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 USA captain Steve Massiah has been reprimanded and warned for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct following USA's
match against Denmark in Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 3 (WCL
Div. 3) on Saturday 29 January 2011.
Pic (Right): Steve Massiah shows his bat to the umpire after being given LBW in match against Denmark.
Massiah pleaded guilty to the charge which was laid down by the on field umpires, Kevin Bishop and Vinay Kumar.
Massiah
was given out LBW for the third time in the tournament as he mistimed a
sweep. It appeared that he hit the ball onto his pad and Massiah was
irate with the decision. His frustration boiled over as he started
yelling at the umpire Vinay Kumar while gesturing with his bat that he
had hit the ball. But USA’s captain had to walk off for 14 to make it
62 for 5. USA was bowled out for 156 in 43 overs in the match.
The sanction was imposed ICC Match
Referee Graeme La Brooy after a disciplinary hearing to establish the
seriousness of the offence under the provisions of the code.
Through his admission, Massiah was found to have breached Article 2
Section 2.1.3 of the ICC Code, which relates to "showing dissent at an
umpire's decision during an international match".
Explaining his decision, Mr La Brooy said, "I hope Mr Massiah has
learned that there is no place for this type of behaviour in the game
and that the spirit of the game should be maintained at all times. I
also trust that in future, he will be more courteous and pay others the
respect they deserve."
All Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of a reprimand and a
warning and, as with other breaches at this level, the ICC Match
Referee's decision is final and binding. [Article - Courtesy of ICC and Peter Della Penna. Picture - Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket.com]
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By Peter Della Penna in Hong Kong
 Denmark
wicketkeeper-batsman Freddie Klokker (Right) scored 101 not out to lead
his side past USA by 84 runs in the 5th Place Playoff match at Mission
Road on Saturday at ICC WCL Division Three in Hong Kong. Both USA and
Denmark finished the tournament 2-4 with Denmark’s pair of victories
coming against the United States.
“There are no real words to describe how we’re feeling right now,”
said USA Team Manager Imran Khan. “It’s extremely disappointing and
even then those words don’t really do justice to the disappointment
that’s the overall feeling and mood in the camp. Just for some reason,
there are factors that cannot be explained in words. We just couldn’t
perform. The energy wasn’t there.”
Denmark won the toss and elected to bat first on a sunny but cool
morning. Kevin Darlington and Usman Shuja were left out of USA’s lineup
from the day before in favor of Ritesh Kadu and Muhammad Ghous. At the
end of the pregame huddle, the team shouted their customary,
“1-2-3-USA!” It was just about the only noise USA made on the day as
the team played without any energy, looking generally lethargic
throughout their time in the field. USA had no less than 30 runs given
away on misfields and missed chances.
The tone of the day was set in the second over when Denmark opener
Yasir Iqbal went for a back foot drive off Durale Forrest and sent a
thick edge in the air to Orlando Baker’s left at point. Baker swiveled
to the right and pulled his left hand back to let the ball go flying by
to the boundary.
Three overs later, Klokker was on 7 with the score on 18 when he
went for a sweep off Lennox Cush, who opened the bowling with Forrest,
and missed with the ball popping off his pad in the air to Kadu’s
right. Kadu shuffled over to catch the ball and in the process of
missing the shot, Klokker briefly fell out of his crease. Kadu caught
the ball then underhanded it toward the stumps from two yards away, but
missed.
Iqbal gave an edge behind to Kadu in the next over off Forrest to
make the score 20 for 1, but from there Carsten Pedersen joined Klokker
and the pair cruised along to pile on the runs. At no time in their
136-run partnership were they put under any sort of pressure, mainly
due to the shocking amount of misfields and generally lazy effort by
the fielders in going after the ball.
The fielding performance was best summed up by a sequence that took
place with Ghous bowling in the 27th over which started with the score
on 104 for 1. On the fifth ball, Pedersen clipped a full delivery
toward Steve Massiah at midwicket, who made a half-hearted attempt at
the ball by reaching down with one hand when he could have slid to stop
it for no run, as the batsmen were completing a second, Carl Wright ran
in from the midwicket boundary and fielded the ball, throwing it past
the backup man to allow another two runs on overthrows. What should
have been a dot ball became four runs.
“The fact that we lost yesterday, couldn’t maintain Division Three
status, I think really destroyed the entire morale of the team,” said
Khan. “It was extremely difficult to pick the guys up and I think that
was reflected in the performance today.”
Pedersen was finally out LBW to Ryan Corns for 59 when the batsman
missed a sweep to a low full toss and was hit on the toe in front of
the stumps to make it 156 for 2 in the 39th over. Rizwan Mahmood was
claimed next by Asif Khan, given LBW for 1 after mistiming a sweep.
Michael Pedersen came in next and generated a rapid 42-run stand
with Klokker in which the captain Pedersen contributed 30 of the runs
before being bowled behind his legs by Cush. Pedersen walked across his
stumps to play a pull and missed making it 201 for 4. Cush got his
second when Troels Thogersen left for 10 after pulling a short ball
straight to Corns coming in from the midwicket rope. Corns got his
second on the last ball of the 49th when Wright took a catch on the
circle to claim Naveed Mughal for 7.
But Klokker stayed to the end as Denmark finished 240 for 6 in their
50. Klokker brought up his 50 in 81 balls with two boundaries before
reaching his century in 137 balls with just one more boundary added. He
patiently knocked the ball into the gaps, batting responsibly to make
sure he stayed to the end.
USA started the chase using their fourth different opening
combination in six matches with Sushil Nadkarni and Cush walking out to
the middle. Heading into the final match against Denmark, USA’s first
wicket partnerships in the tournament resulted in 37, 9, 2, 3, and 6
runs. Reshuffling the top one more time made no difference as Nadkarni
holed out to mid on for 7 off the bowling of Basit Raja to make it 12
for 1.
Lunch was taken at the four over mark with the score 18 for 1 and
when play was restarted, Corns was run out for 4. Aftab Ahmed bowled a
good length ball that Corns tried to flick through the on side and
missed to be hit on the knee roll. A big LBW shout was given as the
ball went to first slip where Thogersen fielded and fired at the
stumps. Corns had shuffled out of his crease during the LBW shout and
when Thogersen connected with a direct hit, Corns had to go.
Raja claimed his second when Cush dragged the ball onto his stumps
for 16 going for a booming drive on one knee. Baker gave Raja his third
when he pulled the medium pacer to deep fine leg for 6 and USA was on
the way to another batting slide at 48 for 4.
Massiah was the next to go, given out LBW for the third time in the
tournament as he mistimed a sweep. It appeared that he hit the ball
onto his pad and Massiah was irate with the decision. His frustration
boiled over as he started yelling at the umpire Vinay Kumar while
gesturing with his bat that he had hit the ball. But USA’s captain had
to walk off for 14 to make it 62 for 5.
Wright missed a sweep off left-arm spinner Bashir Shah to be dead in
front for 4 making it 76 for 6. It appeared USA might have a decent
partnership going with Kadu and Rashard Marshall at the crease, but
that ended when Marshall drove a full ball back at Pedersen who flicked
the ball with his fingertips on the way to the stumps with Kadu backing
up out of the crease at the non-striker’s end. Kadu walked off for 5
and on the very next ball, Marshall was run out for 27. He drove
Pedersen to extra cover and set off while Asif Khan, fresh at the
non-striker’s end, was ball-watching. Khan stayed rooted to the crease
and Marshall tried to hurry back, but the throw from Raja to Klokker
behind the stumps was in time for the bails to come off with Marshall
short and USA was reduced to 94 for 8. Khan was then out stumped for 2
overbalancing on a forward prod to Pedersen to make it 105 for 9.
Forrest and Ghous then came to the crease and put on USA’s biggest
partnership of the day, 51 runs for the 10th wicket. The previous high
was the 18 put on by Kadu and Marshall for the seventh. The two batted
sensibly to knock the ball around until Forrest was LBW to the medium
pace of Iqbal for 28. Forrest top scored for USA on the day as they
were bowled out for 156 in 43 overs.
“The team itself I think is of a certain quality,” said Khan. “We’ve
played opposition that’s of a lot higher standard than the teams here,
people like Scotland, UAE, Canada, Bermuda who we’ve beaten regularly.
So we’ve proven that we can perform at this level, even higher.”
“However, coming into this specific tournament, we were undercooked.
I keep reiterating that point. We were undercooked, we weren’t prepared
and that’s not really the fault of the players, or the management or
the coaching staff. That is an issue within the administration that
they need to look at with the whole development process, how we’re
preparing teams, how we’re organizing our schedules and to really get
those people involved who are competent enough to do that. Right now,
without being too critical or judgmental of people involved, I think
there are certain individuals who maybe don’t really understand the way
teams function at this level and how the organization should be carried
out.”
“So maybe the entire US structure needs to be looked at again to see
whether we can produce a more efficient structure that can actually
help the team grow. We should start now with the Under-19s, prepare
them, start organizing tours for them and really start giving them the
experience so that we can push these players forward. If we don’t do
that, we keep repeating the same old tactics. Then you’ll eventually
see the same results like this tournament.”
The next international competition scheduled for the USA senior team
is this July in Toronto where the ICC Americas Division One will be
held as a Twenty20 tournament to decide a pair of spots in the 2012 ICC
World Twenty20 Global Qualifier due to be held in the UAE early next
year. USA’s next ICC World Cricket League competition will also be in
2012 when Division Four is scheduled to take place.
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The USA Cricket Association yesterday announced the squad that will
represent the USA at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Americas
Region Division 1 Under-19 tournament scheduled for February 6 to 13,
2011 at Brian Piccolo and Central Broward Regional Parks, in
Lauderhill, FL. The winner and runner-up teams from the ICC Americas
tournament will qualify to participate in the ICC Under-19 World Cup
Qualifier Tournament, scheduled for Ireland, in July 2011.
The team was selected from among the boys invited to a selection
camp that took place in Florida on January 22 and 23. As expected,
four players – Salman Ahmad, Abhijit Joshi, Hammad Shahid and Steven
Taylor - who represented USA at the 2010 U-19 World Cup in New Zealand
are part of the squad.
Pranay Suri, who took eight wickets in two games at trial matches
played in Los Angeles last month including 5 for 28 against South East
was also an easy choice. So was Jodhbir Singh, his teammate from North
West. Spin bowlers Shayan Abdulghani and Gurpreet Sandhu from South
West have both been picked.
Opening batsman Fahad Babar was picked from the Central East along
with captain Abhijit Joshi. Also selected were Trevor Singh and
Cameron Mirza from New York. From Atlantic, allrounders Kalim Ahmed
and Waleed J Karimullah made the team. Atlantic allrounder Mital
Patel, who was not among the original list of invitees to the Florida
camp is also in the squad.
Mital Patel's name was among those suggested by his region for
invitation to the Florida camp. However, his name was not in the
original list issued by USACA. According to a USACA board member
reached by DreamCricket.com, Mital Patel was scouted by coach Sew
Shivnarine during a practice session held at a New York indoor
facility. Upon Shivnarine's request, USACA made a decision to
accommodate Mital in the Florida camp. Once in Florida, Mital
impressed the selectors and was unanimously selected, the board member
said.
 According
to one source, the Florida camp was expanded from the original list
published on January 8th and Mital was not the only one to be
accommodated. However, the USACA General Manager did not respond to
an email regarding additional invitees.
Separately, USACA announced that Mumbai Indians coach Robin Singh
(right) has been tapped as a national USA coach replacing Sew
Shivnarain. Robin Singh, born in Trinidad and Tobago, spent most of
his cricketing career in India, playing in 1 Test and 136 ODIs for that
country.
In a media release, USACA noted that Robin Singh's role may
eventually be expanded to include coaching USA national teams in other
upcoming ICC sanctioned tournaments. Robin Singh coached Deccan
Chargers in the inaugural IPL tournament and has helped the India
national team as a specialist fielding coach. Singh is not a stranger
to cricket in USA, having played for New Jersey Fire team in the
inaugural edition of the Pro Cricket League.
USA U-19 Squad:
Salman Ahmad, Abhijit Joshi (Captain), Hammad Shahid, Steven Taylor
(Vice-Captain, Wkpr), Pranay Suri, Gurpreet Sandhu, Shayan Abdul Ghani,
Fahad Babar, Trevor Singh, Cameron Mirza, Kalim Ahmed, Waleed J.
Karimullah, Jodhbir Singh, Mital Patel.
Reserves: Sohaib Choudhry, Krishneal Goel, Akash Jagannathan and Amarnauth Persaud.
Coach: Robin Singh
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By Peter Della Penna in Hong Kong
 USA
posted their best batting effort since the first match of the
tournament against Hong Kong, but it was not enough as Man of the Match
Peter Petricola scored 69 not out to lead Italy past the target of 223
with four wickets and three overs to spare at Mission Road on Friday at
ICC WCL Division Three in Hong Kong.
Pic (Right): Peter Petricola gets a hug from Hemantha Jayasena after hitting the winning runs
With the defeat, USA’s record fell to 2-3 while Italy rose to 2-3
and with a better run rate than USA, Italy finished fourth meaning USA
finished in fifth place after the group stage and has been relegated to
Division Four along with Denmark. The only win for the Danish side in
the tournament came against USA.
“Let me just start first and foremost by expressing on behalf of the
team how extremely disappointed we are with our performance,” said USA
Team Manager Imran Khan. “Obviously the results and the way things have
gone this week, after a great start, we unfortunately didn’t capitalize
and go on to achieve promotion and the victory we thought we could
achieve. So from that perspective we’re extremely disappointed. On
behalf of the squad, I’d like to apologize to the fans and followers of
cricket in the US for what’s obviously transpired.”
“We’ve had a good couple of years and done rather well. We’ve shown
the potential that we have in the country but unfortunately, sometimes
those streaks and those victories come to an end and today was that
time. As for US cricket and where do we go from here, I think with
everything that ends, there comes great opportunity to rethink,
reevaluate, reformulate a new strategy, a new policy and to move
forward. Maybe this is a blessing in disguise. We can start to look at
our development program in the US, start to give the young guys an
opportunity to develop their cricket.”
Italy won the toss and sent USA in to bat on another cool overcast
morning. Sushil Nadkarni came up to open for the first time in the
tournament alongside Carl Wright. For the third match in a row, Wright
failed at the top, getting out for a 12-ball duck when he pulled Din
Alaud straight to Petricola at square leg to make it 6 for 1.
Ryan Corns then made his debut at number three and the 20-year-old
played a solid innings, helping to build USA’s fourth highest
partnership of the tournament by putting on 66 with Nadkarni. Corns
stroked four boundaries in his knock before he played back to a full
delivery from Petricola and was struck dead in front for 30 to make it
72 for 2 in the 21st over.
 Pic (Right): Usman Shuja and Steve Massiah walk off the field after another defeat
Steve Massiah then built another half-century stand with Nadkarni,
putting on 53 before Nadkarni tried sweeping legspinner Hemantha
Jayasena and gloved a catch to the keeper Hayden Patrizi to depart for
47. Lennox Cush came out and was gone for 1 when he was stumped off a
leg side wide after he missed a flick to midwicket off medium pacer
Gayashan Munasinghe.
USA took the batting power play with Massiah and Rashard Marshall at
the crease at the start of the 43rd over, but Massiah was pinned on the
crease to the first ball from Munasinghe and was out LBW to give the
bowler his second wicket making the score 167 for 5. Marshall got a
good start, but fell when he pulled a waist high full toss from
Petricola to Michael Raso at deep square leg to make it 203 for 6.
Usman Shuja was bowled first ball by Petricola swinging for the fences
while Orlando Baker was caught at mid on off another waist high full
toss to give Petricola three in the over and four for the innings and
USA was 211 for 8 in 49.
Durale Forrest and Asif Khan hit Dilan Fernando for 11 in the final
over to boost USA to 222 for 8 in 50 overs. USA looked well set to
score a minimum of 240 at the 30 over mark when they were 105 for 2 and
had Nadkarni batting with Massiah, but stumbled badly towards the end
and in the final analysis, they were 20 to 30 runs short of where they
should have ended up.
USA came out in the field and started off with two quick wickets as
Kevin Darlington and Wright teamed up for a pair of dismissals. The
first to go was Andy Northcote for 13, who swished at a pitched up
delivery and gave a simple edge behind. Next was the captain Alessandro
Bonora for 10, who tried to defend a short of a length ball and gave
another healthy edge to Wright making it 39 for 2.
It was then that USA’s fielding woes started to rear their ugly head
again. Damian Fernando was dropped off the bowling of Darlington by
Corns on 17 on a diving effort at point. While Fernando was dismissed
in the next over by Shuja without adding to his score, the error was a
harbinger of things to come. Shuja also accounted for Damian Crowley
who mistimed a pull to mid on where Khan took a safe catch to make it
52 for 4 and the momentum was clearly in USA’s favor.
However, Italy’s rock solid all-rounder Petricola was at the crease
and Patrizi had started to offer good support. Early in Patrizi’s
innings with Wright up to the stumps and Forrest bowling, the batsman
sent in edge in Nadkarni’s direction at first slip, but the
vice-captain was late reacting to the chance and the ball flew to his
left to go for a boundary.
With the score on 83 and Patrizi on 16, another chance came off
Forrest’s bowling that was left on the table. Petricola was on strike
and missed a flick off his pads before setting off for a leg bye.
Patrizi was slow to respond and Forrest had a head start going after
the ball off his follow through. He picked it up adjacent to the pitch
and from five yards away gave an underhand flick towards the stumps at
the striker’s end, but missed with the ball going for two leg byes as
Petricola came back for an overthrow with no one backing up.
Petricola was then dropped on 30 when the score was at 120 for 4
after 31 overs. Wright was up to the stumps again for Baker, who
returned at the start of the 32nd over to start his second spell and on
the very first delivery he bowled, Petricola went to cut a good length
ball giving an edge that Wright could not hold on to. That was the
backbreaker for USA and the reactions in the field to the drop said as
much when everyone put hands on heads.
The partnership continued and it only ended after Patrizi had
reached 50 and the stand crossed 100, ending at 102 when Patrizi was
LBW to Darlington at the start of Italy’s batting power play in the
38th over to make it 154 for 5. Raso came in and picked up right where
Patrizi left off, turning over the strike with ease as USA looked more
and more despondent in the field. A 63-run stand followed and when Raso
was dismissed six runs short of victory, no one moved an inch to
congratulate Cush for taking the catch or Baker for getting the wicket.
Defeat was inevitable and it happened one over later when Petricola hit
the winning shot with a top edged four over Wright.
Hong Kong defeated Papua New Guinea to finish 3-2 and in second
place, making it six times in seven tournaments in the World Cricket
League that the home team has finished in the top two and been
promoted. Oman defeated Denmark in Friday’s other contest to finish
third. Hong Kong and PNG will face off for the second time in two days
in the championship match at Kowloon CC on Saturday while Oman will
play Italy in the third place game at Hong Kong CC. USA will play
Denmark at Mission Road in the third place game, the same opponent on
the same ground where their tournament began to unravel. Live coverage
of the match will begin Friday night at 7:45 p.m. EST on DreamCricket.
[Pictures courtesy of Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket.com]
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2011 SFCA Sims Cup Classic Competition Round 1 - Fredrick Redwood , Mark Johnson, and Vaibhav Nayar hit tons
By Ricardo Inniss
 When the 2011 South Florida Cricket Alliance (SFCA) Sims cup Competition opened on Sunday January 23, Jamaica, India, Guyana,T & T and SFCA U-19; secured early wins, as Jamaica’s Fredrick Redwood and Mark Johnson and India’s Vaibhav Nayar (right), hit tons to steal the spotlight.
Jamaica vs. Windwards at North Dade Middle School:
Winning the toss and electing to bat first Jamaica, led by a blistering 144 from Fredrick Redwood, and a scintillating 129 from Mark Johnson, amassed a very competitive 357 for 3, off the allotted 40 overs. Redwood smashed 15 fours and 6 sixes, whilst Johnson stroked 9 fours and 4 sixes. In a crushing 3rd wicket partnership, the pair added 234 very entertaining runs. Clarence Salmon got 22 and Sunil Mittoo 15.
Bowling for the Windwards, Semen Pierre, Justlyn Francis and Mike Victor, took a wicket each for 32, 46 and 63 respectively. In a feeble reply, Windwards could only muster 119 all out from 31.4 overs. Joey Pierre topscored with 36 (4 fours), Ashton Dennis 25 (4 fours), Chad Celestine 13 and Gayton Williams 10. Bowling Jamaica to a whopping 238 run victory, Keyonie Gayle bagged 4 for 9 from 5.4 overs, Andrew Williams 2 for 26 from 8, Horlando Johnson 2 for 37 from 8, Glen Anglin 1 for 7 from 5 and Neville Dawkins 1 for 20 from 5.
India vs. Team USA at Miramar Regional Park-South:
Taking to the crease first after winning the toss, India rattled up an impressive 287 for 4, off the regulated 40 overs. In tip-top form, Vaibhav “Ricky” Nayar blasted a sparkling undefeated 103 spiced with 13 fours and 2 sixes. Also in fine nick, Sunil Nair banged 5 fours and a six in a hard-hitting 45, Keertan Patel slammed 40 including 4 fours and 1 six, whilst Atit Patel, had 6 peppery fours in a brisk 35. The best of the bowlers for Team USA, was Anand Maharaj with 2 for 50.
In reply, Team USA was dismissed for 203 to give India a convincing 84 run victory. J. Douglas, cracked 3 fours and 3 sixes in a topscore of 41, Shawn Beckford hammered 4 fours and 4 sixes in a quick-fire 40 and Nicholas Mittoo banged 6 fours in a well played 37. Bowling for India, Sai Ramesh captured 3 for 31, Vamseedhar Kalam scalped 3 for 36 and Sumakanth Jammula 2 for 23.
Guyana vs. Leewards at Lake Stevens Middle School-West:
Leewards, winning the toss and occupying the crease first, reached 160 for 9 off the arranged 40 overs. W. Miller, smacked 3 fours while scoring 31, J. Richardson chipped in with 16 (1 six) and N. Phillip (3 fours) and John Otto got 15 each. Bowling for Guyana, Nazeem Ali snared 3 for 21 off 8 overs, Riad Mohamed 2 for 20 in 7 and Vick Ramoutar 2 for 21 from 8. In reply, Guyana looking for 161 for victory, rushed to 161 in just 19 overs, to inflict an emphatic 9 wicket victory. Taking them there, Ali return this time with bat, to hit an enterprising 58 that included 7 fours and 2 sixes. Also showing good form, Imran Sadick hit an unbeaten 40 (4 fours), whilst Andy Ramseqwack , carried his bat for a brisk 17 (3 fours). Bowling for the Leewards, James Miller, took the only wicket to fall at a cost of 34 runs.
Following are the Summarized scores for the other two matches played.
T & T vs. Pakistan at John Prince Park:
Pakistan 89 all out. Madassar Waqar 32 and Irfan Hasan 20. Bowling for T & T, Bally Nayaik 5 for 19, Timothy Surujbally 2 for 4 and Ravi Samlal 2 for 10. In reply, T & T 91 for 1. Asad Alrashid 43, Surujbally 22 and Joel Pamphille 10 not out. Bowling for Pakistan, Waqar 1 for 9. T & T won by 9 wickets.
Barbados vs. SFCA U-19 at City Hall Park:
SFCA 212 for 9. Hensworth Wallace 42, Shaquille Forbs 36 and Theomar Blair 32. Bowling for Barbados, Robert Hinds 3 for 36, David Brathwaite 3 for 41 and Tony Reid 1 for 30. In reply, Barbados 199 all out. Raymond Denny 69, Richard Louis 45 and Jeff Miller 19. Bowling for SFCA U-19, Blair 3 for 6, Forbes 2 for 27 and Romaine Morgan 1 for 28. SFCA U-19 won by 13 runs.
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.jpg) An outstanding 167 nominations were received in the Americas Region for the eight award categories of the Pepsi ICC Development Programme Annual Awards 2010. Not only were the number of nominations notable this year, the quality of the nominations were quite impressive, and a lot of tough competition came from around the region in every category for the selection panel to choose between.
In the end, Bermuda lead the way this year receiving two awards while Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Suriname and the USA each captured one.
"The “Best Junior Participation Initiative” was awarded to USACA for its partnership with the United States of America Youth Cricket Association Schools Program. This program donates cricket sets and provides instructional sessions for students and Physical Education Instructors to schools and school districts across the country. This program has lead to thousands of children that are now being introduced to and learning to play cricket at school in the USA."
"All ICC Americas Development Programme Award winners will now be nominated for the Global Award in their respective category. The ICC judging panel will then select a global winner from the 5 regions in each of the categories. The Global winners will be announced on February 28, 2011."
 Pic (Right): Kits awaiting distribution to Prince George's County Schools in Maryland. In all, 75 cricket kits were donated by DreamCricket.com during 2010 in support of the USYCA program.
USYCA President Jamie Harrison passed along the gratitude of the youth association, along with a commitment. "The USYCA is obviously thrilled and delighted to have its Schools Program be so richly honored in its first year," said Harrison. "We wish to pass along our sincere thanks to ICC Americas and our partners at USACA, with whom we anticipate a close working relationship in the coming years. Knowing that the ICC applauds our mission and our results, this recognition will cause us to redouble our efforts to bring cricket to American children everywhere."
Separately, USYCA announced that Michael Young, fielding coach for the Australian national cricket team, and one of the few Americans to be employed at the top levels of international cricket, has announced his enthusiastic support for USYCA. The announcement was made on 14 January in Melbourne, where the Aussies were preparing to take on England in a Twenty20 contest.
Young, a former baseball player and minor league coach in the United States, came to Australia in 1981, leading Queensland to their first-ever Claxton Shield Title, and became the State Director of Coaching for baseball. His success with coaching Australia’s baseball team in the Olympics led him to be named International Baseball Coach of the Year on multiple occasions before he accepted a position with Cricket Australia in 2000.
Hailed by skipper Adam Gilchrist as the “secret weapon” in Australia’s 2003 World Cup win, Young has consistently demonstrated the relationship between fundamental skills in the two sports, which is key if Americans are to be easily drawn toward the playing of cricket. “Baseball is similar to cricket in many ways,” Young said. “What works in one you implement in the other.” In expressing his support for USYCA, Young noted the critical importance of introducing American children to cricket at an early age.
 “Children playing any sport are always a fantastic endeavor and the USYCA is doing a terrific job at expanding on that philosophy,” Young said. “The beauty of cricket also is that it can be played by all ages and both genders. It's an international sport which undoubtedly will one day be an Olympic Sport to go along with it's already star status of being one of the most prolific professional sports in the world.”
In the past three months, USYCA has initiated cricket programs in 75 American schools, representing over 15,000 children. Young believes that the USYCA approach has a high probability of success, and wants to see it expanded and adopted throughout the States.
“The long-term viability with all sports, no matter where they're played, is the involvement of the youth,” Young said. “Without a good fundamental base and highly planned and organised junior development, then any sport has a dim future.”
Young also believes that, because of the tremendous potential of the American cricket market, international players, coaches and cricket bodies should rally to the mission of USYCA, as he has.
“It's the USA,” Young said. “Why wouldn't world cricket based sporting bodies want the USA to be strong? It's a no brainer. People can say whatever they want, but truth be known, if you have the USA involved in any sport, that sport’s standing will improve on numerous levels.”
Jamie Harrison, President of USYCA, is grateful to have the endorsement of such a prominent figure in international cricket.
“I’m pleased and honored to have Mike Young stand with USYCA as it brings cricket to American children,” Harrison said. “As the lone American in international cricket, and as someone with a background in baseball, Mike has a unique perspective on the possibilities for our great sport in the United States. The fact that he believes so strongly in what we’re doing is a great encouragement to us, and we look forward to working with him.”
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By Peter Della Penna in Hong Kong
 After another horrendous batting collapse, Usman Shuja and Asif Khan saved the day for USA with a 71-run unbroken ninth wicket stand to lead USA to victory by two wickets over Oman at Hong Kong Cricket Club on Wednesday at ICC WCL Division Three in Hong Kong. Shuja was named Man of the Match after taking 2 for 22 but more importantly for scoring 43 not out after coming to the crease at 20 for 7 with a target of 123 needed to win. USA still has a chance to qualify for Division Two with a win against Italy on Friday while a loss could see them relegated back to Division Four.
Pic (Right): Man of the Match Usman Shuja raises his arms in victory as Asif Khan completes the winning run behind him
“We didn’t play in a professional manner,” said USA head coach Clayton Lambert. “We were 7 for 20 and it took great batting from Shuja and Asif to really bring us home. I had some very strong words with the guys. I would like to enjoy the victory but the type of cricket that we’re playing is so much below par, I’m kind of concerned.”
USA won the toss and fielded first on a cool and sunny morning in which the pitch had plenty of moisture remaining from the overnight dew. On the very first ball of the match, Kevin Darlington bowled a good length ball that Oman opener Hemin Desai edged straight to Sushil Nadkarni at first slip. Nadkarni bobbled the straightforward chance at waist height before spilling it completely. Desai started the next over on strike to Durale Forrest and hit the first two deliveries for six and four and it appeared that he might run away. USA finally got him out for 28 on the last ball of the seventh over when Darlington clean bowled him going for another heave to make it 42 for 1. The delivery broke leg stump in half and a replacement stump was needed.
 Pic (Right): Oman wicketkeeper Sultan Ahmed cries for a catch, but Asif Khan beats mid on with this shot for the winning runs
Vaibhav Wategaonkar joined Deep Trivedi and was dropped on 5 in the ninth over at 48 for 1. Wategaonkar pulled a short ball to square leg where Khan got one hand to it diving to his left but couldn’t claim it as the ball burst through to go for a boundary. A much simpler chance off Wategaonkar was offered on 14 at 57 for 1 and put down by Lennox Cush at silly mid off. The batsman checked his drive to a full length delivery from Shuja and the ball spooned up towards Cush, who fell forward to take it before the ball popped out as he rolled over.
Trivedi was run out by Orlando Baker one run later when he pushed a full delivery into the covers and set off for a run. Wategaonkar never responded and Trivedi was about to give up until Baker fumbled trying to collect the ball. Trivedi then turned back and Baker scooped up on the second effort and fired a throw which bounced into the turf and came up to hit the top of the stumps with Trivedi just short and the opener was gone for 11 to make it 58 for 2.
Wategaonkar fell one run later for 15 when he edged a Shuja delivery to Nadkarni at slip, who juggled before taking the catch on a second attempt. It was the first of four wickets in 14 balls. Oman captain Hemal Mehta, who scored a century on the first day of the tournament, went for a golden duck when he got a thin underedge trying to cut Orlando Baker. Wicketkeeper Ritesh Kadu made an outstanding catch diving forward to complete the dismissal. Adnan Ilyas fell next for 8 to give Shuja his second when a good length ball took the shoulder of the bat on a defensive prod and lobbed up to Rashard Marshall at point. Awal Khan was next to go for 1 when he played down the wrong line defending a good length ball from Baker and was pinned on the crease to make it 67 for 7.
Oman fought back briefly as number six Sultan Ahmed top scored with 30. He added 27 runs with Rajesh Kumar before Kumar drove Durale Forrest to Khan at mid off giving the fast bowler his first wicket in USA colors. Amir Ali departed for 7 when he groped at a good length ball from Khan and sent an edge to Nadkarni, who took a sharp catch fielding at silly point to make it 111 for 8 in the 30th over.
 Ahmed was eventually bowled around his legs for 30 trying to sweep Khan before the left-arm spinner finished off the innings when Khalid Rasheed drove him to Baker at long off and Oman was all out for 122 in 37.4 overs. Khan finished with the top figures for USA, taking 3 for 11.
Pic (Right): Corns (left) kneels in prayer while Muhammad Ghous (right) watches the final tense moments of the chase from the boundary
USA had six overs to bat before the lunch break, but it was Oman who regained momentum before the interval when they struck for three wickets in the space of seven balls to make it 3 for 3. Carl Wright got out mistiming a drive off Kumar to mid on where the ball swirled around before coming down in the hands of Rasheed. USA captain Steve Massiah then fell three balls later without scoring when he drove a full length delivery from Kumar straight to mid off. He got out to the exact same loose shot the day before against Papua New Guinea. Cush rounded off the top order no-show when he was given out caught behind off Desai playing a forward defense although it appeared he hit bat on pad as the ball went past the outside edge to the keeper.
“I was truly disappointed. The thing is we’ve got bits and pieces going against us. We don’t think Cush actually edged his ball, but the umpire sent him,” said Lambert. “That was done. We were 16 for 3 and coming back out after lunch I was still very hopeful that we could knock off for about four [wickets]. However, I couldn’t understand what took place in the three overs after.”
What happened was that USA lost four more wickets in the span of eight balls to sink to 20 for 7. Kadu and Nadkarni came out after the break and on the third ball upon resuming, Kadu pushed to mid on for a run that wasn’t there. Both men hesitated after Kadu set off before finally coming through. Nadkarni ran in the line of the throw from Kumar, but the ball bounced between his legs and skidded into the stumps to send him off for 4. Forrest fell three balls later when he was given out LBW to Desai.
Kadu, who had looked confident before lunch, was clearly rattled and then dangled his bat to a delivery well wide of off stump sending an edge to Ahmed behind the stumps for Kumar’s third wicket. Marshall came to the crease and drove Kumar down the ground for a first ball four, but was clean bowled playing inside the line of the next delivery on a forward defense.
 Pic (Right): Usman Shuja (right) graciously poses to share his Man of the Match award with Asif Khan (left)
Shuja joined Baker at the crease with USA in danger of getting bowled out for not only less than the 44 they scored against PNG, but the record low of 32 vs. Kenya in 1997. Baker edged his first delivery for a boundary to third man and then played seven dot balls before an audacious flick over fine leg for six. Three balls later, he clocked Kumar back over his head for another six and it appeared that a counterattack was on. Shuja was holding up the other end nicely, but Baker fell shortly thereafter when he missed a sweep to the left-arm spin of Mehta and was given out LBW for 17 to make it 52 for 8.
Khan joined Shuja and the field came in to crowd both players with a slip and silly point in place. Khan then negotiated the spinners with a series of sweeps including two boundaries while Shuja played a cover drive for four to help scatter the field. Mehta sent his men back to the boundary and left only the required four men in the circle.
From there, Shuja and Khan calmly knocked the ball around for ones and twos despite intense pressure in the form of countless LBW appeals from Oman’s bowlers. USA had reached 96 for 8 after 29 overs, only 27 runs needed to win, when Shuja decided to target left-arm spinner Rasheed. In Rasheed’s first three overs, he had given up only three runs, but Shuja slammed him over midwicket for six on the fourth ball of the 30th before heaving him back over his head for another maximum to finish the over.
“I was always thinking about the fact that when it gets to 15, 20, 30 runs, that’s always going to be a nervous period,” said Shuja. “I kind of played into that. I didn’t want to stay in that 20-25 run period and I was struggling with the left-arm spinner as well. Those are my instinct shots and luckily he gave me those balls that were in my zone.”
With Khan on strike for the 31st, Desai was set to bowl his last over of pace. On the second ball of the over, Khan pulled a bouncer fiercely through midwicket before driving him through the covers on the next ball for back-to-back boundaries. Oman’s fielders became increasingly frustrated and from there USA only needed seven runs to win.
A series of singles followed before USA got to within two of victory. Oman then bowled 13 dot balls before Shuja came down to talk with Khan before the last ball of the 34th over.
“Usman said, ‘This is the last ball of the over so you can go take a little risk and try to go over the top,’” said Khan. “‘Even if you get out, I will be facing the next over.’”
Khan scooped a full length ball on off stump high over mid on to beat the fielder and took off for the winning pair of runs. Ryan Corns and Muhammad Ghous were the first two players sprinting onto the field to celebrate with the batting heroes of the hour.
In Wednesday’s other matches, Hong Kong chased down 235 to beat Italy by one wicket while PNG defeated Denmark by nine wickets to clinch one of the two spots in Division Two. PNG is now 4-0 while Hong Kong, Oman and USA are at 2-2 with Hong Kong ahead on net run rate followed by Oman and USA. Denmark and Italy are both at 1-3.
On Friday, USA will play Italy while Oman takes on Denmark and PNG plays Hong Kong. If USA wins, they need Denmark to beat Oman and PNG to beat Hong Kong to guarantee a second place finish after the group stage and a spot in Division Two. If USA wins, Oman and/or Hong Kong win, USA must beat Italy by a big enough margin to surpass Oman and/or Hong Kong on net run rate. If USA loses, Denmark must still beat Oman, but by a small margin in order for Denmark and Oman to finish with the same record as USA at 2-3 but behind them on net run rate in order for USA to avoid relegation and stay in Division Three. If USA loses, Oman wins and Hong Kong wins, USA will be relegated to Division Four with Denmark. If PNG, Italy and Denmark all win, five teams will be tied at 2-3 and net run rate will decide who goes to Division Two, who stays in Division Three and who is relegated to Division Four. Currently, USA is fifth on net run rate.
DreamCricket will have live coverage of USA’s final group encounter in Hong Kong against Italy beginning Thursday night at 7:45 p.m. EST.
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By Peter Della Penna in Hong Kong
 Papua New Guinea captain Rarua Dikana took 4 for 1 on his way to a Man of the Match performance as PNG bowled USA out for 44 in 20.2 overs on their way to a seven-wicket win at Hong Kong Cricket Club on Tuesday at ICC World Cricket League Division Three in Hong Kong. It’s the second lowest total for USA in 50-over matches and the worst since they were bowled out by Australia for 65 in a 9-wicket loss at the Champions Trophy in 2004. USA’s lowest total in 50-over matches was at the ICC Trophy in 1997 when Kenya bowled them out for 32 to win by 211 runs.
Pic (Right): Howard Johnson, Asst Coach, was injected into the playing XI ahead of Durale Forrest, Ryan Corns and Muhammed Ghous. [Courtesy: Peter Della Penna]
USA decided to make two changes from the lineup against Denmark, bringing in Ritesh Kadu to wicketkeep, allowing Carl Wright to play as a specialist batsman. Howard Johnson, originally brought on tour as an assistant coach, was added to the squad as a replacement player for Aditya Thyagarajan after he went down injured against Denmark. Muhammad Ghous was then dropped in favor of the 46-year-old Johnson, who was preferred as an extra seam option ahead of 28-year-old Durale Forrest, a seam bowler in the original 14-man squad.
“Our main reason for coming here is trying to get to Division Two and other than Howard Johnson’s age, if he’s up for trials or selection, he can walk into the team,” said USA head coach Clayton Lambert.
The toss was perhaps the most important moment of the day and PNG won it, sending USA in to bat on a morning that was overcast and chilly with slightly more grass than usual left on the wicket. From the first ball it was clear that USA was going to have their hands full with the ball swinging and seaming around.
Wright and Lennox Cush opened the batting for USA and Cush fell for a duck to the third ball he faced with the score on two. Hitolo Areni bowled a full delivery that Cush drove at off balance and inside edged the ball off his pad to second slip where Kila Pala took the catch low to the ground. Wright fell for 2 to make it 16 for 2 when he drove away from his body at a wide delivery from Loa Nou to give the keeper Jack Vare-Kevere a simple catch.
Steve Massiah was looking sharp at the other end, but after cracking four boundaries, he fell driving a full ball on off stump straight to the man on the short boundary at mid off. Massiah looked crestfallen and stood staring into the ground for several moments before he had to walk off for 18 with the score at 25 for 3. Kadu was gone for a duck two balls later when a fullish length ball jagged back to beat him between bat and pad.
Sushil Nadkarni survived long enough to add 12 runs with Orlando Baker, one of only two double-digit partnerships for USA. He soon perished for 7 to a cut shot for the second time in two matches. Nadkarni tried backing away but was cramped for room by the delivery from PNG captain Rarua Dikana and offered an edge to first slip.
Rashard Marshall then was bowled off an inside edge for a duck when he came forward to defend a back of a length delivery from Dikana to make it 39 for 7. Usman Shuja was given out LBW to the first ball he faced from Amini and Asif Khan lasted 10 balls before he played across to a full ball from Dikana and was struck in front to make it 44 for 8 after 19 overs.
Meanwhile at the other end, Baker blocked everything that came his way in a dogged effort, but he was soon running out of partners. He lasted 41 balls, proving that with a bit of application, conditions could have been negotiated. However, with only two wickets in hand, he changed tack and tried to hit out to score some runs as the only recognized batsman left. He failed when he sent a full ball outside off straight to Tony Ura at cover. The innings was over six balls later when Johnson played across to Dikana to give him his fourth with only one run scored off him.
PNG’s chase was short and sweet, taking six overs to get the runs. Johnson took two wickets for USA, making the day even more surreal. Asad Vala was caught behind for 17 before Ura was beaten for pace to be clean bowled for 7. Mahuru Dai padded up to a Kevin Darlington delivery to be given out LBW, but Chris Kent erased any glimmer of hope USA had by hitting a four and two sixes. The winning single by Kent came off a misfield.
In the day’s other matches, Denmark was bowled out for 102 before Hong Kong defeated them by seven wickets at Mission Road, making USA’s loss to Denmark all the more painful. Oman won a thriller over Italy by one wicket at Kowloon CC. Italy posted 240 for 8 in their 50 overs and had Oman at 122 for 7 in the 27th over. Number nine batsman Amir Ali was dropped at first slip on 20 with the score at 152 for 7 and that proved costly in the end.
He added 99 runs for the ninth wicket with Awal Khan to take Oman close to victory. The ninth wicket fell with the scores level as number 10 Rajesh Kumar went for a big shot to end the game but sliced the ball off a top edge to point with the scores level at 240. The batsmen crossed while the ball was in the air and on the next delivery, Ali clipped a leg stump half volley in the air just wide of a diving effort by the man at backward square leg. Had he been fielding one yard to the right, the game may have ended in a tie.
In slightly positive news for USA, Aditya Thyagarajan’s injury is not as bad as originally feared. Speaking from Bangalore on Tuesday night, Thyagarajan said he had fluid drained from his knee before having an MRI which showed no tear and was diagnosed with a patella dislocation and a stretched Vastus Medialus Oblique muscle. It will require 2-3 months of rehab.
“Last night was so good for me with news that I only have a minor ligament stretch and my meniscus and ACL hasn’t been touched at all. Then today it completely changed into bad slash sad news when I was following the game,” said Thyagarajan. Even though he is getting treatment away from the team, he is still intently following the action and is pulling for everyone to come back and win the last two games.
“As a team we all have been together for the last three years,” said Thyagarajan. “All of us have experienced ups and downs. I think we should just consider it another down which happened to us when we lost to Singapore in Division Five and then we lost to Italy in Division Four. What happened after that? We came back strong and we qualified for the next division. Right now, all we should think is to win the next game and then go all out against Italy.”
“Me being here in India, I really can’t do anything. But I know I can do one thing which is to completely support the team which is playing on the ground and I think all the American fans should be behind the team.”
USA is now at the bottom of the points table on net run rate with Hong Kong, Italy and Denmark all ahead of them but with identical 1-2 records. Oman is 2-1 and PNG 3-0. However, USA can still qualify outright if they win their final two games and get help with other results. Should USA defeat Oman on Wednesday and Italy on Friday, they would finish 3-2. A scenario could play out where PNG defeats Denmark and Hong Kong to go 5-0, Oman loses to both USA and Denmark, and regardless of the Hong Kong vs. Italy result on Wednesday, both of those teams lose on Friday. In that case, PNG would be 5-0, USA 3-2, Denmark and Oman would finish 2-3 while one of Italy and Hong Kong would finish 2-3 and the other at 1-4.
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By Peter Della Penna in Hongkong
 Denmark
captain Michael Pedersen made the most of three let offs in the field by USA to
top score with 78 not out as he lead Denmark to a 30-run win over the United
States at Mission Road on Sunday at ICC WCL Division Three in Hong Kong.
Pedersen was named Man of the Match after he followed up his batting effort with
4 for 35 bowling gentle off-spin that gave USA more problems than they could
handle.
Pic (Right): Orlando Baker high fives Steve Massiah after bowling
Freddie Klokker. Courtesy: Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket.com]
“Hopefully we’re gonna regroup,” said USA head coach Clayton Lambert. “We
always seem to have one bad game and second day of the tournament seems to be
when we do it. We still fancy ourselves. We think we can go with any of the
teams pound for pound. We’ve made it hard but we’re gonna be playing. We want to
get to Division Two.”
USA won the toss and elected to field first. Denmark’s openers Freddie
Klokker and Yasir Iqbal did a good job seeing off the new ball, putting on 50
runs for the first wicket. The partnership was broken when Orlando Baker entered
the attack and with only his second delivery beat Klokker’s attempted drive to
bowl him for 24. Iqbal left 25 runs later for 31 when he slogged Asif Khan
against the spin to Rashard Marshall at deep midwicket giving Khan his first
wicket in a USA uniform.
Lennox Cush came on and in his second over claimed Rizwan Mahmood for 3
with a bad ball that was yanked flat and hard straight to deep fine leg where
Khan took a sharp catch to make it 82 for 3 in the 24th. Khan should
have had Pedersen out for 23 in the 27th with the score at 90 for 3.
The batsman top edged an attempted pull out toward the midwicket boundary.
Sushil Nadkarni ran a long way to his left and reached forward getting two hands
to the ball but was off balance and somersaulted while spilling the
chance.
Khan continued to probe away until he got Carsten Pedersen LBW for 12 after
the batsman was late on a paddle sweep to make it 114 for 4 in the
35th over. Michael Pedersen’s next let off came when he was on 46 at
138 for 4 when he chipped a full length ball to deep midwicket again where
substitute fielder Durale Forrest circled around it and dove late to get two
hands to it but was unable to hang on. Forrest and Ryan Corns were on the field
because Aditya Thyagarajan went off with a sprained left ankle at the end of the
11th over while Nadkarni also needed treatment after falling
awkwardly during his earlier dropped catch off Pedersen.
Pedersen ran out his partner Naveed Mughal for 5 to make it 143 for 5 on
the last ball of the 41st. Pedersen guided a good length ball from
Baker behind point in the territory of Marshall. There was never a run, but
Mughal responded to Pedersen’s call and with one stump to aim at Marshall
connected with a direct hit to send Mughal packing.
 Jacob
Larsen was bowled for 2 going for a big heave off Kevin Darlington to make it
149 for 6. Pedersen continued into the final over where he was dropped for a
third time on 70. Darlington bowled a thigh high full toss outside off that
Pedersen top edged while going to pull. Steve Massiah backpedaled from cover in
the circle and appeared to be comfortably under it but spilled the chance while
tumbling backward to the ground. Pedersen wound up taking eight runs off the bat
and 11 total in the final over to finish unbeaten on 78. Denmark finished their
50 overs 193 for 6. Khan was USA’s standout bowler with 2 for 31.
Pic (Left): Kevin Darlington bowls Jacob Larsen. Courtesy: Peter Della
Penna/DreamCricket.com]
“I thought we bowled well enough to bowl this team out for 160,” said
Lambert. “We dropped a number of important catches and that eventually led to
them making 190. But 190 on this field, short straight boundary, very fast
outfield, I would back us to make it every day of the week.”
USA received an early setback in the chase when Baker prodded forward to a
good length ball from Aftab Ahmed and gave a healthy edge to Iqbal at first
slip. Baker was out for 6 to make it 9 for 1 on the last ball of the fourth
over. Massiah joined Carl Wright and the two effortlessly breezed their way
towards the target by adding 54 runs for the second wicket. Wright in particular
pulverized anything short and was scoring at a run a ball when he reached
42.
Massiah then fell for 15 to medium pacer Larsen on the first of several
questionable LBW decisions. Larsen bowled a good length ball that Massiah
stretched well forward to defend and was hit halfway up the front pad. A strong
appeal was belted out and upheld, much to the chagrin of Massiah to make it 63
for 2 in the 13th over.
Lennox Cush came in next and after cracking two sixes and a four, faced up
to the seemingly innocuous flighted off-spin of Michael Pedersen. After
defending three balls in a row, Cush tried to use his long reach for an
ill-advised heave toward the long on boundary. He failed to get to the pitch of
the ball and skied a chance to mid on. Ahmed ran in about 25 yards from the long
on rope to take the catch on the run making it 84 for 3.
That wicket was the turning point for the collapse that ensued. After
Wright got to 42 in 42 balls, he spent a very long time at the non-striker’s end
as Massiah, Cush and then Nadkarni were unable to turn over the strike to keep
Wright’s momentum going forward. When he finally got to face a few deliveries
again, it was clear he had gone cold and it showed when he mistimed an attempted
pull off Pedersen, playing over the top of a ball that was fractionally short to
be hit dead in front and he left for 43.
USA was reduced to 85 for 4 and from that point forward, USA’s batsmen went
into a shell. Anything short and wide that had previously been punished to the
boundary was now being gently tapped to a fielder in the circle. It was clear
the momentum had shifted Denmark’s way.
Leg-spinner Bobby Chawla came on for Pedersen to start the 22nd
over and on his very first delivery, he removed Nadkarni for 2. Chawla bowled a
good length ball that Nadkarni went on the back foot to cut and got a toe edge
to the keeper Klokker to make it 111 for 5.
 Aditya
Thyagarajan entered without the aid of a runner and looked fine running between
the wickets with Rashard Marshall. He had scored 8 when he was foxed by Chawla
with a googly to be bowled through the gate and USA fell further to 122 for 6.
After his drive missed, Thyagarajan fell back clutching his right leg. He
remained on the field for several minutes before he was carried off by his
teammates. According to USA Physio Akhtar Masood Syed, Thyagarajan most likely
had a ruptured tendon in his knee but no official diagnosis had been made.
Thyagarajan was taken to a hospital for further information and will be out for
the rest of the tournament.
Pic (Right): Aditya Thyagarajan goes down in pain after being bowled by
Bobby Chawla. [Courtesy: Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket.com]
“We will have to look at whom we’re gonna bring in,” said Lambert. “All
three of the guys can come in. It depends on if we feel we need an extra bowler
or if it’s just a batsman. If it’s a batsman, then Kadu is probably the most
solid of the three guys.”
“We lose Aditya. We will just have to pick up the slack. It’s unfortunate
but the guys will have to be more responsible.”
Marshall was joined by Shuja and the two looked capable of still carrying
USA over the line with 72 needed to win and 24 overs to get there. But USA’s
second bad LBW decision happened when Shuja fell for 6. Chawla bowled a good
length ball on the legs that looked to be missing leg comfortably. Chawla went
up in appeal without much support from the keeper, but after a very lengthy
deliberation, umpire Kevin Bishop gave him out leaving Shuja stunned and USA
sunk to 136 for 7.
Marshall fell in the next over when his front foot defense was beaten by
Pedersen to knock back the stumps. With Marshall gone for 31, USA’s hopes were
officially dashed. Asif Khan played a valiant knock coming in at nine to finish
with 17 not out, playing both spinners with ease where his teammates struggled
badly. Ghous gave a simple edge behind to Pedersen before the match ended when
Kevin Darlington suffered another poor LBW decision from umpire Bishop that had
the USA bench fuming. Camera footage allegedly showed Darlington was hit on the
gloves coming forward to defend, with the ball looking to be missing leg
regardless. Once again, only Chawla went up for an LBW appeal but after another
long delay, Darlington was given out to end the match. Denmark erupted on the
field to celebrate a victory that seemed unlikely at the innings break.
“That’s how cricket goes, sometimes the team can crumble,” said Lambert.
“I’m hoping that we think about it and tomorrow maybe get some nets. All I ask
for is a professional effort from the guys and time and again they’ve shown me
that they will rise up.”
In the day’s other matches, Oman beat Hong Kong by three wickets while
Papua New Guinea topped Italy by 32 runs. PNG is 2-0 and will play USA on
Tuesday at Hong Kong CC. Live coverage begins on DreamCricket Monday night at
7:45 p.m.
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By Peter Della Penna in Hong Kong
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solid effort in the field was backed up by a dominant batting effort as
USA defeated Hong Kong by 7 wickets at Kowloon Cricket Club on Saturday
at ICC WCL Division Three in Hong Kong.
Pic (Right): Steve Massiah hits a six over long on to bring up his half-century [Courtesy: Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket.com]
USA captain Steve Massiah was named Man of the Match after taking
advantage of the short boundaries to finish 97 not out with eight fours
and six sixes.
USA won the toss and elected to field first on an overcast and
chilly morning in Hong Kong. Right from the start, Kevin Darlington and
Usman Shuja applied terrific pressure. It only took until the third
over for a breakthrough to come when Courtney Kruger departed for 1
with the score also on 1 after he swished at a good length ball to
feather an edge through to Carl Wright.
Hussain Butt came in at first drop but left a short time later when
he cut a rare loose delivery from Darlington to backward point where
Rashard Marshall knifed it out of the air one-handed to his right to
send Butt on his way for 5, making it 33 for 2. Mark Chapman came in
next and after a slow start, got his eye in to play a pair of crisp
strokes for boundaries.
However, he was needlessly run out by his partner Roy Lamsam. On the
last ball of the 17th over with the score on 59, Chapman defended a
ball from Orlando Baker toward Marshall at point and Lamsam took off
from the non-striker’s end. There was no run, but instead of staying in
his crease, Chapman panicked and decided to run only after Marshall had
fielded and thrown the ball to Baker in front of the stumps at the
non-striker’s end. Baker dove to break the stumps with Chapman still
several yards short and the 16-year-old had to go for 10.
 Pic (Right): Carl Wright hits his third six to bring up his half-century [Courtesy: Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket.com]
Four balls later, Irfan Ahmed attempted a loose drive to be clean
bowled by Shuja and Hong Kong was in a deep hole at 59 for 4. Nizakat
Khan and Lamsam constructed a sensational 99-run stand for the fifth
wicket that only became undone by another piece of dreadful running
between the wickets. Khan drilled a full ball from Baker straight to
Massiah at cover and immediately set off for a run while Lamsam rightly
stayed put. As Massiah gently tossed the ball to Wright at the
striker’s end, Lamsam decided to sacrifice himself and was halfway down
the pitch when the bails were dislodged. The opener threw away a chance
at a century and was gone for 83 in the 39th over.
For the second time in the innings, a runout brought a second wicket
when Waqas Barkat was caught behind off Baker two balls later to make
it 158 for 6. Khan was joined by the captain Najeeb Amar and the two
added quick runs until Khan was runout for 67 in similar fashion to
Lamsam. Amar was on strike and cut a short ball from Lennox Cush
straight to Muhammad Ghous at point. There was no single there, but
Amar took off as soon as he made contact. Ghous fielded and calmly
tossed the ball to Wright as Khan decided to leave his crease late and
let the captain continue his innings.
 Pic (Right): Massiah accepting Man of the Match Award [Courtesy ICC/CricketEurope]
It was not a bad decision in the end as Amar blasted his way to 63
in 37 balls by the end of the innings. Cush claimed two quick wickets
including one on the second ball of the 50th over, but then was
assaulted by Amar on the final four balls of the innings to the tune of
a four and three sixes. There were 28 runs in the over as Hong Kong
finished 256 for 9.
“The guys did quite well,” said USA Team Manager Imran Khan. “It’s a
small ground. The wicket’s quite flat. Shuja bowled his overs quite
well at the start, contained them well. Darlo bowled from the shorter
end and didn’t concede too many. It gave us a pretty reasonable start.
We had them seven down quickly so we were pretty happy with that start.
To restrict them to 250 was I think a good effort by the guys.”
Based on the size of the ground, 300 looked to be a par score, but
with Hong Kong holding a home field advantage, the match was evenly
balanced at the innings break. While cloud cover was there throughout
Hong Kong’s innings, Baker and Wright opened USA’s chase in much
brighter conditions.
The two batsmen went through a testing opening spell from Irfan
Ahmed and the pressure he applied resulted in a runout for the first
wicket. Baker tried to flick a good length ball wide of mid on and took
off for a risky single. Wright stayed put at the bowler’s end while the
fielder Amar collected and tossed the ball to Barkat behind the stumps
to dismiss Baker for 13 making the score 37 for 1.
Massiah came to the wicket and offered steady support to Wright, who
took command of the chase with an assured knock. Wright was
particularly harsh to Amar, blasting him for multiple sixes into the
netting guarding the KCC clubhouse. Wright brought up his 50 in 81
balls and he looked set for a century until he tamely gave a return
catch to Nizakat Khan to fall for 82. The legspinner bowled an
half-tracker that Wright tried to smack off the back foot but Khan dove
to his left to pull off a brilliant catch to end the partnership at
109. It was a sorely needed contribution by Wright, his first
half-century for USA since he scored 76 in a Man of the Match
performance against Jersey on February 23, 2010 at ICC WCL Division
Five in Nepal.
“I’ve given all my trust in the selectors and they have given me
opportunities so I tried my best to come out today and just be positive
and try to occupy the crease a little bit,” said Wright. “[Coach
Clayton] Lambert and all the guys that rallied around me and gave me
confidence, I’d like to say well done to them.”
At 146 for 2 in the 32nd over, USA was comfortably on track for an
easy win. While Massiah played the anchor role when Wright was at the
crease, he turned on the jets once he was joined by Sushil Nadkarni.
Massiah scored 26 runs in his first 61 balls with one four and two
sixes. In his last 60 balls, he scored 71 runs with seven fours and
four more sixes. Nadkarni scored his 38 runs at better than a run a
ball until he was clean bowled just 12 runs short of the target by
left-arm spinner Nadeem Ahmed. Nadkarni was going for a fourth six with
a wild heave that missed everything.
Massiah still had a chance at his century, but a few more wides
bowled by the Hong Kong attack dimmed the possibility of accomplishing
the feat. Hong Kong bowled 23 wides in all, including 14 extra runs
down leg side in one over by medium pacer Asif Khan. Cush wound up
hitting the winning single over mid on as USA reached the target with
10 balls to spare.
USA will face Denmark on Sunday at Mission Road. Denmark lost by 7
wickets to Italy at Hong Kong CC while Papua New Guinea defeated Oman
by 39 runs at Mission Road in Saturday’s other games. Oman captain
Hemal Mehta finished unbeaten on 123 for the tournament’s first century
and did well to rebuild the innings for his team after PNG bowler
Hitolo Areni took a hat-trick in the seventh over of the chase. Live
coverage of the match between USA and Denmark will begin at 7:45 p.m.
EST Saturday night on DreamCricket.
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By Peter Della Penna in Hong Kong  On
the eve of the first match for USA against Hong Kong at ICC WCL
Division Three, USA captain Steve Massiah says that the pressure is on
the host team to perform up to expectations. The home side has finished
in the top two to gain promotion in five out of the last six World
Cricket League events and Massiah feels that expectation is a bigger
burden on Hong Kong to win than on USA.
“Based on the history
there, I don’t think we have any pressure then if the home team would
be the one expected to win,” said Massiah at a media conference for the
six team captains on Friday afternoon. “We’re pretty relaxed. We’re
just going to try to play to the best of our abilities and to our
strengths. Obviously we don’t know a whole lot about the Hong Kong team
so pretty much we’re gonna play what we see and we’re gonna take it one
game at a time. We’re not gonna look past Hong Kong or any other team.
Our journey is going to begin with baby steps and tomorrow’s our first
baby step towards our goal which is ultimately to come one-two in the
tournament.” Hong Kong captain Najeeb Amar also admitted to feeling a bit of pressure in the first game in front of the home fans. “We
have a home ground advantage, but at the same time we have pressure as
well because it’s our home ground and our people want to see victory
for Hong Kong,” said Amar. “So definitely there is pressure on the Hong
Kong team.” USA’s match against Hong Kong will be played at
Kowloon Cricket Club. None of the grounds used in this tournament have
boundaries bigger than 65 meters in any direction while some of the
boundaries are believed to be as small as 50 meters. This is the home
of the famous Hong Kong Sixes and fireworks are expected to be on
display from the batsmen throughout the eight-day tournament.  Sushil
Nadkarni and Rashard Marshall in particular will be feasting their eyes
on the short boundaries. However, the offensive assault from USA could
be neutralized by the fact that USA’s spin-heavy bowling unit will also
be in the firing line of any opposition they come up against. Massiah
does not feel that USA’s bowling attack will be at a disadvantage
though.
“To be quite honest, it’s going to be [small] for both
teams so I don’t think one team has an advantage,” said Massiah. “I
would say if any team has an advantage it would be the home team Hong
Kong. I guess that’s the whole point of being the home team, to have
some advantage. They would know the grounds and obviously the
conditions very well. For us, it’s not a huge disappointment. We don’t
look at it in any way negatively. I think we’re here to play cricket
and we’re here to play good cricket. Whatever facilities are here,
we’re going to try to make the best of it.” Amar says that the
size of the grounds can potentially lull some teams into a false sense
of confidence that they can clear the ropes easily. As a result, it can
backfire and lead to wickets. “We’re used to playing in these
grounds, both leagues we use to play in these grounds,” said Amar. “We
can see they’re small grounds, but at the same time sometimes it’s
really hard to cross the boundary actually because sometimes batsmen
get trapped by the bowlers. So it looks like it’s easy to hit it across
the boundary, but it’s not easy actually.” USA head coach Clayton
Lambert said he was pleased with the progress everyone has made this
week in adjusting to the wickets here, which he described as a bit on
the slow side and sometimes two-paced. Massiah is confident that both
the veterans and the new players will shine on the small grounds at bat
and in the field. “We understood coming here that the boundaries
are not the biggest but we have a pretty balanced attack so I don’t
think it’s going to affect us because our attack is a very experienced
attack and we have some very exciting young prospects too,” said
Massiah. “Hopefully it will be good enough to get by in this
tournament.” USA’s first match of the tournament against Hong
Kong begins Saturday at 9:15 a.m. Live coverage on DreamCricket will
begin Friday night at 7:45 p.m. EST.
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By Peter Della Penna
 Unlike
the opposition at ICC WCL Division Four in Italy, Division Three in
Hong Kong is expected to throw much stiffer competition in the path of
USA. A handful of players are ready to make their senior team debuts
during the eight-day event beginning on January 22 and much will be
expected of them if USA is going to advance up the World Cricket League
ladder to Division Two in the UAE this April.
Pic (Right): L to R - Asif Khan, Durale Forrest, Ryan Corns and Ritesh Kadu. Ryan
Corns, Durale Forrest, Ritesh Kadu and Asif Khan all bring varying
levels of experience to the USA squad, but each player is eager to
contribute whatever they can to push USA toward the tournament title
and a third consecutive promotion in the World Cricket League. The
20-year-old Corns enters the senior team as its youngest player. In
2009, Corns was instrumental in helping USA’s U-19 team qualify for the
2010 U-19 World Cup, but had a disappointing performance at the main
event in New Zealand. Although he may not get too many opportunities on
this tour due to the established veterans ahead of him, Corns is out to
show that he’s a much improved player from the one who fell short of
expectations at the U-19 World Cup. “What I’m hoping to achieve
is to I guess prove myself to the senior team selectors that I’m good
enough to play here,” said Corns. “So that means I need to contribute
with the bat and the ball and I’m just hoping to do well.” Corns
spent part of the winter training overseas and hopes that the hard work
will pay off. If an opportunity presents itself, he wants to grab it
with both hands. “I recently just got back from Australia and I
did some one-on-one coaching with a Level III coach over there,” said
Corns. “So I had about two weeks of good solid practice. I feel good in
terms of my form. If I get the opportunity to bat, I’m going to take
full advantage of it and bat as long as I can and get as many runs on
the board as I can. In terms of the ball, just bowl economically and
hopefully take wickets.” Forrest comes into the team as a fourth
pace bowling option that’s also handy with the bat. He made the 40-man
list of probables in 2009 when USA was looking to pick a team to tour
the UAE and Nepal early last year. After a pair of solid performances
at the 2010 USACA Eastern Conference and Senior Nationals, he went from
a probable to a definite for Hong Kong. “I’m expecting to
basically go out there and do pretty much the same thing I have been
doing,” said Forrest. “To be honest I’m a little nervous, but I’ll be
all right. I think I should get accustomed to the situation real fast.
I know a couple of the guys pretty well so bonding is pretty good so
far.” Despite the emphasis placed on spin bowling for USA,
Forrest could see his number called upon to put in big efforts with bat
and ball. Regardless of how well he fares, he wants to soak up
everything because he is thrilled just to be part of the squad. “I’m still overwhelmed,” said Forrest. “My mindset is just basically go out there and try to stay calm and produce.” Joining
USA’s senior team as a reserve wicketkeeper and batsman is Kadu. If USA
decides to use Carl Wright as a batsman only, that could open the door
for Kadu to have more chances. Either way, Kadu is keen to absorb as
much as he can from Wright on this tour. “I want to learn a lot
of things from him, Carl Wright, and I want to learn all the training
things from our coaches,” said Kadu. “I’ll get batting tips from
[Sushil] Nadkarni and Steve [Massiah], but specifically I’ll be looking
forward to play with Carl Wright.” Kadu was the leading scorer in
the Southern California Cricket Association’s Division One in 2010 and
got married last month in India. He received news of his selection just
days after his nuptials and is excited for the chance to represent
America. “Playing at the international level, that’s any
cricketer’s dream to play international cricket,” said Kadu. “I’m very
thankful for the committee for giving me this debut opportunity. I’m
very excited about the tour, looking forward to play some good cricket.
Even if I’m sitting outside, I’ll contribute with giving practice to
the batsmen or helping coach with extra stuff and whenever I get a
chance in the first XI, I’ll contribute with my bat and wicketkeeping
skills.” The debutant with the most expectations riding on him is
Khan. At the conclusion of Division Four in Italy, USA captain Massiah
declared that the search was on for a left-arm spinner to be added to
the team going to Hong Kong. After four months of deliberation, both
Khan and Neil McGarrell were tabbed to share the role. But when
McGarrell was ruled ineligible, the workload became Khan’s sole
responsibility. “I think that the experience that I had with
first-class cricket, I think that helps me a lot with the pressure and
I think I should be all right,” said Khan, who played six matches for
Islamabad more than a decade ago in Pakistan. “Definitely there is some
pressure to perform but I think I’m prepared for it and I hope I’ll do
good.” Khan works in a radiology lab at a hospital in Milwaukee,
Wisc., but still did his best during the winter to prepare for Hong
Kong. “It’s definitely very hard,” said Khan about finding a
time and a place to train. “It’s very very cold right now in Wisconsin.
I had to drive an hour and a half to almost two hours just to get
indoor practice and that was only in a little space that we were
practicing. Definitely I prepared hard for this tour. For the last
three weeks I’ve been working hard just to do good on this tour so I’m
expecting to do very good.” USA’s first match at ICC WCL Division
Three is on Saturday morning against Hong Kong. Live coverage on
DreamCricket will begin Friday night at approximately 7:45 p.m. EST.
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As a PR exercise and as a way to get some talent in the door, this has worked wonders. Perhaps worth a try for an Indian conglomerate to try this out in reverse i.e. have a few Americans play cricket and take them to Bangalore for training!
J.B. Bernstein was on to something! ''India has a billion people, sports fanatics, with no big American entry into pro sports,'' says Bernstein, the managing director of Seven Figures Management. ''But all they really played was cricket. You have 200 million men under the age of 25 playing cricket. Surely, some of those guys can throw a baseball.
''So we said, 'Why don't we find the guy who can throw the fastest in India, and we'll bring him to the US, train him and turn him into a pitcher?' In 2007, we started a reality TV contest called The Million Dollar Arm. We'd go from city to city, village to village, park to park, school to school, set up our little machine, and kids would come and throw.''
Rinku Singh had never picked up a baseball to that point. Cricket was his passion as a kid. His coach suggested he try out for the contest. "The first time I'd picked up a baseball I threw it 88mph, and won the final in Mumbai throwing a 91mph strike.''
Singh had beaten more than 37,000 hopefuls and, in the process, changed the course of his life forever. Singh won $US100,000 ($101,300) and a trial in the US for throwing the most strikes over 85mph. The roller-coaster journey had begun. Click here for the full story [Courtesy - Sydney Morning Herald]
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By Peter Della Penna
Teenage wicketkeeper-batsman Steven Taylor recorded back-to-back
double-centuries this past weekend to lead his Florida Cricket Academy
team to an undefeated record in the Miramar Youth Cricket Festival in
Miramar, Fla.
 The
17-year-old scored 212 runs against Big Broward Cricket Academy before
retiring in the first 40-over match of the tournament played in south
Florida. Teammate Trevor Singh, who along with Taylor is one of 21
probables invited to a selection camp this weekend for the USA U-19
team, scored exactly 100 in the same match as FCA amassed 407 for 4 in
their 40 overs before restricting BBCA to 147 for 9.
The following day, Taylor produced a score of 206 against
Atlanta-based Cricket Academy of USA. FCA finished at 365 for 6 in 40
overs before holding CAUSA to 227 for 9.
FCA went up against the Michigan Cricket Academy on the final day of
the event in a match that decided the tournament title. Both teams
entered the contest having won their first two round-robin games.
MCA batted first and was bowled out for 189 on the last ball of the
innings. Taylor was held to just 51 in the game, still good enough to
top-score as FCA eked past the target to win by one wicket. Kishan
Patel, who had earlier taken a five-wicket haul in the tournament
against CAUSA, finished with none on the day while Ani Mayasandra
finished with 4 for 10 in four overs. Ryan Ramnarine, another invitee to
the USA U-19 selection camp, hit the winning runs for FCA less than
three weeks after being involved in a serious car accident in which
Taylor was also a passenger.
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By Peter Della Penna
A century by Steve Massiah set the platform for USA to defeat a Hong
Kong Invitational XI by 8 runs on Monday at the Mission Road Cricket
Ground in Hong Kong. At least five players who are in the Hong Kong
squad for the ICC WCL Division Three tournament played as part of the HK
Invitiational XI.
 USA
won the toss and batted first with Sushil Nadkarni setting the tone for
USA at the top with 45 in 71 balls. After Orlando Baker fell for 11 in
the sixth over with the score on 25, Massiah came in and hit four
boundaries in the first twelve balls he faced. He brought up his 50 in
only 43 balls before easing his way to his 100 in 102 balls with nine
fours and four sixes. He then retired on 101.
Image: Steve Massiah file photo from the 2010 ICC WCL Division Five. [Courtesy Daniela Zaharia/USACA]
No one else got a start barring Aditya Thyagarajan, who scored 33 not
out in 30 balls coming in at number six. USA finished 238 for 7 in
their 50 overs. Fast-medium pacer Tanvir Afzal was the pick of the
bowlers, claiming the wickets of Nadkarni and Durale Forrest to finish
with 2 for 35 in 10 overs. Mark Chapman, a 16-year-old who is part of
the Hong Kong senior team, took 1 for 27 including two maidens in 10
overs bowling left-arm orthodox spin.
Chapman and fellow teenager Nizakat Khan provided the backbone for
the HK Invitational XI innings. After Usman Shuja and Forrest wiped out
the top order, Chapman and Khan came in at four and five and produced a
96-run partnership for the fourth wicket before Chapman fell for 52 to
Lennox Cush to make it 154 for 4 in the 33rd over.
Khan continued to anchor the innings as wickets fell around him.
Kevin Darlington reentered the attack for a second spell and struck
twice in the 39th over to make it 172 for 6. Darlington took his third
in the 45th over to make it 218 for 7 with Khan still at the crease and
21 needed to win.
However, Cush claimed Khan LBW for 77 and had number nine Max Tucker
stumped for 7 to dash the hopes of the HK Invitational XI. Baker then
had tailender Adil Mehmood caught behind for a duck on the first ball of
the 49th over to seal the match as USA bowled out the HK Invitational
XI for 230. Darlington took 3 for 37 in 10 overs while Cush took two
crucial wickets and finished with 3 for 16 in four overs.
USA now has four days of practice before taking on Hong Kong in the
first match of ICC WCL Division Three on Saturday at Kowloon Cricket
Club. All matches begin at 9:15 a.m. HK time, 8:15 p.m. EST minus one
day (i.e. USA’s match vs. Hong Kong begins at 9:15 a.m. on Saturday in
Hong Kong, 8:15 p.m. on Friday in New York). DreamCricket.com will
provide live coverage during all of USA’s tournament games.
Unofficial Scorecard
50-over Warm-up Match
USA XI vs. Hong Kong Invitational XI (11 bat, 11 bowl)
USA won by 8 runs
USA won the toss and elected to bat
USA XI Innings
Batsman Runs Balls 4s 6s Dismissal
SS Nadkarni 45 71 8 0 LBW Afzal
OM Baker 11 16 1 0 ct Khatri b Tucker
SJ Massiah* 101 103 9 4 retired out
LJ Cush 5 20 0 0 c Mehmood b Khan
CD Wright+ 16 35 1 1 b Chapman
A Thyagarajan 34 30 4 0 not out
DA Forrest 2 4 0 0 LBW Afzal
RG Corns 5 11 0 0 b Mehmood
RA Kadu 9 10 0 0 not out
Total Extras 10 (0 no balls, 1 bye, 2 leg byes, 7 wides)
Team Total 238 for 7 in 50 overs
HK XI Bowling Overs-Maidens-Runs-Wickets
A Mehmood 10-0-59-1
M Tucker 6-0-35-1
T Afzal 10-1-35-2
B Hayat 6-0-39-0
M Chapman 10-2-27-1
N Khan 8-2-42-1
HK Invitational XI Innings
Batsman Runs Balls 4s 6s Dismissal
T Dar 9 18 1 0 b Shuja
N Ahmed 33 44 3 0 LBW Forrest
M Khatri 3 13 0 0 ct Wright+ b Forrest
M Chapman 52 61 6 1 ct Kadu+ b Cush
N Khan 77 97 4 4 LBW Cush
W Barkat 9 20 0 0 b Darlington
B Hayat 0 2 0 0 b Darlington
T Afzal 25 16 1 2 c Khan b Darlington
M Tucker 7 12 1 0 st Kadu+ b Cush
A Mehmood 0 3 0 0 c Kadu+ b Baker
A Rath 0 1 0 0 not out
Total Extras 15 (1 no ball, 0 byes, 10 leg byes, 4 wides)
Team Total 230 all out in 48.1 overs
USA XI Bowling Overs-Maidens-Runs-Wickets
KG Darlington 10-1-37-3
KU Shuja 5-0-17-1
OM Baker 6.1-1-18-1
DA Forrest 7-0-45-2
AM Khan 6-0-43-0
MA Ghous 10-1-44-0
LJ Cush 4-0-16-3
Note: Carl Wright and Ritesh Kadu both spent time wicketkeeping while in the field for USA.
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