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By Peter Della Penna
The 2011 USACA Men’s 50-over National Tournament originally scheduled
to begin this Friday in Dallas has been postponed according to USACA
General Manager Manaf Mohamed. It had been widely speculated that the
tournament would not go off as planned but Mohamed finally confirmed the
news late last week.
“The grounds are not available for that weekend so we had to postpone
it,” said Mohamed. However, Central West head coach Mark Demos is
disputing that assessment and claims that the grounds at Russell Creek
Park in Plano had been set aside for Labor Day weekend specifically to
hold the USACA tournament.
“There’s no cricket that weekend here. They had actually canceled all
cricket a number of months ago,” said Demos. “Everything was scheduled
around actually having the nationals here.”
In a call made to Mohamed on August 15, he was asked what would
determine whether or not the tournament was postponed. “Funds,” he
replied, “financing would be the major issue for that.” The USACA U-19
National Tournament tentatively scheduled for October 7-10 in Los
Angeles is also in danger of being postponed or canceled due to a lack
of funds. “It all depends on funding,” said Mohamed. “If the funding is
available, if the finances are available, then we’ll do it. That would
be the overriding factor.”
The Men’s 50-over National Tournament is the latest in the growing
list of USACA tournaments that have been canceled, shortened, moved to a
different date or moved to a different site than what was originally
announced at the start of the year. This includes the USACA U-17
National Tournament (canceled), the USACA Twenty20 Nationals (different
date and site), the USACA Women’s Tournament (shortened), the USACA U-15
National Tournament (different date).
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By Peter Della Penna in Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Alex Dore’s 51 at the top of the Bermuda innings helped his side post
a comfortable target to defend in a 20-run win over Canada on Friday in
the 2011 ICC Americas U-15 Northern Division Tournament at Assiniboine
Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Dore was named Man of the Match for his
knock which included eight boundaries. The win created a three-way tie
between Bermuda, Canada and USA at 2-2. USA was named tournament
champions based on a superior net run rate with Canada finishing second
and Bermuda third.
Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat first on a sunny and windy
morning in Winnipeg. Dore and Keishun Smith put Bermuda on the path to
victory by producing the best opening partnership of the tournament, 53
runs in 7.5 overs. They were aided in large part by a costly first over
bowled by Canada U-15 captain Prushoth Senathirajah, who conceded 15
extras and 22 runs by the time six legitimate balls were bowled. Smith
finally left for 11 when he chased a wide delivery from Abrash Khan and
edged behind to wicketkeeper Sarbjot Singh.
Dore built another half-century stand with Delray Rawlins for the
second wicket and in the process reached his half-century off 66 balls,
but he departed one ball later after trying to cut off-spinner Gayan
Ferdinands and gave a simple edge to Singh. The keeper took his third
catch and brought Ferdinands his second wicket when Rawlins tried to
play the same shot to a quicker delivery to go for 17 and the score
became 121 for 3 after 20.
Bermuda had looked set to post a score well in excess of 200, but
went through a rapid decline thanks to the continued efforts of Canada’s
spin attack. Leg-spinner Manula Adihetly got into the act in the next
over when he bowled Bermuda U-15 captain Antonio Darrell through the
gate for a duck to make it 124 for 4. Ferdinands then took his third
when he had Joshua Commissiong caught at point for 16. Two balls later,
Adihetly had Janhoi Bean-Wilson caught for 6 at long on as Bermuda
started to crumble at 138 for 6. Ferdinands made it 139 for 7 in the
next over when Detre Bell left without scoring as he tried to punch off
the back foot to another quicker ball and gave Singh his fourth catch.
For the second time in the week, a controversy involving Bermuda
sprung up when Micah Perozzi was given out obstructing the field on the
second ball of the 28th over to make it 147 for 8. Perozzi defended a
full delivery from Ferdinands toward silly point. While the ball was
still bouncing, Singh came out from behind the stumps to pick it up, but
as he leaned down to field Perozzi kicked the ball away from him. The
ball was not bouncing toward the stumps so the action taken by Perozzi
was not done in defense of his wicket. Singh then asked the umpires,
“Howzat?” Both umpires entered into a discussion and asked Senathirajah
if he wanted to withdraw Canada’s appeal. Singh then appealed again and
with no objection coming from Senathirajah, Perozzi was given out.
Perozzi began gesturing at both umpires while a member of the Bermuda
management ran out onto the field to protest but the umpires stayed with
the decision.
Joshua Gibbons-Wade was the ninth wicket to fall with the score on
155 when he edged Adihetly to Senathirajah at slip for 10. The last
wicket pair of Khalif Williams and Joshua Liyanage added 19, the most
outside of the first two partnerships, before Williams was caught
slogging at deep midwicket for 14 off the bowling of left-arm spinner
Kurt Ramdath and Bermuda was bowled out for 174 in 33.5 overs.
Bermuda came out to field with very aggressive body language and
didn’t hold back from sledging. Tensions were on the rise after the
Perozzi dismissal and on the first ball of the chase, Gibbons-Wade
delivered a neck high full toss at Harsh Thakar. In the next over, the
keeper Bean-Wilson gave a shoulder barge into Thakar while fielding a
throw. The umpires once again drew the ire of the Bermuda management
staff off the field when they approached Darrell to have a word about
controlling his players increasingly poor behavior, which was evident
all week long.
The opening stand ended at 31 when Ramdath was caught for 13 slogging
the left-arm spin of Rawlins to Perozzi at long on. Things got even
uglier after Perozzi completed the catch when he started a celebration
which involved him turning to the Canada bench to start shooting an
imaginary machine gun while yelling out, “Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!” The
Bermuda team then went to the boundary edge to welcome the new batsman
Bradley Dickson, with all 11 fielders surrounding him and chatting to
him all the way to the crease which prompted one of the Canada
management members to yell out, “Stay away from my batsman!”
Canada’s chase failed to regain momentum as Bermuda took wickets at
regular intervals from there. Dickson was caught down the leg side for 9
trying to guide a short delivery from Rawlins past the keeper to make
it 49 for 2. Four balls later, Senathirajah was out for a duck when he
hit a full toss from Rawlins to Darrell at mid off. Williams came on and
removed Thakar for 17 when he drove the off-spinner low to Dore at
short cover to make it 57 for 4.
In a week that saw one batsman timed out and another dismissed
obstructing the field, it was only fitting that Ferdinands was out hit
wicket for 8 when he swung too hard at a leg side wide from Perozzi only
to miss the ball and have his bat hit the stumps on the follow through
to make it 72 for 5. Khan made 18 to overtake USA’s Vibhav Altekar as
the tournament’s leading scorer, but fell to Perozzi when he hit a full
toss to midwicket as Canada’s best partnership came to an end at 33 to
make it 105 for 6 in the 26th.
Amrinder Atwal was the next to go for 1 when he tried to flick
Williams through midwicket but instead sent a leading edge back to the
bowler to make it 106 for 7. Miraj Patel fought valiantly with Adihetly
to produce a 30-run stand for the eighth wicket as the two gave Canada a
glimmer of hope at winning the match and taking the tournament title.
Patel top scored for Canada with 41 and finished as their second highest
scorer on the week behind Khan, but after hitting seven boundaries he
was finally bowled by a slower ball from Gibbons-Wade after going
through with a pull shot too early.
Canada still needed 39 runs to win with only two wickets left in
hand. Darrell brought himself on and had Adihetly caught behind swishing
at a good length ball for 11 to make it 152 for 9 in the 36th as Canada
needed 23 to win in 26 balls. The USA team was now present at the field
in advance of the tournament awards presentation and cheering for
Bermuda to win, which would produce a three-way tie and give USA the
tourney title on the net run rate tiebreaker. Perozzi obliged by
removing Neil Ramdath for 3, caught behind for Bean-Wilson’s third catch
to end the match as Canada was bowled out for 154 in 36.4 overs.
Image (above) - The tournament champion USA U-15 squad. [Courtesy: Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket.com]
At the tournament awards presentation, Canada took home three of the
awards and USA one while Bermuda’s players received none of the
individual honors. Sarbjot Singh was named Best Wicketkeeper after
completing 11 dismissals behind the stumps, five more than the next best
keeper. Abrash Khan was named Best Batsman after scoring 142 runs in
four innings including a top score of 77 vs. Bermuda. Gayan Ferdinands
was named Best Bowler after taking 12 wickets on the week at an average
of 9.67. His best performance was 5 for 36 against USA and he also had a
3.63 economy rate.
USA U-15 captain Dave Parikh was named Tournament MVP. Parikh scored
the second most runs for USA with 108, tied for fourth overall in the
tournament with Bermuda’s Alex Dore, and also took seven wickets to lead
USA in the category and tied with three other bowlers for second
overall. Parikh also had the best economy rate of all bowlers in the
tournament with 2.63 runs per over. Parikh’s performance of 67 not out
and 4 for 6 in eight overs against Canada played a major part in
boosting USA’s net run rate way ahead of Bermuda and Canada to ensure
they won the tournament tiebreaker.
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By Peter Della Penna in Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Canada U-15 off-spinner Gayan Ferdinands derailed USA’s chase with a
five-wicket haul to lead his side to a 25-run win on Thursday in the
2011 ICC Americas U-15 Northern Division Tournament at Assiniboine Park
in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Ferdinands was named Man of the Match after
wrecking USA’s middle order with 5 for 36 in eight overs including two
maidens. The win takes Canada to 2-1 while USA finishes the tournament
at 2-2.
 Canada
won the toss and elected to bat first on a perfect morning with a
gentle breeze blowing down the ground from the south instead of across
the pitch from the east as had been the case on Wednesday. As a result,
both teams bowled with much better control on the day. Harsh Thakar was
the first player to go, caught behind after edging a half-hearted drive
to Gordon Makin off the bowling of Dave Parikh for 2 to make it 5 for 1
in the third over.
Image (right) - Gayan Ferdinands accepts the Man of the Match
award from ICC Americas Regional Development Manager Martin Vieira.
[Courtesy: Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket.com]
Unlike on Monday when Canada wilted for 63 all out against USA, the
host’s batting lineup showed tremendous patience and focus as Kurt
Ramdath and Bradley Dickson eased their way to a 70-run second wicket
partnership. The pair were never really threatened by USA’s bowlers
while Ramdath showed good sense in going for big shots with the wind at
his back, hitting six fours and a massive six straight down the ground.
He was finally caught for 43 pulling a half-tracker from leg-spinner
Mihir Athavale to Rohit Mogalayapalli at deep midwicket.
Dickson ran himself out for 25 two runs later when he drove a full
delivery from Anirudha Srinivas to Karanjit Singh at point and took off
when there was no run to be had. Ferdinands departed for 12 in similar
fashion after building a promising 36-run stand with Canada U-15 captain
Prushoth Senathirajah. Ferdinands drove Singh to point where Sagar
Patel was fielding. Senathirajah took off while Ferdinands stayed put.
Patel threw to the wrong end where Makin collected and faked a throw to
the bowler as Senathirajah was making his way back. The fake was enough
to lure Ferdinands out of his crease and Makin whipped off the bails to
make it 113 for 4 in the 29th over. Senathirajah was then bowled by
Vibhav Altekar for 33 to make it 129 for 5 in the 32nd.
Abrash Khan was joined at the crease by Miraj Patel and just as they
did two days before against Bermuda, the pair took Canada to a winning
position with a solid partnership. Patel finally left for 17 when he
drove into the wind against Parikh and was caught at cover by
Mogalyapalli to make it 164 for 6 after 37 overs. Manula Adihetly was
run out without facing a ball on the first ball of the 38th after Khan
tried to stretch a single into two as Singh fired a direct hit at the
non-striker’s end running in from the long off boundary. Khan continued
on until the last over when he spooned a simple catch to Athavale at
cover off the bowling of Singh to make it 180 for 8. Sarbjot Singh was
caught for a duck two balls later and a single was taken off the last
ball by Amrinder Atwal as Canada finished 181 for 9 in 40 overs. A day
after giving up 42 extras in the field, USA only conceded 13 against
Canada.
USA’s chase got off to an excellent start as Singh and Jason Gobin
produced the highest first wicket partnership of the tournament with 49
runs. Each player looked comfortable against the pace bowling of Canada,
but problems started to develop once spin was introduced. Singh
eventually fell for 21 when he edged an attempted back foot drive to
first slip off Ramdath’s left-arm spin. Neil Tagare fell four balls
later for a duck to end the 14th over when he mistimed a pull off a
short delivery from Ramdath and gave a simple catch to Cooper Hart at
square leg to make it 49 for 2.
Gobin’s strike rate slowed considerably once leg-spinner Adihetly
began to bowl in tandem with Ramdath. Gobin had a string of 11 straight
dot balls between the 16th and 19th overs and before long, frustration
got the best of him as he tried to come down the track to drive Adihetly
but never got to the pitch of the ball and was stumped for 28 in the
21st over to make it 63 for 3.
 USA
had been scoring at three runs per over, but with Altekar and Parikh
now at the crease USA scored at better than six per over for the next 10
overs. The pair added 66 for the fourth wicket and seemed to have USA
on course for victory until Ferdinands came on for a third spell from
the southern end. Ferdinands had given up 28 runs in three overs bowled
from the northern end as he struggled to flight the ball into the wind.
Image (left) - Vibhav Altekar drives through the on side during
his innings of 48 to top score for USA. Altekar finished as USA's
leading scorer in the tournament with 140 runs in four innings.
[Courtesy: Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket.com]
Now bowling from the southern end, USA continued to target him,
disregarding the fact that he was now bowling with the wind at his back
and the batsmen would be hitting into a stiff breeze. The ploy worked
brilliantly as he struck with his second ball in the 31st over when
Altekar tried to clear Hart at mid on by driving into the wind and a
simple catch was taken inside the circle to get rid of the batsman for
48. Parikh crossed with the ball in the air and on the very next ball he
edged a drive to Senathirajah at slip to leave for 17 as USA’s collapse
began to take shape at 129 for 5.
Two overs later, Makin tried to pull a short ball into the wind and
was caught at midwicket in the circle for 1 to make it 130 for 6. In the
34th, Mogalayapalli was run out for 5 when Sagar Patel hit a delivery
from Adihetly into the covers and took off before changing his mind,
only to leave Mogalayapalli stranded halfway down the pitch. Thakar
fielded and threw to Adihetly over the stumps with Mogalayapalli three
yards short to make it 136 for 7.
Patel repeated Altekar’s mistake in the 37th when he slogged a full
delivery from Ferdinands into the wind to give Hart another easy catch
at mid on for 10 as USA slumped to 145 for 8. Ferdinands completed his
five-wicket haul when Athavale went for another slog into the wind as
Hart took his fourth catch of the day to make it 155 for 9 in the 39th.
Ferdinands’ remarkable five-over spell ended with 5 wickets for 8 runs
and effectively sealed the match for Canada.
Khan took the only wicket by a pace bowler for Canada in the final
over to end the match when he had Rutvij Bhise caught down the leg side
by the keeper Singh and USA was bowled out for 156 with two balls
remaining. Canada conceded their fewest amount of extras this tournament
with 15 during the innings.
Canada takes on Bermuda in the final match of the tournament on
Friday. A win will make them the undisputed tournament champions while
USA would finish second and Bermuda third. A win by Bermuda would create
a three-way tie at 2-2 with net run rate deciding the winner in which
case USA would most likely finish in first place. USA’s run rate is
currently +0.650, Canada’s at -0.109 and Bermuda’s at -0.759. If Canada
loses, they cannot finish in first place. In order for Bermuda to finish
in first place ahead of USA, they must bat first and score a minimum of
242 runs while also bowling out Canada for 46 runs or less, a highly
improbable scenario. Friday’s match between Bermuda and Canada is
scheduled for a 10:30 a.m. start at Assiniboine Park.
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By Peter Della Penna in Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Medium pacer Christion Gibbons-Wade dashed USA’s hopes of chasing the
biggest total of the tournament with 5 for 35 as Bermuda defeated USA
by 24 runs on Wednesday in the 2011 ICC Americas U-15 Northern Division
Tournament at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Gibbons-Wade was
named Man of the Match for his crucial spell in the field along with an
efficient innings of 23 not out in 11 balls. USA suffered their first
loss to go to 2-1 while Bermuda registered their first win to go to 1-2,
now tied for second with Canada.
Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat first on a warm and very
windy day. Rutvij Bhise made the first breakthrough for USA when Keishun
Smith was hit on the toe by a yorker and given LBW for 1 to make it 8
for 1 in the third over. All-rounder Delray Rawlins joined Joshua
Commissiong at the crease and the two built an attritional 74-run
partnership for the second wicket. Commissiong went through stretches of
12 and 14 deliveries without scoring while Rawlins was even more
defensive, enduring a period of 20 straight dot balls early in his
innings as extras were the only way to keep the scoreboard ticking for
Bermuda. After 16 overs, the score was 36 for 1.
However, the scoring rate began to surge dramatically beginning in
the 17th over when Rawlins attacked Vibhav Altekar with a boundary and a
six hooked behind square as part of an 18-run over. Another 12 were
taken off the following over bowled by leg-spinner Mihir Athavale as the
Bermuda batsmen gained confidence. Both men looked set for a long stay
at the crease until Commissiong ran himself out for 17 when he smacked a
delivery from left-arm spinner Brandon Dat straight to Athavale at
cover and set off for a run. Rawlins rightly stayed put and the throw
from Athavale to Gordon Makin over the stumps was there in plenty of
time to make it 82 for 2 in the 20th.
Rawlins departed six balls later for 39 when he slogged leg-spinner
Vivek Narayan to deep midwicket where Altekar held on to a simple catch.
Bermuda U-15 captain Antonio Darrell was out for a duck in the 21st
over to make it 84 for 4 when he played across a flighted delivery from
Dat and was hit on the back leg to be given LBW.
Just when it appeared that USA was back in control, Alex Dore and
Janhoi Bean-Wilson produced another solid partnership for Bermuda, 59
runs for the fifth wicket. The two batsmen cruised along with ones and
twos before targeting Narayan and Dat for 10 runs each in the 28th and
29th over to hit them out of the USA attack. Dore was unlucky to be
given LBW for 24 to make it 143 for 5 on the first ball of the 35th when
he appeared to be hit on the thigh while playing back to a good length
ball from Athavale. Bean-Wilson was run out five balls later for 30 when
he tried to steal a run off a misfield but Rohit Mogalayapalli
recovered in time to fire a throw to Makin over the stumps as Bermuda
fell to 147 for 6 after 35.
It appeared that USA was on the verge of bowling Bermuda out, but
Detre Bell and Gibbons-Wade unleashed a stunning counterattack in the
next four overs. The pair added 64 runs from the 36th to the 39th as
they punished the USA attack for continuously bowling a leg-stump line.
Momentum swung dramatically when Bell pulled Mogalayapalli for four
straight boundaries behind square on the first four balls of the 36th
over.
Bhise only conceded 10 runs off his first five overs, but gave up 20
after coming back on for a second spell in the 38th. The over ended in
controversy when Bell was awarded a boundary while USA’s fielders
claimed he had been bowled. Due to the high winds throughout the
innings, the bails kept on falling off the stumps and after a certain
point in time the umpires elected to play on without the bails. Bell
walked across his stumps to flick a good length ball from Bhise and the
delivery appeared to shave leg stump before traveling to the fine leg
boundary. After a discussion between the two on-field umpires, the
original signal of four was upheld.
Bhise got his revenge on the first ball of the 40th when Bell pulled a
full toss to Mogalayapalli at deep midwicket for 37. Two byes were
stolen during the over but no more runs came off the bat as Bermuda
finished on 213 for 7 in 40 overs. Extras top scored in the innings with
42 including 30 wides as USA’s bowlers never fully adjusted to the
gusty conditions.
Compared to Bermuda’s start, USA batted positively to stay in line
with the asking rate throughout the chase. Unlike Bermuda though, they
failed to build enough quality partnerships to keep the fielding side
under pressure. Karanjit Singh was bowled by Joshua Liyanage for 6 to
make it 22 for 1 in the seventh when the batsman failed to connect with
an expansive drive to a good length ball.
Controversy returned to the match in the 12th over when fellow opener
Jason Gobin was given out for 22 to make it 56 for 2. Gibbons-Wade was
in his first over when he bowled a short and wide ball that Gobin
attempted to cut. There was a definite edge and the keeper Bean-Wilson
claimed a catch diving forward but the ball did not appear to carry.
Initially the umpire gave the decision as not out on the basis that
there was no edge, but the Bermuda U-15 captain Darrell approached the
umpire for a few words which resulted in the leg umpire being consulted
for his opinion. After a brief deliberation, Gobin was given out leaving
the USA bench fuming.
Things went from bad to worse for USA when number three batsman Neil
Tagare was out for 13, edging behind an attempted drive off Gibbons-Wade
to make it 65 for 3. USA U-15 captain Dave Parikh was out LBW for 5
when he missed a knee high full toss from Gibbons-Wade to make it 76 for
4.
Gordon Makin was given a promotion to number six and made the most of
it by constructing a 59-run stand with Vibhav Altekar. Makin took very
little time to get his eye in and peppered the leg side boundary with a
series of pulls and hooks while nudging into the off side to rotate the
strike with Altekar. At the start of the 26th over, USA needed 90 to win
at a run a ball and it seemed victory was achievable until Altekar was
struck on the pads playing back to a good length ball from Liyanage and
given LBW for 26 to make it 135 for 5.
Image (above) - Gordon Makin swipes through midwicket on his way to 65 for USA. [Courtesy: Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket.com]
Mogalayapalli arrived for a scratchy stay at the crease, doing his
best to give Makin support. Makin brought up his 50 in 46 balls with
seven boundaries as USA entered the final 10 overs needing 54 to win.
But on the first ball of the 31st bowled by Rawlins, Makin drove a ball
straight to cover and Mogalayapalli took off in a panic when there was
no run to be had. Dore fielded and calmly threw to Rawlins to dismiss
Mogalayapalli for 5 and it didn’t take long for USA’s chase to spiral
out of control from there.
With no more recognized batsmen left to come, Makin began to swing
for the fences on virtually every ball. He was dropped at point on 59 in
the 32nd over and then got a second life on 62 off the last ball of the
33rd when Rawlins was let down by his fielders for the second day in a
row after a simple chance was spilled at deep midwicket. After an
initial spell of seven overs, Gibbons-Wade returned to bowl his final
six balls in the 35th and the move worked to tremendous effect. Brandon
Dat was claimed for 2 when he top edged a bouncer to the keeper to make
it 179 for 7. Two balls later, Makin went for a slog to midwicket and
was bowled for 65 as USA fell to 180 for 8. Gibbons-Wade’s fifth wicket
sealed USA’s fate with only the tail remaining despite just 34 runs in
32 balls needed to win.
Bhise was bowled by a Darrell yorker for 2 to end the 36th and two
balls later, Narayan was run out without facing a ball after responding
slowly to Athavale’s call for a run. USA was bowled out for 189 in 36.2
overs. Extras were second top score behind Makin with 37.
Despite the loss, USA can still clinch the tournament title with a
win over Canada on Thursday at Assiniboine Park. A loss would put them
at 2-2 and move Canada to 2-1. USA would then need Canada to lose to
Bermuda in the final round-robin match on Friday at which point all
three teams would be deadlocked at 2-2 with net run rate deciding the
winner. Entering Thursday’s match, USA has a +1.075 net run rate, Canada
is at -0.475 while Bermuda is in the worst position of the three at
-0.759. Thursday’s match is scheduled for a 10:30 a.m. start.
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By Peter Della Penna in Winnipeg, Manitoba Scorecard powered by New Inning Foundation
Abrash Khan led a middle order revival for Canada to push his side
out of peril on the way to a 100-run win over Bermuda on Tuesday
afternoon in the 2011 ICC Americas U-15 Northern Division Tournament at
Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Khan was named Man of the Match
after scoring 77 off 69 balls with 12 fours before taking 1 for 17 in
the field. Canada moves to 1-1 with the win while Bermuda drops to 0-2
in the tournament.
Canada won the toss and elected to bat first on a hot morning with
temperatures climbing into the mid 90s by noon time. Harsh Thakar and
Kurt Ramdath opened the batting for Canada and turned in a 22-run
partnership, nine more runs than any partnership produced on Monday
against USA. Ramdath was the first to go when he played across to a good
length ball off the bowling of medium pacer Antonio Darrell and was
given LBW for 4.
Darrell struck again when he had Gayan Ferdinands out for 5 to make
it 33 for 2 in the eighth over after the batsman prodded a knee high
full toss softly to short cover. Thakar’s time at the crease ended in
the 12th over for 12 when he tried to hit a full toss to midwicket but
instead sent a leading edge to short cover to give Alex Dore his second
catch and Joshua Liyanage his first wicket. Bradley Dickinson was next
to go for 6 when he failed to keep a yorker out from Micah Perozzi and
the score became 62 for 4 in the 15th over.
Khan then joined Canada U-15 captain Prushoth Senathirajah at the
crease to build a 40-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Khan should
have been run out early in his innings when Senathirajah punched a ball
into the covers and failed to take off for a certain run. Both men wound
up at the striker’s end, but the fielder was not alert to the situation
and fired the ball wildly toward the keeper, who was unable to field
the ball which allowed Khan to get back safely to the non-striker’s end.
Senathirajah got a good start but could not convert it into a big
score as he pulled a waist height full toss from off-spinner Khalif
Williams to deep midwicket where Christion Gibbons-Wade ran in to
complete a diving catch and the Canada U-15 captain had to go for 24.
Manula Adihetly didn’t last long, driving a full delivery from Williams
to Perozzi at mid off for 2 to make it 114 for 6 in the 25th over.
Miraj Patel came in at number eight and got off to a very nervy
start, dropped on 0 at point off the bowling of left-arm spinner Delray
Rawlins with the score on 118. Bermuda continued to be haunted by their
fielding when Patel was dropped again on 1 with the score at 129 in the
30th over. The batsman tried to slog a flighted delivery by Rawlins over
mid on, but the fielder stationed there spilled a simple chance and
Patel was allowed to stay and build a crucial stand with Khan. Rawlins’
luckless spell ended in the 32nd when Khan hit him for his seventh
boundary to bring up his half-century in 51 balls.
Image (above) - Abrash Khan watches the ball sail away after
pulling Khalif Williams for one of his 12 boundaries against Bermuda.
[Courtesy: Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket.com]
As the partnership between Khan and Patel grew, Bermuda’s body
language and attitude in the field got progressively worse.
Consequently, a flurry of extras were conceded including seven wides
from Darrell in the 35th over and three no balls by Cejay Outerbridge in
the 38th. Khan finally fell to Outerbridge in that same over to end the
partnership with Patel at 74 as he drove a full length ball high in the
air to mid off to make it 188 for 7.
Patel fell six balls later when he chopped a short ball from
Gibbons-Wade onto his stumps for 24 to make it 197 for 8. Number 10
Shafin Ahmed was foxed by a slower ball from Liyanage to go for a duck
but Amrinder Atwal and Sarbjot Singh pushed Canada past 200 in the final
over to finish on 207 for 9 in 40 overs. Extras finished as second high
score with 46 including 35 wides.
Canada got off to a great start in the field and took wickets at
regular intervals as Bermuda never threatened to chase the target. Two
days after scoring 71 against USA, Rawlins couldn’t handle a short ball
from Senathirajah and edged behind to the keeper Singh for 9 to make it
18 for 1. Keishun Smith came in next but only lasted four deliveries
before he was gone for 2, edging a full delivery from Senathirajah to
give Singh his second catch. Opening batsman Commissiong departed for 10
to make it 51 for 3 in the 10th when he was late driving at a full
delivery from Khan as Singh took another catch behind the stumps.
Bermuda U-15 captain Darrell came and went quickly, gone for 6 when
he mistimed a pull off Atwal to midwicket where Thakar pulled off a
leaping catch to make it 58 for 4. Janhoi Bean-Wilson joined Dore at the
crease and the two put on 20 runs as it looked like a promising
partnership was being built, but the introduction of spin began to cause
problems. Leg-spinner Adihetly continuously flighted the ball to invite
the drive until Bean-Wilson acquiesced with a simple return catch for 8
to make it 78 for 5 in the 21st.
Dore’s stay finally came to an end for 25 when he came forward to
defend an off-spin delivery from Ferdinands but wound up edging to
Dickinson at first slip, who dove forward to pull off a fantastic catch
inches from the ground to make it 84 for 6. Ferdinands struck twice
more, getting Gibbons-Wade to slice a catch to point for 2 and
Outerbridge to top edge an attempted sweep to Singh for 7 to make it 96
for 8.
Perozzi played all around a full toss from Adihetly and was given LBW
for 1 to make it 101 for 9. Ramdath then took the final wicket in his
only over of left-arm spin when Liyanage tried to cut a short ball and
gave a thin edge that was snapped up by Singh for his fifth dismissal in
the match as Bermuda finished all out for 107 in 28 overs. Ferdinands
bowled a tidy spell to finish with Canada’s best figures in the field, 3
for 24 off eight overs with one maiden.
After the first round of matches, Khan is the leading scorer in the
tournament with 94 runs while Williams and Dave Parikh of USA are each
tied with five wickets to lead all bowlers. Canada has the day off on
Wednesday while USA gets back into action when they take on Bermuda for
the second time at Assiniboine Park. Game time is scheduled for 10:30
a.m.
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By Peter Della Penna in Winnipeg, Manitoba
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USA U-15 captain Dave Parikh’s brilliant all-round performance was
more than enough for his side to defeat Canada U-15 by 138 runs on
Monday afternoon in the 2011 ICC Americas U-15 Northern Division
Tournament at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Parikh was the
easy choice for Man of the Match after top scoring in USA’s innings with
67 not out before wrecking Canada’s lineup in the field with figures of
4 for 6 in eight overs including four maidens. USA moves to 2-0 with
the win while Canada joins Bermuda at 0-1.
Canada won the toss and sent USA in to bat first on another bright
and sunny day in Winnipeg as Karanjit Singh and Jason Gobin opened once
again for USA. Canada was able to get rid of Gobin early to make it 22
for 1 in the fifth over when medium pacer Amrinder Atwal bowled him for
11 after Gobin played across the line and missed a full delivery. USA’s
batting hero from day one, Neil Tagare, came in next but scored just 12
before he top edged an attempted flick through the on side off Atwal and
was caught at midwicket to make it 43 for 2 in the 11th. Singh went
next for 15 when he tried driving leg-spinner Manula Atihetly through
the covers but instead sliced a simple catch to point to make it 68 for
3.
Parikh then came to the crease where he joined Vibhav Altekar to
forge a chanceless 74-run partnership in the span of 12 overs. Both
batsmen calmly negotiated the spin tandem of Atihetly and Gayan
Ferdinands, waiting patiently for the loose deliveries to dispatch to
the boundary. Altekar raised his half-century in 57 balls with 10
boundaries, but was out one delivery later when he cut left-arm spinner
Kurt Ramdath to point to make it 142 for 4 in the 31st.
Parikh carried on with Rohit Mogalayapalli to build another
half-century partnership as USA cruised toward 200. USA took their
batting power play to start the 37th over and managed to add 34 runs in
the final four overs as Parikh brought up his 50 in 60 balls with nine
fours. Canada’s fielding had been sharp for most of the innings, but
Parikh was dropped off back-to-back deliveries on 63 and 65 at mid off
and mid on in the last two overs. Mogalayapalli was finally caught
driving medium pacer Abrash Khan to cover for 18 with two balls to go in
the innings to make it 198 for 5. Parikh and Gordon Makin added three
off the final two deliveries as USA finished 201 for 5 in 40 overs.
Atwal had Canada’s best figures with 2 for 33 in eight overs.
Image (above) - USA U-15 captain Dave Parikh acknowledges his
teammates after reaching his half-century against Canada. [Courtesy:
Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket.com]
Parikh and Rutvij Bhise opened the bowling for USA and had the host
side under immediate pressure. Ramdath and Harsh Thakar could only
muster 13 runs for the first wicket before Ramdath fell for 9 when he
spooned a catch to Mogalayapalli at cover off Parikh’s left-arm seam
bowling. The opening stand wound up being Canada’s best partnership of
the innings.
Bhise and Parikh then ripped apart Canada’s lineup as four more
wickets fell with the score on 23. Thakar chased a wide delivery from
Bhise and edged to Makin behind the stumps for 9. Seven balls later,
Ferdinands was out for 5 driving Parikh to Srinivas at mid off, who slid
forward to complete a superb catch. Canada U-15 captain Prushoth
Senathirajah fell without scoring off the next ball when he tried to
smash Parikh over Srinivas, but the fielder backpedaled from mid off to
take another athletic catch to end the ninth over with Parikh set to
bowl a hat-trick ball at the beginning of the 11th.
Before that could take place though, Bhise made it three wickets in
three balls on the first delivery of the 10th when Adihetly fended off a
bouncer to Brandon Dat at square leg for a golden duck. Parikh took his
fourth in the 13th over when Sarbjot Singh became the third batsman to
leave without scoring, driving loosely to feather a thick edge to Makin
making the score 33 for 6.
Miraj Patel was run out for a duck when Bhise fired a direct hit to
the keeper’s end after chasing a ball down from his position at first
slip to make it 40 for 7. Atwal was also run out for 6 when Khan cut a
delivery from Altekar to point and set off for a run that was never
there. Parikh fielded and fired to Makin over the stumps with Atwal well
short to make it 50 for 8. Khan was ninth man out for Canada’s top
score of 17 when he sliced the medium pace of Anirudha Srinivas to Bhise
at point to make it 55 for 9. Srinivas also claimed the last wicket
when number 11 Rohan Devrai became the fifth Canadian batsman to fall
for a duck, top edging an attempted pull to Singh at midwicket as Canada
was bowled out for 63 in 23 overs. Extras were second top score with
11. USA’s impressive bowling performance was evident in the fact that
they did not bowl a wide until the 12th over at which point Canada was
already five down.
USA has Tuesday off as Canada takes on Bermuda with both teams
looking to register their first win on the week. Game time is scheduled
for 10:30 a.m. local time from Assiniboine Park.
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USA U-15 batsman Neil Tagare scored a run a ball 79 which turned out
to be just enough in the end to defeat Bermuda U-15 by 15 runs on Sunday
in the first match of the 2011 ICC Americas U-15 Northern Division
Tournament at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Delray Rawlins was
named Man of the Match in a losing cause after top scoring in Bermuda’s
chase of 210 with 71 runs as well as taking 3 for 23 in the field
bowling left-arm orthodox spin.
USA won the toss and elected to bat first as the North East Region
combo of Karanjit Singh and Jason Gobin walked out for USA on a gorgeous
day with temperatures in the mid 70s. The partnership could have been
nipped in the bud off the second ball of the innings when Singh was
dropped by the wicketkeeper Keishun Smith off a straightforward chance.
It was the first of seven dropped chances by Bermuda on the day as USA
capitalized in a big way off the number of mistakes made in the field.
Singh and Gobin wound up putting on 41 runs for the first wicket
before Gobin was run out for 8 in the 11th over. Gobin clipped a ball
through the on side and tried to come back for a second run that was
never there as the relay throw from Cejay Outerbridge to Smith had Gobin
three yards short. Singh departed three balls later for 24 to make it
46 for 2 when he edged an attempted drive off medium pacer Joshua
Liyanage to Rawlins at first slip.
Vibhav Altekar then joined Tagare at the crease and the two gave a
rapid boost to USA’s innings with a 34-run third wicket partnership in
just 4.4 overs. Altekar went for 16 when he chipped a leg stump
half-volley straight to Christion Gibbons-Wade at midwicket off the
bowling of Liyanage to make it 80 for 3 in the 16th. Rohit Mogalayapalli
was the next to go for 11, clean bowled by off-spinner Khalif Williams
after missing an attempted cut shot to a good length ball and the match
was evenly balanced at 108 for 4.
USA U-15 captain Dave Parikh came to the crease and constructed a
pivotal 69-run stand with Tagare that put USA firmly back in control of
the match. Tagare dominated the partnership while Parikh gave him good
support. Tagare brought up his 50 in 51 balls in the 31st over with his
sixth four. A short time later he was dropped on 57 when he hit a full
toss through the hands of the fielder at midwicket. Parikh had no such
luck though when he mistimed a pull off a half-tracker from Williams and
the Bermuda U-15 captain Antonio Darrell made a one-handed catch over
his head to dismiss his opposite number for 19 to make it 177 for 5 in
the 35th over.
Tagare had one more life on 66 off the very next delivery when he
drove Williams in the air to long off but the fielder misjudged the ball
and ran in from the boundary instead of staying put. He reached up at
the last moment but the ball went off his hands before bouncing over the
boundary. Tagare’s long stay finally came to an end on the first ball
of the 37th when he played over the top of a full delivery by Williams
and was hit on the toe to be given LBW and the score turned to 198 for
6.
USA’s last recognized batsman, Gordon Makin, was out for 7 as he
slogged Rawlins to long on to make it 206 for 7 in the 38th. Brandon Dat
crossed while the ball was in the air and was clean bowled for 1 off
the next ball to put Rawlins on a hat trick. Rutvij Bhise was then given
out timed out in bizarre fashion before he could even face the hat
trick ball from Rawlins.
Unlike two years ago in Brooklyn when this tournament was played in
white clothing with a red ball, this year’s event is being played in
colored clothing with a white ball. USA’s team did not come with any
colored batting pads and had to borrow a few sets of pads from Canada
for today’s match. Even with Canada’s assistance, USA only had four sets
of colored pads to share among the entire squad. With the back-to-back
dismissals, Bhise was slightly delayed getting to the crease, but the
USA management still felt he was ready to face his first delivery within
three minutes of the previous dismissal. However, Bermuda’s fielders
appealed for timed out as Bhise was literally marking his guard and the
appeal was reluctantly upheld by the umpires.
Ryan Persaud then arrived as the last man in and negotiated the hat
trick ball, but USA’s innings wrapped up on the first ball of the 40th
when Mihir Athavale sent a return catch to Rawlins and USA was all out
for 209. Extras wound up being second high score in the innings with 43
including 30 wides.
Bermuda’s chase never got going as USA’s medium pacers heaped plenty
of pressure on the opposition. Smith and Rawlins opened for Bermuda but
Smith only stayed for six balls before he was run out for 4. Rawlins
clipped a full ball on his legs straight to Dat at square leg and Smith
called for a suicide run. Dat threw to Makin behind the stumps as
Smith’s dive was well short and the score became 9 for 1 in two overs.
Joshua Commissiong’s painstaking time in the middle produced only 1
run off 17 balls before he was caught driving Bhise to Athavale, who
held on to a very sharp chance at short extra cover to make it 25 for 2
in the eighth. Three overs later, Alex Dore was out for 8 to make it 39
for 3 in the 11th as he tried to flick a delivery from Altekar through
the leg side but wound up top edging the ball to Bhise who waited for it
to come into his hands at first slip.
Darrell and Rawlins then built up a 51-run partnership across 13
overs for Bermuda, their best of the innings. Both men struggled to
score off the bat as extras continued to keep Bermuda in the match.
Darrell was finally dismissed for 14 in 42 balls when he sliced a drive
off the leg-spin of Athavale straight to Singh at point for a simple
catch to make it 90 for 4 in the 24th.
Jonhoi Bean-Wilson was run out four balls later without scoring when
he tried to steal another run off a leg side wide that deflected off
Makin’s gloves toward square leg. Rawlins never budged and both batsmen
wound up at the same end as Makin ran over to field the ball before
tossing it to Persaud over the non-striker’s stumps to make it 95 for 5.
Rawlins took a long time to get going – he was on 13 off 53 balls
after 19 overs of the chase – but became much more aggressive with the
introduction of spin into the attack. He was particularly harsh to
Persaud and Dat as he scored his next 37 runs in only 21 balls to reach
50 in 74 deliveries with five boundaries and a six. He put on 45 runs
for the sixth wicket with Gibbons-Wade but eventually fell trying to up
the tempo even more, failing to clear Gobin at mid off and the score
became 140 for 6 in the 33rd.
Outerbridge was removed seven balls later for 1 to make it 143 for 7
in the 34th when he top edged a slog sweep off Athavale to Bhise at
square leg. Gibbons-Wade tried to farm the strike as much as possible
for the rest of the innings but with six overs to go, Bermuda needed 66
to win and there was just too much work left to do. Detre Bell was out
for 3 in the 38th to make it 168 for 8 as he top edged a half-tracker
from Athavale to Singh at cover.
Gibbons-Wade fought to the end and finished 52 not out off 52 balls
with five fours and a six, but the drops in the first innings proved too
costly in the end as Bermuda finished on 194 for 8, 15 runs short of
USA’s total. USA conceded 37 extras in the field including 33 wides.
USA’s victory was more impressive for the fact that they did it without
New York all-rounder Randall Wilson. According to sources, Wilson is a
US permanent resident and was unable to obtain a visa for Canada so he
will not be taking part in the tournament. Sagar Patel from the South
East Region has been flown in as a replacement for Wilson.
USA will take on Canada on Monday in day two of the tournament at
Assiniboine Park. All matches are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. local time
start, 11:30 a.m. EST.
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By Peter Della Penna
USA’s U-15 squad will attempt to bring some much needed positive
on-field results for the country beginning on Sunday as they take on
Bermuda in the first match of the 2011 ICC Americas U-15 Northern
Division Tournament at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba. USA
finished second at the 2009 event held in Brooklyn, N.Y. Defending
champions and host side Canada begin the event with a day off before
squaring off against USA on Monday.
USA’s squad is captained by Dave Parikh, a veteran of the North West
Region U-15 team for several years. Parikh captained this year’s North
West U-15 squad to the region’s fourth straight national championship
and is one of six players from that squad who will be playing for USA in
Canada.
He’ll be joined by Vibhav Altekar, who scored a double-hundred in
Connecticut and was named Tournament MVP at the 2011 USACA U-15 National
Tournament, along with pace bowler Rutjiv Bhise, who was the hero in
the final against New York, Mihir Athavale, Neil Tagare, and Anirudha
Srinivas.
Two players from North East will be on the team, the first junior
players representing America from the region since Andy Mohammed was
selected to play for the USA U-19 squad after playing for the North East
U-19 team in the 2009 USACA U-19 National Tournament. Karanjit Singh
and Jason Gobin formed a successful opening combination in Connecticut
with Singh scoring one century and Gobin notching a pair of
half-centuries in July to earn spots in USA’s U-15 squad for this
tournament.
Similarly from the Central East, their opening tandem of Rohit
Mogalayapalli and Gordon Makin strengthen the batting depth. Both
players impressed in the 2010 USACA U-15 National Tournament in New
Jersey and followed it up this year with more solid displays as
Mogalayapalli registered a century while Makin had two 50s and will most
likely be slotted into the wicketkeeper role for USA’s U-15 team.
Three players made it from the national runner-up New York team.
Randall Wilson, who was the top run getter in Connecticut with two
centuries and a 50 will most likely play a pivotal role in the middle
order for USA and could open the bowling as well. Brandon Dat and Ryan
Persaud were also selected from New York while Vivek Narayan made it
from the Atlantic Region.
The team is being coached by former West Indies international Milton
Pydanna, who had an 18-year first class career for Guyana and now lives
in New York. North West regional representative Ajay Athavale is the
Team Manager while Akhtar Masood Syed is the Team Physio.
DreamCricket.com will attempt to provide live coverage for every match at the tournament dependent upon internet availability.
Tournament Schedule
August 21 – USA vs. Bermuda
August 22 – USA vs. Canada
August 23 – Canada vs. Bermuda
August 24 – USA vs. Bermuda
August 25 – USA vs. Canada
August 26 – Canada vs. Bermuda
USA squad: Dave Parikh (captain, North West), Vibhav
Altekar (North West), Mihir Athavale (North West), Rutvij Bhise (North
West), Brandon Dat (New York), Jason Gobin (North East), Gordon Makin
(Central East), Rohit Mogalayapalli (Central East), Vivek Narayan
(Atlantic), Ryan Persaud (New York), Karanjit Singh (North East),
Anirudha Srinivas (North West), Neil Tagare (North West), Randall Wilson
(New York).
Head Coach – Milton Pydanna
Manager – Ajay Athavale
Physio – Akhtar Masood Syed
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By Peter Della Penna
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Canada captain Jimmy Hansra’s all-round efforts were the difference
for Canada on Tuesday as his side defeated USA by 34 runs to retain the
K.A. Auty Cup at the Toronto Cricket, Skating & Curling Club in
Toronto to end the 2011 Etihad Summer Cricket Festival. Hansra scored
100 in 89 balls before taking 3 for 39 to help bowl USA out for 270 as
they failed to chase a stiff target of 305.
Having entered the day with a 73-run first innings deficit, USA made
solid inroads by getting Canada opener Khushroo Wadia out for 1, caught
behind off the bowling of George Adams, before fellow medium pacer Anand
Tummala dismissed Usman Limbada for 8 and Nitish Kumar for 0 to leave
Canada at 39 for 3.
USA was unable to sustain the pressure though as Hiral Patel forged
his second half-century of the match, scoring 80 and building an 87-run
partnership with Hansra to regain control for Canada. Patel was removed
by Muhammad Ghous, who took the wicket of Rizwan Cheema a short time
later for 21 to make it 161 for 5. Hansra went on to build another
half-century stand, this time with Rustam Bhatti as the two put on 70
for the sixth wicket. Hansra brought up his century in 88 balls with
seven fours and six sixes before being dismissed by Adams one ball later
after which Canada declared at 231 for 6 in 40 overs with a lead of
304.
USA made an aggressive start to the chase with opening batsmen Quasen
Alfred and Andy Mohammed scoring 38 off 28 balls and 33 off 27
respectively. Amir Nanjee could only add 3 before being dismissed by
Patel’s off-spin as USA went from a position of 68 for 0 to 84 for 3.
Hansra dented USA’s hopes further when he dismissed Bhim George and
Akeem Dodson off back-to-back deliveries to make it 131 for 5 and Charan
Singh also fell for a duck to Junaid Siddiqui to make it 131 for 6.
Tummala fought back with Jignesh Desai to put on 81 runs for the seventh
wicket, but Tummala finally fell for 63 to Siddiqui and Hussain Haider
fell one run later to Hansra to make it 213 for 8.
Desai added 48 runs with Ghous for the ninth wicket but there was too
much work left to do in the end. Desai eventually got out for 62 and
Ghous was last man out nine runs later for 39 as USA finished all out
for 270 in the 40th over. In addition to the three wickets taken by
Hansra’s off-spin, leg-spinner Siddiqui took 3 for 71 and left-arm
spinner Parth Desai 3 for 72 to thwart USA’s batsmen.
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August 14, 2011, an emergency meeting was held to address the impasse
in the Atlantic Region. Representatives of five of the Atlantic
Region's seven leagues - Garden State Cricket League, Cricket League of
NJ, ICUSA, Washington Cricket League and Millennium Cricket League -
attended the meeting. Two leagues - the NJCA and WMCB - abstained.
The five leagues that were present in the meeting were united in
their call for restoration of democratic governance in the Atlantic
Region. The leagues resolved through a 5-0 vote that an "Interim Board
comprising the league presidents or their delegates will manage the
region's affairs until a new regional administration is seated."
The five leagues reiterated their demand for the immediate release of
the election results. The leagues also vowed to consider other steps
as may be necessary for democratic functioning of the region and
democratic representation of the region's leagues at the regional and
national level.
Blockage of Election Results
The Atlantic Region held its elections on July 26, 2011, but in a
shocking turn of events, Sheldon Mollineau, the former Secretary who was
a transitional overseer of the Atlantic Region Cricket Board, blocked
the release of results in an act of non-conformance with the democratic
election guideline adopted by the region. This blockage by Mr.
Mollineau, at the behest of USACA President Gladstone Dainty, was in
defiance of the wishes of the majority of the leagues that comprise the
region.
As part of the election process, the regional administration was
dissolved effective midnight on July 25th, twenty four hours preceding
the election. Once the regional administration was dissolved, Sheldon
Mollineau (erstwhile Secretary) and Shelton Glasgow (erstwhile Interim
Chairman), as per the election guideline, became the transitional
overseers with 'no decision making authority' as their role was 'to
simply maintain an office until the newly elected board is seated.'
After the completion of voting, in an email communication
received on July 27th, Sheldon Ellis (Esq.), who served as the Returning
Officer, noted that he had 'tallied the results and compiled a
spreadsheet with the results/winners.' However, Mr. Ellis wrote that
the President of USACA, Mr. Gladstone Dainty, had called him and
instructed him not to disseminate the results.
Terming it an 'obfuscation', Mr. Ellis wrote: "If this matter is not
resolved within the next few days, I will send the ballots/results of
the elections to the Secretary of the Region."
Following this incident, on July 29th, five of the region's seven
leagues wrote to Mr. Ellis requesting him to release the results to the
transitional secretary as per the regional election guideline so that
the results can be immediately disseminated to the leagues. Upon
receiving the emails from the leagues, Mr. Ellis released the results to
Mr. Mollineau on August 3rd. However, the results were not
disseminated to the leagues by Mr. Mollineau as required by the election
guideline.
A meeting was held on August 4th in which four league representatives
requested Mr. Mollineau to immediately release the results. In the
meeting, Mr. Mollineau declined to release the results, referring to Mr.
Dainty's ambiguous letter of July 28th. In the letter, Mr. Dainty
wrote: "Within the next few days an independent accounting or law firm
will be engaged with the expectation that all USACA leagues and
officials will cooperate to the fullest including a stay of all
elections until this process is completed." It is ironic that voting
in the region had already been completed and the election results were
about to be released when Mr. Dainty intervened personally.
In effect, Mr. Dainty's call of July 27th and his letter of July 28th
insisted on applying an unspecified future league eligibility
requirement to an already completed election. This is akin to a
president of a country redrawing an electoral constituency after an
election is held and the counting of the ballots is complete.
Consequently, the new Regional Administration could not be seated as
envisioned by the election guideline leaving the region in the hands of
the transitional overseers devoid of decision making authority.
According
to the election guideline, 'within seven (7) days of being elected as
officers of the Regional Administration, the Regional Administration
shall vote to elect a Regional Representative to sit on the USACA
Board.' As a further consequence of this stalemate, a new Regional
Representative could not be elected to represent the region's interests
nationally.
Curiously, Mr. Glasgow was a candidate for
Regional Representative and Mr. Mollineau was a candidate for the role
of Regional Chairman. It was widely expected that both Mr. Glasgow and
Mr. Mollineau were going to be ousted in this election.
Voter Eligibility Process
Since 'league compliance' was the stated reason for the blockage of
the results, here are the facts surrounding the voter eligibility
process for the regional election.
The region followed the 'USACA Elections Guideline and Process' which
was drafted by Shelton Glasgow, who was the USACA Compliance Officer at
the time of the election. This process was approved by the leagues
comprising the region on June 6, 2011 and again on June 28, 2011.
In accordance with this process, the leagues completed a survey and
submitted the required verifiable information to the Secretary. Upon
review of submissions, Mr. Glasgow affirmed on July 12th in a meeting of
the region that all seven leagues were eligible to vote. This was a
matter of record.
Nominations were accepted from the leagues that were deemed to be
eligible to vote. A list of nominations was reviewed and circulated by
Mr. Glasgow and Mr. Mollineau in draft form. On July 19, the final list
of nominations and voting delegates was circulated by Mr. Mollineau in
his role as Secretary.
Following that, in accordance with the election guideline, Mr. Ellis
was appointed as the Returning Officer for the election. In an email
dated July 24, 2011, Mr. Ellis informed the leagues of the official
voting leagues and official voting delegates in his cover letter
accompanying the ballots. The ballots, one for each voting league,
contained the list of candidates. Completed ballots were sent to the
Returning Officer and the election was completed on July 26th and the
announcement of results was awaited with great anticipation when Mr.
Dainty interfered. [Disclosure: Venu Palaparthi, co-founder of DreamCricket.com, was CLNJ's representative in the ARCB before it was dissolved. Mr. Palaparthi was also CLNJ's candidate for Regional Representative.]
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Hard hitting batsman Hiral Patel scored 75 in 85 balls to help give
Canada a commanding first innings lead on Monday in the K.A. Auty Cup
two-day match against USA at the Toronto Cricket, Skating & Curling
Club in Toronto. Canada scored 239 for 4 in their first innings while
USA was bowled out for 166 to enter the second day with Canada in front
by 73 runs.
USA won the toss and elected to field as Patel and Khushroo Wadia put
on 71 runs for the first wicket before Wadia was bowled by Anand
Tummala for 37. Patel and Rustam Bhatti added another 67 runs before
Patel was run out by George Adams. Bhatti and Nitish Kumar produced the
third half-century stand of the innings, 71 for the third wicket, before
Bhatti was caught behind for 53 off the bowling of Muhammad Ghous.
Kumar also fell to Ghous for 58 and Canada closed their first innings a
short time later after the agreed upon 45 overs.
USA’s first innings got off to a disastrous start when both openers,
Akeem Dodson and Andy Mohammed, were run out for single digits to make
it 10 for 2. Amir Nanjee and Quasen Alfred also fell in quick time to
make it 24 for 4 before Jignesh Desai and Tummala put on a 61-run fifth
wicket partnership to revive the innings. Desai top scored with 43 for
USA and Bhim George made 31 coming in at number eight, but USA’s innings
ended after 42.3 overs with Khurram Chohan taking 3 for 40. Play
resumes on Tuesday from the TCSCC.
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Article updated on August 15 at 2:55 p.m. EST
USA
lost their third Twenty20 match in three days on Saturday as Afghanistan
completed a 48-run win at Maple Leaf CC in King City, Ontario. USA
finished 0-3 at the Twenty20 tournament during the 2011 Etihad Summer
Cricket Festival while Afghanistan, Canada and Trinidad & Tobago all
finished 2-1 with T & T winning the first place trophy based on net
run rate.
USA lost the toss for the third day in a row as the opposition
batted first to put up a big total that was well out of reach of USA’s
understrength lineup. Afghanistan finished with 164 for 9 in 20 overs as
Gulbodin Naib top scored with 72. Naib was named Man of the Match for
his efforts. Bhim George had the best figures for USA in the field,
taking 3 for 24 in four overs with two maidens. In reply, USA
was bowled out for 116. Quasen Alfred top scored for USA with 32 coming
in at number five while Charan Singh scored 26 on debut batting at
number six. Shapoor Zadran took 3 for 18 and Hamid Hassan finished with 3
for 24 in the field for Afghanistan. Curiously, Jibran Gul of the
South East Region participated in the match for USA despite not being
named in the 14-man USA squad according to the official USACA press
release. Gul becomes the fifth player – along with Hussain Haidar, Anand
Tummala, Japen Patel and George – appearing in this USA squad from the
South East Region, the same region that came in last place at the 2011
USACA Twenty20 Nationals. USA had a day off on Sunday but will
begin their two-day match against Canada for the KA Auty Cup on Monday
with the fixture ending on Tuesday.
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By Peter Della Penna
Scorecard powered by New Inning Foundation
William Perkins and Jason Mohammed took the USA bowling unit to the
cleaners on Friday afternoon as Trinidad & Tobago scored a massive
111-run win over USA at Maple Leaf CC in King City, Ontario. Mohammed
was named Man of the Match after crushing 87 off 44 balls to top score
in T & T’s 20 over total of 207 for 7.
T & T won the toss and chose to bat first with USA making two
changes from their lineup against Canada, dropping Muhammad Ghous and
Stuart Mills in favor of Bhim George and Amir Nanjee. USA struck an
early blow by removing Perkins’ opening partner Justin Guillen for 9 as
part of a wicket maiden over by Anand Tummala to make it 10 for 1 after
two overs.
Perkins started to launch his prolonged assault in the next over as
18 runs were scored off George Adams. Tummala took his second in the
sixth when Daren Ganga was caught for 7 to make it 48 for 2. That only
served to accelerate the scoring rate though as Mohammed entered and put
on 95 runs for the third wicket with Perkins. The two were particularly
harsh to Samarth Shah, hitting the left-arm spinner for three sixes in
the 12th over, and off-spinner Hussain Haidar who gave up 18 runs in the
14th.
Perkins was finally run out for 85 in the 15th over, but T & T
was well on track to posting an insurmountable total with the score at
143 for 3. Jignesh Desai pinned Denesh Ramdin for 3 in the 17th to make
it 151 for 4 but Mohammed reestablished control for T & T by
plundering Amir Nanjee for three fours and two sixes as part of a 27-run
18th over.
Two more sixes were struck off Desai in the following over, but Desai
also struck twice by having Sherwin Ganga and Navin Stewart caught off
consecutive deliveries to end the 19th to make it 198 for 6. Mohammed
was bowled by Adams for 87 two deliveries later, but a boundary by
Samuel Badree took T & T past 200 and they added a few more runs to
finish on 207 for 7 in 20. Tummala and George were the only two bowlers
who walked away with somewhat respectable figures of 2 for 24 and 0 for
27 respectively in their four-over spells. The other six bowlers used
all went for at least 10 per over.
Akeem Dodson and Andy Mohammed opened the chase for USA, but both men
were dismissed by Badree for 5 as USA stuttered to 18 for 2 in the
fifth over. Quasen Alfred didn’t fare much better, out for 8 to give
Badree his third. Nanjee and Desai put on 20 runs for the fourth wicket,
USA’s highest partnership in the game before Nanjee got out for USA’s
top score on the day with 33, caught behind by Ramdin off the bowling of
Stewart to make it 57 for 4 in the 11th. George was run out two runs
later without scoring as USA sunk even lower at 59 for 5.
Leg-spinner Imran Khan offered no respite and nabbed his first wicket
when Tummala gave him a return catch for 8 in the 15th over to make it
73 for 6. In the 17th, Khan wrecked USA with three wickets in five
balls, including a stumping off a wide, to make it 86 for 9. Haidar and
Shah held on for the last three overs to prevent USA from being bowled
out as they finished on 96 for 9. That makes it twice in two days that
USA has failed to reach 100 as a team and the task does not get any
easier against a Hamid Hassan led Afghanistan attack on Saturday.
Earlier on Friday, Canada defeated Afghanistan by 4 wickets as Hamza
Tariq was named Man of the Match for the second game in a row, this time
for scoring 33 not out in 18 balls, including a single off the final
ball of the 20th over to win the match. USA plays Afghanistan at 11 a.m.
EST on Saturday while Canada plays Trinidad & Tobago at 3 p.m. to
finish the Twenty20 portion of the 2011 Etihad Summer Cricket Festival.
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Canada wicketkeeper Hamza Tariq scored 61 not out in 27 balls as the
host side posted a resounding 72-run win over USA on Thursday afternoon
at Maple Leaf CC in King City, Ontario. Tariq was named Man of the Match
for his bruising knock which included three boundaries and six sixes.
Canada won the toss and elected to bat first as USA took wickets at
regular intervals in the early going. Medium pacer Anand Tummala struck
twice on debut, getting opening batsman Ruvindu Gunasekera out for 9 and
Canada captain Jimmy Hansra out for 1. Sandwiched between those two
dismissals was the run out of Tyson Gordon for nought and Canada was 21
for 3 in the fourth over.
Hiral Patel was joined by the big hitting Rizwan Cheema, who clubbed
two sixes off Hussain Haidar’s only over. Cheema’s fiery stay was short
lived though as left-arm spinner Samarth Shah had him caught for 20 to
make it 60 for 4. Shah also dislodged Patel from the crease for 39 and
after 12 overs, Canada was 76 for 5.
However, the tail didn’t make an appearance on the day because Tariq
and Usman Limbada, two members of Canada’s 2010 ICC U-19 World Cup
squad, weathered the storm before launching a vicious assault on
Muhammad Ghous, Jignesh Desai and Japen Patel in the final three overs
of the innings. Tariq and Limbada managed just 22 runs in the first five
overs of their partnership, but hit 13 in the 18th bowled by Ghous and
another 15 in the 19th bowled by Desai to bring up the 50 partnership.
Not satisfied to stop there, they blitzed Patel for 32 runs in the 20th
to boost Canada’s total to 158 for 5. Tariq started the 18th over on 17,
but in his final 12 deliveries he more than tripled his score to finish
on 61 not out.
Despite getting rocked in the final over, Patel’s figures were not
the worst on the day for USA. That distinction belonged to Muhammad
Ghous as the youngster continues to drift in the wrong direction. Ghous
returned no wickets for 39 runs in four overs.
USA’s chase never got any momentum as Akeem Dodson continuously
flailed and missed at Canada’s opening pacers. Japen Patel opened with
him but only lasted five balls before getting out for 3 to Khurram
Chohan. Quasen Alfred was the next to go, caught by Limbada off Harvir
Baidwan for 1. Dodson’s long stay at the crease produced only 22 runs
before Cheema got rid of him to make the score 32 for 3 in nine overs.
Stuart Mills was out for a duck on debut for USA two overs later as
Cheema took his second.
Parth Desai chipped in with two wickets in the middle overs as
Tummala gave him a return catch for a second-ball duck before he pinned
George Adams LBW two overs later for 2 to make it 45 for 6 in 14.
Jignesh Desai arrived in the fourth over at number four for USA and
knocked the ball around to top score in the innings with 34 off 48
deliveries, but never threatened to bring USA back into the match. He
was finally dismissed in the 19th over by Chohan to make it 73 for 3.
Andy Mohammed came in at number eight and scored 21 not out in 15 balls
with three boundaries to push USA up to 86 for 7 in their 20 overs.
USA plays Trinidad & Tobago at 3 p.m. EST on Friday in the second
day of the Etihad Summer Cricket Festival. T & T lost to
Afghanistan by 35 runs in the early match on Thursday. All matches
during the tournament are being webcast for free at
www.sorkkam.com/live.
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By Peter Della Penna in Derry, Northern Ireland
Scorecard powered by New Inning Foundation I Ball-by-Ball Commentary
A steady knock from Naresh Budhaayer guided Nepal U-19 to an
insurmountable total as they defeated USA U-19 by 99 runs at Limavady CC
on Tuesday afternoon at the 2011 ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifier in
Limavady, Northern Ireland. Budhaayer was named Man of the Match after
top scoring with 76 in Nepal’s total of 264 for 9. USA’s loss, combined
with wins by Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea and Namibia, meant that USA
finished seventh and failed to qualify for the 2012 ICC U-19 World Cup
in Queensland, Australia.
Nepal won the toss and elected to bat in perfect conditions in
Limavady. USA took wickets at regular intervals to begin the match with
opener Sagar Pun caught behind off Salman Ahmad for 1 and fellow opener
Fajlur Rahman giving a return catch to Hammad Shahid for 26 to make the
score 45 for 2 in the 11th. Nepal U-19 captain Prithu Baskota was caught
at midwicket for 2 off Shahid and Pranay Suri had Rajesh Pulami Magar
LBW for 16 to make it 78 for 4 in the 23rd.
Unfortunately for the third time in the tournament, USA then allowed
their opponent to produce a century stand to regain control as Budhaayer
and Pradeep Airee teamed up to add 113 for the fifth wicket. Budhaayer
was particularly brutal to USA’s bowlers once he crossed 50 as his last
26 runs came up in only 12 balls while it took him 83 deliveries to get
to his half-century. Budhaayer was finally stumped off the bowling of
Ahmad but by that point Nepal had started to run away with the match.
After Rahul Vishvakarma got out for 9, Nepal began a full-fledged
sprint when Krishna Karki arrived at the crease. Karki scored 45 in 17
balls including three fours and four sixes as Nepal scored 63 runs for
the loss of two wickets in the batting power play. Airee fell to Shahid
for 57 in the 47th to make it 214 for 7 but Karki continued his
onslaught until he got out with three balls to go in the innings with
the score at 262 for 8. Bhuvan Karki was run out for a duck off the next
ball but two more runs were added to Nepal’s total off the final two
balls.
Ahmad once again bowled a solid spell for USA, finishing with 3 for
44 in 10. Shahid also bowled superbly to take 3 for 32, but couldn’t
finish his allotment after being forced to leave the attack two balls
into his eighth over immediately after taking the wicket of Airee when
was reprimanded by the umpires for a third time for running into the
danger area in his follow through.
USA’s chase never got going when Cameron Mirza and Abhijit Joshi fell
LBW without scoring on back to back balls in the first over. Left-arm
seamer Avinash Karn was the one who did the damage and it put USA into a
massive hole they were never able to dig themselves out of. Greg
Sewdial was the next to go, LBW for 4 to a ball that kept low from
medium pacer Krishna Karki to make it 15 for 3 in the sixth.
Amarnauth Persaud had been dropped from the lineup in exchange for
Gurpreet Sandhu so it meant that Suri was promoted up the order to
number five where he put on a 63-run stand with Taylor. Taylor brought
up his 50 in 53 balls but got out in shocking fashion only four balls
later for 52. Facing the off-spin of Baskota, Taylor elected to leave
one alone that went straight on and hit off stump. Six balls later, Suri
was caught slogging to long on for 13 and USA was 78 for 5.
Jodha Singh was dismissed without scoring when Baskota pulled off an
Angelo Mathews inspired catch at long on to give Vishvakarma his first
wicket. Shayan Abdulghani provided a brief flurry of scoring with three
sixes before he was out LBW missing a sweep to Baskota for 21. Ahmad
took his time scoring 38 before he was bowled by Vishvakarma’s left-arm
spin to make it 161 for 8 in the 43rd. Two balls later Shahid was caught
at long on by Baskota to net Vishvakarma his third. Vishvakarma wrapped
up the match seven balls later by clean bowling Mital Patel and USA was
all out for 165 in 44.1 overs. Vishvakarma’s 4 for 24 allowed him to
finish tied with Canada seamer Manny Aulakh for the most wickets in the
tournament with 21.
In the other matches of the day, Papua New Guinea defeated Ireland by
five wickets after bowling out the hosts for 155. Afghanistan bowled
out Canada for 71 before winning by eight wickets. Namibia scored 314
for 5, the highest single innings score in the tournament, before
winning by 109 runs and Scotland defeated Vanuatu by 130 runs to claim
the tournament title. Nepal finished second, Ireland third, Afghanistan
fourth, PNG fifth, Namibia sixth, USA seventh, Canada eighth, Kenya
ninth and Vanuatu last. Namibia, USA and Canada all finished with
identical 4-5 records, but Namibia took the last World Cup berth based
on a superior net run rate.
At the post tournament closing ceremony, Duncan Allan of Kenya was
named Player of the Tournament. Allan finished tied for second on the
runs list with Steven Taylor as both players had 455 runs along with two
centuries. Allan also had the most wickets for Kenya and tied for 12th
overall in the tournament with 14 wickets bowling medium pace.
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