California Cricket Academy`s

Transcription

2 AMERICAN CRICKETER WINTER ISSUE 2008
American Cricketer is published by
American Cricketer, Inc.
Publisher - Mo Ally
Editor - Deborah Ally
Assistant Editor - Hazel McQuitter
Graphic & Website Design - Le Mercer Stephenson
Legal Counsel - Lisa B. Hogan, Esq.
Accountant - Fargson Ray
Editorial:
Mo Ally, Deborah Ally, Ricardo Inniss, Rickie Ali
David Sentance, KC Rao, Colin Croft
Clarence Modeste
Contributing Writers:
Akash Jagannathan, Asif Ahmad, Hermant Buch,
Rhonda Kelly, International Cricket Council
Distribution:
Florida
a. Bedessee Sporting Goods - Lauderhill
b. Joy Roti Shop - Miami
c. Tropics Restaurant - Pembroke Pines
d. The Hibiscus Restaurant - Sunrise and Orlando
e. Caribbean Supercenter - Orlando
f. Timehri Restaurant - Orlando
g. All Major Florida West Indian Grocery Stores
California
a. Coley’s Restaurant - Inglewood & North
Hollywood
b. Springbok Bar & Grill - Van Nuys & Long Beach
c. A Touch of Class Tours - Encino
Colorado - Midwicket
New York
a. Bedessee Sporting Goods - Brooklyn
b. Global Home Loan & Finance - Floral Park
New Jersey
a. Dreamcricket.com - Hillsborough
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 172255
Miami Gardens, FL 33017
Telephone: (305) 816-9749
E-mails:
Publisher - [email protected]
Editor - [email protected]
Restaurant . Night Club . Sport Bar
Web address:
www.americancricketer.com
6289 W. Sunrise Blvd . Sunrise, FL 33313
Tel: (954) 587-1238 Fax: (954) 587-4822
Volume 4 - Number 1
Take-out Available . We Cater for All Occasions
Subscription rates for the USA:
Single issue $5.00 - Annual: $20.00
3300 W. Colonial Drive . Orlando, FL 32808
Tel: (407) 297-1240
Subscription rates for outside the USA:
Single issue: $7.00 - Annual: $25.00 plus postage
Email: [email protected]
Visit Us at www.the.hibiscus.com
We specialize in West Indian, Chinese & Carribean dishes
WINTER ISSUE 2008 WWW.AMERICANCRICKETER.COM 3
In this issue
www.americancricketer.com
Features
5 COVER STORY
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CRICKET ASSOCIATION
6 G’DAY AUSTRALIA VERSUS ENGLAND ASHES AT
WOODLEY PARK
8 CRICKET EVENTS
14 CENTRAL BROWARD REGIONAL PARK
15 PHOTO GALLERY
19 STICKEY WICKET
20 LEGEND PROFILE
B.S. CHANDRASEKHAR
20 IN RECOGNITION
GLENN MCMICHAEL
Cricket
8 YOUTH CRICKET
CALIFORNIA CRICKET ACADEMIES
CITRUS VALLEY JUNIOR CRICKET ACADEMY
REGIONAL CRICKET
9 CRICKET IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
11 RIZWAN MOHAMMED THE NEW MAN AT THE HELM
OF FSCL CRICKET BETWEEN THE WICKETS
INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
13 STANFORD 20/20 BACK FOR MORE...MUCH MORE
24 COMBINED CAMPUSES & COLLEGES – AN IDEA
WHOSE TIME HAS COME!
21 SOUTH ASIAN CORNER
BANGLADESH, INDIA, PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA
22 SOUTH ASIAN CORNER
CALIFORNIA CRICKET ACADEMY’S (U-15) FIRST
CRICKET TOUR OF INDIA
26 UMPIRING
FAIR AND UNFAIR PLAY
27 FESTIVAL CRICKET
VINTAGE CRICKET ON THE MOVE
28 PHYSICAL FITNESS
GOAL SETTING
30 WOMEN IN CRICKET
ENGLAND WOMEN’S TEAM TOUR DOWN UNDER
Letter From The Publisher
Last year American Cricketer
saw many exiting
events
around
the world. What
a year 2007 was
with the World
Cup Cricket held
in nine countries in the West Indies
simultaneously, Bob Woolmer coach
of the Pakistan Team’s death, and an
upset by Bangladesh and Ireland on
two of the big eight teams India and
Pakistan.
to Guyana. According to the article by
Rhonda Kelley with 19, entrants the
competition will be intense in a few
weeks.
The ICC World Cup 2007 has boosted
the Caribbean Islands and its people
around the world.
In our next issue we’ll be reporting on
our tour to Papeete, Tahiti, the Golden
Oldies Festival in Queenstown, New
Zealand and cricket in New York.
Upon us is Stanford 20/20 in Antigua,
where the rivalry will be keen since
Trinidad felt cheated out of $1M purse
American Cricketer was in southern
California for Vintage Cricket Carnival,
which was fun time for cricketers 40
years and older.
In sunny Florida, where cricket is played
52 weeks in the year, Broward County
held its grand opening of the multipurpose cricket stadium in Lauderhill.
Mo Ally - Publisher
[email protected]
Letter From The Editor
We are thrilled
to begin our 3rd
year of publication in 2008. We
wish to thank our
readers, writers,
advertisers and
supporters
for
their constant encouragement. Thank
you for the reminder that we are producing a product and service of value
to the cricketing community and the
community at-large.
We have several new writers in this
issue that have joined the American
Cricketer family and you will hear
from them in each issue. David Sentance will provide updates from California and an historical prospective
of cricket in America. KC Rao came
out of “cricket publishing” retirement
to add his knowledge and love of the
sport to our family. Finally, Rickie Ali
is going to keep us all in shape with his
“Physical Fitness” column.
We are also glad that Colin Croft, former West Indian fast bowler and Clarence Modeste, Umpire, will be providing their insight on cricket in the West
Indies and the laws of the game respectively in each issue.
This issue also features a new regular
section, “The South Asia Corner”. Here
we will bring to you the latest in cricket
from the perspective of India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and the impact on cricket in America.
Deborah Ally - Editor
[email protected]
Scope
Cover Story
Southern California Cricket Association
Mo Ally
ment held in Florida in 2007. SCCA
is keen on the development of cricket
even without funding from USACA or
ICC. Their cricket academy is strong
with 4 full time coaches instructing kids
of all ages.
Mark Sood
California with a population of 37.7
million and its capitol in Sacramento stretches 825 miles from North to
South. The wining shoreline contains
1,264 miles of beaches and harbors. Its
elevations run from the 14,495 peak of
Mount Whitney to 282 below sea level
at Death Valley. The climatic condition
varies due to the state terrain with snow
on the mountains and mild temperature
at the coast.
In Southern California there are 45
cricket teams from all parts of the world
especially from South Asia. There are
four divisions of cricket and Mr. Mark
Sood, President of Southern California
Cricket Association (SCCA), said another division will be added in the near
future. Mr. Sood, born in India, played
cricket and was Vice President for years
until he was voted in as President. Rumor has it that Mr. Sood is a tough no
nonsense kind of a guy and certainly
calls the shots in SCCA. Under his
tenure he is proud of the fact that the
youth team from Southern California
came in second in the National Tourna-
When asked what goal he would like to
accomplish during his Presidency Mr.
Sood said it will be to get new grounds
and in Orange County 7 fields will be
available in the near future and this will
cause an expansion of the league. Secondly, he would like to bring good International Cricket to Southern California.
With the influx of South Asians coming
to the US, cricket is extremely passionate between Indians, Pakistanis and Sri
Lankans. At one time the West Indians
were the majority but today they are the
minority but are still keen participants
of tournament in SCCA league.
Mr. Franklyn Rose, a former West Indian Cricketer now residing in Southern California, hails from the Island of
Jamaica. He claimed what’s lacking in
the development of cricket in the area
is more youth sanctioned tournaments.
This will encourage the kids to practice
and play more intense cricket to be selected for the U.S. National team.
However, no one knows what USACA
is doing for cricket development, since
they have National Championships with
no Selectors on the ground as was demonstrated in the last Nationals in Florida. The spectator turn out was poor
for the Nationals and so it is for some
matches, Mr. Rose claims it is also happening, in California. Cricketers should
support their sport as often as possible
for the few who work so hard for the
many to play each week will eventually
loose interest and we will be back in the
doldrums of American cricket.
However, with some of the best turf
wickets are at Woodley Park, where Mr.
Haney is the groundskeeper, where the
LA open is played and Vintage Carnival
was hosted by SCCA members Hollywood Golden Oldies. Leon Lamprecht
and Mr. Kamal Azeez did an exceptional
job in showcasing Southern California
hospitality and competitive cricket. Mr.
Atul Rai, former President of USACA,
also participated in the Vintage Carnival and it seems he had a good time batting to soft bowling.
Overall, American Cricketer is happy to
see the progress of cricket in Southern
California. For their youth development in the several academies of cricket
is indeed a head start to other areas in
the country. In our next issue we will
be reporting on cricket in the New York
region.
Franklyn Rose
G’Day Australia versus England Ashes at Woodley Park
David Sentance
way it could be run, loaded with possibility
was on display as Mel Gibson (The Patriot)
took tea with the English.
David Sentance
Celebrity Los Angeles turned out for twenty over cricket at Woodley Park on Australia
day 2008. James Bond met the Patriot as
Sean Connery squared off in the VIP tent
with Mel Gibson at the Severne Field. Cliff
Severne, the 75 year old son of Doc Severne for whom the grounds is named, was interviewed by one of the many TV crews at
the event.
In the food tent Aussie meat pies were being ordered by the dozen as the only commercial tie-in that Aussies missed was Victoria Bitter. In the middle Steve Waugh held
court with a magnificent display of hitting
against bowlers Simon Jones of Worcestershire and England. Franklyn Rose was playing in the England strip and bowling off five
paces, many less than his glory days when
he opened for Jamaica at Woodley Park in
1997.
Cricket has changed a lot in a decade but its
essential charm was on display to the delight
of one of the largest crowds ever to have so
much fun watching cricket in America. This
was a truly glamorous crowd with Hollywood starlets galore jostling to get noticed
on their way up or down. Screenwriter and
non-Hollywood Cricket Club member Aldous Huxley once said that Los Angeles is
arriving, change is afoot and Los Angeles is
still becoming the future.
The rich future of cricket in America, the
Security guards protected the VIP’s and the
cricketers. Steve Waugh finished his innings
with three 6’s over long-on before being
caught on the boundary by Franklyn Rose.
This event was made possible by G’Day
Australia, the tourist arm of the Australian
government, that worked through the local Australian Consulate-General’s office in
conjunction with the producers of American Idol.
Drinking in the unique cricket-celebrity
atmosphere of Hollywood, California were
several members of the U.S. Women’s
Cricket team training for their tour to
the land of Bob Woolmer (Uganda) in July
2008. The women players were developed
through Southern California Cricket Association schools program started ten years
ago and now coming to fruition.
These locally born and trained players are
being coached by players from the Victoria
Cricket Club, LA Krickets and Didi ‘Tiger’
Das, former captain of the Indian Women’s
Cricket team. Didi will be flying to Uganda
in July with the team, politics permitting.
Didi is familiar with politics and cricket as
her Indian team was banned from playing in
South Africa during the apartheid era.
Hollywood can teach us what it takes to
hold onto the limelight in a world of competing sports. John Clease has referred disparagingly to the drama queens of the Hollywood microphone who hog the limelight.
Cricket needs to learn to muscle its way for
attention of the broader audience.
The NCCA was initially the National Collegiate Cricket Association founded in 1876
during the Presidency of Benjamin Harrison. For 30 years cricket playing universities from Oberlin, Ohio to Harvard, Mas-
sachusetts fought for the silver cricket ball
trophy of the NCCA. When playing cricket
(and he preferred tennis and boxing) President Theodore Roosevelt encouraged university sports and competition cricket was
still featured among the offerings until after
the First World War before it was muscled
off the stage by ‘American’ sports.
Back on the grounds, as the Hollywood
Cricket Club descendents of Sir Aubrey
Smith, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse and
Boris Karloff squared off, it became clear
that the British and Dominion Cricket Club
supplied most of players while Hollywood
Cricket Club were not well represented.
Is there a changing of the guard in Hollywood? Are we just playing safe for celebrity
sake? Perhaps we should all take a whack
at the ball of cricket’s future just as Steve
Waugh did on this glorious winter’s day in
Southern California.
Where was the leadership to grab the future? Was it in the VIP tent hobnobbing
with $476 million in profits from The Passion, Mel Gibson? No, the SCCA President
was umpiring, a definite Presidential perk,
where it remains legal to put one finger up
in the middle to stay in control. Where’s
James Bond when you need him? He left
early after spying for the British cricket invasion in April 2008. I can’t wait.
Who won the game? Cricket was definitely
the winner. When I left Australia had scored
183 in their twenty overs. England had their
hands full and the match was poised, some
things never change!
Footnote - For photos of Celebrity Cricket match
see top of page 7.
Mel Gibson enjoys a cuppa
Jeff Bridges
Franklyn Rose (of West Indies) bowls as Steve Waugh observes
Allyson Taylor (USWCA player) watches play outside
the G’Day tent
P. David Sentance, CLU, ChFC
CA Insurance License No. 0569934
Ladies selling cricketwear at Woodley Park
DATA-D Trucking Company
Hauls Recycle Material
8383 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 450
Beverly Hills, California 90211
Tel: 323.655.9998 + 323.782.4291
Fax: 323.655.2336
Cel: 818.395.9521
Email: [email protected]
12531 Brookshire Avenue
Downey, California 90242
1-562-755-8512
YOUTH CRICKET
California Cricket Academies
The California Cricket Academy
(CCA) is a non-profit organization
started by Hemant and Kinjal Buch
in 2003. CCA teaches kids sportsmanship and discipline with the hope
of putting together a team that can
win the U19 world-cup.
CCA players range in ages from 6 to
17 all receiving world class training
and playing season ball matches with
their age group.
Their 2007 achievements included:
1. Playing the L. A. Citrus Valley
U13 and U15
2. Hosting and winning the National Tournament in U11, U13
and U15
3. Obtaining laptops and generators
for computer scoring
4. Building new pitches for its multiple grounds
5. Received awards in the Americas Region by ICC
Citrus Valley Junior Cricket Academy was established in January 2004.
This is the brain child of Dr. and Mrs.
Asif Ahmad after realizing the need
for proper training facility for young
players and the tremendous interest
in cricket for young local and enthusiastic players
Currently, Citrus Valley Junior Cricket Academy has a five acre cricket
field with 4 to 5 center turf wickets
and three turf practice wickets in the
nets. These pitches are international
standard where many players have
learned the skills they need to excel
in this sport.
2.
3.
4.
5.
to improve the skills of young
players
Introduced cricket to young girls
and women
Team participated in SCCA and
became the champion of Division 4
Started a satellite youth Cricket
Academy in the city of Irvine
Started a youth winter league,
first time in the history of Southern California
E ve nt
The academy trains kids ages 8 to
15 years. They have highly qualified
coaches and their training is in coordination with Cricket Australia.
Their 2007 achievements included:
1. Acquired Bola Bowling Machine
Stanford 20/20
St. Johns, Antigua
January 26 - February 24, 2008
www.stanford2020.com
C ri cket E ve nt s
Lucaya Cricket Club 23rd Annual
Cricket Festival
Freeport, Bahamas
March 28 - April 6, 2008
242-373-1460
Carmamanes Cricket Festival
Buenos Aires, Argentina
March 8 - 15, 2008
www.biamax.com
Golden Oldies
Queenstown, New Zealand
March 9 - 16, 2008
www.goldenoldiessports.com
LA Open
Van Nuys, California
July 2008
www.laopen2020.com
Victoria International Six-A-Side
Cricket Tournament
August 2008
www.victoriacricket.com
World Vintage Cricket Carnival
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
August 10 - 21, 2008
www.vintagecricket.com
REGIONAL CRICKET
Cricket in Northern California
David Sentance
Former Australian captain Steve Waugh
was in Los Angeles to play against an
English team of Hollywood celebrities
that included English fast-bowler Simon
Jones. The game was played at the Worrell-Magnus cricket complex in Van Nuys
on January 20, 2008. This celebrity fundraiser game organized by the Australians
in the Los Angeles organization is one of
many charity games played at the four field
complex in the off-season. What makes the
Van Nuys complex unique is the number of
Australians and Brits who play the game in
Southern California.
The same goes for Northern California
where organizers such as Mike Miller, son
of Dusty Miller who helped build Paradise
Island in the Bahamas, has been giving his
all for United States cricket for the past four
decades. Mike has been USACA Treasurer
and an instigator for youth cricket while
hosting the first Under XIII international
tournament at the Marin County ground
at Larkspur Park just north of the Golden
Gate Bridge. For many Marylebone Cricket Club tour of California’s Marin County
Cricket Club has become their favorite
venue.
Just to the south of San Francisco in Sunnyvale, California’s insatiable demand for
electrical engineers has stimulated cricket’s development throughout Central California including the old agricultural capital
of Fresno once known solely for growing
raisins. The Indian community love affair with cricket has lead to over fifty new
cricket teams being founded throughout
the state since 1995. Southern and Northern California vie for bragging rights each
year in the Raisinland competition. A trophy was first presented at the Raisin festival held in Fresno in the 1960’s.
The early influence of Australian and English settlers in California makes cricket
a unique commodity. The first game was
played in 1852 four years after Mexico
ceded California to the United States at the
Treaty of Cuidad Hidalgo. President Polk
was concerned about British diplomatic
activity on the West Coast so when gold
was discovered American settlement of
the West Coast became an integral part of
United States foreign policy.
Slavery was still a fact of life and the Free
Black community living near Rincon Hill
where the first cricket game was organized
by the British Consul at San Francisco,
Georg Aitken, was forced to immigrate to
Victoria, British Columbia in 1856. The
Virginians who populated Rincon Hill
were aristocratic in life-style with liveried
servants riding coaches replete with family
crests painted on the door. Fairfax, a suburb of San Francisco owes its name to the
Virginia Fairfax family that settled Virginia
after Charles 1st lost his head in England.
Recreation Park, run by the Australian
Hatton brothers became San Francisco’s
Hoboken from 1860. Entry to cricket
games cost two gold pieces and after the
Civil War ended baseball was played along
with cricket at the grounds. The first international game of any sport on the West
Coast occurred before the connection of
the Central Pacific Railroad with its Oakland Terminus in October 1869. California
won two hard matches against British Columbia. New York trained US cricket players Groom and Stead played for the winning California side in April 1869 when
the games were staged at the Union Race
track.
Ships of the Royal Navy Pacific squadron
provided cricket teams. By 1878 cricket
was played in Oakland and there were occasional games between local Australian
and British teams. League cricket started
in 1891. The California Cricket Association’s first secretary Webster learned his
cricket in Philadelphia and knew who to
develop competitive cricket. Great names
of the era included Digger Richardson who
played for Australia against England in the
Adelaide test of 1884. After falling afoul
of his East Melbourne captain ‘Silly Point’
Boyle he moved to San Francisco where
as captain of the Bohemian Cricket Club
he extracted revenge on the visiting Australian test side of 1896.
Cricket flourished in northern and southern
California until 1913 when the First World
War stopped the flow of cricket players to
the West Coast. It took the star power of
Hollywood to get the game going again
with arrival of former England captain
Sir Aubrey Smith in 1929. Aubrey’s most
lasting contribution to the game was securing a ground in Griffith Park which opened
for play a year after Arthur Mailey’s Bradman tour captained by Victor Richardson
in 1932.
The Hollywood Cricket Club that Sir Aubrey founded stimulated the growth of
cricket locally and along the coast in San
Francisco and British Columbia’s Stanley
Park. The Marin County Cricket club owes
its origin to Sir Aubrey’s efforts as does the
Corinthian Cricket Club in Los Angeles.
Aubrey Smith played cricket for the Corinthians Soccer Club in England in the days
when amateur teams played regularly in
the Football Association Cup competition.
The multi-sport gentlemanly tradition of
cricket still permeates the administration
of cricket on the West Coast. Last October
a Vintage Cricket tournament organized
by Peter McDermott was played with
the backdrop of fires raging in the Santa
Monica Mountains. That evening Jim Reid
and Anil Lashkari were inducted into the
Southern California Cricket Hall of Fame
unique for its induction of local cricket
talent. The banquet was organized by Vintage Cricket at the Van Nuys Airtel Hotel.
Under the management of Jim Dunn, the
Airtel has become the convivial home of
Southern California cricket’s 50 league
teams.
Northern California leads the way in college cricket with both Stanford and Berkeley fielding regular teams. Youth teams
are also being coached. American parents
need to be incorporated into the system if
cricket is to stretch beyond first generation
Americanism and flourish in a multi-cultural atmosphere.
Willie J. Brown, Center Director
.JBNJ+PC$PSQT*T'PS:PV
TRAINING
Learn trades ranging from carpentry to health occupations from professionals who understand what it
takes to succeed. The best part is, whatever trade you choose, the training won’t cost you anything.
EDUCATION
If you weren’t able to finish high school, don’t worry. Job Corps can help you earn your high school
diploma or GED. To gain a high school diploma, you may participate online, in a program on center,
or with a local school. Job Corps also offers classes to prepare you for the GED test.
SUCCESS PLAN
Job Corps staff is dedicated to working with you throughout your stay at Job Corps, creating a hands
on career training program that fits your needs, is set at your pace, and prepares you for success in the
world. Computer training, resumé writing and interview skills are all part of the program.
'3&&)064*/(t'3&&&%6$"5*0/
'3&&53"*/*/(t'3&&+0#1-"$&.&/5
/8SE4USFFU.JBNJ(BSEFOT'-
1IPOF
'BY
IUUQNJBNJKPCDPSQTHPW
"ENJOJTUSBUFECZUIF6OJUFE4UBUFT%FQBSUNFOUPG-BCPS
REGIONAL CRICKET
Rizwan Mohammed the new man at the helm of FSCL cricket Between the Wickets
Ricardo Inniss
As an off-spinner and right-handed middle
order batsman, Rizwan represented the following clubs in the FSCL during the nineties: Whim Vikings and Coconut Creek
Cricket Club. He was also secretary of the
Coconut Creek Cricket Club from October
2005 to December 2007.
Rizwan Mohammed
Rizwan Mohammed is the new President of
Florida Southeast Cricket League (FSCL).
Born in India some forty years ago, Rizwan
was the secretary of the Florida Southeast
Cricket League (FSCL) from September
2006 to December 2007.
Rizwan received an engineering degree
from the Osmania University in India. In
1988 he played College and Club cricket in
India before his December arrival in South
Florida. He completed his Masters degree
in engineering at the Florida Atlantic University in 1992 as well as an MBA.
Aspiring to take the FSCL to new heights,
the new president has as his Vice President
the very capable and experienced Monaf
Mohammed, who himself was president
from 1998 to 2006.
The FSCL President is currently employed
by Citigroup, an International bank, in
Fort Lauderdale, serving as a senior Vice
President. He is married and currently resides in Coconut Creek with his wife and
four children, three boys ages 13, 11 and
8 years-old; and one girl 5 years-old. The
other members of the FSCL executive body
are as follows:
Manaf Mohammed (V.P.); Shailesh Sharma
(Secretary); Parmy Bhagwandin (Treasurer) and Shanawar Chugtai (Asst. Secretary/
Treasurer).
Cricket should be in schools in the USA
When asked what he thought of the recent
changes made to the USACA constitution,
Rizwan quickly replied, “ The FSCL reviewed the new constitution and while it is
less than perfect, it is an improvement over
the one we have now. The executive committee [of FSCL] therefore recommends
that the clubs vote yes on the ratification
form. However, it is up to each club to decide and vote the way the individual clubs
want to vote.”
In my humble opinion, one hundred and
sixty four (164) years after it’s first International cricket match against Canada (back
in 1844 and many years before the West Indies achieved International status) cricket
still has a long way to go before it registers
in the consciousness of most Americans, let
alone sparking any real interest.
According to Rizwan, “The main reason
for this is cricket is not in the schools in the
USA. Until there is a curriculum for cricket
firmly implemented in schools throughout
the USA, it will remain as it is.” I agree.
Stanford 20/20 Back for More...Much More
Rhonda Kelly
the history of world cricket.
Cricket Lovely Cricket in St. Johns where you’ll
see it. St. Johns, the capitol of Antigua, has
a population 71,000 and a mere 170 square
miles. The official language is English and it’s
representative of West Indies Cricket. Some of
the legends of cricket from the island include Sir
Viv Richards, Andy Roberts, Courtney Ambrose
and Richie Richardson. Soon the greatest event
in Caribbean cricket will occur as described by
Rhonda Kelly.
It was the vibrant color. It was the passionate supporters. It was the fascinating, uncompromising cricket. It was the return of
the true party atmosphere to cricket. All of
Antigua came alive at the Stanford Cricket
Ground for the Stanford 20/20 Tournament
in 2006. At the end of it all there was a general consensus that the tournament was the
most significant effort in revitalizing cricket in the Caribbean in recent memory.
Guyana Captain Ramanresh Sarwan Raised The
Trophy In 2006
unify an entire country, an entire group of
people, no matter the differences that might
exist off the field, in the houses of parliaments or between nations. The energy, the
pride, the passion that cricket has inspired
in the people of the Caribbean is not only
moving but also infectious.”
After the success of the 2006 tournament
Sir Allen is not content to rest on his laurels
The entire region was captivated by Sir and simply hope to recreate what transpired
Allen Stanford’s execution of his dream. in the initial tournament. As Sir Allen himNineteen teams played in eighteen single self declares in the television advertiseelimination games and in the end Guyana ments for the 2008 Tournament “we’re
only marginally edged out Trinidad and back for more, much more”.
Tobago in a thrilling, high-energy and nailbiting final which went down to the wire. Teams will now come better prepared havScriptwriters struggle to produce such dra- ing been in training for almost an entire
ma, yet it all came naturally in the final.
year in most cases, and with the knowl edge and experience of the first tournament
When it was all over, it left the entire Ca- in their think tank. The strategies will be
ribbean , indeed the cricket world, buzzing more detailed, the execution of play more
for months, and now the anticipation level precise and calculated. The entertainment
for the Stanford 20/20 Tournament in 2008 that will be provided is sure to surpass the
is reaching a feverish pitch once again.
first tournament.
But what inspired Sir Allen, American by
birth, Antiguan by adoption, to embrace
cricket and create the Stanford 20/20 Tournament? Why would an American want
to get involved with a sport which was described by actor Robin Williams as ‘baseball on valium’?
Sir Allen answers without even a hint of
hesitation.
“I have been a part of the Caribbean community for a long time. I have witnessed
firsthand the power that the game of cricket
wields over the people in this region. Cricket is an almost tangible force which can
Should the more experienced teams come
through the initial rounds then some mouth
watering contests await. Once St. Kitts get
past the United States Virgin Islands, they
can set up a tense battle against their neighbors and arch rivals Antigua and Barbuda
. If Antigua captain Sylvester Joseph and
his Pro Team prevail in that game the atmosphere will no doubt be electric on February
17th against Guyana whose support base in
Antigua is always huge and vociferous.
All of this is no guarantee though as in
2006, teams such as Nevis and Grenada
showed that the not-so-highly rated teams
can cause some serious upsets and progress to the latter stages of the tournament.
Single elimination means one loss and it’s
time to head back home, and all the teams,
top ranked or not, will be wary of this door-die formula.
The tournament itself aside, the Stanford
20/20 vision is more than just one month of
exhilarating cricket.
“The Stanford 20/20 vision is to revive
cricket in the Caribbean, bring back the
glory days of West Indies cricket and revive
interest in the game in both young and old
alike; assist with the overall development
of players and cricket programs around the
region; work towards establishing a professional league with professional players
from each nation which participates in the
Tournament; and promote cricket in genBut still that is not all.
eral around the region,” according to Sir
Allen.
There have been renovations and improve- ments to the ground. There will be world- Whether you are heading down to the Stanwide distribution of the television coverage ford Cricket Ground or you are tuning in
of the games. In addition to the already on television you will see this vision take
magnanimous prizes there will be a stun- another major step in materializing with
ning US$100,000 prize for the first bats- the Stanford 20/20 Tournament in 2008. It
man to break a newly installed clock on the will be back and back for much more. The
main pavilion by hitting a ball onto it.
true unparalleled West Indian atmosphere
at cricket where a non-stop party envelops
There is the US$1M dollar winner’s check; the Stanford Cricket Ground will be on disthe US$25,000 for Man-of-the-Match; and play once again for all to enjoy. You don’t
the US$10,000 for the Play-of-the-Match. want to miss it!
These mind blowing figures come together
to form the richest domestic competition in
Central Broward Regional Park Update
Chandradath Singh
frozen shots, simultaneous display of scores,
video reruns and other features that make the
scoreboard a perfect fit for such an outstanding Main Event Field. With capabilities for up
to five video inputs and carefully chosen pixel
sizes and LEDs, the scores at CBRP will be
clearly seen by each of our 25,000 spectators.
Chandradath Singh
With its warm tropical colors and luscious
green fields Central Broward Regional Park
(CBRP) is something to behold or rather to
experience – if you love cricket, soccer, flag
football, tennis, netball, basketball or some of
the other outstanding features this park has to
offer. Beckoned by the majestic clock tower,
any passerby at the intersection of State Rd.
441 and Sunrise Boulevard cannot escape this
imposing 110 acre park.
Once you enter the park, either through its
Sunrise or 441 entrances, you are likely to be
greeted by the musical chiming of the clock
beckoning all to come and experience this
jewel in Broward County’s Park System. The
drive towards the Main Field House immediately transports you into a different world
of beauty and charm. Admission is free during the week, with a nominal charge of $1.50
per person on weekends and public holidays.
There are group rates and a season pass.
Your first stop at the Main Field House immediately sets the tone for your visit to this
park. You are in the tropics, experiencing Broward’s Caribbeanness in terms of its unique
island type architectural design and its bright
sunshine colors. But this is no ordinary clubhouse. As you approach the reception desk,
your attention is drawn toward a spacious and
well appointed hall where you can host wedding receptions, parties and corporate events.
This hall is also designed to facilitate major
sporting events with its spacious locker rooms
and other features required by players, referees
and other game officials. It is also equipped
with broadcast capabilities for international
press crews.
The upper level of the Main Field House is
even more majestic and well appointed with
VIP seating areas, a commentary box, internet facilities and a control room for the electronic scoreboard. This scoreboard has been
designed with cutting edge technology to allow for the scoring of a variety of sporting
events. The County has partnered with Daktronics, one of the biggest scoreboard companies in the USA, to develop this mixed-use
scoreboard with capabilities for instant replay,
The Main Field House also allows you a panoramic view of the world class cricket oval,
which was designed in such a manner so as
to allow for soccer, Aussie rules football, and
cricket among other games. We can even create a baseball diamond on this field. At the
center of this oval there is an 80’ x 50’ cricket
pitch-square, built by ICC recognized pitch
builders, Terra Forma Construction from Trinidad and Tobago. Terra Forma built five of
the cricket grounds used to play the recently
concluded Cricket World Cup games in the
Caribbean.
The outer field of this oval boasts of a 75 yard
boundary with a 10 foot spill over to the fence.
Although recently constructed, the Tiffany 419
Bermuda grass in the outer field has grown so
beautiful it already looks like any other first
class cricket ground in the world. The pitch
square has been sprigged with the Celebration
variety Bermuda grass because this variety has
excellent rooting capabilities which is ideally
suited to a cricket pitch. Celebration’s bluish
color will contrast beautifully with the 419
further enhancing the appearance of Broward
County’s prized cricket ground.
Cricket lovers in the USA who are eagerly
awaiting the Lara’s of the cricket world will
be pleased to know that the pitch square has
four cricket pitches with camera ducts already
installed at eight points on the square, i.e.
behind each middle stump on the north and
south ends of the Square. With our comfortable 5,000 covered seating and capabilities to
host 20,000 more spectators, Broward Cricket
Ground is poised to make its mark in World
Cricket. Let’s go ICC, we are ready!!!
If you can afford to tear yourself away from
the special ambiance of the Main Field House
and the breathtaking view of this cricket gem
of America, we invite you to take a stroll
through the rest of the park where there are
two other mixed-use fields, each comprising
two soccer fields (also caters for flag football,
Aussie rules football and other games). Each
field also has an artificial cricket pitch imported from England. Following the successful
experiment of a similar pitch installed at Brian
Piccolo Park four years ago, and recognizing
the growing demand for good quality cricket
pitches in Sou th Florida, the County installed
these artificial pitches with the aim of further
developing the game not only among the established cricket leagues, but also among
mainstream Americans.
As you approach the north eastern area of the
Park you will witness an interesting intermingling of several structures including the tennis
courts and two basketball courts. There is a
colorful children’s playground and another interesting structure which makes this park even
more unique i.e. the netball courts which are
perhaps the only professionally built ones in
the USA. Netball is played mainly by women
in Commonwealth countries. This sport is
gaining popularity in South Florida and in
keeping with its aim of making the park a
mixed-use facility the County is pleased to introduce this unique feature to its patrons.
On the southern side of the park there is a ten
acre lake (which will soon be stocked with
edible fish) where kids will soon have the
opportunity to learn to fish and throw them
back. Meanwhile they can enjoy the boating
facilities which have been opened to the public. Soon the “Kids World” at CBRP will be
significantly enhanced with the opening of the
aquatic center. No effort is spared in making
this facility the best that one can offer.
For those who prefer the peace and quiet of
the outdoors, CBRP has also kept you in mind
by including a nature center at the eastern end
of the park. Here you can mingle with our
famous Burrowing Owls and other winged
friends and animals.
There is also a properly built jogging path encircling the park for those who crave fitness
or those who simply want to take a stroll in
the park. But there is even more to capture
your attention at CBRP: bring your friends
and family for that special barbeque at any
one of our seven sheds (two corporate and five
small). If you enjoy cultural performances
then keep your eyes on the CBRP’s calendar
of events because we are open for cultural
events and we look forward to seeing you at
one of our concerts.
Footnote - The Central Broward Regional Park is owned and
operated exclusively by Broward County. The Superintendent
of the Central District under which this Park falls is Mr. Chester Pruitt and the Park manager is Mr. Duncan Finch. They can
be reached at (954) 321-1170. For reservations or to conduct
any business with this Park you not have to go through any
3rd person or organization. Just call or take the opportunity to
visit our offices located in the Main Field House at the Park
and our friendly staff will help you to plan and execute your
program.
PHOTO GALLERY
CENTRAL BROWARD REGIONAL PARK OPENING
PHOTO GALLERY
P
Vintage Carnival in California, Dinner at Kamal Azeez
and Party at Millennium Hotel
P
PHOTO GALLERY
P
Vintage Carnival at Woodley Park
P
Citrus Valley Junior Cricket Academy
PHOTO GALLERY
Ciitrus Valley Jr. Cricket Academy Salman Ahmad
U-15 Man of the Match
% ¯
The Movie Hit For Six Group at LA Premiere
Lucaya team member Lestor Taylor and new bride
Gena Culmer Taylor with bridesmaids at wedding on
Dec. 1, 2007
South Florida Cricket Alliance
2007 Presentation and Dance
Chand and British Cricket Greats
Jim Swanson, David Gower and Ritchie Benau
American Cricketer Family Day at Brian Piccolo
Park
¯ %
American Cricketer Family Day at Brian Piccolo
Park
STICKEY WICKET
IS IT TIME FOR USACA
EULOGY?
K.C.S. Rao
This is a common question on every
cricketer’s mind in USA these days. Many
a stakeholder say ‘yes’ to this question; a
few say ‘may be’ and yet a passionate few
say ‘no’. USACA, for the past few years
has been plagued with internal politics,
personality problems, poor administration,
mismanagement, rigged elections and an
all time low public relations, to name a
few. Ever since ICC, from their meeting in
New Delhi, scrapped the “Project USA” the
situation locally has not only deteriorated
but has come to a halt.
Given the latest development, it seems
that writing a eulogy for USACA seems
inevitable. ICC was very patient and
rationale in their handling of USACA. They
sent an observer; they suspended USACA
twice during this period giving them ample
time to sort out things for themselves;
they had the then President of West Indian
Cricket Board as a Peacemaker between
different factions of USACA; and now
finally they appointed Chris Dehring from
West Indies to mediate and oversee the rewriting of a new Constitution for USACA
and implementation thereof, including the
conduct of fair elections.
Ken Gordon, who had his Board’s own
financial problem, at that time, could not
have much impact on the issue other than
making the different factions of USACA
to come to an agreement. Beyond that
everything was as usual in USACA. Now a
new constitution was written by a committee
and was sent to members for ratification.
Surprisingly Committee Members who were
instrumental in writing the new Constitution
raised objections to their own work after
it was sent to members for ratification.
Chris Dehring, who had listened to some
complaints about the inadequate time
frame for response, deferred the deadline
for response from December 27, 2007 to
December 31, 2007.
let us keep it the same way by taking away the
powers from the present administration for
generations to come! What USACA needs
is people from outside for administration!!
Stakeholders are skeptical about the outcome
and expect a status quo, partly because of
their own apprehension that the mediator
belongs to West Indies and his judgment
and/or actions would be biased – meaning
would favor Gladstone Dainty. They think
if the results go in Dainty’s favor then it will
be like “Same Wine in a different bottle”. If
the stakeholders have any qualm over the
ICC’s selection of the mediator/facilitator’s
nationality, they should have raised it then
and there with ICC, rather than questioning
it at the end. This amply proves that any
result that is not favorable one faction will
not be accepted by the other faction. This
bickering will not only continue but will not
allow proper functioning of USACA. In fact
some of the members of the other faction
appear to be contemplating on forming a
new organization to govern cricket in USA.
SAVE CRICKET FOR CRICKET’S
SAKE!!!
With such a mindset what else one could
expect but to write a eulogy for USACA!
As readers may recall, not long ago, a parallel
organization (U.S. Cricket Federation) was
formed as it was impossible to make USACA
change its way of doing business. It was
ICC that mediated and brought some sense
in to the proceedings. A new constitution
was written, re-written, elections were held
(rigged, a chronic disease that exists with
the cricket administration at all levels in US
cricket) and finally USACA was revamped.
Throughout the world, cricket and politics
go hand in hand. But, politics in USACA is
beyond one’s imagination.
History repeats itself. This time around it is
not in the form of US Cricket Federation but
a different one called the Council of League
Presidents was formed and challenged the
actions of USACA.
What is the outcome of all these, cricket in
this country has been buried deep! Thanks to
USACA, CLP, whatever you call it. Where
do we go from here? Every one playing
and/or following cricket in USA should vow
not to allow the present and the immediate
past executives from the League level to the
National level to take any administrative
position in cricket administration in the
future.
Cricket is known as a ‘Gentleman’s game”,
USACA has recently gone
through a constitution review
and ratification over the past
several months and over all these
years nothing has been done
Ricardo Inniss
Having followed the operations of all the
USACA executive bodies (and many of
the domestic ones) from the mid-seventies
to the present, I contend that nothing has
happened. To put it bluntly, nothing new and
exciting has been done. None of the USACA
executives (past or present and particularly
the Presidents) have in any form or fashion
exhibited leadership.
Most of us know who these people are by
name only. All along their tangible input has
been infinitesimal, marginal at best. They
have never sought to carve out a direction
for the authentic promotion of cricket here in
the USA, and the one-dimensional attitude
by most of them, as well the tendency to
polarize the ethnic groups, are the chief
barriers hindering progress.
All associations (Leagues, Clubs or
whatever) must understand that of
paramount importance for any organization
to foster solidarity, the following ingredients
must be firmly implemented: dedication,
commitment, honesty and sincere unity.
Doing so, a well-rounded organization will
be developed, aware of what and whom they
represent and the principles they must apply
to reach and maintain high standards.
As of this printing the new USACA
constitution dated November 20, 2007 was
ratified by a majority vote (74%) of the
member clubs.
Legend: K.C.S.
B.S. Chandrasekhar
Rao
or boasts about his achievements. He is
not keeping track of happenings in today’s
cricket to render any opinion.
B.S. Chandrasekhar
The Legendary Leg Spinner!
Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar, a
member of India’s famous spin quartet
(Bishen Singh Bedi, B.S. Chandrasekhar,
E.A.S. Prasanna and S.Venkataraghavan)
was a match-winner for India. He was
instrumental in India’s first win against
England in the Oval in 1971 and India’s
first win against Australia in Melbourne in
1977-78 (12 wickets in the match). These
are a few of the many ‘firsts’ that goes with
his name in the world of cricket.
B.S. Chandrasekhar, fondly known as
“Chandra”, was born on May 17, 1945, in
the city of Mysore, Karnataka, India. He
bowls and bats right handed. He was fond
of cricket from a very early age. Recently
he was in Los Angeles and American
Cricketer had a useful chat with him. He
is very pleasant and humble despite all his
achievements. He is considered a legend
in cricket. He never talks bad about others
As a child he had polio attack him which
withered his right wrist. He learned not
only to overcome his disability but to
turn it to his advantage. He used his left
arm for throwing, but became one of the
most successful leg spin bowlers in cricket
history. He used to send the ball down
at virtual medium pace – quick enough to
once hit a surprised Griffith with a bouncer.
Some batsmen used to say that he was
bowling leg cutters rather than leg spin. He
used to bowl his googlies and top-spinners
with such a speed that batsmen did not
know quite what to expect next from him.
His weakness was his inconsistency.
He laughingly says that sometimes he
himself did not know what he bowled! In
batting he used to have a record for ducks.
He had 23 ducks at one time. In fact, in
1977-78 in Melbourne, Australia after he
took 12 for 104 in the test match, he was
presented with a Gray Nichols bat with
four holes in it!
The most memorable match was the Test
match in Oval against England in 1971.
The series was level at 0-0 and this was
the final Test. England had the first innings
lead of 71 runs. During England’s second
innings, Indian captain Ajit Wadekar set
a innovative field for India’s spinners and
gave the ball to Chandrasekhar. The Captain
could not have asked for a better response
from Chandra. England’s collapse began
with Chandra deflecting Brian Lackhurst’s
straight drive to the wickets to run out
Johnson. Encouraged by this wicket,
Chandra bowled a disciplined line and
length. Englishmen had no clue of his fast
leg breaks with a mixture of googlies and
top-spinners. England was skittled out 101
runs in the second innings. India chased
and scored the required 173 runs for win.
Chandra’s spell of 6 for 38 in England’s
second innings gave India, their first ever
Test and series win in England. All the
English newspaper carried the headlines
“Chandra vs. England” rather than India
vs. England.
His cricketing days came to an end with
a road accident where he got his right leg
extensively damaged. Like in his playing
days, he never gave up hope. He learned
the Spanish language in India while in bed
recovering from his accident. He loves
Hindi music and is a big fan of one of
India’s legendary singer Mukesh. He has
collected over 800 songs of Mukesh.
Statistically speaking he had played 58 tests
and had taken 242 wickets at an average of
29.74. His highest score in batting was 25
runs. In first class matches, 19 times he has
taken ten wicket in a match and 75 times 5
wickets in an inning.
He received many awards for his
achievements.
He received Wisden
Cricketer of the Year award in 1972 after
his sterling performance in England. He
was inducted into U.S. Hall of Fame for
Cricket at Connecticut. American Cricketer
and the fans all over wish him good health
and long life.
In Recognition – Glenn McMichael
Mo Ally
Glenn McMichael known as “Gee” was
born in Guyana and migrated to the United
States. After living in New York for a short
time he then moved west to Los Angeles.
He was surprised to see cricket being
played in Southern California and shortly
thereafter joined a club and began playing.
As an avid cricketer, Gee’s passion is for
bowling but his batting is suspect.
Glenn McMichael
Gee entrusted himself with Abid Hussein
at Tustin and played a major role in
the development of youth cricket. Mr.
Hussein a former Pakistani Cricketer has
an excellent program and maintains a very
high standard of coaching and discipline in
the cricket arena.
Gee’s generous donations towards this
cause and many others such as Hollywood
Golden Oldies sets him apart from everyone
else. He is funny, kind and helpful to
cricketers of all nationalities. Our hats are
off to Glenn “Gee” McMichael.
SOUTH ASIAN CORNER
Muralidaran honored in
Sri Lankan parliament
International Cricket Council
Spin king and world-record holder Muttiah
Muralidaran was honored in his nation’s
parliament session on Thursday after the
legislators praised him as ‘an icon’ and role
model for other Sri Lankan youngsters.
Many of his present and former teammates
were seated in the parliament’s gallery
when the speaker and lawmakers spoke.
 
“Our country’s rulers have been unable
to bring glory to our country the way
some of our sportsmen have,” Wimal
Weerawansa, a lawmaker from Marxist
People’s Liberation Front, was quoted
as saying.
 
“The cricket team is a good example
of different races coming together to
succeed. We politicians must emulate
them,” he said.
 
Muralitdaran is the only ethnic Tamil in
the national cricket team and this status
has helped an otherwise divided country
come together to support cricket.
The champion tweaker claimed the coveted
record for most Test wickets in December,
surpassing Australia’s Shane Warne tally
of 708 scalps. 
The Sri Lankan cricket authorities and
bureaucrats are of the strong belief that
cricket is an important medium to bring
peace and harmony to youngsters and
divided sects.
Sehwag’s 113 helps India
draw ACT XI
comes on (with) pace and bounce so
you can play your shots,” Sehwag said.
“It’s a true wicket for both batsmen and
bowlers and I love fresh challenges, so
if I play against four fast bowlers then
it’s great for me. “I have got my rhythm
back. I have got everything back.”
International Cricket Council
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) Virender
Sehwag’s 113 from just 78 balls Saturday
[1/12/08] could earn him a test recall for
India after Wasim Jaffer failed again on the
Australia tour.
Sehwag smashed 18 boundaries and two
sixes in India’s 281 for four on the last
day of the drawn tour match against an
Australian Capital Territory XI.
The third test against Australia starts on
Wednesday [1/16/08] in Perth, which is
famous for the pace and extra bounce in
the pitch. “The Perth wicket is good for
me and good for batsmen because the ball
Sehwag has not played a test in 12
months, missing selection in India’s
test losses at Melbourne and Sydney on
this tour. He averages 49.46 in 52 test
matches, with a highest score of 309,
and will be difficult to omit again.
Jaffer, who scored 4, 15, 3 and 0 in the
first two tests, was caught behind for 21
on Saturday [1/12/08] after going to the
crease with the total at a comfortable
158-1.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik
scored 97 to press his claims to replace
out-of-form Yuvraj Singh in the middle
order. Yuvraj was caught at cover for 3.
ICC Development Program
announces Regional Award
winners for 2007
Kenichiro Matsumura
Kenichiro Matsumura from Japan received
the East-Asia Pacific Region – 2007 Lifetime Service Award. Congratulations
Kenny! Look for his continued articles on
Cricket in Japan in the next issue of AC.
India was 238-1 but lost 3-10 with Ryan
Bulger dismissing Jaffer and Karthik in
the 47th over and Yuvraj out soon after.
India leaves Sunday [1/13/08] for Perth.
SOUTH ASIAN CORNER
California Cricket Academy’s (U-15) First Cricket Tour of India
Akash Jagannathan
against talented and experienced U17
and U15 teams in Gujarat and Mumbai,
did well to win two of the matches and
being in position with a chance to win
in two other matches. For the boys, it
was a steep learning experience to play
on low and slow turf wickets, having
only seen bouncier and faster Astroturf
wickets in the US.
CCA/US touring party upon arrival at Gandhinagar Standing: Coach Amit Buch, Sunil Deopersaud, Abhijit Joshi,
Akash Jagannathan, Raman Nelakanti, Mihir Deo, Mital Patel, CCA Founder Hemant Buch Sitting: Alok Mehta,
Saurabh Deo, Arsh Buch, Rishi Patel, Roshan Vardarajan, Pranav Pradhan
For the first time, a youth team from the
US, mostly comprised of Cupertino,
California’s California CricketAcademy
members, toured India to play seven
official matches against U15 and U17
teams in Gujarat and Mumbai. This
groundbreaking trip was the brainchild
of CCA’s founders, Hemant and Kinjal
Buch, who worked tirelessly with the
Gujarat Cricket Association, Baroda
Cricket Association, and Mumbai
cricketing contacts to organize this tour.
While individual team members footed
a certain fraction of the costs, the CCA
in addition to partially sponsoring the
trip itself, found a generous sponsor
in KeyPoint Credit Union that helped
defray a fair chunk of the costs for the
players.
The team captained by CCA’s Akash
Jagannathan [myself] and vicecaptained by Chicago’s Abhijit Joshi
consisted of boys ranging from 11 to
15 years of age. The team manager
was Satish Deo, a volunteer parent
who took personal time off to help with
this tour. The coach of the team was
Gandhinagar Cricket Academy’s coach
Amit Buch.
After a tiring 40 hour trip from San
Francisco to Gandhinagar via Singapore
and Mumbai, the boys acclimatized
to the unfamiliar settings quickly and
played their first match against the
strong Anand District U17 team.
CCA/US team being introduced to Honorable Union
Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Mr.
Dinsha Patel at Nadiad
California Cricket Academy Founder Mr. Hemant
Buch giving a plaque to the Hon. Minister Mr.
Dinsha Patel
The CCA/US U15 boys, having played
seven official matches in nine days
While some of the US batting and
bowling techniques had shortcomings,
their mental and physical toughness, as
well as their desire to compete stood
them in good stead. They played well
as a unit and enjoyed each other’s
company between matches. The boys
also got to experience first hand, how
cricket is played in the subcontinent
where parental “cheerleading” is at a
minimum and disciplined coaching
is at a maximum, with the onus being
on the players to manage themselves
during matches.
Team manager Satish Deo did a fine job
in keeping the boys fresh and ready-toplay every day as well as managing
assorted and often complex logistics. In
the short amount of time he had, Coach
Amit Buch worked long and hard with
the boys to get them ready in unfamiliar
conditions against tough opposition.
Physiotherapist Abhishek Joshi helped
keep the boys fit and injury free.
The US boys returned to home soil on
January 5, two weeks to the day they
left, to a rousing reception by their
families and well-wishers. The tour,
from start to finish, went as smoothly
as one could have expected. It was
remarkably without adverse incidents
for a first tour, despite the grueling
schedule. One hopes, for the sake of
US youth cricket, that this is the first of
many such tours not only to India, but
also to various cricketing corners of the
world.
Books & DVDs
Slogan T-shirts
Memorabilia
Video Games
Wide range of gear - top brands!
Visit shop.dreamcricket.com or pavilionshop.com today!
Serving USA cricketers from two locations in USA - Hillsborough, NJ and Fremont, CA.
Call today for a complimentary, customized
Financial Needs Analysis:
You’ll come away with a customized road map to help you:
- Plan for retirement
- Pay off credit cards and
loan efficiently
- Build savings for your
children’s education
- Provide for your family’s
financial security
It could change your life forever!
Victor Joseph Baker
Regional Vice-President
Primerica Financial Services
836 W. Montrose St., Ste 3
Clermont, FL 34711
407-574-2654
www.primerica.com/baker
Combined Campuses & Colleges – An idea whose time has come!
Colin Croft
key, the problem, the concern. Even as
we welcome the Combined Campuses &
Colleges team to the Caribbean’s competitions, there will still have to be much
“tweaking” of their presence and input if
the idea of their participation is to live and
strive. At least, they have started to exist!
Colin E. Croft
As one of the Presidents of the United
States of America, Richard Nixon, used to
say; “Let us get one thing perfectly clear
immediately”. This idea of players of
several universities and senior colleges of
the Caribbean contributing a cricket team
to enhance our regional competitions, is
an idea that has been around a very long
time. Obviously, it’s an idea whose time
certainly has come. Not only was it a
good idea when it was thought up eons
ago, but it remains, and will continue to
remain a great idea forever.
How this plan is implemented, however,
could have been the initial problem and
probably still is the main problem. Who
is selected and by whom will always conjure up consternation. To be very honest,
with at least 12,000 males in the universities and colleges in the Caribbean available for selection, the team should really
be excellent!
I remember hearing in 1971, when I first
played for the Young (Under 19) West Indies against Young England, some time
before playing for the senior West Indies
cricket team in 1977, the idea to have the
University of the West Indies provide a
cricket team, not only for the youth tournaments, but for the senior competitions
too. That “talk” continued while I played
for the senior team and continues to this
day!
Everyone was and is keen on the idea
but, unfortunately, like most things in the
Caribbean, implementation is always the
This year the Combined Campuses &
Colleges (CCC) finally provided a team
for the regional one-day competition,
the KFC Cup, and will continue to do so
for the 2008 Carib Trophy competition. While the student-based team did not do
as well as many had hoped in the KFC
competition, at the very least, the experiment showed that with proper training and
implementation the team could, in time,
make its way well overall.
It is fairly well known that I was the first
manager from 2002-2004 of the Sports &
Physical Education Centre (SPEC) at the
St. Augustine campus of the University
of the West Indies in Trinidad & Tobago.
Indeed, if the truth were to be told I had
a great deal to do behind the scenes with
much of the plans for the playing fields
which were used with such great success
for the preparation games, featuring Pakistan, Ireland and South Africa, at the recent ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.
One of the things that distressed me the
most during that tenure was the rank apathy of most of the people who ran the university when it came to sports. Somehow
very few in authority understood the importance of properly organized sports.
who attended the university during that
time, simply giving their male students
an ultimatum: “I am paying good money
for your education. You could either play
sport or study but you cannot do both!” If
I did not hear it myself I certainly would
not have believed it!
The irony of this is that many of those
same parents (doctors, lawyers, dentists,
architects engineers, even prime ministers) who themselves had graduated from
one of the UWI campuses, were often
heard boasting as to how well they themselves had played some sport or the other
when they had attended the university. The noises are usually endless!
Yet these were the same people who
were actually suggesting to their offsprings, most whom are easily much
more talented than their parents ever
were or could have been; and with all of
the technology more time to spare, that
they could not do the same! What absolutely absurd and backward thinking!
In terms of UWI, it was as if no one, except
those directly involved in the university’s
sport; Dr. Iva Gloudon, Director of Sport
at UWI-SPEC, St. Augustine; Ms. Grace
Jackson-Small, the Director of Sport at the
Mona (Jamaica) UWI campus, and Professor Hiliary Beckles, Principal at the Cave
Hill (Barbados) UWI campus, cared at all.
Had it not been for folks like these and
Professor Kochar present Deputy Principal at UWI St. Augustine and Professor
Bourne former Chancellor of the UWI
who helped much, sports at UWI would
have died a most ignominious death.
It was as if we could not see what it had
done and continues to do very positively
in all of the main universities around the
world from Yale, Princeton and Columbia
to Cambridge and Oxford. Even the psychologists are now urging every student to
become involved in some type of sports,
even if most are no good at the games.
Simply just play!
However, there should not be any mystery
there as at least three of the afore-named
have excelled in their own field of sporting endeavor. Maybe in retrospect, we
should be grateful that at least the UWI
hierarchy did hire people of sporting integrity and know-how.
Most disappointingly of all, I have myself
heard many of the parents of the students
Dr. Gloudon represented Trinidad & Tobago at hockey. Grace Jackson-Small ran
and medaled for Jamaica in many international athletic meetings. Professor Beckles has written and spoken about the history of West Indian cricket everywhere. These folks exude sport in every sinew. Simply, they know sport, its history, its
importance and its governance!
Yet, with all that input, UWI St. Augustine always struggled to even provide a
proper cricket team for any of the competitions that it had entered into, courtesy
of the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board. Even with more than 4,000 students, at
least 1500 of them male, the St. Augustine
campus often could not find eleven players
who not only wanted to play cricket properly, but were of some standard to perform
creditably. It was highly ludicrous, but
absolutely true. The overall environment
was simply not sports-minded.
There is yet another even greater irony
here. At all three of the main UWI campuses; Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and
Barbados, there is at least one playing
field named after that great man, (Sir)
Frank Worrell, who is termed by many as
being the father of the “new” West Indies
cricket team.
Worrell, who has had personal input
at all of the UWI campuses during his
wonderful life, is the man who brought
the Caribbean together, regardless of
race, creed, social standing or color in
a sports team that seemed to mend all
fences. That team could, in its own
right, have been called, as the Mighty
Sparrow had put it then when the West
Indies beat Australia in 1965, “The Cricket Champions of the world!”
Yet, all three of these campuses have
struggled much in the past to maintain the
high profile that they really should have
had. We in the Caribbean have taken a
very long time to emerge to the new century. At least, like the great leather-back
turtle, a few signs of life show that we will
still continue to try to emerge, despite being very close for a very long time now to
extinction.
With all of its student population, the
three main campuses of the University
of the West Indies should each be able to
provide, at the very least, in both sexes,
a proper cricket team, a proper football
team and a proper netball team. Yet, we
are only just welcoming a combined campus team, a team made of so many different universities in the Caribbean along
with UWI.
The West Indies Cricket Board and the
University of the West Indies are the only
real tangible, undertakings of the Caribbean and should always be associated.
CARICOM has been around for nearly 40
years since its official inception 1972. As a
regional body, it has achieved very little in
that time. Along with the Caribbean Free
Trade Area the two are still pipe dreams;
elevated myths of minds; experiments
still waiting, like high school chemistry,
for the proper acidic stimuli that will turn
the blue litmus paper red!
About 15 years ago, the West Indies
Cricket Board did do something so positive yet it got very little or no credit for
the effort. It actually started having every touring team to the Caribbean playing
against a University of the West Indies
Vice Chancellor’s XI.
This team was supposed to have been
made up of mostly students that would
have shown some inclination to the higher
echelons of the cricket game, along with a
few prominent, almost established Caribbean players, some of whom might have
also wanted or had a tertiary education. A
few special invitees, mostly young oversees players, were to also be included. Players like Marl Boucher, the present
South African wicket-keeper/batsman,
have played for the UWI-VC XI. It was
both a wonderful opportunity and a great
exposé.
The UWI-VC XI was an idea that made
sense, but one that was soon disbanded,
short-lived, due to, initially the lack of
funds and also the lack of foresight as to
who were to be selected. The situation
had even come down to a point where the
UWI VC XI team actually had almost no
one who was associated with the University of the West Indies in the final VC XI. That made no sense, given the pretext for
the name and existence in the first place. Effective organization has always been
the bugbear of anything Caribbean.
Now, we are back to where we started. The Combined Campuses and Colleges
cricket team has come into existence and
it should be properly marshaled. It should
not be left to the whims and fancies of a
few overly-ambitious, egocentric people.
The entity should be fully integrated into
the work-load of the West Indies Cricket
Development Committee, in collusion
with the varied universities and colleges. In other words, the field is now ripe for
the pickings of the tertiary youth, youth
who like their studies are ready to succeed
once they are given the correct opportunity!
It is well known that the present President of the West Indies Cricket Board, Dr.
Julian Hunte, has been adamant with his
suggestion that “for West Indies cricket to
ascend again the grass-roots must be fertilized; the younger players everywhere
encouraged to be involved, even if only
some will excel.”
That too is not a new idea. However,
it has been one that has been laid low
by many of the primary and secondary schools around the region forgetting about sports altogether, not to even
mention cricket. Perhaps that bugbear of West Indies cricket, the ultrapresent lack of available funds, may have
had some debilitating input too.
Whatever happens now the CCC, the
Combined Campuses and Colleges,
cricket team should be handsomely encouraged, properly managed and properly
enhanced, so that in time, it could become
yet another feeder for not only players of
note, but also administrators and technicians who would combine their talents to
make that effort needed to bring West Indies cricket back to the top of the world’s
cricket game.
For much too long, West Indies cricket
has been in the trenches; choking; literally
fighting for its very life. So as they say at
Disney World, this can also be the adage
of the Combined Campuses and Colleges
team; “Now is the time, now is the right
time!”
UMPIRING
Fair and Unfair Play
Clarence Modeste
Clarence Modeste
BOWLER ATTEMPTING TO RUN
OUT NON-STRIKER BEFORE
DELIVERY
The bowler is allowed to attempt to run
out the non-striker BEFORE entering his
delivery stride and the ball shall not count
as one of the over. The umpire shall call
and signal Dead ball as soon as possible if
the bowler fails in the attempt to run out the
non-striker.
The non-striker should not leave his ground
before the bowler has entered his delivery
stride and if he does so the bowler is entitled
to attempt to run him out. No warning is
necessary, although it is customary for
the bowler to mention it to the offending
batsman and tell him that if he does it again
he could be run out. The Law does not
make a warning necessary.
 
The attempt for a run out can be made
anytime after the ball comes into play, for
example, when the bowler starts his run-up,
or if he has no run-up, his bowling action
- up to when he enters his delivery stride.
The delivery stride is the last deliberate
placement of the bowler’s feet during
which his arm will swing over to deliver
the ball.
 
The attempt must be made BEFORE the
back foot lands in the delivery stride to be
allowed. If the bowler attempts the run out
after the back foot has landed in the delivery
stride the umpire will call and signal Dead
ball and the attempt will be disallowed.
The bowler CANNOT go through with his
bowling action (swing his arm over as if to
deliver the ball), retain hold of it, bring his
arm back and run out the non-striker.
 Assuming that the attempt is made prior to
the delivery stride, the bowler may throw
the ball at the wicket or stop his run up and
remove the bail(s) with the ball in his hand.
If the non-striker is out of his ground when
either of these methods is used, he will be
given out - Run out. If the attempt to run
out the non-striker fails the umpire will call
and signal Dead ball. In such an attempt the
ball is not delivered to the striker and shall
not count as one in the over.
 
BATSMEN STEALING A RUN
The Law considers it unfair for the batsmen
to attempt to steal a run during the bowler’s
run up. Unless the bowler attempts to run
out either batsman the umpire shall:
i. Call and signal Dead ball as soon
as the batsmen cross
ii. Return the batsmen to their
original ends
iii. Award 5 penalty runs to the
fielding side
iv. Inform the other umpire, the
batsmen, the captain of the fielding
side and, as soon as practicable,
the captain of the batting side of
the reason for the action taken.
v. Report the occurrence with
the other umpire, as soon as
possible to the Executive of the
batting side and any Governing
Body responsible for the match,
who shall take such action as is
considered appropriate against
the captain and player or players
concerned.
 
Should the batsmen attempt to run while the
bowler is running up to bowl, two options
are open to the fielding side (the bowler).
Which action he chooses will dictate how
the umpire reacts.
Option 1
The bowler may attempt to run out either
batsman by throwing the ball at either
wicket. The attempt must be made BEFORE
entering his delivery stride. If the bowler
conforms to this, any successful run out of
either batsman will be upheld.
i. If he fails to run out the non-
striker, the umpire shall call and
signal dead ball.
ii. If he attempts to run out the striker,
either umpire will call and signal
No ball (for illegal arm action) and
play continues as for any other No
ball delivery.
iii. If the ball hits the wicket the
striker will be out - Run out, it is a
No ball but the striker is out of his
ground.
iv. If the striker hits the ball or No
ball extras are scored, these will
be counted. Because it is a No
ball it does not count as one in the
over.
Option 2
The bowler decides not to take option 1
but simply stops his run up and watches
the batsmen run. The umpire will adopt the
following procedure:
Action                                                             
• Wait until the batsmen have
crossed           
• Call and signal Dead ball                              
• Award 5 penalty runs to the
fielding side     
• Return the batsmen to their original
ends       
• Ensure the scorers do not record
any runs for the batting side                                
• Ensure the scorers understand
how many runs to record to the
fielding side           
• Ensure this delivery is not counted
as one in the over                                            
Inform
•
•
•
•
Colleague
Batsmen at the crease
Fielding captain
During the next interval when the
players leave the field: Batting
captain
As soon as possible, report the incident to:
• The Executive of the batting side
• The Governing Body responsible
for the match
Reference: Tom Smith's Cricket Umpiring And
Scoring.
FESTIVAL CRICKET
Vintage Cricket on the Move
Peter McDermott
The Los Angeles Vintage Cricket Carnival
has come and gone. It was filled with a
flurry of activity and against a background
of major Californian wildfires.
A small but very enjoyable Carnival marked
the 1st time that Vintage Cricket had been
played in the US. With participation by
players from Canada, New Zealand, South
Africa, Texas, Florida, Denver and California, the Carnival celebrated cricket in an
appropriate manner.
The hospitality of the Southern California
Cricket Association and the Hollywood
Golden Oldies Cricket Club ensured a
successful Carnival that is hopefully the
forerunner of more Vintage Cricket in the
USA.
Vintage Cricket now moves to Stratfordupon-Avon, England, the heart of village
cricket and delightful country cricket clubs.
In August, 2008 teams from Australia, New
Zealand, India, Barbados, USA, Canada,
Germany and England will get together to
enjoy friendly competition on the field and
great company and hospitality in friendly
club rooms.
The Carnival will start with a special fixture between Stratford-upon-Avon Cricket
Club Invitation XI and the Vintage Cricket
All Stars-to be captained by former New
Zealand international, Geoff Howarth and
vice-captained by Barbados cricket personality, Ricky Clarke. The team will be se-
lected by Carnival Patron, ex England Test
star Dennis Amiss from nominations of
Vintage Cricket players taking part in the
Carnival.
“This is an exciting opportunity for Vintage
cricketers to play in a high profile game
that will launch the Carnival” said Geoff
Howarth. “We are hoping to attract a good
range of players from the various countries
represented to play on the Stratford-uponAvon Cricket Club home ground”.
Festival Stratford upon Avon Cricket
4(%TH7/2,$6).4!'%#2)#+%4#!2.)6!,
#/437/,$3#2)#+%4#,!33)#
4HETH7ORLD6INTAGE#RICKET#ARNIVALISTOBESTAGEDINHISTORIC
3TRATFORDUPON!VON7ARWICKSHIRE%NGLAND
4HEHOMEOF7ILLIAM3HAKESPEAREWILLBETHEHOMEOF
6INTAGE#RICKETFORAWEEKIN!UGUST
www.vintagecricket.com
W
GE
LD VINTA
OR
CR
ICKE T
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
AUGUST 2008
!-%2#+4-!'INDD
!-27
WINTER ISSUE 2008 WWW.AMERICANCRICKETER.COM
PHYSICAL FITNESS
Goal Setting
Rickie Ali
In many sports athletes sometimes
primarily rely on talent that’s okay, but
it will not get you very far if you are not
prepared to work hard to improve. What
is motivating you to improve and become
the best usually hits home when you
come up against exceptionally talented
opposing players who are working hard
to become better then you begin to
question your skill level and talent.
The question is not skill or talent, but
rather who do you want to be (or become),
the greatest bowler, batsman and or allrounder. In other words do you have a
vision or a dream? If you do not, it’s time
to make the most important decision of
your cricket career.
Your vision of who you want to become
will first lead you to identify what
is hindering you, or what are your
weaknesses. What do I have to improve
on, what do I need to do to take me to the
next level(s).
VISION – First decide on a vision or
dream of what you want to become,
then evaluate yourself and determine the
area(s) you need to work on and develop
in order to become that vision. For
example I want to be the greatest bowler.
The greatest bowler must take the most
wickets per inning and have the lowest
run rate. In order to achieve this you
must be able to bowl against all batting
types and styles. Obviously you must
determine what batting style gives you
the most trouble, where do you get hit
the most (ball placement), how does your
run-up affect you, how is your bowling
mechanics (does it need adjustment),
how is your delivery to the batsmen that
you have problems with. In other words
trouble shoot, have other professionals
evaluate you, observe the bowlers that
have success with the batsmen you have
trouble with.
GOAL
SETTING
–
Before
the
evaluation process, make sure you have
a clear vision of whom and what the
greatest bowler would be. The evaluation
process would identify the area(s) that
need to improve. The goals are setting
a series of clear, measurable objectives
that enables you attain the goals with
realistic time frames.
ACTION PLANS – Look at the specific
goals in a prioritized manner, and
develop specific strategies or implement
workable solutions (plans of action) that
will assist you to reach your goal and
eventually the vision.
KEYS TO SUCCESS:
*Write down your vision.
*Write down evaluation process and
area(s) of strengths and weaknesses.
*Write down your goals (prioritize
them)
*Write down with realistic time frames
the plans of action you must undertake to
achieve your goals and vision.
MISSING LINK – Too often we
emphasize the physical and not the
mental, emotional and or psychological.
When all the physical and mechanical
tools are in place, a great player can
become average if he gets frustrated
after a few boundary hits and it all falls
apart. The MENTAL and EMOTIONAL
game is as important and must not be
overlooked. At times it may be the only
problem. Therefore, do not forget to look
here. It is possible that you may require
the assistance of a sports psychologist,
or even an anger management specialist
(not that anger is your problem) to
identify how frustration and anger (being
hit to the boundary) correlates with your
bowling and strategies that you can
undertake to rectify this problem.
At the end of it all, what you should find is
the ability and capability to periodically
self evaluate your performance at all
levels (with professional assistance when
necessary), and be able to systematically
develop specific strategies to improve
and become the best – you – can be, your
vision.
EGO – This is usually a double-edged
sword, it’s good to have an ego or good
self-confidence, but in a humble manner,
wherein you do not set yourself up for
fail. By that I mean being so egotistical
that you completely disregard the need
to critique your performance and put
yourself in that bubble that you can do no
wrong and possess no faults. This is not
self-confidence, but self-righteousness.
Always strive to seek knowledge, as I
often say to myself if a baby can teach me
something new and help me to improve, I
want to learn it. Knowledge is the ability
to put your-self in environments where
you can learn, improve and grow and
develop in all aspects of life.
For further information contact Fitness
conditioning specialist Rickie Ali,
[email protected]
MULTI-DIRECTIONAL
LUNGE
SERIES – 12-15 reps for each leg,
eventually use appropriate dumbbells in
each hand.
1. Stability phase - for four weeks
perform all movements using
only body weight with a balance
component, by this I mean perform
any lunge then go back to start
position on one leg holding balance/
stability before lunging again (see
side lunge example).
2. Functional strength phase - do
another four weeks and perform the
lunge series with weight.
PHYSICAL FITNESS continued
3. Power phase - use a medicine body
weight but move faster (game speed);
a medicine ball (6-10 lbs.) can be used
as resistance, you can have someone
throw the ball back and forth to you
(playing catch) for added work and
power development.
Lying leg curl w/ ball – 10-12 reps
(eventually move to one leg)
Step back lunge (saggital) Front lunge
(saggital) 45 degree front lunge (frontal/
Turning rotation lunge w/ reach down
sagittal)
(transverse plane)
Reverse abdominal crunch –20 reps
increase difficult by rotating body left
and right
Dumbbell squat –10-lb dumbbells each
hand – increase weight to 15-20 lb.
dumbbells each hand
45-degree step back lunge (frontal/
sagittal)
Side lunge (frontal
plane) back to balance
WOMEN’S CRICKET
England Women’s Team Tour Down Under
Imogen Gaunt
January sees the England Women’s Cricket
team head south to Australia to challenge their
fiercest rivals for one of the most coveted prizes in cricket history.
Charlotte Edwards, the England captain, will
lead her team as they take on the best side in
the world in the women’s game to contest the
Ashes: “I’m really looking forward to it,” she
said, “We’ve got a squad that is a great blend of
youth and experience and I am confident that
we are capable of testing the Australians and retaining the Ashes this winter.”
The fifteen-strong squad that has been selected
for the tour contains one debutante – Somerset all-rounder Stephanie Davies, who has impressed selectors with her consistent form.
Mark Dobson, England women’s Head Coach
said: “Steph will be a great asset to the squad.
She has been performing consistently in the
LV County Championships and Super 4s for
the past few seasons as well as for the England
Development side. She offers us additional
depth in our batting and bowling departments
and it’ll be a great opportunity for her to show
what she can do at the next level.”
Sussex spinner Rosalie Birch has been recalled
to the squad following a year on the sidelines.
She has been working hard to regain her lost
form and Dobson is happy with her progress:
“Rosalie has put in a lot of hours to improve
her action and her batting and we’re happy
with the development. She’s great to have in
the squad and we’re all confident she’ll have a
good tour.”
Fellow Sussex spinner Holly Colvin is in her
final A-Level year and so will only play on the
Australian leg of the tour. Charlie Russell will
take over the front-line spinner duties for the
New Zealand series, having already spent the
best part of the autumn perfecting her art in
the country.
Pace-bowlers Katherine Brunt and Lynsey
Askew will miss the tour through injury. Brunt
is still suffering from a back injury which left
her out of all cricket in 2007 including the tour
to India in February. Askew sustained an injury
to her finger which required surgery; ruling
her out until the 2008 domestic season.
Dobson commented:” We’ll miss both Katherine and Lynsey. Katherine has a great action and
when fit, is definitely one of the best bowlers in
the country. Lynsey has put in some great performances this year with both bat and ball and
it’s a huge loss to the side to have both of them
out through injury. We hope to have them back
fit and ready in time for the summer.”
warm-up games before the first official international, a Twenty20 match on February 1. The
ODI series starts immediately afterwards on
February 3 with two back-to-back one-dayers
at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
The Drummoyne Oval, home to Balmain
Cricket Club, hosts the third ODI on February
7, with the final two games in the one-day series
scheduled to be played at the Sydney Cricket
Ground (SCG) on February 10 and 11.
Sarah Taylor will be lead wicket-keeper in the
one-day games on what is likely to be Jane
Smit’s last overseas tour. Smit, who has played
over 100 one-day internationals for her country will hang up her gloves at some point in
2008.
“We’re playing at some great grounds in Australia,” continued Edwards. “Playing at the
MCG and the SCG is a fantastic experience for
any player and it’s great that Cricket Australia is
giving women’s cricket the opportunity to get
this kind of exposure.”
Four of the selected squad are currently playing grade and state cricket in Australia, offering perfect preparation to the tour in terms of
acclimation and training. Lydia Greenway, Isa
Guha, Jenny Gunn and Beth Morgan are all on
the sub-continent as part of a new initiative led
by the ECB to encourage as many cricketers
to play overseas as possible through the winter in preparation for a successful World Cup
in 2009.
The Ashes will be contested by one Test match,
which starts on February 15 at The Bradman
Oval in Bowral, New South Wales.
In 2005 England beat Australia 1-0 to win the
Ashes for the first time in 42 years. In that same
summer they also beat the Australians, who
have dominated the women’s game for the past
decade, in a one-day international for the first
time in 12 years. To mark this famous triumph
the women shared the victory parade through
Central London with the men’s team as well as
a trip to 10 Downing Street to meet the then
Prime Minister Tony Blair, followed by a trip to
Buckingham Palace in 2006.
“That whole summer was fairly surreal” admits Edwards. “We had a great time actually
contesting the series and then to share in the
celebrations was unbelievable. We’ve now got
to look ahead to the series this winter which
will be great preparation for the World Cup in
Australia in 2009.”
The team depart from Heathrow on January
21 bound for Melbourne where they play three
“We’re determined to retain the Ashes in February,” said Edwards “Playing only one game
means we just need to secure a draw to remain
holders, but we will be looking for a win.”
The team then heads to New Zealand on February 20 for a whirlwind tour comprising just
five ODIs. The only warm-up game in New
Zealand will take place in Lincoln against New
Zealand A on February 22.
All games in the five-match series will be played
at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval at Lincoln University.
The first two matches are to be played consecutively on February 24 and 25 with the third
scheduled for the 28th. The final two matches
take place on March 2 and 3 before England
return to the UK on March 5.
“The New Zealand leg is going to be particularly draining with five matches in eight days, but
we’re all up for it and prepared for the challenge.” commented Edwards “They narrowly
beat us 3-2 in the recent NatWest Women’s
Series this summer, so we’ll be keen to reverse those results in February and March next
year.”

California Cricket Academy`s

Transcription

Similar documents

to the Dover Titans winners of the Co

Coaching Course Online Registration Process 2016

Cricket Strokes process flow

Ten Sports renews Windies cricket rights for 7 yrs

The Haberdashers` Aske`s Boys` School

Task Force Heroes at Feethams!

this program - Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

June - TEAM Security

Exercise 9: Mix-and