memorial Trophy, presented to winning captain Riyaad Henry by Willie’s brother Donald.

This brought a fine end to what could arguably be described as M8 Driving Ferguslie’s best ever season.  Well done to all at Meikleriggs for their efforts this year.