Semi Final 2

The second semi final saw local rivals The High School of Glasgow and The Glasgow Academy face each other. Having won the toss, captain John Oliver elected to set a target. Himself, and Arman Khan picked up 19 runs off opening bowler Abhishek Chaudhari's over without losing a wicket. Clearly, this was an indication of things to come. Whilst Oliver was unfortunately dismissed for a flamboyant 38(16), his partner Arman Khan teamed up with Ross Heginbottom to bolster the Academy's innings. Ross's innings read 6,4,4,6,6,out!; with a strike rate of 433 and a towering six into the trees of The Academy fields to leave him with the enviable score of 26(6). To end, Tom Bouttell crashed a boundary to hit 7(2)*, whilst Arman Khan had to settle for 9(5)* due to a lack of strike. However, he could hardly have complained given Heginbottom and Oliver's supreme efforts giving The Glasgow Academy a score of 97. Meanwhile, John Oliver (1-0-7-1) and Jamie Percival (1-0-9-1) bowled two brilliant opening overs which left HSOG reeling at 22 for 2 after 2 overs. Despite a couple of late meaty blows from Aidan FitzGerald and the impressive Jonny Stark (42(19*)), Arman Khan (1-0-13-0), Ross Heginbottom (1-0-9-0) and Tom Bouttell (1-0-16-1) made sure that they closed the game out to gift The Academy a win by 36 runs. This set up a second meeting between Hutchesons' Grammar School and The Glasgow Academy as the final. Commiserations to The High School of Glasgow.Read more