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1. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · John Smail

   Selkirk bank on Rory to pull team back from relegation precipice (opens the original)

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   THE stakes for Selkirk at Philiphaugh on Saturday could not have been higher - lose to fellow strugglers Westquarter & Redding and they would be relegated. That said, having their backs against the wall seems to bring out the best in Selkirk’s players, and so it proved again on Saturday (August 15) as the Souters snatched a dramatic victory in the final over. “Perhaps the best game of cricket I’ve seen at Philiphaugh,” is how former Selkirk CC chairman Chris Highton described a truly epic contes

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2. Article · Jul 13, 2026 · John Smail

   Selkirk secure thrilling victory amid last-ball drama (opens the original)

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   WITH Selkirk still needing 10 runs off the final over to secure a win, the odds looked heavily stacked in Boroughmuir’s favour at Meggetland on Saturday (July 11). The stakes couldn’t have been higher, with the Souters battling to end a seven-match losing streak in ESCA Division 3 stretching back to May 16. For the previous 39 overs, the visitors’ batters had fought hard to stay in the game against a punishingly accurate Boroughmuir attack. Facing the final six balls of Selkirk’s innings were 35

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