Schools cricket: Jawad leads Hillhead into Sixes finals

Faisal Jawad was the star man as Hillhead High School progressed to the West Schools Indoor Cricket Sixes finals day next month.

They won Group A after wins over Bannerman High School and Stonelaw High School. In the first match against Bannerman, Jawad, who last summer played for a Glasgow State Schools Select against the MCC at Poloc, hit 42 in his school's total of 77-1. Bannerman HS were restricted to 54-6 in reply as Hillhead HS won by 23 runs.

Jawad did even better in the second match against Stonelaw HS, hitting 50 not out and having to retire on an imposing total of 113-1. The opposition were kept down to 62-6.