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In this issue
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Features
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COVER STORY
CENTRAL BROWARD REGIONAL PARK
AND CRICKET STADIUM
16 PHOTO GALLERY
29 STICKEY WICKET
30 CRICKET EVENTS
Cricket
US CRICKET
7
AN OPEN LETTER TO USACA PRESIDENT
GLADSTONE DAINTY
8
E. GORDON GEE TROPHY GOES TO
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
10 AMERICAN COLLEGE CRICKET INKS “STRATEGIC
PARTNERSHIP” WITH BIG LEAGUE USA
11 2010 SFCA PREMIER LEAGUE 45 OVERS FINAL
12 CRICKET IN SOUTH FLORIDA NEEDS DIRECTION
WOMEN CRICKET
13 WHAT A DAY! WHAT AN ATHLETE!
WHAT AN HONOR! WHAT A LADY!
ENGLAND WOMEN’S SQUAD NAMED FOR
SRI LANKA TOUR
ABOUT PEOPLE
14 SACHIN TENDULKAR WINS THE
SIR GARFIELD SOBERS TROPHY
UMPIRING
15 FAIR AND UNFAIR PLAY
INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
18 STIRLING STILL HOPEFUL OF RETAINING
INTERCONTINENTAL CUP TITLE
19 HOW DO YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT?
20 IS PAKISTAN, ICC’S BAD BOY?
21 SPOT BETTING: HOW DOES IT WORK?
SOUTH ASIAN CORNER
22 BIG-TICKET SERIES LIVES UP TO TOP BILLING DESPITE
INDIA’S TROUNCING OF AUSTRALIA
THE TURNING POINT OF THE SERIES
PONTING’S FINAL FRONTIER?
THE FEELING OF DISSATISFACTION
TESTS, STILL THE BEST?
23 THE 12TH MAN FACTOR
BYE-BYE TO THE DUSTBOWLS
A POSTCARD FROM ENGLAND SAYS THANKS?
FESTIVAL CRICKET
25 GUJARATI CRICKET FESTIVAL OF GASTONIA, NC
26 VINTAGE CRICKET BENEFITS DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE IN
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
VINTAGE CRICKET - INCORRUPTIBLE
CARIBBEAN CRICKET CORNER
27 WEST INDIES THRASH SRI LANKA TO TAKE TITLE
Publisher Letter
A
s we continue
to reach high,
we also celebrate our
successes. We have
the distinct pleasure
of sharing with our
readers another issue of American
Cricketer Magazine with meaningful
topics and compelling information
that relates to and hopefully stimulates
cricketers in the United States. American
Cricketer enters its 6th year of publication
and we continue to grow and change. If
there are any change our readers would
like to submit for us to evaluate for this
lifestyle magazine please do so.
problem, especially when USACA is
approximately a quarter million dollars in
the red. Most of all we need better Board
of Directors, ones who possess the skill
required to be on a Board that they can
impart their wisdom and commitment to
the improvement of Cricket and not just
a free trip. I wonder if the USACA board
members really know their function. At
this time I would like to know what is
our Chief Executive Officer is doing and
where in the world is he at this time in the
name of U.S. Cricket. So is the President
of USACA who never returns his phone
calls and a Secretary is on a fact finding
mission in the UK.
We have received validation from our
readers, clubs and organizations, from
around the world for our hard work and
dedication in providing you with a quality
magazine. In addition, we would like
to thank our advertisers and sponsors
who select this magazine as one of their
advertising options.
Congratulations to the Women Cricket
Team! It seems like USACA should put
more emphasis into women’s cricket
since they seem to be more progressive.
Americans like to support a winner and
finally we have a winning cricket team.
Our primary focus is to help cultivate an
understanding of cricket for the American
public and the development of cricket
in America. There is cricket virtually in
every corner of the United States but with
no media coverage it is still unheard of
by mainstream America. Hopefully our
magazine bridges this gap and fosters an
understanding of the game for so many
still think it is a 5-day game. Thus we
welcome any article on your cricket event
for us to publish.
After many years of trials and tribulations
it seems like U.S. cricket is moving in
the right direction with Women Cricket.
However, it is evident that due to the
horrific downturn in the economy
International cricket matches will be on
the back burner. Corporate sponsorship
will be extremely difficult for the next
3 years and with the job situation in the
doldrums even domestic Cricketers will
be burdened with the cost of playing the
game. We know how impractical this
would be since most young cricketers in
the U.S. are not economically viable.
It seems to me that professional
fundraising might solve the financial
28 GUYANA POSSESSES CRICKET’S RARE ‘CHINAMAN’
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Cover Story
Central Broward Regional Park and Cricket Stadium
Mo Ally, North Carolina
White Elephant or Cash Cow
Mo Ally
W
hite Elephant or Cash Cow,
the Central Broward Regional Park and Cricket Stadium
is located in the city of Lauderhill, Florida which was established
in 1959 on the edge of the Everglades. Mr. Jackie Gleason, the
world famous entertainer, developed several golf courses, hotels
and condos in Lauderhill which
made it the tourist Mecca of South
Florida.
However, the State of Florida
boomed in the 1980’s, with many
exciting new cities developing in
the immediate vicinity. Lauderhill was in a downward spiral with
many business closed and residents
moving to new towns. However,
with the influx of many Caribbean
Residents, they revitalized the city
and pressured the Commissioners
for cricket grounds, for it is their
national sport.
Central Broward Regional Park, Florida
built in 2007 expectations ran high
that the World Cup of Cricket
which was held in the West Indies
would play a few matches in the
United States. Lauderhill made a
bid for some of the games to be
played at this new facility, but they
were denied due to the fact that the
ground was not ready for International matches.
Lauderhill worked hard to bring
International Cricket to Florida
and rallied to get the stadium built,
Lauderhill is not the official operator of the facility, it is Broward
County Parks and Recreation Department.
The International Cricket Council
appointed Mr. Jeff Crowe, a former
Professional Cricketer, to oversee
Two years later no cricket match the construction of the wicket behas filled the 5,000+ seat stadium fore final approval was given to
that cost the tax payers millions of
When a new Cricket Stadium was dollars. While it was evident that
continued on page 6
BCS. However, Broward County
Cricket Stadium was adequately
the Park. This ordeal took about 2 paid for their rent and gate receipts
years, which caused many to have were substantial. With independoubts of International Cricket dent promoters bringing exciting
ever being played in the stadium. cricket to the stadium, concert,
It was written by Mr. Ricardo Inn- rugby La Crosse and other events
iss that the Lauderhill Cricket Sta- I would venture to say it can be a
dium is a “White Elephant”. The “Cash Cow”.
operators of the park are willing to
have any form of cricket played at Politics, Politics, Politics is causthe stadium but due to its prohibi- ing all the problems for cricket in
tive cost to rent the facility ($2,500 the U.S. In the first place United
to $10,000) few matches are being States Cricket Association, susplayed.
pended from ICC for years is still
at it again for officials are spendLast year Central Broward gener- ing money they do not have and
ated about $480,000 in revenue, others like New Zealand Cricket
but it is not self sustaining for it Board is willing to help for a piece
cost about $1.6 million to operate of the pie.
the park per year. Earlier this year
the United States Cricket Associa- It might be best if they take over
tion hosted the first International USACA and run it like a legitimate
Cricket Match between Sri Lan- corporation, because calling Gladka and New Zealand which was stone Dainty (USACA President)
played at the stadium. However, or Don Lockerbie (USACA CEO)
the President of USACA, Glad- is a waste of time since they do not
stone Dainty, stated that they lost return phone calls.
about $250,000 from this ordeal.
Furthermore, can somebody please
Since they are already in the red tell me why the Secretary of USAfor about the same amount then it CA is in England on a fact finding
is obvious the sponsor of the event mission. Mr. Aaron claims that he
PEARL suffered a huge loss. This is looking into youth programs that
was due to poor advertising and USACA could implement. Such a
too many unnecessary expenses as mission is for the Chinese Coachexpressed by officials and vendors. es to look into and not a Guyanese
Furthermore, there is a tremendous who was raised with cricket his
rivalry between Lauderhill and national sport. His fingers should
Broward County.
do the travelling and he will have
more than enough youth proSince the stadium is built in the grammed on cricket.
city of Lauderhill all events must
use Lauderhill Police for security. Since we are under the West InPromoters claimed that the rate of dies Cricket Board I am sure you
pay per hour is twice that of Bro- can get more than adequate inward County Sheriff Department formation on the Development of
and Lauderhill require more Po- youth cricket or we can check out
lice per thousand spectators than ICC youth development plan.
continued from page 5
I am also perplexed because a
friend of mine in Canada asks me
since when fact finding mission is
bestowed upon the Secretary of
an organization and not the Coach
or the Captain of the US. Cricket
Team.
Private enterprise prevails, for
companies like Big League Cricket, Cricket Council USA, American College Cricket and Softball
Cricket are investing their funds,
by renting the Stadium for their
events. However, what is needed
are International Matches and this
must have the blessing of USACA,
but due to their financial position it
would be best if they can cooperate
with the private companies with
funding to achieve their goals.
United States Cricket Association
is indeed fortunate for they can
boast of having an ICC approved
cricket facility, but if it is not utilized to its maximum capacity, I
am afraid you can kiss International Cricket Goodbye.
U.S. CRICKET
An Open Letter to USACA President Gladstone Dainty
Dr. S. Samaroo, Florida
T
he leadership of USACA continues
to be the major stumbling block to
any real progress in US Cricket, it would
appear. The ICC, meeting in Dubai this
past week, earmarked China as one of
the key nations in the ICC Strategic Plan
2011-15.
That China, a newly-emerging cricket
nation, has been elevated by the ICC
to such prominence is testimony to
China’s remarkable progress in the game.
Simultaneously, it is an indictment of
USACA; of USA Cricket to make any
real progress since becoming a member
of the ICC in the mid 60s - that’s over 40
years ago!
Andy Pick, ICC’s Americas Development
Performance Officer, did not pull any
punches saying: “If I’m brutally honest,
they [USA] have at the moment little
framework beneath it to continue
providing and developing their best
players”.
Pick pointed to the glaring disservice
being done to Ryan Corns, winner of
the ICC tournament MVP Award in the
Canada Qualifiers in 2009. “Ryan was
talked about to me as if he was the next
great player coming through yet it worries
me to see that he doesn’t make it on the
trip to Bermuda [or Italy]”, said Pick.
But how in heaven’s name can Ryan Corns
make it when election-year politics, and
not cricket, appears to be the overriding
consideration in team selection? How
can the young and talented youth break
into the team when 44- year- old directors
are chosen?
Of course, the first step to any meaningful
change must start with a candid acceptance
by the Board of Directors at its meetings
that there are problems within the
organization.
Secondly, it is imperative that the USACA
Board communicate its decisions, and its
reflections on the state of USA cricket to
the cricketing public. Who is responsible
for disseminating such information to the
general membership? Where can one
get access to the minutes of the USACA
Board meetings?
We at On Drive, to date, has never
received a single communiqué or press
release from the USACA Board about
meetings, discussions, or decisions. A
lack of communication invariably creates
a void that fuels speculations. Rather than
dwell on speculations, On Drive, instead
would like to ask President Dainty and
the USACA Board for clarity on several
issues of concern to America’s cricketing
fraternity:
1) Who are the members of the selection
committee that selected the MNT for
Dubai, Nepal, Bermuda and Italy? Were
there any changes to the original squad
that was selected, and if so, what were the
changes and who proposed them?
2) Who were the officials approved by
the Board to travel with the team to these
tournaments, and for which they have
received reimbursement of expenses?
Were there any later additions, and
if so, did the USACA Board approve
the reimbursement of these additional
expenses from the already meager
financial resources at its disposal?
3) Who is the legitimate representative
from the Western Region on the USACA
Board?
4) Did the Region inform the Board that they
had suspended the elected Representative
and appointed a replacement to represent
the Region during the interim?
Gladstone Dainty
the USACA Board have the right to refuse
a Region’s choice of representative? The
perception is that members of the Board
are divided on the issue. What does the
constitution say?
6) Did the USACA leadership refuse to
authorize funding for the U19 tournament
in the Western Region? If so, did it have
anything to do with the current impasse?
7) Is it true that the USACA Board has
not met in over six months, despite calls
from various Board members? If so, is
the current impasse regarding the seating
of the Western Region’s representative
one of the reasons?
8) What is the final disposition regarding
NYR director Jeff Morrishaw?
9) Is USACA operating under presidential
directive or a constitution?
In the past, requests for information have
fallen on deaf ears. But hope springs
eternal in the human breast, and On
Drive would like to thank the President in
anticipation of a timely response.
5) Who selects the regional representatives,
the USACA Board or the Region? Does
U.S. CRICKET
E. Gordon Gee Trophy goes to Purdue University
American College Cricket, Florida
B
ig 10 Rivals Ohio State University
and Purdue University clashed this
weekend in cricket. In an exciting match
on the OSU cricket field, on the Buckeyes’
campus the 2 high octane teams got to the
Finals with sparkling displays of batting,
bowling and fielding.
Cricket clubs from Ohio State University, Purdue University, Michigan State
University, College of Wooster, Carnegie
Mellon University, University of Iowa,
and Indiana University battled at Emerald Fields and Rhodes Park in Columbus,
Ohio and finally on the Buckeyes campus’
cricket field to determine the 2 Finalists.
E. Gordon Gee, President of Ohio State
University, was present Sunday after
watching the Buckeyes decimate Easter
Michigan in the football game on Saturday. The Champions of the American
College Cricket Midwest Championship,
which included 5 Big 10 schools, would
receive the “E. Gordon Gee Trophy”.
President Gee said it was “an honor to
have the trophy carry my name”.
Wooster vs Michigan State
Fighting Scots, Wooster lost all their
wickets for 97 runs not a big score, in
19.5 overs. Michigan State played calmly
and took the win against Wooster , scoring 98 for the loss of only 2 wickets after
17 overs. Kashi scored 37 not out in 39
balls.
University of Iowa vs
Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Mellow showed their bowling
strength getting Iowa out for only 81. The
Hawkeyes retaliated by having Carnegie
Mellon reeling at 34 for 5 after 10 overs
then bowled out Carnegie Mellon for 62!
Iowa won!
Carnegie Mellon vs Wooster
Carnegie Mellon & College of Wooster
took the field in another installment of
Purdue University Cricket Club - Midwest Champions
their rivalry begun in 2009. Carnegie
Mellon scored 135 in their 20 overs.
A good total, but reachable by the Wooster
team, but CMU bowled out Wooster for
98. Carnegie Mellon University one of
the pioneering American College Cricket
teams of 2009, when it was led by Atishe
Chordia won by 37 runs.
Ohio State vs Indiana University
Led by their Captain Romel Somavat, the
Buckeyes stormed to a victory against the
Indiana University Cricket Club! First the
Hoosiers were bowled out for 97 runs, in
19.5 overs. Then Somavat blasted 55 not
out,off just 30 balls. Manan contributed
28* in 32 balls as OSU got the win in just
10.2 overs!
Iowa vs Purdue
The Hawkeyes won the toss and elected
to field. Their decision looked like a good
one when they got the Purdue Captain
early. However, with Srikar, Faraz Arif
handled the bowlers elegantly scoring
runs in singles first and opening up later.
At the 10 over mark it was 60 for1 wicket.
Faraz then took took apart the Iowa bowl-
ing attack.
Faraz fell after a well made 67 in the
16th over with Purdue’s score on 112
caught at long on. With 4 overs to go,
Srikar smashed the score to 154 in 20
overs,remaining not out on 55.
Iowa began well scoring 22 off their
first three overs, but then Purdue struck
back led by their experienced bowlers –
Saumyang and Adeel. Getting the Iowa
Captain first, they slowly choked out
the middle order. Iowa kept fighting and
reached a score of 64 after 10 overs, but
having lost 5 wickets, the chase was going to be tough. Having sniffed victory,
Purdue spinners quickly moved in for the
kill getting Iowa all out for 71.
Indiana University vs Purdue
Faraz Arif Iyoob started from where he
left off in the previous match scoring runs
at will. Indiana University struck back
dismissing Saumyang with a good catch
at point. aBharath and Satadru played
good supporting roles, but it was one-man
show as Faraz took the opposition bowlcontinued on page 9
ers to the cleaners reaching 50 in the 7th
over. He kept going reaching 116 in 14
overs with team score on 154 when he
took himself out of the game to rest before the big final.
Mihir picked up the mantle from Faraz
and scored 54 effortlessly in 27 balls to
take the team score to 226 in 20 overs.
and a seat in the finals secured. As usual for the Boilermakers there was good
bowling from Abhijeet, Abhisek and Adeel restricting Indiana to a score of 91/9
in 20 overs and Purdue steamrolled into
the finals of first Midwest College cricket
championship.
Michigan State vs Ohio State
Michigan State Cricket Club won the
toss and sent OSU into bat. After 5 overs
Buckeyes were 37 without loss. The in
form Romel Somavat going strong. After
10 overs Ohio State CC was 77 with no
wickets lost!
After 15 overs Somavat had hit 7 sixes!
OSU were now 153 for 1 wicket! They
went on to score 204 for 5 in 20 overs.
Somavat missed a century when he got
out for a smashing 97 (7 sixes,5 fours)!
Having to make 205 runs to win, Michigan State struggled and were 46 for 4 after
10 overs, then all out for 109! Buckeyes
through to the Finals, to face Purdue!
FINALS – Ohio State Buckeyes vs.
Purdue Boilermakers
Having already made it to the finals, Purdue witnessed Ohio decimate Michigan
State University in the virtual semi-final
to set up a clash with its long time rivals.
Purdue started well with Adeel getting
the first breakthrough. Then Purdue’s
electric fielding resulted in two more
quick wickets – Abhijeet scoring a direct
hit from mid-off and then taking a well
judged catch. With OSU captain Somavat
somavat still standing things could have
changed – But Prashanth came up with a
brilliant diving catch at point to dismiss
Somavat and OSU was reeling at 28/5 after 8 overs. A fightback from Rohit and
Anupam led the OSU recovery, but four
wickets by Abhijeet ensured that OSU
were allout for 96 in 20 overs.
Chasing 97, Purdue were dealt a big
blow in the very first over with the centurion of previous game Faraz runout on
1. Saumyang was dismissed by Somavat
who then took another, leaving the match
in balance with Purdue at 43/3 after 9
overs.
A good partnership between Srikar and
Mihir took Purdue to 82/3 in 15 overs
when Srikar fell. Mihir remained unbeaten and ensured that Purdue won the E.
Gordon Gee Trophy and emerged as the
champions of the first American College
Cricket Midwest Championship.
As OSU President E Gordon Gee said,
“It’s great to have Big 10 schools competing in another sport-cricket “.
Romel Somavat OSU was declared the
Championship MVP for his batting,
bowling and captaincy, receiving the BIG
League USA Award.
U.S. CRICKET
American College Cricket Inks “Strategic Partnership” With
BIG League USA
American College Cricket & BIG League USA, Florida
A
merican College Cricket President
Lloyd Jodah, Vice President Nino
DiLoreto and Big League USA CEO
Salman Ahmed announced that a “strategic
partnership” has been agreed upon.
Surrounded by some of the best young
Cricketers in the New York area at
Baisley Pond Park in Queens, New York,
American College Cricket President
Lloyd Jodah stated that “ the strategic
partnership between ACC and BIG
League USA offers a complete range of
components which will ensure that the
tremendous rate of progress that ACC
has made in the past 18 months in the
development of Cricket in USA and
Canadian Universities continue.
Every College Cricketer that is a member
of ACC can now not only DREAM BIG,
but have a realistic expectation of getting
support and resources to accomplish those
dreams.”
Salman Ahmed, CEO of BIG League
USA said that “ we at BIG League USA
will fully support ACC in the further
development of College Cricket in the
United States.
We will provide an International platform
for College Cricketers to perform and
develop. Beginning with the American
College Cricket Regional Championships
this Fall, a pool of talented players will
be identified from which at least five will
be sent to train abroad with International
players in countries such as India,
Australia, England, South Africa and
Barbados.
Nino DiLoreto, ACC Vice President
added that “ this is a momentous occasion.
BIG League USA is an organization that
manages some of the world’s best and
emerging Cricket players. Their expertise
in Sports Marketing, Player Management
and Event Production is second to none.
Among the current projects that BIG
League USA is involved are events
planned at the only ICC Certified Stadium
in North America at the Central Broward
Regional Park, an October 2010 launch
of a line of Cricket Merchandise and
Equipment called “American Dream of
Cricket”.
The flagship “BIG Cricket Store” will
be located in Queens, New York. A
wide range of other Cricket goods from
manufacturers like Adidas, Nike, Puma,
Gray Nicolls, Gun & Moore, Slazenger,
Kookaboora, MB Malik, CA, SS, SF
among others will be offered.”
On hand for the announcement were ACC
Advisory Board Members Krish Prasad
and John Aaron, NYC PSAL (High
School) Cricket League Commissioner
Bassett Thompson and Chairman of the
USA selectors and former West Indies
Test Player Sew Shivnarine.
Student athletes Adrian Gordon (NYUPoly), Romel Somavat (Ohio State U.),
Ankit Pandaya, Parth Shah and Sapan
Sharma ( Rutgers U.), Mohammed
Suleman, Hugo D’Oliveira, Yasneen
Khan, Shames Rahman, and Bilal Shahid
(York College), Regis Burton (SUNY)
and Chad Munroe (UCONN) greeted the
news with loud cheers.
American College Cricket’s growth has
made the New York Times, front page
of the Sunday Washington Post, NY
Daily News, Voice of America, Sports
Illustrated, Canada’s top newspaper the
“Globe and Mail”, Sun Sentinel, ESPN
CRICINFO and the ICC Film “Cricket in
America”.
The 2010 American College Cricket
Spring Break Championship for the
Chanderpaul Trophy, had 20 teams and
47 games played in 5 days - the largest
cricket tournament ever in the world.
The live webcast of the Semis and Finals
was the first video broadcast of any USA
domestic cricket, and got a viewership of
thousands.
U.S. CRICKET
2010 SFCA Premier League 45 overs Final
Sportsman dethrones International to take Premier League title
Ricardo Inniss, New Jersey
fours). Reeling at one stage on a 109 for
7, Sportsman fought back through a 9th
wicket partnership worth 39 invaluable
runs, shared by Mustaq and Razak.
Bowling for International, mediumpacer Tazmool Hassain captured 4 for 45
from 9 overs, Skipper Baliram Nayaik
took 2 for 8 in 2.1 and Zachary Sattuar,
2 for 26 in 9.
B
Ricardo Inniss
efore a large crowd of South Florida
cricket fans, Sportsman, after trying
four times previously without success,
prevailed in their fifth attempt, when
they thoroughly outplayed reigning
champions International, thus, dethroning
them to take the South Florida Cricket
Alliance (SFCA) Premier League 45
overs title.
With two of their leading batsmen
Timothy Surujbally and Steven Taylor
away in Atlanta, representing the South
East in the 2010 USA National
Cricket Tournament, International in
reply, was pinned down by some very
steady and tight bowling from opening
All the action took place at
the North Dade Elementary
School,
on
Sunday,
September 19, 2010.
Asked to occupy the crease
first after losing the toss,
Sportsman after a resolute
opening stand of 70 between
the left-handed Moien
Mohamed and the twenty
year-old elegant righthanded Ryan Ramnarine,
reached a defendable total
of 176 all out, off 41.1 overs
of the allotted 45. Moien in fine nick,
smashed 4 fours and 2 sixes in a well
measured topscore of 49.
The young and talented Ramnarine,
fashioned an attractive knock in which
he banged 5 fours and a six in an
enterprising 42. Helping to boost the
total, Vickram Ramoutar hit 28 (1 four
& 2 sixes), Mustaq Mohamed got 22
not out (1 six) and Shahan Razak 20 (2
Sportsman Cricket Club
bowlers Faizal Sherif and Mustaq,
conceding only 39 runs after 15 overs,
as the scoreboard read 39 for 3. Soon
after staggering on 44 for 4, the 2009
champions never recovered and were
finally dismissed for 137 after 41 .5
overs, leaving Sportsman the victors by
a decisive 39 runs.
Luke Quemina cracked 3 fours while
scoring 24, Skipper Nayaik compiled
23, Gaston Walker was undefeated on
22 (1 four & a six), Doane Ranger got
16 (1 four & a six), while Azad Alrashid
and Joey Pierre got 10 each. Bowling
Sportsman to their first ever Premier
League 45 overs triumph, Skipper and
off-spinner Riad Mohamed, prised out
4 for 28 from 8 overs, the medium-pace
of Mustaq ripped out 3 for 26 from 9,
Vickram Ramoutar snared 2 for 21 in 6.5
and Sherif 1 for 21 in 9.
Soon after the match, Skipper Riad
Mohamed speaking to Dream Cricket
had this to say, “pulled back from 109
for 7 by Mustaq and Razak, and then
restricting them to 39 for 3 off 15 overs
and just a little later 44 for 4, put us in
control and set up the 39 run
victory. If they claim they
were without two of their
leading batsmen, last week
with them in the team we
bowled them out for 199.”
Congrats are in order to
Sportsman.
The following is what
International’s
skipper
Baliram Nayaikk had to
say after losing the final
to Sportsman, “ with my
two leading batsmen away
on duty in Atlanta, I was
depending on players like
Johnson, Pierre and Alrashid
along with myself to carry the batting,
but this did not happen as all of them
failed and after a collision in the field, I
was hurt but tried my best. At one stage
we had them on the ropes, but let them
off. Anyway, on the day, they played the
better cricket, and deserved to win”.
The next SFCA Competition will be
a Twenty 20, set to get underway on
Sunday, October 17, 2010.
U.S. CRICKET
Cricket in South Florida needs direction
Ricardo Inniss, New Jersey
sphere at SFCA and FSCL grounds. The
following suggestion is not a panacea, and
is not intended to resolve all the problems
that befall cricket in South Florida (i.e.
petty internal fighting among executives
over nonsense), but to take cricket in the
right direction.
H
Ricardo Inniss
aving followed the operations of
several executive bodies under quite
a few presidents, this writer contends that
over the years, to put it bluntly, nothing
new and exciting has been done. None
of the South Florida administrators (particularly the presidents), have exhibited
authentic leadership, and/or charted out a
course seeking to take cricket and cricketers in the right direction.
It is about time that the two local associations, put aside their petty differences,
and come together with a strategic yearly
plan to give cricket in South Florida, the
fillip it needs badly to boost the dull atmo-
First, after amalgamating, one strong
executive body should be elected, along
with other committees….each with a
chairman, responsible for a specific thing
i.e. the development of cricket, obtaining
grounds and facilities, scouting for young
talent and so on. Then select a person
suitable to take charge of marketing, or
if possible hire a professional (someone
who knows how to play the South Florida
area) to do the job.
Cricket can be a viable product here in
the USA, if packaged correctly, and with
the right sponsors (who are certainly out
there) it could be sold. Joining forces will
allow the two associations to participate
in much stronger formats like a Premier
Zone A & B, Division 1 A & B and, the
same for a Second Division (all 50 overs).
Other formats like the Twenty20 etc. will
also be stronger.
South Florida has a substantial amount
of the population hailing from the West
Indies, and is part of a metropolitan area
with more than three million people. In
spite of lost ground the time is still ripe
for cricket to make it’s mark.
One of the keys to the long-standing problem is aligning your association with the
politicians who represent you.
When you really look at it, the associations’ tangible input has been infinitesimal, marginal at best. They have never
sought to carve a direction for the genuine promotion of cricket in South Florida.
The one-dimensional attitude by most of
them, as well as the tendency to polarize
the ethnic groups, are the chief barriers
hindering progress.
All organizations must understand that
it is of paramount importance to foster
solidarity, and to
sincerely do so,
the following ingredients
must
be firmly implemented: dedication, commitment
and sincere unity,
with the emphasis on unity as
unity is strength.
Doing so, a wellrounded organization will be developed, aware of
what they represent and the principles they must
apply to reach
and maintain high
standards.
WOMEN’S CRICKET
What a Day! What an Athlete! What an Honor! What a Lady!
Cricket Council USA, Florida
A
nd so it was on that humid summery
day in 1887 that Ellen Forde Hansell
forever engraved her name into American
Sports history! Yes, the fearless, sinewy
seventeen-year-old Philly native had just
overwhelmed Laura Knight in the final
round of the first official U.S. Women’s
National Tennis Singles Championship.
Having lost but a single game in the best
of three set match, the polished crowd of
the prestigious Philadelphia Cricket Club
heartily toasted “Miss Ellie” for her near
perfect play.
Amidst the Chestnut Hill celebration that
day, few admirers would grasp the significance of Miss Ellie’s accomplishment.
For over one hundred and twenty years,
Ellen Forde Hansell continues to wear the
crown of the USA’s first female champion
in open sports competition. History has
shown us that “Miss Ellie’s” first U.S.
Women’s National Tennis Singles Championship ignited our country’s sportswomen into the purest form of American
sports competition – the Open format.
It is more than magical that Ellen Hansell’s women’s tennis coronation was
hosted and embraced by the historical
Philadelphia Cricket Club, since it was
the sport of cricket that nurtured its foundation in 1854. The actual real estate of
the PCC (as it is known in all the sports
record books) was not secured until 1883
thanks to the generosity of Henry H.
Houston.
After thirty years of traveling to their
cricket matches, the Club members now
boasted of their “home pitch” in the St.
Martin’s section of Chestnut Hill. Within
a fortnight, the same sport that gave birth
to the prominent Philadelphia Cricket
Club and Ellen Hansell’s ladies tennis
title will honor its own historic women’s
titlist team in the first U.S. Women’s
Cricket Open Championship!
The USA’s four best women’s cricket
teams will compete for the history-making First U.S. Women’s Cricket Open
Championship Crystal Trophy and a prize
check of $3000.00! The Open will be
played October 8, 9 & 10, 2010 at Central
Broward Regional Park, home of the first
Cricket Stadium built in the USA. More
than twelve players from Team USA
will be among the participating teams:
the New York Warriors, the Hollywood
Rebels, the San Francisco Silicon Valley
Firebirds, and the Connecticut Tri-State
Lynx.
“We have worked diligently to introduce the wonderful sport of cricket to
the homes, schools and parks throughout
the USA. The creation of the First U.S.
Women’s Cricket Open honors the hard
work and perseverance of our country’s
female cricket athletes. This American
sports history-making Women’s Open
Championship elevates the profile of our
country’s women’s cricket program and
deservedly so,” proclaimed Mahammad
A. Qureshi of Cricket Council USA, a
sports and entertainment management
company. And so it is GAME ON for the
LADIES!
Out of the cradle of cricket at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in 1887, the USA’s
first women’s sports champion prevailed;
now 123 years later, an American Women’s Cricket Champion will be crowned
in two weeks at the inaugural U.S. Women’s Cricket Open Championship – “Miss
Ellie” would be proud.
England women’s squad named for Sri Lanka tour
Fiona Maddocks, UK
E
ngland women’s selectors today
named a 15-player squad for the
England women’s tour of Sri Lanka in
November. England will play two One
Day Internationals and an International
Twenty20 series in Colombo , from 14th22nd November. Essex left arm pace
bowler Beth MacGregor has been called
into the squad, along with wicket keeper
Lauren Griffiths ( Cheshire ), Fran Wilson ( Somerset ) and Susie Rowe ( Kent )
from the England Women’s Academy.
and conditioning programme and to focus on university studies respectively,
to ensure they are both available for the
Ashes tour to Australia in January.
Katherine Brunt and Holly Colvin will
remain in England to complete a strength
“Without three influential players, opportunities are being given to Academy
Sarah Taylor has opted to take some time
off from international cricket. Commenting on the selection Clare Connor, Head
of Women’s Cricket said: “The selectors
have named a dynamic England women’s
squad for the forthcoming tour of Sri
Lanka.
graduates Fran Wilson, Susie Rowe and
Lauren Griffiths. All three players have
had excellent seasons for their Counties:
Somerset , Kent and Cheshire respectively. They also impressed for the Academy
in India earlier this year and against New
Zealand in July.
It is essential that we always have a
keen eye on player succession planning.
Blooding some of our Academy talent on
the full international stage in Sri Lanka
will show exactly where we are in terms
of the journey towards the World Cup in
2013.”
ABOUT PEOPLE
Sachin Tendulkar wins the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for
ICC Cricketer of the Year 2010
ICC, Dubai
I
ndia’s Sachin Tendulkar has become
the seventh player to win the coveted
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after being
named as the 2010 ICC Cricketer of the
Year at the LG ICC Awards ceremony in
Bengaluru.
over the past year his superb batting and
hard work has continued to illustrate
his importance in the India team batting
line-up. Sachin’s statistics for the last 12
months show how worthy a winner of
this accolade he is,” said Mr Pawar.
Tendulkar fought off stiff competition
to take the award from fellow short-list
nominees Virender Sehwag of India,
Hashim Amla of South Africa and England’s Graeme Swann.
During the voting period, the 37-yearold from Mumbai played in 10 Test
matches, striking 1,064 runs, including
six centuries, at an average of 81.84.
Tendulkar follows in the footsteps of
India’s Rahul Dravid (2004), Andrew
Flintoff of England and South Africa’s
Jacques Kallis (joint winners in 2005),
Ricky Ponting of Australia (2006 and
2007), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (2008)
and Mitchell Johnson (2009) to take the
top award.
“It’s fantastic to win this award, I’m really excited to have won two awards and
this last season for the entire team has
been really special.
“I think right from the start of the season when won in Sri Lanka and I scored
a hundred in the finals and from there
on the season took off for us. We became number one in the Test rankings,
something we all wanted to achieve and
we’ve been able to maintain our performances in the last 10 months.
“To win both of these awards tonight,
Cricketer of the Year and the LG People’s Choice Award, is special and it’s
the game’s way of appreciating someone’s performance. It feels great to have
two trophies in front of me and I am
feeling very proud and happy.”
ICC President Sharad Pawar congratulated Tendulkar on his victory: “Sachin
Tendulkar has been the focal point of Indian cricket now for some 20 years and
Tendulkar also played in 17 ODI matches in the time, smashing his way to 914
runs at an average 65.28 in a period
that also included the master batsman’s
record-breaking double-century against
South Africa in Gwalior.
The right-handed batsman currently sits
third in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player
Rankings for Test batsmen and is 10th in
the ODI rankings.
The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy was one
of nine individual prizes given at this
year’s LG ICC Awards. Tendulkar also
featured in the ICC Test and ODI Teams
of the Year as picked by the independent
selection panel.
The panel was chaired by West Indies
legend Clive Lloyd and included former
Australia batsman Matthew Hayden,
former England bowler Angus Fraser,
former Zimbabwe player and England
coach Duncan Fletcher and former India
all-rounder Ravi Shastri.
Based on the period between 24 August
2009 and 10 August 2010, the LG ICC
Awards 2010 – presented in association
with FICA – take into account performances by players and officials in a remarkable period for the game.
That period includes such high-profile
events as the ICC Men’s and Women’s
World Twenty20 2010 in West Indies,
the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 in
South Africa and the ICC World Cricket
League Division 1 2010 in the Netherlands, as well as several bilateral Test
and ODI series.
The LG ICC Awards ceremony is now
in its seventh year and this year is being
held in Bengaluru. Previous ceremonies
were held in London (2004), Sydney
(2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg
(2007 and 2009) and Dubai (2008).
Fair and Unfair Play
Clarence Modeste, New York
Clarence Modeste
BOWLER ATTEMPTING TO RUN
OUT NON-STRIKER BEFORE
DELIVERY
T
he 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.
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
i. If he fails to run out the nonstriker,
the umpire shall call and signal dead
P H O T O
G A L L E R Y
Golden Oldies - New Zealand
Dr. Bala, Miller(Bobby) and Mo Ally
6th Anniversary
Mike Robbie & Desmond G
Narina, Veda and Carol
Keith Knowles and Mike Robbie
Narina in Dublin, Ireland
Harrogate Musicians
Dr. Bala at Harrogate
Mo and the Matsumua’s of Japan
P H O T O
G A L L E R Y
Robbie & Ganpatsingh
Ram Ali and Mike Emamdee
Stephanie, Dr. Bala, Julian Price and
Mary
Neil and Julian
Mark Hobson
Tailgating at Brian Piccolo Park
The Caribbean Masters
Gujarati Team water break
Leon, Peter, and David at Vintage Cricket
Stirling still hopeful of retaining Intercontinental Cup title
ICC, Dubai
A
fourth straight victory would be another confidence boost for Ireland
ahead of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
Canada determined to halt Ireland’s progress in Toronto. Ireland opening batsman
Paul Stirling believes victory in the ICC
Intercontinental Cup would give his side
the perfect boost ahead of the ICC Cricket
World Cup 2011.
Stirling’s side heads into the match against
Canada in Toronto (from 31 August to 3
September) knowing it needs to win the
game outright if it is to stand any chance
of qualifying for November’s final of the
event to be played in Dubai.
“Winning the ICC Intercontinental Cup
again would definitely increase the confidence even more. It’s going to be tricky
to get there but we are going to give it our
best shot and hopefully we can go and
win,” said Stirling.
“We have a very strong squad and very
strong depth in our squad. We have players who can step up and perform at firstclass level… If rain hadn’t come and
scuppered our chances in a couple of the
games then we would have had a better
chance of qualifying and it would have
been an easier route to the final.”
Ireland will be missing Alex Cusack
through injury, while William Porterfield,
Boyd Rankin and Gary Wilson are all on
county duty in England. However, the
team will be led by the inspirational Trent
Johnston and the side is boosted by the
return of Andre Botha, who has recovered
from a stress fracture, and Phil Eaglestone, who is back to fitness following a
side strain.
“It is something I definitely want to do as I
missed out on the last one and would love
to be able to go and win it in Dubai.”
Beaten finalist in 2004 and 2007 Canada
currently sits bottom of the ICC Intercontinental Cup table but is boosted by the
news that captain Ashish Bagai has recovered from a knee injury, while Zubin
Surkari has recovered from a hamstring
injury.
Ireland, which has won the past three editions of the ICC Intercontinental Cup,
goes into the match against Canada in
fifth position on the table, 45 points behind leader Afghanistan, although it does
have one game in hand.
Although Canada stands no chance of
making the final for a third time, opening
bowler Umar Bhatti is determined that
his side returns to winning ways after a
disappointing ICC World Cricket League
Division 1 campaign in July.
“We are looking forward to it immensely.
We obviously need to win it and get full
points out of the match against Canada if
we are going to stand any chance of going on to get into the final of the competition,” said Stirling.
“I love playing in the Intercontinental
Cup as I love playing four-day games. It
has certainly made me a stronger player.
If you are a bowler you have to bowl 2530 overs in an innings and if you are a
batsman you have to bat for a session. It
takes your game to a whole new level in
terms of the mental aspect of the game,”
said Bhatti.
“It is a big match and hopefully we will
go out there and perform and get the
points that we need… We go out in every
game and play the same way, whether that
extra pressure is on or not. We don’t put
that pressure on ourselves and we know
if we go and perform on each of the four
days to the best of our abilities then we
will win,” he said.
“It has been a disappointing campaign so
far, especially as we have been in the finals in the past. We are determined to win
this game. In terms of standings we still
want to finish as high as we can so that
when we start the next campaign we have
something to build on.
“It is a huge game for us and it’s the same
for Ireland. They are trying to make the
final so we want to make sure they don’t
get there.”
Squads
Canada: Ashish Bagai (captain), Rizwan
Cheema, Umar Bhatti, Hemnarine Chattergoon, Khurram Chohan, Abzal Dean,
Parth Desai, Ruvindu Gunasekara, Jimmy
Hansra, Nitish Kumar, Henry Osinde, Hiral Patel, Zubin Surkari, Hamza Tariq.
Ireland: Trent Johnston (captain), Andre
Botha, George Dockrell, Phil Eaglestone,
Allan Eastwood, Nigel Jones, Rory McCann, John Mooney, Kevin O’Brien, Andrew Poynter, Paul Stirling, Albert van
der Merwe, Andrew White.
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney and Karran
Bayney
Match referee: Adrian Griffith
An up-to-date points table plus all the
results so far in the competition can be
found at: http://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2010/engine/current/series/408325.
html?view=pointstable
The ICC Intercontinental Cup has quickly
grown in stature and profile since its inception five years ago and now the ICC’s
premier first-class tournament is an integral part of the top Associate and Affiliate
Members’ cricket schedule.
Having previously been designed around
a four-group, three-day format and later a
two-group format, the event then evolved
into an eight-team, round-robin and truly
global tournament featuring four-day
cricket which gives those teams who do
not play Test cricket the chance to experience the longer form of the game.
This year’s format includes seven teams
(Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya,
continued on page 19
How Do You Eat An Elephant?
Jamie Grieves, Australia
How do you eat an elephant ? One bite
at a time.
So how do you get America to play International cricket as a Test Nation ?
Answer… Encouragement over time.
Growing up playing the game in a small
country town in the south west of Western Australia, never really considering
the wider game or even the future of
the game, it was all too easy for myself
to have an inward looking view of Australian cricket and our success, not ever
thinking of the evolution the game must
take over the next Century.
Now having spent half a life time under
the Australian sun playing cricket, many
things become black and white about how
you view your own game and how you
also view cricket globally. For myself,
and I do believe the governing body of
cricket, ICC the desire to see America and
China ascend to great heights in the coming few decades to Test Nation status, is
the only way that cricket can evolve and
grow stronger.
So what can one man do to make a difference, the truth would be “not much
really” but why not do something… anything. That is why after reading the TriCity CC mission statement and how it
made me feel, I thought I’d do something
to show encouragement. By wrapping up
in the Australian flag many books, maga-
zines about cricket and a letter of introduction from the Pinjarra CC maybe, ( I
hoped ) with this small gesture and many
since over the last 7 years, the Tri-City
CC could advance, and because of their
President and my mate Steve Weisse, the
game has been indeed advancing steadily
in his Region. Cricket has been introduced into the school system and there
is a strong following from a junior level,
with I might add a few Native born Americans learning the art.
The game has been my greatest joy,
from playing my first game of A” grade
at the age of 15 to touring over seas in
Singapore with a team from my home
town of Waroona, then being selected in
the Peel Association team at 20 and now
approaching 500 matches and my 32nd
season, I can only pity the millions of
children in America that just don’t know
the way cricket can influence ones life…
especially at that young age.
When my time at the crease is over and
there are no more runs to be made, I’ll
look back every day and remember the
achievements and laughs, to only mention a few hilarious happenings would not
do justice to the great characters that I’ve
played with and against. The time we
dared a mate to go as square leg umpire
in his Halloween devil suit, to the single
funniest sceptical of seeing a team mate
chasing hard after the ball only to watch
as his pants fell down around his ankles,
causing him to bite the dust head first into
the ground and then tumble roll over the
boundary like a complete arse-clown.
I have a great opportunity to forge some
new and unique memories next year by
travelling to the U.S for the Philadelphia
Cricket Festival. Which is now a Twenty20 fixture, definitely a favourite of mine
the 20/20 format, having played around a
dozen matches. Most memorably was an
innings I had with a Kiwi, we put on a 164
off 10 overs, the big Kiwi was bowled the
very ball after he scored his Century.
Such is the nature of this great game that
if you allow yourself to recall one event,
many more come flooding back to put a
smile on your face, like the time I hit the
winning runs AND a hundred off the same
ball, then there was the match were I was
in a 249 run partnership with a top bloke
and a former President of Pinjarra CC.
I played second fiddle for the innings
that day as I was on 50 when the big fella
came to the crease, he soundly beat me to
the Hundred and then left me for dead in
the chase for 150. In the end it was most
fitting that he finished on 159 and I was
trailing behind on a 158.
When the sun sets at the end of the day,
either for the days play or the end of ones
career you need to feel only one thing,
that is… you did your best in the spirit of
the game.
the Netherlands, Scotland and Zimbabwe
XI) while the ICC Intercontinental Shield
involves four teams below that, namely
Bermuda, Namibia, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates.
all three events since then, beating Kenya
in the 2005 decider, Canada in the 200607 event and Namibia in 2007-08.
Scotland won the first ICC Intercontinental Cup in 2004, beating Canada in the
final, while Ireland has been victorious in
Is Pakistan, ICC’S Bad Boy?
K C Rao, California
I
s there an answer to this? Definitely
not. Not, as yet. Not until Investigators prove beyond doubt that Pakistani
players are the culprits.
Pakistan’s place in world cricket has become a question mark. Pakistan cricket
team is always on the news for their behavior on and off the field. It is not just
the recent incident in their tour of England.
But, time and again, they make news,
either by their involvement in match-fixing incidents; conflicts with the umpire,
sledging on the field, walking out of an
International game, etc. etc .You name
any violation of the ICC rules, contradictions and/or controversies Pakistani team
is in the forefront.
Investigations by various bodies, both
ICC and the local authorities are going
on over the recent incidents in England.
It may be premature to put the blame on
them pending investigations. However,
the so called evidence published by the
media throughout the world, the video
clippings shown on the television and
the alleged and irresponsible statements
made by some of the players point to
them as the culprits.
Not long ago, Sri Lankan cricket team
tour of Pakistan was aborted by car
bombing resulting in injuries to some
of the Sri Lankan national players. Of
course, clearly Pakistani cricketers are
not to be blamed in this incident. Some
outside elements, other than cricket was
said to be responsible for this incident.
In any case, the result was the Sri Lankan
cricket tour of Pakistan abruptly ended.
Not only that, no other cricket-playing
country showed interest in touring Pakistan as the conditions prevailing there
was neither conducive nor safe for the
touring cricketers. Pakistan cricket is not
only suffering without much of a match
practice but the people of Pakistan area
deprived of good cricket.
Prior to that incident, a Pakistani cricketer was arrested and after some time
released in a middle-eastern country for
carrying contraband material. Not long
before that, under Inzamam’s captaincy,
the team walked out of a match against
England. Here again, ICC and PCB
fought the battle in the courts.
Earlier than this, there was a scandal over
match-fixing in international cricket, involving cricketers from South Africa,
India and Pakistan. Cricket is known
as a ‘Gentleman’s game’ and Tennis as
a ‘Royal game’. What happened to the
so called ‘Gentleman’s game’. There
are more rules in cricket today than there
were in pre-World War-II days.
The more the ICC imposes rules, the more
the violations are and will be. Now ICC
has imposed a ‘Referral System’ in umpiring and given some time, you will find
complaints about umpires, players and
the technology. That is a fact of life!
Whether the recent incidents in England
are relevant are not, everyone started
voicing their concerns about the past.
Ricky Ponting, the Australian captain
made a reference to a Test match they had
played in Australia against Pakistan.
When Pakistan dedicated their Test win
against England to the flood victims in
Pakistan, everyone was happy at their
gesture and applauded their generosity.
But, even before the ink could dry off on
the accolades that were printed, this incident surfaced. PCB acts whimsically
in such incidents. Depending upon the
political climate in the country, the Board
either goes totally with the team or totally
against the team and its players.
The main cause for Pakistan’s precarious position in world cricket is not due
to lack of cricket talent, but because of
poor administration. Cricket in Pakistan
is governed by politicians and not by past
cricketers.
What happened to cricket in USA. The
politics (but not the politicians) in the
administration got them suspended by
ICC. No improvement was seen over the
years. ICC then helped USACA to hire
a paid executive to manage cricket in this
country.
Now they are back in business and have
recently won the ICC World Cricket
League Division IV for affiliates. It is
high time Pakistan Board is run by past
players and not by the politicians. To
bring in a change in Pakistan, ICC should
put their foot down; suspend Pakistan
from participating in world cricket, at
the least for a year, till the administration
shows some improvement.
If the investigations prove beyond doubt
that the Pakistani team is at fault, ICC
should move fast and put this matter to
rest. Things as usual will not work. ICC
should act fast and should come out with
a strong hand in dealing with culprits to
avoid recurrence.
Spot betting: How does it work?
BBC, London
T
he latest allegations against some
members of the Pakistan team relate to “spot betting” - a form of
gambling largely unknown in the UK but
very popular elsewhere in the world, particularly in South East Asia.
Q: So what exactly is spot betting?
A: In conventional betting, punters bet on
the overall outcome of the match or race.
Examples include picking the winner of
the 2.15 at Aintree, or the correct scoreline at Old Trafford between Manchester
United and Arsenal.
Spot betting, though, sees gamblers staking their money on the minutiae of sporting encounters. Anything from the exact
timing of the first throw-in during a football match to whether the first ball of a
cricket match will be a wide or a no-ball.
Q: Are spot bets more of a threat
to a sport’s integrity?
A: Quite possibly, simply because outcomes can be decided by one corrupt
individual. For example if you wanted
a team to deliberately lose a football
match, you would probably need to get
at least three or four players on board. To
load the dice in your favour with a spot
bet, however, you just need to persuade
a cricketer to deliberately bowl a wide or
no-ball at a pre-arranged time.
Q: Is cricket more susceptible to
scams than other sports?
A: It is certainly true to say that there are
almost limitless markets in cricket, from
predicting the number of runs scored in
a specific 10-over period, to guessing
the number of runs scored by a specific
player in an innings or the number of noballs.
An unscrupulous pair of batsmen could,
for example, start their partnership very
aggressively and perhaps put on 40 runs
in their first five overs together. If the
original prediction for the first 10 overs
was 50, then clearly most punters would,
after the first five overs, revise their 10over estimate upwards.
But were the batsmen then to play conservatively for the remaining five overs,
blocking every delivery, they (and people
in on their illegal plans) would make a
fortune from sticking to the original estimate of 50.
But it’s not just cricket. Former Southampton and England footballer Matt Le
Tissier admitted in his autobiography to
trying to “make a few quid on the time
of the first throw-in” in a 1995 match
against Wimbledon.
He decided to kick the ball out of play
as soon as possible after kick-off in order
to maximise his profit from the bookies’
prediction of the first throw-in being after
70 seconds.
Le Tissier’s plan didn’t work out though,
because a team-mate who was unaware
of the plan, somehow managed to keep
the ball in play. The longer it stayed on
the pitch, the more money Le Tissier
stood to lose. “I have never run so much
in my life,” he recalls, trying desperately
to get the ball out of play.
Q: We hear a lot about spread
betting these days. But what is
that, and is it related to spot betting?
A: Traditionally, bookies were the ones
who set the odds and punters could either take the price on offer or search elsewhere. But with spread betting, anybody
can effectively set themselves up as the
bookmaker. Take for example our earlier example of the number of runs to be
scored in a 10-over period of a cricket
match.
Everybody on a spread betting website
will have their own opinion on how many
runs they think will be scored. When you
put them together, you will get an average prediction, for example 50. Spread
betting firms make their money by introducing a “margin” around that average,
and will say the “spread” is, say, 48 to
52 runs.
Punters who think there will be less than
the spread “sell” runs for an amount of
their choosing per run, and those who
think more runs than the spread will be
scored “buy” runs.
In our example, our punter “sells” at
£5 per run. So if there are only 45 runs
scored in the 10 overs he will win £5 x
(48-45) = £15. But if there are 60 runs
scored he will lose £5 x (60-48) = £60.
The spread constantly moves according
to how the game is evolving.
So if the batsmen start aggressively and
have made 40 after five overs, the spread
will increase to say 75 to 79 runs. So
you can see just how lucrative it could
be for corrupt cricketers to “sell” at 75,
score no more runs for the remaining five
overs, and then pocket 35 times their unit
stake.
Q: Just how popular is spot betting?
Gambling is illegal in cricket-mad Pakistan and highly restricted in India. But
that doesn’t stop criminal gangs setting
up illegal markets eager to exploit the
recent explosion in satellite television
coverage of live cricket from around the
world. So people in Mumbai and Lahore
find it as easy to bet on English one-day
matches as they do on domestic fixtures.
Somewhere in the world there is always
likely to be a match on which to bet.
been reduced to three with the Ishant injury. There wasn’t any turn on the track and
Harbhajan Singh was hardly at his best.
In fact, the pitch was as flat as it could
get on the first day of the game. The least
one would have expected from the Aussies was to push the foot that was on the
Indian throats a tad harder and asphyxiate
the home team.
Suneer Chowdhary, India
Big-ticket series lives up to top billing
despite India’s trouncing of Australia
There can hardly be any doubt that India
had gone into the two-Test match series
against Australia as favourites to win it.
The lack of Australian fast bowling experience, India’s propensity to devour
below-par spin bowlers and the presence
of an Indian batting line-up that could
send shivers down any opposition’s spine
meant that the best result that the tourists
could have hoped for was a drawn couple
of games.
As it turned out, Australia created enough
chances in the series to have won it 2-0
but lack of incision at crucial junctures in
the game was enough for the result to go
the other way around.
The turning point of the series:
To most, the excellent knock that VVS
Laxman played under pressure on the
fifth day of the Mohali game was the turning point of the ‘series’. Some have put
it down to the presence of the resurgent
Sachin Tendulkar in the middle-order. I
wouldn’t put it too beyond the first day of
the first Test match when the Aussies refused to accept an early Christmas present
in the form of a wayward Indian attack
that had seen Ishant Sharma limp off with
an injury.
Picture this. Australia had done well to
get to 154/1 with more than half of the
overs in the day remaining. The Indians,
who have used the strategy of playing
four bowlers in the past with success had
Instead, an incredulously stifling batting
by the Aussies took everyone to the time
before the ODIs had been invented – as
they scored 70 runs in the remaining 48
overs for the loss of four wickets. The Indians had found a toehold into the game
and would go on to win the Test by the
tiniest of margins.
That the Aussies realised that they had
erred could be seen from the manner in
which they came out all guns blazing in
the second Test match.
Ponting’s final frontier?
Ricky Ponting, the batsman, has endured
some of his most indifferent times in India. As compared to his near-55 average
in Test match cricket, he had scored only
20 runs per innings in India before going into this series. However, there was
another record that he would have gladly
traded with the three 70s that he finally
seemed to have got to lay rest to his batting demons in the country – the lack of
wins in the country as a captain. Ponting
had led the side in five Test matches in
India and lost three of them.
Unfortunately for the skipper, Mohali was
as close as could get to winning a game in
India but VVS Laxman seemed to have
snatched the candy from under Ponting’s
mouth just when he was about to taste it.
And judging by the manner in which he
seems to be going, it looks highly unlikely that he will get another shot at leading
the side in India in Tests.
Another captain who has faced his final,
final frontier in India?
The feeling of dissatisfaction:
The series was scrumptious for those who
possess the palate for this format of the
games. And it would not be too wrong if
one said that even the T20 purists would
have had their moments of merry during
the two Test matches. However, the common refrain was the lack of a third – or
even a fourth and a fifth – Test match that
would have allowed the proper unfolding
of a contest that has never failed to delight
since 2001. It gave a sense of being a part
of a buffet lunch which has run out of replenishments after the first helping.
For the second time in the year, one got
the feeling of discontent after watching
the action unfold – after the previous series against South Africa. While it may
not have made too much difference to the
series scoreline in the hindsight, a third
Test match would have definitely been of
help had the series been planned like that.
India had gone into the second Test knowing well that they had already retained the
Border-Gavaskar trophy and a draw was
enough for them to win the series. Can
hardly be described as a mouth-watering
scenario, can it?
Tests, still the best?
Okay, so India won it 2-0. There could
have been a third game. However, the
series was clearly a sneak peek into how
Test matches can still continue to be the
Holy Grail of cricket, an indication that
if two reasonably strong and entertaining
sides fight it out for five days without a
result, it would still be followed by millions around the world.
And this brings me to conclude that while
the new concept of the Championship of
Test match cricket is a brilliant idea in
theory, in practice, the teams like West
Indies, Bangladesh and to a lesser extent,
New Zealand and Pakistan may continue
to dilute the quality of the format till the
start of the play-offs – which will occur
one in three or four years only. One wonders whether it would be of any ultimate
help.
The 12th man factor:
Captain MS Dhoni maintained his record
of never having lost a Test series in his
now quickly-growing career as a Test captain. In the process, he has won against
Sri Lanka, Australia (twice), England and
New Zealand, while drawing with South
Africa and Sri Lanka. In short, as a successful captain of a highly successful side
– which is incidentally ranked number
one in the Test match world – he does
know what he is talking about.
So, the BCCI needs to pay strong heed
to his suggestion when he says that they
should schedule Tests in only those venues which support the format. Playing five
days of tough cricket against an opposition not giving an inch can hardly be easy
on the players and it does necessitate the
home advantage to be at its best. Bowling
that extra over of the fourth or the fifth
spell under the torrid Indian conditions
needs that extra willing from the crowds,
without which the fizz could go missing.
Mohali treated the first Test match like a
first class game. There were more security
personnel in the
ground than the
audiences. On the
other hand, the
Bangalore crowd
was conspicuous
by its vociferous support for
the home team
and the captain
was quite clearly
thrilled.
So, the BCCI
either needs to
wake up and hold
the games only at
such centres or
get the respective
state associations
to ensure that the
people turn up for
the matches.
Bye-bye to the dustbowls:
The one noticeable aspect of the Indian
win was that both, the fast bowlers and
the spinners had an equal say in the triumph. No longer did the Australians have
a chance to complain against the minefields in the guise of tracks that had usually been bestowed upon the tourists each
time the things had begun to go wrong for
the home side. Mumbai in 2004 and Kanpur in 2008 had come in for a censure by
the ICC and since the Feroz Shah Kotla
episode of 2009, it is very evident that expecting the state associations to dole out
pitches that turn and scoot low from day
one of the game would be foolhardy.
Twice in the series, Australia had the
chance of drilling home the advantage by
making first use of the track and piling
on the runs and on both occasions India
out-batted the opposition. Not too many
times in contemporary cricket would a
team have lost two Test matches in a row
after getting to more than 400 in the first
innings of the game and it is attributable
as much to the strength of the Indian batting as it is to the excellent nature of the
tracks that not only did the games last the
distance but offered no extra assistance to
either batsmen or bowlers.
A postcard from England says thanks?
The chinks had clearly been exposed. The
situation in a home series could be different from that while playing in the subcontinent, but a lack of a quality spinner
and the inability of the pace bowlers to
send down spell after spell of either wicket-taking or containing bowling would
not have been missed by the English
think-tank. Nor would the fact not have
been picked up that the Aussies have now
lost three games in three and can hardly
be defined as a confident lot going into the
first Ashes Test match at Brisbane in November. Not to mention that the 2-0 loss
pushed the Aussies to the number five position in the ICC Test rankings – a small
matter of one below the English side!
And if England did go onto win their first
ever Ashes in more than two decades in
Australia, one can expect a few thank-you
postcards coming Dhoni’s way from the
English camp.
MARKETPLACE
Gujarati Cricket Festival Of Gastonia, NC
Mo Ally, Florida
T
he Gastonia Gujarati Cricket Club
hosted its first Softball Cricket Tournament sponsored by Kris Byus Nationwide Insurance Agency at Ferguson Park
in Gastonia. The Cricket Game was open
to anyone who would like to play and Kris
Byus, the only American native of Gastonia, participated and said it is a great
game and is looking forward to practice
and becoming a more competitive cricketer in the future.
There were four teams that participated in
the tournament: Gastonia Gujarati Cricket
Club, Shri Krishna Cricket Club, Gaffney
Cricket Club and the Greensboro Cricket
Club. The matches were played over two
weekends and Greensboro Cricket Club
is the winner of the Nationwide Cup. The
Gastonia Gujarati Cricket Club was the
runner up.
Gastonia Gujarati Cricket Club
There were some outstanding performances in all aspects of the game. Talented batsmen with some good fielding displayed their skills throughout the
matches. However, the bowling was
most impressive for many of the bowlers, bowled a good line and length which
caused many batsmen feeling like they
are batting on a sticky wicket.
The Cricket Festival was organized by
Mr. Divyang (Pintu) and Bhavesh Patel.
According to Mr. Divyang Patel, he felt
that since most of them are in business in
Gaston County with little free time they
have dedicated Sundays for Cricket where
the entire family could come and join in
on the festivities. Cricket is their national sport and Pintu said he would like to
bring the Festival to Gastonia. American
Cricketer wishes the organization much
success in their future tournaments.
Young Cricketers
The Patels
Gaffney Cricket Club
Kris Byus
Vintage Cricket benefits disadvantaged people in
Cape Town, South Africa
Peter McDermott, New Zealand
F
Peter McDermott
ollowing the recent Vintage Cricket
Carnival in Cape Town teams, participants and sponsors were able to make
various donations to schools and youth
groups in the local townships in an effort
to assist to improve their cricket gear and
facilities. The Fingletoads (Auckland,
New Zealand); Wheatons (New South
Wales, Australia); Western Australia Masters; Ulster Grasshoppers and Shropshire
Over 50s made donations of money and
equipment that were welcomed by local
disadvantaged cricket clubs and schools.
Sponsors Aero Sports of New Zealand
(cricket equipment) and Tiflex of United
Kingdom (cricket balls) made substantial
donations. A large donation of merchandise and Vintage branded equipment was
made by the Carnival organisers.
“At the conclusion of the recent Vintage
Cricket Carnival, played in our City, we
received some much needed cricket equipment donated by yourselves. The bats,
pads, gloves and a gear bag will be put
to use during the off-season as our large
youth membership are involved in matches and coaching sessions all year round”
said David Ramsay of the Khayelitsha
Cricket Club.
“The young boys at the school were very
grateful for the donation of cricket gear
and merchandise. These schools struggle
for support for sports and the contribution from Vintage Cricket was appreciated. Thanks to you all from the staff and
pupils of Trevor Manuel Public School
in Fisantekraal” said Chris Brothers of
Western Province Cricket Club.
“Awesome....The Vintage Cricket Carnival is certainly a great ambassador for
the sport of cricket. Does Vintage Cricket (Sports) have a fund to promote the
game? I would think that if a nominal fee
was added to the entry fee (say $50), it
could generate a sizable amount of money
to buy kit or promote some less fortunate
Cape Town Beach Cricket
cricketers”-an idea well worth considering from Warren Francois, a South African now resident in USA and a member
of the Fingletoads Internationals at Cape
Town.
Following Warren’s suggestion Vintage
Cricket intend to launch a Trust Fund at
the 6th World Vintage Cricket Carnival in
Wellington with proceeds to be used to
promote cricket and provide equipment
in disadvantaged regions of the cricket
world.
Vintage Cricket - Incorruptible
Peter McDermott
W
e at Vintage Cricket have been
watching in an increasing state of
despair the allegations of corruption within the youthful Pakistani team currently
on tour in England. Many of us of Vintage Cricket age cannot understand why
talented young players risk their future
in cricket and demean the quality of the
game that is giving them an opportunity
to improve their lot in the world.
At times we perhaps foolishly yearn for
the cricket world as it was in the past and
then recollect that in the early stages of
the game, gambling and betting on results
innings 40 over matches for One Day
Cricket-something Vintage Cricket introduced as an optional way to enjoy the
game at our Adelaide Carnival in 2003.
was commonplace. Presumably there was
also scope for just a little bit of skulduggery and corruption in the days of WG
Grace and his contemporaries.
And importantly we notice that Australian Cricket is experimenting with split
As we continue planning for the next
World Vintage Cricket Carnival in Wellington in March 2012 we contemplate
no problems with gambling on games (if
you could exclude the odd wager between
teams as to who will pay for the 1st round
of drinks at the end of a game) and the
chance for teams to continue to enjoy split
innings 40 over cricket if they wish.
West Indies thrash Sri Lanka to take title
ESPN/CricInfo
W
With such a small total on board, the only
chance for Sri Lanka to snatch the title
was to bowl out West Indies but the openers, Stafanie Taylor and Juliana Nero,
belted 27 runs in the first three overs.
Then Dottin smashed five fours and two
sixes - the only ones of the match - to ensure the game ended in a hurry.
est Indies completed a dominant
showing in the Twenty20 leg of the
tournament by crushing Sri Lanka in the
final with more than nine overs to spare. A
series of run-outs undermined Sri Lanka’s
batting and they lurched to a measly 83
after choosing to bat. West Indies’ strong
batting had few problems knocking off
those runs, with Deandra Dottin’s boundary-laden 39 guiding the chase.
Sri Lanka’s troubles started in the first
over of the match, when opener Inoka
Galagedara was bowled for a duck but the
other opener Chamari Polgampola helped
them to a respectable 48 for 2. Things
then fell apart for Sri Lanka, four wickets going down for six runs.No. 6 Dilani
Manodara made a patient 19 but with the
West Indies coach Sherwin Campbell was
delighted with the win: “This is our favourite format of the game, the team seem
to take to it very easily and I am happy
they could produce a win today.”
Deandra Dottin
five batsmen following combining for just
10 runs, West Indies had little to worry
about.
It completes a satisfying series for West
Indies who besides being Twenty20
champions also finished runners-up in the
one-day leg earlier in the week.
Guyana possesses cricket’s rare ‘Chinaman’
Yahoo Cricket
Till now, the only real Chinese connection with cricket has been the term used
to describe left-arm wrist spinners commonly referred to as ‘chinamen’. Legend
has it that the expression was coined in
1933, when the Englishman Walter Robbins, after being dismissed by the former
West Indian spinner Ellis Chong, a cricketer of Chinese origin, is said to have exclaimed, “Imagine being bowled by a...
Chinaman!”
Over 75 years later, with his distinctive
name and looks, Guyana’s Jonathan Foo
might well become the second ‘Chinaman’ to be launched internationally at the
Champions League T20, presently under
way in South Africa.
And yet, his Chinese origin is exactly
what the 19-year-old right-hand batsman
from Berbice doesn’t like to talk much
about.
“My friends keep teasing me about being Chinese all the time, but I keep telling them that I am Indian because I take
more after my mother,” says Foo, who
was born to Derek, of Chinese descent,
and Mary Chinsammy, whose ancestors
hailed from India.
So, does the description “half-Guyanese,
half-Indian with a Chinese name” sit well
with him? “That’s perfect,” he says in an
unmistakable Caribbean accent, and adds,
“But my two sisters, who are younger
to me, have managed to find a middle
ground.”
Foo’s paternal grandparents hailed from
China, while his father was born in Guyana. But growing up in a village where Indians were the majority, and the fact that
he was always close to his mother, have
ensured that the slightly-built cricketer
has always remained an Indian at heart.
“My father was the only Chinese guy
in the whole village. He used to play a
little bit of cricket himself but was never
too keen a follower before I took up the
sport,” says Foo, who has so far played
four T20 games for Guyana in the regional competition.
His grandparents, who are now settled
in New York and visit once every six
months, remain illiterate about Foo’s beloved sport, despite the teenager’s many
attempts to educate them.
“They keep asking if I have ever seen another Chinese cricketer,” he says. “And
then they insist that I should rather be
cooking in a Chinese restaurant!”
It was Andy and Michael Chinsammy,
Foo’s maternal uncles, who shaped his
cricketing career taking the boy along for
their practice sessions, and providing him
with cricket gear at the beginning of his
career.
“Both of them played first-class cricket
for Guyana, and Under-19 for the West
Indies. They used to wake me up at 5.30
in the morning and drag me to the ground.
I used to hate waking up that early and
they took me along for six or seven years
straight. It is paying dividends now,” says
Foo, who has had the privilege of playing with his childhood idol and fellow
Guyanese Carl Hooper for the same club,
Albion, back home.
But it isn’t just his Chinese ancestry that
makes Foo a special youngster. After Foo
made headlines during the regional T20
tournament in the West Indies with his
big hitting and fielding, Guyana skipper
Ramnaresh Sarwan declared he could be
the next Kieron Pollard the star of the last
Champions League.
But Foo doesn’t want to put pressure on
himself right now. And he says playing
Test cricket for the West Indies is his ultimate goal.
“There has been a lot of talk about me being the next Pollard. But I don’t want to
stick to just T20. Test cricket is what I am
dreaming of.”
But is Foo looking forward to becoming
the first player of Chinese descent to play
in the IPL in the near future? “Oh yes,”
he says. “Everyone wants to play in the
IPL. One good tournament here, and who
knows.”
USA cricket chief on Gloucestershire fact finding mission
Mo Ally, North Carolina
West Indies Cricket Board or one of the
Islands. Furthermore, the coach of the
US Cricket team Mr. Clayton Lambert, a
former West Indian Test player can pave
the way for youth cricket.
T
Mo Ally
he headline read as follows: USA
cricket boss in Gloucestershire.
One of the men in charge of cricket in
the USA was in Gloucestershire on a
fact finding mission. John L. Aaron,
Secretary of the United States Cricket
Association, is in the UK to pick up tips
to help develop the game in the US. This
is a total embarrassment to the players,
coaches and the many academies in the
US teaching cricket.
The United States Cricket Team was in
the World Cup, our Women’s Cricket
Team just completed a fierce competition
in Florida and the Under 19 Cricket Team
will be going to Florida next month to
compete.
I am sorry a fact finding mission like
this one is for the Chinese Cricket
Organization. I wonder how he plans to
implement his great ideas from Frocester
Cricket Club. Yes maybe an article in
Dreamcricket might just be the answer
as they also have a fine Cricket Academy
in New Jersey.
Mr Aaron is from Guyana home of
cricket greats like Rohan Kanhai, Clive
Lloyd, Lance Gibbs, Basil Butcher, Joe
Solomon, and Chandrapaul and may
others legends from our own team the
West Indies, whose banner we are under
according to ICC.
It would be relatively easy to get all the
information on youth programs from the
Everyone involved in Cricket in the
United States, is unhappy with our youth
development program and if asked what
is the problem they will tell you we
need to teach the kids early and in the
public schools. However, no one will
take the initiative to do anything in the
organization about youth cricket because
they do not have or cannot afford the
time to get involved.
There is no funding for youth development
because in 2008 the sum of $372 was
spent by the organization according to
their tax return (Form 990). The United
States Cricket Association finally are
posting their tax return on their web
site thanks to John Thickett , the new
Treasurer. In 2008 they posted a loss
of $225,000 and fortunately there were
no salaries paid to any representative of
USACA.
John L. Aaron
familiar with the contribution of Marda,
Jean Wong, K.C Rao, and Lynden James
and me who are pioneers of Cricket in
the United States. It is an insult for many
who has given so much to the game and
ask for nothing in return. Get with it Mr
Secretary.
However, for every tournament the
cost was prohibitive because this is
where costs are included for everyone
who travel, eat, drink and are merry on
behalf of USACA. What a perk for being
a representative of USACA. I imagine
they might incur a loss again in 2009
exceeding $250,000. So the question
is how USACA can pay for the youth
development programs John is bringing
back from across the pond.
According to Mr Aaron, he claimed that
cricket existed at a grass root level before
he got involved and this task is to take
the game to a new level. Just what level
might that be John? I wonder if you have
any idea how some of the cricket fields
are even secured before you surface
a few years ago. I am not sure you are
U.S Cricket Coach Mr Clayton Lambert
Sarasota Six A Side Festival
November 24 - November 28, 2010
Sarasota, Florida
United States
www.sarasotacricket.com
UWGC Invitational Cricket
Tournament
August 7 - August 13, 2011
Gastonia, North Carolina
United States
Contact Mo Ally at 305-851-3130
9th International Seniors’
Cricket Festival to Grenada
October 5 - 19 October 2011
St. Georges, Grenada
http://www.gulliverstravel.co.uk/
countries/grenada

2020 East Franklin Blvd Gastonia, NC 28054

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