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[Updated: Western Region, NWR and SCCA squads announced for matches against MCC]
The Marylebone Cricket Club squad begin their tour of USA with limited-overs matches and coaching demonstrations in Los Angeles between March 16th and March 20th.
Talking about the tour, Hemant Buch, Chairman of the Western Region said: "Western region is proud to host MCC's visit to California. We have made efforts to make sure all the different leagues of our region are given an opportunity to participate in hosting MCC. Hence, in addition to Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay area, they will also be playing a game at Sacramento, hosted by Sacramento Cricket Association. Our goal in the region has been to make sure that maximum number of players and organizers get opportunity to participate. "
In Los Angeles, the MCC are expected to provide coaching to the regional U-19 side (on March 16th) and play matches against the Southern California and Western Region (on March 17th and 19th respectively).
Without a doubt, the most anticipated encounter is the 40-over match between MCC and the Western Region. That match starts at 10AM on March 19th, Friday, at Woodley Field. There is no entry fee to watch this game and DreamCricket.com urges all cricket fans in Los Angeles to show up and cheer for their region.
The Western Region announced the squad that will be captained by Aditya Thyagarajan. The team includes the following players from the North West - Nauman Mustafa (Vice captain) , Shiva Vashisht, Saqib Saleem, Bilal Khan, Samarth Shah. Members of the team from the South West are - Aditya Thyagarajan (Captain), Ritesh Kadu (WK), Kanishka Chaugai, Ali Shafi, Abhimanyu Rajp, Hammad Shahid, Ravi Timbawala. The team's coach is Reginald Benjamin and manager is Imran Khan. Ganesh Sanap will support the team as Analyst/Statistician.
Following the match, a banquet will be held at the Sportsman’s Lodge from 7PM to Midnight. Tickets are required for the banquet. Please visit SCCACricket.org for details on how to obtain tickets.
The SCCA announced the squad for its game vs MCC to be played at Woodley on Wednesday, March 17th. The match begins at 10AM and is expected to be a 40-over match. The SCCA squad will be captained by Ali Shafi and comprises Hrishikesh Unni (Vice Captain), Hari Sukumar, Muhammad Asad, Gaurav Khillon, Dionisius Mavrokefalos (Theo), Benson Thomas, Ravi Singh, Zafar Rizvi, Hammad Shahid, Anand Panchal. Reserves are Ali Mukhadam and Nisarg Patel. Ronak Patel will serve as the manager and Reginald Benjamin will coach the side.
North West Region too announced its squad for the match between North West and MCC to be played at the Santa Clara Cricket Ground. The match, the only 50-over match to be played on the West Coast leg of the MCC tour, will begin at 10:30AM. The NW team will be captained by Vijay Beniwal and comprises - Nauman Mustafa (Vice-Captain) (W/K - R/H Batsman), Majid Mohammed (R/H Batsman), Shantanu Divekar (R/H Batting Allrounder - Medium-Pacer), Srinivas Raghavan (R/H Batting Allrounder - Medium-Pacer), Shiva Vashishat (R/H Batsman), Vijay Beniwal (Captain ) (R/H Bowling Allrounder - Medium-Pacer), Ashok Singh (R/H Batsman), Sourabh verma (R/H Bowling Allrounder- Leg Spinner), Samarth Shah (L/H Bowling All rounder - Left Arm orthodox), Imran Khan (L/H Bowler), Hamza Tiwana. (L/H Bowler). Saqib Saleem (R/H Batting Allrounder - Leg Spinner) is the 12th man.
An All-Star team representing the legendary Hollywood Cricket Club will play a Twenty20 match against the visitors on Saturday, March 20th. For details of that match, please visit hollywoodcc.hitscricket.com. That team comprises - Ritesh Kadu (W/K), Franklyn Rose, Aditya Thyagarajan (Captain), Gary Crocker, Nazim Shirazi (Vice Captain), Ronnie Iranpur, Rodney Cutting, Richard Blakledge, Paul Severn, Anup Desai and David Pieters.