Tag Archives: Karthik

2nds Go Down Fighting at Portcullis

The Second XI’s opening away match this season was at the Duthie Park against Portcullis. Our large squad fluctuated from ten available on Friday morning to thirteen by Saturday lunchtime. Eventually there were four changes from the washed out opening match, Mutu was unavailable, Phillips had work commitments, Houghton was hospitalised with hopefully a non-Mexican strain of chickenpox, and Blyth was planning his forthcoming wedding.

FP’s had two debutants, Kamran and Raam, Mike Hart made his annual comeback and Raj travelled up from Edinburgh to help us out again.

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Rain Washes Away Season Opener

The 2009 Grade 4 season began with a washout when the opening fixture against Stoneywood-Dyce was abandoned after 34.4 overs at Rubislaw due to rain.

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2nds End Season on a High at Stoneywood

Last week’s close defeat against promotion favourites Banchory meant that the last game of the season against Stoneywood-Dyce would decide which of the two teams would finish bottom of Grade 3.

There were two changes to the team, out through injury went James Lord, and Edinburgh based Pradeep was spared the trip to Aberdeen as in came Rory Annand, and due to make his debut was Kevin Warner. Unfortunately Warner was a very, very late call off, and had it not been for a B&Q non-delivery of a fence for Geoff Morrison, we would have been one man short.

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Banchory (H) 23rd August

Following last week’s magnificent victory against Turriff, there were only two changes for the vital game against Banchory 2nd XI at Rubislaw. Both teams desperately needed the 30 points for the win, Grammar to help avoid relegation, and Banchory to help gain promotion.

Sam Knudson was unavailable due to rugby friendlies, not relegation battles, just friendlies. But to replace him in the team from the firsts came all rounder James Lord. To ensure we had eleven this week, we had to send for one of our Edinburgh squad members, Pradeep.

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Methlick (A) 26th July

There were five changes to the team to play against the MCC at Lairds. Out from last weeks heavy defeat against Crescent were Pradeep and Murali who were rested, Rory Annand was injured, Ben Frizzel was promoted to the firsts, and Junaid chose to play golf instead. That’s right, golf.

In came Magesh, back from a vodka drinking, sausage eating tour of Poland, Tom Murray back from his traumatic second visit of the year to the barbers, Nick Blyth back from a tour of England, where his presence coincided with a 10 wicket defeat by South Africa, Sam Knudson, home safely from a safari tour of Africa annoying elephants and lions and Mike Lloyd back from playing cricket in Canada and studying quantum physics or something equally difficult to spell, let alone understand.
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Crescent (A) 19th July

The team to play Crescent at the Duthie Park showed five changes from our last match at Kintore. Magesh, Murray, Fraser and Blyth were all unavailable, and in came Ben Frizzel, Harry Houghton making his debut, Junaid, and two of Karthik’s friends Pradeep and Murali (no, not that one) volunteered to help us out.
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Kintore (A) 12th July

This week we went from fifteen players available on Thursday night, to nine on Friday, to eleven on Saturday to actually arriving at Kintore with 10 players. Unavailable from last week was Luigi Govil and promoted to the firsts was Muthu. Craig Fraser came in to keep wicket and despite the fluctuations in numbers, nine of last week’s team made the trip to play third top Kintore.
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Ellon (H) 5th July

There were only two changes in the line up this week, Ben Frizzel was promoted to the firsts and JPL Williams went back into exile. In came Nick Blyth and making only his second appearance of the season, Luigi Goval returned to strengthen the batting.
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2nd Banchory (A) 21st June

The near impossible happened this week when the team was chosen by 10am on Thursday morning, but still showed four changes from last week’s team.

Magesh’s three friends from Edinburgh had better things to do this week, Skinner was recalled to the first XI and Mike Hart was unavailable, so in came Muthu to keep wicket, Rory Annand returned from an extended tour of the Guinness brewery in Dublin, Tom Murray returned from holiday, and JPL returned from his self imposed exile for the trip to Banchory.
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