3s ran Fraserburgh much closer than many would have predicted before falling to a 3 wicket defeat. 3s only had a chance thanks to a remarkable stand from club veteran Tom Murray (68no) and Afghan youngster Nasseri (57) as they compiled a stand of 128 lifting Grammar 3s from 74 for 7 to 202 for 8. With the ball Grammar battled hard with Nasseri claiming 2 wickets and skipper Babar Kamal 3 victims but a classy 84 from Cory Bowie helped Fraserburgh home.
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Muaz Waheed clubbed 101 not out from 60 balls as 2s recovered from 38 for 5 to post 203 for 9 against Methlick but ultimately the weather won as Methlick were unable to start their chase. At 38 for 5, things were not promising but a stand of 57 between Muaz and Suleman Quraishi helped the rebuild, but another spate of wickets saw Grammar again in the mire at 106 for 8. This was the trigger for Muaz to launch his assault as he hit 8 fours and 7 sixes as he and Aavash (11) added 58, Muaz then added 39 for the 10 wicket unbroken, Abbasi digging in with 5 of them. It represented a superb recovery but whether or not it would have been enough will never be know. Next for 2s is a tough tie with Grampian.
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Team 1
Alex Keith
Sameer Bin Khalid
Agha Haider (c)
Salman Bedaar
Mike Nattrass
Swaraj Desai (w)
Hassan Malik Mahood
Muhammad Hassan
Hasnain Javaid
Naveed Ul-Hassan
Prash
Team 2
Harry Murphy (w)
Sahadat Abbasi
Awaes Amjad
Ashir Ansari
Kamran Quaraishi
Suleman Quaraishi
Abdul Saboor (c)
Asif Yousouf
Asif Yuqub
Muaz Waheed
Aavash Upadhyaya
Team 3
Babar Kamal (c)
?Giles Gardner
?Rasib Bashir
?Muhammad Bilal Usman
Khalid Zia
?Tom Murray
?Syed Muhammad Ali Shah
?Talha Navaid
?Muhammad Nasseri
?Mohsin Raza
Qazi Rafay
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Team 3 fell to a 7 wicket defeat at Huntly but there was some encouraging signs with a better batting display as they made 115 and batted 36 overs. Despite this, no one could go and make a significant contribution to push the score into winning territory. With the ball Grammar claimed 3 wickets as Huntly claimed the win. Despite the defeat it did build some confidence as Grammar were able to shock 2nd Gordonians in the cup on Sunday.
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Harry Murphy struck 61 and Jim Lee thrashed 41 from 22 balls with 4 sixes as Grammar 2 piled on 257 for 9 at the Duthie Park against Portcullis. Murphy will have been particularly pleased with his match winning score having only moved from Portcullis over the winter and was one of 3 stumpings in the 1st innings. Grammar stormed to a 145 run win despite playing with 10 due to a late call off, Muhammad Kashif taking 4 for 24 and Suleman Quraishi 4 for 32 as Grammar ran through Portcullis for 112, just Jake Dawson with 34 not out and Owen Thorpe 35 offering any real resistance, with 6 ducks recorded.
Grammar 2s will hope to keep up the pressure on Grampian when they take on Methlick next week.
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