Grosvenor In View Magazine 2025

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U12 Cricket

Back Row (L-R): E McCloskey, T Dargan, H Stone, R Singh Middle Row (L-R): Dr F Vasey, J Ford, E Asif, E Barry, B Rickert, A Dharam, Mr M Winters Front Row (L-R): A Armstrong, S Sharma, A Braithwaite, H Tajane, A Hamilton

It was very encouraging to see the energy and enthusiasm at the beginning of the season, with a significant number of pupils being very interested in signing up to represent the school in cricket. A massive thank you to Mr White, who delivered workshops throughout PE and Games lessons on the basics of cricket, and gave us a steady base to develop from. Our first match of the season was a ‘Pairs Cricket’ game against Methodist College Belfast at Pirrie Park. It was a chance for everyone to get a chance to bat and be involved. MCB won the game by a narrow margin, scoring 108 runs and losing five wickets. Grosvenor posted 99 runs, conceding 8 wickets, which proved to be the reason for the loss. In terms of the bowling, Adam Braithwaite and Will Apsley showed early promising signs of forming a formidable opening bowling attack by claiming two wickets each, while Joseph Ford also claimed a wicket. In terms of batting, Adam Braithwaite and Harsh Tajane made positive contributions, while Sutikshan Sharma dominated the opposition bowlers by scoring 28 runs in his innings.

In our first proper fixture, we welcomed Down High School to Marina Park. Down High were bowled out for 78 runs after 19.3 overs. Adam Braithwaite (4-0-7 3), Will Apsley (4-0-8-2) and Sutikshan Sharma (4-1-12-2) were excellent in their approach. Against a formidable opening bowling partnership for Down High, our openers Adam Braithwaite (28*) and Will Apsley (12) held their nerve and saw off the difficult patch. They were then able to punish the following bowlers to lead the team to their first victory. Harsh Tajane added 13* runs to the scoreboard to see the team to victory, making 79/1 off just 14.1 overs. In our next fixture, we played against a mixture of Campbell College’s A and B team. Our batting prowess was evident in the opening innings, with Adam Braithwaite retiring on 62 runs, and Harsh Tajane also not out on 30 runs. Campbell’s opening batsmen started positively, and despite a late flurry of wickets, with Alex Hamilton taking his first two wickets in school cricket and showing some promise, Campbell won by three wickets. After this solid introduction to

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