The opening day of another cricket season started in a slightly odd manner as Grammar 1s and Grammar 2s squared off at Rubislaw, 2s nominally the home side. It is always a challenge to know with new players where they should start and after some discussion both sides lined up ready for a slightly unusual battle. Continue reading
2s fell to a 4 wicket defeat to 2nd Masterblasters but ultimately the season was a great success with promotion to Grade 1 secured. Having been bowled out at Rubislaw for 162, Saboor (41) and Suleman Quraishi (25) the main contributors, Grammar pushed the visitors all the way, but Masterblasters got home with 12 balls to spare thanks to 50 not out from Addala. Abdul Saboor foloowed up his batting with a tight spell of 2 for 11 while Kamran Quraishi picked up 2 wickets also but it wasn’t to be. Overall though, it has been a very successful season a new challenge awaits in 2025.
Posted in 2nd XI Match Reports
Aberdeen Grammar’s grade 1 cricketers saved the best to last with an enthralling tie in the final game of the against Cults both teams finishing all out for 130.
Grammar knew they needed 10 points to be 100% safe in Grade 1 and after losing the toss and being asked to bat on a juicy pitch at St Margarets, the plan was simple. Unfortunately Team 1 were quickly behind the 8 ball losing Swiergon for 1, Mapplebeck for 6 and Keith run out for 0. At 12/3 things were looking dire, Cults were bowling well and with the pitch offering some assistance and it took some superb concentration from Gill & Desai to begin adding runs to the board. Gill in particular using all of his private school talent to keep the good balls out and score off the bad where he could. Continue reading
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Team 2 won claimed promotion to Grade 1 thanks to an excellent win against table toppers Grampian. Despite making just 150 all out on the now always slow Rubislaw outfield, excellent bowling saw Grammar win by 40 runs, Kamran Quraishi claiming a magnificent 6 for 25.
Grammar had again started well with Murray (13) and Murphy (18) adding 46 for the 1st wicket aided by extras before regular wickets saw Grammar slip to 121 for 8. However once again Kashif stepped up with 28 as he and Usman added 29 for the 9th wicket to boost Grammar.
Grampian started badly falling to 18 for 3, but looked set for victory at 101 for 4 when Abbasi struck to bowl Nadim for 40. It led to an incredible collapse as the 6 wickets went down for 9 runs in 6 overs, Quraishi destroying the lower order as Grammar claimed a magnificent win.
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3s fell to a heavy defeat to 2nd Knightriders as the visitors racked up 247 for 6 thanks to 69 from Duraisamy and 67 from Reddy. The main highlights for Grammar were 2 wickets from Qazia Rafay and a run out from Ian Johnston. Grammar were never really in the chase and folded for 99, Shahwaiz Siddiqui making a fine 23 not out on debut to lift the grammar score.
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