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Ahmed and Shreyas Dismantle Fuji
By: Ifthihar
A perfect bowling performance by the Engineers helped register their most comfortable chase against Fuji,
with 181 balls remaining with a healthy run rate. Going through a patch of uninspiring performances, the bowlers returned with a thorough show and as a result the Fuji batsmen could not bat through their allotted 40-overs. The attempt to hit the ball into the river very often resulted in them being bowled out in 22.5 overs.
Ahmed shook off the rust with the ball and shook the heart of the Fuji's batting line-up. He claimed 5-0-18-4 with the help of his bowling partner ifthihar, who claimed 3-0-9-2 in the Powerplay. Shreyas' quick fire 35 off just 23 balls – with 3 boundaries and a huge six- ensured his side to win comfortably without any damage. The fast bowlers executed their plan of cramping up all their batsmen, especially Ahmed's spell which he started
in the 14th over, thwarted their batsmen's attempt for big shots. Ahmed returned his best bowling figures of 5-0-18-4.
Chasing a modest of 83 runs, skipper Pavethy and Shreyas then provided Engineers a breezy start with the partnership of 24 runs stand between them. But unfortunately the in-form batsmen and skipper Pavethy was ruled out LBW to Vishal. Shreyas , however, was quite fluent with his shots. The second wicket partnership between Shreyas and Praveen (11) added 47 runs but both fell in quick session soon. Eventually, Engineers coasted home when Shiv Prasad hitting a huge six, to help apply the finishing touches to the game.
Ahemd earned Nirvanam Man of the Match for his bowling performance and Shreyas won the Saachi Man of the award.
Brief Scores:
Fuji: 81/10 (22.5 ov). Fahad 16*, Ahmed 4/18, Ifthihar 2/9
I Engineers: 82/4. Shreyas 35.
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Apr 11, 2010 Aug 30, 2016
Issue #106 Robert Walters sponsors Flicx pitch
April 11, 2010 Issue #106
Hello and welcome to this edition of the I.E.C.C. Newsletter.
Robert Walters sponsors Flicx pitch
Asia & EAP news –
Beers for Books news
Indian Engineers' Japan Cricket Rating – New results
IECC poll results
Snippet of the month
Trivial facts from our Archives
The Indian Engineers cricket season got off to a thrilling start with a Flicx pitch sponsored by their sponsor and two back to back wins in pre-season friendly matches.
Robert Walters, a Global Recruitment company and sponsor of the Indian Engineers for the past five years has agreed to sponsor a Flicx pitch for them. The sponsorship offer came after the Engineers found a few grounds in Ibaraki ken which has easier access and high availability and were looking to make most use of it. Robert Walters decision provides a fillip to the Engineers ambition to have a home ground and goes a long way in helping them play more matches in a year. This is also expected help save a lot of time and money by reducing the travel to Shizuoka and Fuji for weekend matches.
Robert Walters is already the sponsor of jersey and kit for the Engineers.
In an email letter to the Engineers, David Swan, Managing Director of Robert Walters Japan wished the Engineers success in their quest for the KCL Cup. "Robert Walters Japan is proud to sponsor the new Flicx pitch for the Indian Engineers Cricket Club. Supporting the IECC for the last 5 years has been a great experience for Robert Walters. We hope that the availability of the new pitch will help the engineers to play more games in Tokyo and we wish them all the best in their quest for the KCL trophy.", said Swan.
JCA becomes part of Japan Olympic Committee
The Japan Cricket Association has achieved a great coup with their recent admittance to the Japan Olympic Committee as of 1 April 2010. The news represents a positive step for the Japan Cricket Association.
Neil Harrison's Umpiring Seminar video on YouTube
Japan's international umpire Neil Harrison conducted an umpiring seminar last month in Tokyo, jointly organised for JCA and KCL clubs with the aim of improving the standard and consistency of umpiring in Japan. The seminar focused on the perennial favourites of preparation, dress, no-ball and LBW and also introduced participants to the Umpire's Pathway, which offers committed umpires the opportunity to officiate in international tournaments. Finally, there was a free Q&A session to give participants a chance to clear up those "What if"s that sometimes stick in the memory.
While it was good to see so many (15) participants, it was notable that all representatives were members of teams in KCL 2010, meaning a bonus league point was on offer. Having said that, kudos to Tigers and Sharks for sending 5 participants each. On a side note, it was disappointing not to see any Japanese faces. It remains an obstacle to the development of cricket in Japan that almost no Japanese stay involved in the game once they stop playing (not just umpiring, but scoring, groundwork and administration, too).
Harrison expressed satisfaction to the high turnout and thanked the Indian Tigers and Chris Thurgate for their help. "Thanks to the participants for their enthusiasm, to both leagues for backing the seminar, to the JCA for paying for the seminar room, to the gents from Tigers for providing the projector and recording the seminar for the Web and to Chris Thurgate for help with organisation.", said Harrison.
The video of the seminar is available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b785Jd1PShY
Indian Engineers on Twitter
Follow the Engineers at http://twitter.com/ieccjapan/ for live match updates and other cricket updates.
Dalai Lama to grace the IPL match to be played in Dharamsala between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings to be played on April 18. This will be first IPL game to be hosted by the town.
Both The Herald and the Zimbabwe Independent reported that New Zealand's decision to pull out of their scheduled tour of Zimbabwe was taken without the agreement of ZC – a move that may leave Cricket New Zealand open to ICC sanction. The tour is part of the ICC's Future Tours Programme, which member countries are required to honour unless security issues can be shown to exist. It seems to be the case that no formal security assessment has been undertaken.
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) will conduct a nationwide search for raw, fast bowling talent across the country, starting from the 23rd of March to the 10th of April 2010. This campaign will run alongside other development programmes being conducted to identify and nurture talent. A panel of high caliber selectors will travel across the country holding one day trials. The panel will also go 'door-to-door' and visit venues where they think they might be potential fast bowlers. "The trials are non-traditional in that they are taking them to the people and they will be conducted in much the same way as some of today's famous talent searches, like 'IDOLS' or the 'X-factor', said ZC spokesperson, Shingai Rhuhwaya
The England bowler Graeme Swann was arrested last week on suspicion of drink-driving. The off-spinner was stopped as he returned to his home in the West Bridgford area of Nottingham yesterday morning. He had reportedly been celebrating his 31st birthday, which was last week, before he was stopped. A spokeswoman for Nottinghamshire Police said: "A 31-year-old man was arrested on Byron Road, West Bridgford, at 3.23am on Friday, 2 April on suspicion of drink-driving."
Sania Mirza – a 23-year-old tennis player who in 2009 became the first Indian woman to win a grand slam title, when she won the mixed doubles at the Australian Open with Mahesh Bhupathi – has fallen for Shoaib Malik, the bad boy of Pakistani cricket. The wedding will take place in Dubail and the couple will live in the same country. Mirza said she will continue playing for India while Malike will continue to represent Pakistan.
Comment: Everything is fair in war and love.
Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik who is in Hyderabad, India currently to marry the Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, is in a legal soup owing to a past affair with another Hyderabad girl Ayesha Siddiqui. Ayesha claimed Shoaib married her over phone, according to Islamic custom, before dumping her due to her weight problems without a divorce. But Shoaib maintains that the Ayesha who is making these allegations is not the one he committed himself to during an internet affair that grew over telephone conversations.
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) announced that it would be sponsoring the Test and one-day series between Pakistan and Australia in England in July. This will be the first time MCC, the owners of London Lord's Cricket Ground where the first of two Tests between Pakistan and Australia is due to start on July 13, has sponsored an international series in its 223-year history. The series comes at a time when Pakistan, who will also be playing a Test and one-day series against England this English season, has become a no-go area for international cricket following a terror attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore last year. "We often speak about Tests being the pinnacle of the game — now we are acting to back up those words," MCC's Australian secretary, Keith Bradshaw, told a news conference.
If Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, who is under the scanner for match-fixing charges and being quizzed by the Essex Police on the issue, is found guilty of the match-fixing charges and banned this summer, the implications for English cricket would be financially disastrous, The News reported. Relations between the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have been cordial since the forfeited Oval Test of 2006, but speculations are rife over the implications if Kaneria is publicly accused of wrong-doing in England, The News reports. Moreover, it's the broadcasting deals in which the ECB will lose millions of dollars if the series are cancelled. One of the broadcasting deals for the rights to screen cricket matches played and televised in England (except for ICC events, like last summer's Twenty20 World Cup) is a four-year deal with ESPN Star worth 80 million dollars.
Source: Various web and print media
Asia & EAP News
Australian Indigenous team to tour PNG
Cricket Australia announced that it will be sending its Australian Indigenous National Team to play a four match Series with two One Day Internationals and two Twenty 20 Internationals in July this year to Papua New Guinea. "The Cricket Australia Australian Indigenous X1 will be an exceptionally strong and experienced XI" said Cricket PNG General Manager Bill Leane. They will be captained by Dan Christian, who recently made his Australian debut in a Twenty 20 International against the West Indies.
Advanced Coaching & Development Seminar in Indonesia
The seventh EAP Advanced Coaching and Development (AC & D) Seminar will take place in Jakarta Indonesia, the first time that the event has been held in an EAP member country outside of Australia and New Zealand. The seminar brings together individuals from across the region to promote their education in coaching and allows participants to learn from each other, along with leading coaches from the region.
Beers for Books pass 50,000 books
Beers for Books, a concept and idea supported by the Indian Engineers, has created 50,000 books for children in the developing world since it started in February 2009. "We quickly made our way to the 50,000 book milestone thanks to a bunch of events over the last month including 640 from a private birthday party for Hong, 400 at the St. Louis launch, 874 from the SF event at Bin38, 165 and 121 in Tokyo at Craftheads and 148Hiroo, 157 in Yakushima at Moss Ocean House, 989 in San Diego at Toronado, 63 from the salsa event in Tokyo at Costa Latina, and 498 in Yokohama at The Full Monty. Great job everyone!", said its founder, Gary Bremermann.
Beers for Books recently celebrated their first anniversary in Tokyo.
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Results as of March 31:
Here is the latest top 10(last month's ranking in brackets):
1 Tokyo Giants (1)
2 Tokyo Wombats (2)
3 Lalazar (3)
4 Wyverns (4)
5 Serendib (5)
6 MAX (6)
7 Indian Engineers (7)
8 Shizuoka Kytes (8)
9 Adore (9)
9 Nagoya (9)
10 Paddy Foleys (10)
We encourage all teams to send us your result statistics regularly so that your team's rankings remain as accurate as possible. We are in a position to obtain the results of the official tournament matches on our own but we are looking for the results of the friendly matches.
Here is the last poll result:
Do you think the the PCB took the right decision in punishing its players?
Yes 47%
No 32%
I don't care 21%
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Mitchell Johnson headbutts Scott Styris with Styris helmet on
Doug Bollinger's outstadning catch to dismiss Yusuf Pathan in the IPL
David Hussey catching Paul Collingwood in IPL
Snippets of the Month
Note: Beginning the Issue #39 (May 6, '04), we bring you some interesting snippets from the cricket world, to celebrate the fourth anniversary this Newsletter and first anniversary of our popular "Trivial Facts" series. The same will be published on the front page of our website too.
"He has cheated before, he has cheated in this instance and I'm sure he will again. He is no angel." – Former Australian umpire Darrell Hair gives a damning verdict on Shahid Afridi over Afridi's ball-tampering act.
Trivial facts (from our Archives)
India's Sachin Tendulkar has bagged most man of the match awards in ODIs – 60.
That's all in this edition ! !
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Issue #105 Japanese season to kick start
March 11, 2010 Issue #105
Japanese season to kick start
Beer for Books celebrates 1st anniversary
The unpredictable weather these days notwithstanding the Japanese cricket season and so many other summer sports will kick start a new season with friendly warm up matches before they get on to serious business. As part of the warm up process, the Tokyo Giants along with some other Pakistani community organisations, is organising a Hanami (Cherry Blossom viewing) at Ueno Park on March 27-28. Former Pakistan cricketer Saeed Anwar is likely to grace the occasion along with many other artists from Pakistan.
This month will also see the final of the KCL T-20 tournament, which could not be held last year. The JPY 100,000 winner-takes-all tournament will see the unlikely heros Shizuoka Kytes taking on Nagoya, the initiator of the tournament. Khan Enterprises Inc., owned by Nagoya's skipper Saqib Khan is the primary sponsor of the tournament. Saeed Anwar is expected to attend the final before he returns to Pakistan.
Neil Harrison to organise an Umpiring Seminar
Japan's international umpire Neil Harrison will hold a seminar on one of the most challenging issues plaguing the Japanese cricket – you guessed it right! – umpiring. Lack of quality umpires and occasional refusal by players to accept umpire's decisions (some genuine and some others outright refusal) have been a bane of the sport in Japan. The seminar, to be held jointly for KCL and JCA teams on Sunday March 14 in Tokyo, will cover general umpiring topics, playing conditions and detailed information on umpiring signals, No Balls, Wides, LBW etc.
Well, the Engineers can't be away from latest technology for too long. Follow the Engineers at http://twitter.com/ieccjapan/ for live match updates and other cricket updates.
A team manager's report on Pakistan's disastrous tour of Australia blamed defensive captaincy by Mohammad Yousuf and discipline problems for the debacle. The report mentioned two separate incidents when Yousuf disputed his axing from the team. On the first occasion, Yousuf argued with the coach after he was dropped from the team for the third One-Day International against New Zealand on poor fielding. The other incident occurred before the fifth and final One-day against Australia when Yousuf initially withdrew but wanted to play later. The report also mentioned a heated argument between pacemen Umar Gul and Mohammad Aamir during the second Test in Wellington. In an another incident of ill-discipline, young batsman Umar Akmal was blamed for giving a media interview without the manager's permission before the Hobart Test when he was undergoing examination for apparent back strain.
Senior Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf has accused his team mate, Shoaib Malik, of disrupting team unity. "Nasim Ashraf (former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman) made a big mistake by making Shoaib Malik the captain," Yousuf said. "It was during his captaincy that the culture of groups within a team took root and respect for senior players fell. Two or three players are spoiling things in the team and I will reveal their names in the next few days."
Comment: Yousuf hasn't revealed any names yet..
Police in Jamaica recovered some of Brian Lara's stolen items from the house of woman who was acquainted with one of Lara's close friends. Lara's home was burgled while he was asleep. The report said the police seized more than 40 bottles of premium liquor, jewelry and four-autographed cricket bats from the woman's home. Police said that nearly TT$500,000 (US$83,300) in various currencies, and half a million dollars in jewellery, the honorary Order of Australia, which was given to him by Australia Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, were in the safe which was stolen from Lara's house.
Comment: Asleep while a safe is removed from home and not noticed? Interesting..
In a sensational disclosure, a Bengali daily on Saturday claimed that the Indian team sent Sachin Tendulkar with a request to Eden Gardens curator Prabir Mukherjee that he should shave the grass off the pitch for the second cricket Test between India and South Africa, starting Sunday, but it was politely turned down. The veteran curator, however, categorically denied meeting Tendulkar.
Contradicting his former captain Ian Chappell's statement, Australian pace bowling great Dennis Lillee said on Friday that there was no reason why India cannot sustain their numero uno Test status. "I don't agree with Ian Chappel's that India cannot sustain their number one status in Test cricket," Lillee told reporters. "I don't see a reason why India can't sustain their position. At the moment India has a balanced attack. Sometimes it is not all about out and out fast bowling. Australia also lacks a genuine tearaway pacers." he said. Chappell had said recently said that it is unlikely that India will sustain their number one Test status as they quality bowling attack and batting alone cannot deliver the goods for them for a longer period.
New Zealand cricketers' involvement in the Indian Premier League is in serious doubt after their players association recommended a pull out from the tournament, which starts on March 12. The highly anticipated report commissioned by the New Zealand, Australian, English and South African players unions also cast doubt on the ability of local authorities to deliver security
management plans.
Neil Harrison tops list
Neil Harrison of Japan ranked first in the 2010 EAP Umpires Panel following a review and selection of the EAP Umpires Panel (UP) and Supplementary Umpires Panel (SUP). Chris Thurgate, another umpire from Japan, ranked second in the Supplementary Umpires Panel. The Rankings have been done in consultation between the RUC and the RDO taking into account the observations, reports and feedback from tournaments. It may be recalled that Harrison was selected as an umpire in the recently concluded World Cricket League Division 5 in Nepal.
ICC Development Programme Annual Awards 2009
Namibia's cricket development programme took the top prize of Best Overall Cricket Development Programme in the Pepsi ICC Development Programme 2009 while EAP's PNG took the Best Cricket Promotion and Marketing Programme award.
Our readers may recall that Indian Engineers Cricket Club was the 1st organisation to lend their support to Beer for Books (http://www.beersforbooks.org/), an idea conceived and put into action by Gary Bremermann, by which for every drink you order during an event 100yen will be donated to Room to Read(http://www.roomtoread.org/) that helps children in the third world countries to buy books and build schools and libraries. Room to Read was founded by former Microsoft employee, John Wood.
Beer for Books recently celebrated their first anniversary in Tokyo. Here is a report by its founder Gary Bremermann:
On March 3rd , Beers for Books, an idea that was born one short year ago and was supported from its very early stages by the IECC, celebrated its 1st anniversary with a big party at Tokyo's Happo-en. Despite it being a Wednesday night, over 600 people showed up and the event created over 6000 books for children in 7 countries, including India.
Speaking of India, a wonderful slide show was presented by professional photographer Ms. Paula Waltz, who shared her photos of Room to Read-supported schools in India, so the attendees could see the power of early childhood literacy education in action. The founder of Room to Read, Mr. John Wood, was at the event and made a brief presentation to mark both the 1 year mark of Beers for Books and also the 10 year mark for the Room to Read organization, which has impacted over 4.1 million children in 9 countries to date by building 1,129 schools, 9.196 libraries, and providing 8,725 girls' scholarships.
The Beers for Books (B4B) fundraising program which started here in Tokyo has since spread to 2 more countries (U.S., Australia) and will soon launch in Singapore and London with more countries coming on line soon. In Japan, there have been events in 12 prefectures so far with a target of reaching all 47 prefectures by the end of 2010. After last week's event, B4B has passed the 45,000 book mark in its first year and aims to significantly increase this number over the next year. Room to Read is opening new libraries in Asia and Africa at a pace of about one every 4 ½ hours (faster than Starbucks!) so there are lots of libraries to fill with lots of books. If you all have any ideas for helping to grow this idea your support is very welcome.
Results as of February 28:
We have performed the annual ritual! We have purged the list based on the number games each club played. In order not to give undue weightage of the past performance to ranking process we take only the previous and current season's performance while calculating the ranking order. Additionally, we consider only those clubs that have played or likely to play at least 5 matches over the two seasons. Thus, we have removed the 2008 records from the ranking process and moved those that have played less than 5 matches to the bottom of the list.
8 Shizuoka Kytes (12)
9 Adore (10)
See the full list here.
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Ball pocketted by Jonathan Trott in a county game
Indian TV actress Neena Gupta talks about her relationship with the West Indian great Sir Vivian Richards
"If you want the ball to turn square from day one, why do you need a curator?" – the curator of the Eden Gardens after claiming that the BCCI asked him to prepare a turner for the second Test against RSA.
A total of 37 hat-tricks have been registered in Test cricket as of 2009.
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Issue #103 Next decade – Bleak future for the Associates?
January 7, 2010 Issue #103
Next decade – Bleak future for the Associates?
Op Ed:
Cricinfo ran an article a few days ago under the headline "Big brothers' indifference hurts the little guys" (http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/441863.html), higlighting the bleak future ahead for the Associate countries. Reading that article, one cannot but agree with the writer, who pointed out specific instances where the Associates failed in sustaining the momentum they gained either due to internal squabbles within their respective Boards, or ICC's and also the Full Members' general lack of enthusiasm towards them due to monetary reasons. For e.g., the writer states an example where South Africa demnaded almost $100,000 from Kenya to even consider putting out a side against them(http://www.cricinfo.com/kenya/content/story/437848.html). On ICC's part, it bypassed Namibia, the obvious candidate, and fast tracked USA to the World Cup Twenty20 Qualifiers to be held early this year, when they decided to add an extra team to the tournament, the article pointed out.
All these reflect one basic thing. The administration of Cricket has changed and it is after money. This is quite understandable in any sport but that leaves a question behind as far as the development of cricket is concerned – what is in it for the Associlates? If higher graded Associates like Namibia, Ireland, USA etc. are suffering, one can only feel for our local board, the Japan Cricket Association(JCA), which is graded lower in the Associate ranks. While it is no big secret that cricket has not progressed much in Japan in the past decade – not at least to the extend that it caught some media attention or produced some upsets on the field – due to various reasons, the most infamous of which was the high profle merger of the then Kano Cup (a competition by the foreigners, of the foreigners and for the foreigners) early in the decade and the JCA's domestic competition, and the eventual split that followed a few years later, partly due to the JCA's policies and partly due to some hot-headed individuals running the competition at that time.
cricket faces numerous hurdles in making any significant penetration into the mainstream sports culture in Japan. At the moment cricket is not even a sidestream sport in this country. According to JCA's own estimate a few years ago, there might be about 1000 active cricket players in Japan – a combined figure of both Japanese and foreigners – more than half of which are Tokyo based. We do not know about the accuracy of this figure but we see nothing on the ground to suggest that this figure might have gone up dramatically since the last estimate made known to us. We do not know about the fan base either. It won't be wrong to assume that the fan base is actually the active cricketers themselves and their family and friends. One might find some players and fans in some universities but that is more due to the Japanese culture itself – one MUST belong to some sports group, otherwise you will be considered an outcast. Hence the interest wanes after one is out of the university. Like in the USA, where cricket is struggling for some attention among other high profile and money spinning sports like Baseball, Football(which they play with hands!) and Basketball, Japan also suffers from very similar obstacles in advancing the game. In the case of the USA, however, the ICC pays top attention among the Associates and works harder and does the maximum of what it can to promote the sport in that country, the reason obviously being the dollars. USA also has an added advantage of being the land of migrants which means that they have an ample supply of talented cricketers from the Full Member countries and a huge fan base from the same source. Japan will be a different case though. It does not offer any money in the near foreseeable future, the fan base is abysmally low and hence sponsors are unlikely to stop by the JCA's office.
A reader of Cricinfo pointed out in response to an article in early 2009, which we quote here because his opinion holds true for Japanese Cricket too – "Cricket will never be a success in the USA. Imagine a global sport like Football is less successful, this even after USA hosting a World cup and the USA team is among the top twenty teams of the World. The sports market is run by TV channels in the US and no Network would be willing to give up their prime time Baseball/Football/Basketball for a game that is a relative unknown. Most Americans cannot think cricket beyond 'it's like baseball except that they use a flat bat and the ball pitches before it reaches the batter'. ICC can instead pump in the dollars to improve cricket in countries like West Indies, New Zealand etc. where the game is losing its popularity and can help revive the fortunes of those teams. We don't want China and America to help us with cricket." Well put.
So where is Japan Cricket heading in the next decade? Where will they be at the end of the decade?
The answer to these questions lie in the way the JCA is planning to run cricket in Japan. With the ground realities being what they are, Japan is unlikely to achieve the ODI status by the end of this coming decade. Afghanistan, with much less cricket history than Japan has, achieved the coveted ODI status in 2009 primarily because the war ravaged country had practically no major sport and a vast number of returning refugees from Pakistan helped build the game in that country. Japan, again, will be a different case. They have to groom indigenous cricketers for which they will need money and support. True, ICC pays the JCA about US$200,000 a year as an Associate Member but that will only help Japan meet the basic needs. A fully paid CEO helps, as is the current case, but free money can only do limited things. The actual growth must come from the ground.
To move forward, JCA should include more foreigners in their administration as well as in the national team. With such limited talent, resources and too many hurdles, Japan cannot afford to have two different competitions that don't talk to each other. JCA's invitation to Tokyo Giants, a Kanto Cricket League team, to participate in a short tournament at the end of the season last year and its CEO's appearance at the KCL's prize distribution ceremony were indeed welcome gestures but these gestures should go beyond the personal rapport the Giants skipper and the JCA CEO enjoys. The JCA is recognised and supported by the ICC but the KCL has better talent and resources. We have seen what foreigners could do both in sports(Sumo's highest rank is occupied by two foreigners, a number of foreigners playing in Baseball and Football in Japan) and corporate circles(Nissan and Sony are shining examples). A unified competition does not guarantee to bring the ODI status to Japan, but a divided community will only lead to a path of self-destruction. There is plenty of evidence available to prove that the JCA can not run cricket effectively without the help of foreigners and a lack of coordination only mutes the growth of the sport. At the moment, the Shizuoka Kytes does cricket coaching that is not supported by the JCA. We know other instances where foreign English teachers coach cricket in their schools which are uncoordinated too. Combine all these individual efforts under one banner and the results will be there for all of us to see. Working with foreigners will not be easy for the JCA and the Japanese idiom "the nail that sticks out gets hammered down" may not work well in a multi-cultural sport. Hence attitudes must be reset and adjustments will have to be made by both parties.
With due respect for all those who work hard for the advancement of the game, our prediction is that cricket in Japan is unlikely to make any waves in the sports pages of the Newspapers by the end this decade. We will, of course, be a happier lot if our prediction goes wrong and we do hope and pray that cricket becomes a recognised sport in this country.
Tokyo Wombats won the Pacific Friendship Cup 2009 by beating the YC&AC convincingly at Shizuoka in November. Batting first YC&AC scored 178, thanks to their import, Aamir Ali's 54. The Wombats got home with the loss of 4 wickets.
YC&AC 177 (Aamir Ali 54, P Shackleford 4/22)
Tokyo Wombats 178/4 (N Goold 46, C Jones 48). Scorecard
PFC is a friendly 8 team tournament started in 2000 in which the founders – the Indian Engineers and Shizuoka Kytes – and Tokyo Wombats are permanent members. Five other teams are invited every year on a rotational basis. More details are available here.
Pakistan cricketers Muhammad Aamer and Umar Gul were reportedly embroiled in a scuffle after their side's 141-run victory over New Zealand in the second Test. The altercation reportedly took place after a minor matter but later developed into a serious issue.Two players were fined Rs 200,000 each for getting physical with each other in Wellington. This is not the first time that such incidents have been reported from a touring Pakistan squad abroad. In 2007, fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was sent back home from South Africa and banned for 13 matches after he hit teammate Mohammad Asif with a bat before the Twenty20 World Cup. In the 2003 World Cup, a fight broke out between the then captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and Younis Khan during a football game.
Shane Watson is not embarrassed by his on-field antics but Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is not happy about his players' on-field behaviour. The third Test between Australia and the West Indies was marred by a few ugly incidents, involving players from both the sides. Watson was fined 15 per cent of his match fee for his wild celebration after dismissing rival captain Chris Gayle.
Former Australian coach John Buchanan believes it is time for Ricky Ponting's team to revisit the Spirit of Cricket pledge that was signed during his tenure, and urged Shane Watson not to undo years of hard work and control his emotions. Buchanan was coach in 2003 when Steve Waugh pledged to improve standards of behaviour by signing the Spirit of Cricket document, and believes it needs to reflect a new team and a new culture following an ill-tempered series against the West Indies during which four Australian players were found guilty of bad behaviour.
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has said that it will send a letter of protest to the International Cricket Council hefty suspension handed down to spinner Sulieman Benn, but will not appeal against the decision. Australians Brad Haddin and Mitchel Johnson pleaded guilty to an ugly mid-pitch confrontation incident and were handed lesser sanctions, losing 10 per cent and 25 per cent of their match fees respectively, despite match referee Chris Broad slamming Haddin for his role as an inflamer of the incident.
Asked what he thought of Watson's histrionics when he bounded up and down and yelled in the personal space of Chris Gayle after taking his wicket for 21 during the 2nd Test, West Indies team manager Joel Garner said: "I am not even going to entertain the thought. The match referee is the man in charge and he will do whatever he feels is best. I go back to "Animal Farm" days, George Orwell, they say all animals are equal and later on in the same book they say some animals are more equal than others. Maybe that applies in some cases."
West Indies captain Chris Gayle has labelled the Australian cricket team a pack of whingers and called all-rounder Shane Watson soft as the fallout from the recently completed three-Test series continues. Gayle, named man of the series despite Australia's 2-0 triumph, claimed Ricky Ponting's men were the masters of sledging but couldn't handle the heat when a player returned serve. "When they sledge and if you give it back to them, they whinge a lot," Gayle said in Perth. "'They can't handle it."
"There doesn't seem to be any punishment forthcoming for someone who provokes and that to me is against the principles of natural justice," former India captain Anil Kumble wrote in his syndicated column about the ugly incident during the recently concluded Test between the West Indies and Australia. "The Australians always seem to get away. Whatever their transgressions on the field, invariably it is their opponents who end up paying a price. Kumble cited the example of the Delhi Test in 2008, during which Gautam Gambhir was banned for a Test by match referee Chris Broad because he elbowed Shane Watson. "In the Delhi Test against us, my last, the one that earned Gautam Gambhir a ban for having a go at Watson, the same umpire and the match referee were officiating," Kumble wrote. "At that time, the umpire Billy Bowden didn't see it fit to report Simon Katich who had later obstructed Gautam and the match referee Chris Broad too didn't bother to act on his own or follow it up with the on-field umpires even though it was very much evident on TV. And as on that occasion, the provocateurs got away in Perth too, with Haddin and Johnson receiving minor reprimands."
Controversial Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has lambasted reports about him having a liposuction surgery. Akhtar said it was a knee- surgery and not any fat removing surgery because of which he is out of competitive cricket. "Everybody is talking about it, but this is the first time I've spoken on this. I don't need liposuction. I'm not fat. I'm a fit guy, I can reduce my weight by running". Akhtar also blasted the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for releasing a statement saying he had 'genital warts', due to which he was axed from the T20 World Cup. "The PCB's findings are a load of crap. The truth is I had skin tags. A doctor who treated me wrote this in his report and I gave this report to the PCB. It was high up on my thighs and from the running and training I developed a rash," Akhtar said.
Comment: Sometimes too much information is not good.
EAP records historic victory
East Asia Pacific (EAP) team, a team composed of best cricketers of the EAP countries, recorded its largest victory in its seven-year history with a 66-run win over South Australia on the second day of the Australian Country Cricket Championships in Albury. Winning the toss, EAP elected to bat, losing two early wickets before Chris Amini (51) and Assad Vala (50) put on an 86-run partnership to lift EAP to 187 all out.
In reply, the side then fielded well to defend its total which included two run-outs. South Australia was dismissed for 121 all out with Andrew Mansale and Loa Nou taking three-wickets apiece.
Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5
Following the Pepsi World Cricket League Division 6 in Singapore last September, the next phase of qualification for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 takes place in February with six teams competing in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5 (WCL Div. 5) in Nepal. The top two sides at this event, which will be played from 20 to 27 February in Kathmandu, will win promotion to the WCL Div. 4 to be played in Italy in August. This is the third step on the road to ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier in 2013 to be held in Australia and New Zealand.
Results as of December 31:
Here is the list of the top 10 teams(last month's ranking in brackets):
7 YC&AC (7)
8 Indian Engineers (10)
10 Adore (10)
10 Kansai Lions (9)
10 Al karam (9)
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Incident led to Sulieman Benn's suspension – WI vs. Aus 2009
I go back to Animal Farm days by George Orwell, they say all animals are equal and later on in the same book they say some animals are more equal than others. Maybe that applies in some cases." – Joel Garner on harsher punishment meted out to the WI players than the Australians during an on-field incident recently.
India's M L Jaisimha, England's Geoff Boycott, Allan Lamb and Andrew Flintoff, Australia's Kim Hughes, India's Ravi Shastri and West Indies' Adrian Griffith have all batted on each day of a five-day Test.
That's all in this edition!
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Issue #87 Rain Disrupts League Matches
July 10, 2008 Issue #87
Rain Disrupts League Matches
ICC EAP News –
YC&AC lifts Air Lanka Cup
YC&AC ensured a berth in the semi-finals of the KCL with an impressive performance that is worthy of a great team. With just one match remaining, they won all the 4 matches they played so far with one wash out. Incidentally, the wash out was against the mighty Tokyo Giants, perhaps the only team that could have challenged the YC&AC's bull run. From Group A, the other likely semi-finalist is Tokyo Giants, another team that is bulldozing their opponents. The Giants have also won all their outings so far. YC&AC is leading the points tally in Group A with 18 points out of 5 matches while the Giants have 12 out of 4 matches. The Indian Engineers are the third in the list with 12 points again but they have played one match more than the Giants.
In Group B, Al Karam, a likely semi-finalist, leads the pack with 9 points but unfortunately for them 3 out of the 4 matches scheduled were washed out. Add to that they also earned a penalty point having failed to perform their umpiring duty.
A total of 10 matches have been lost to rains this year so far.
Meanwhile, in Kansai, many matches were washed out.
Latest results are available here.
The Canadian federal government announced it was officially recognising cricket as a sport, elevating its formal stature and making it eligible for much needed public funding, Toronto Star has reported. The recognition, which follows a decade of lobbying, means an immediate grant of $77,000 for 2007-2008.
Legendary Australian batsman Neil Harvey, 79, was joined by another teammate from the 1948 Invincibles, Sam Loxton, in asking Australian captain Ricky Ponting to do something immediately about the team's on-field behaviour, a report in Herald Sun has said. "I have said my bit about their behaviour, which Ponting doesn't like," Harvey said on the 60th anniversary of the harmonious 1948 Invincibles tour of England, of which he was the youngest member. "I don't really give a stuff what he says. I disliked their behaviour in the last Indian series (last summer) and I told them via the press. Ponting's retort was that nobody listens to Neil Harvey any more, anyway."
England batsman Kevin Pietersen fears the Twenty20 storm that has swept the cricket world will, in all probability, spell the end of ODIs in the next couple of years. "I definitely think the longer form of One-day cricket will, in a couple of years, probably be something of the past," Pietersen said. "For sure. The way that cricket is going now, Twenty20 is definitely here to stay. We are entertainers. Everybody, I think if you asked them, would rather watch Twenty20 cricket," he added.
Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh will present the Man of the Match award at the Euro 2008 football match between Switzerland and Portugal in Basel on Sunday, a sponsor said. Indian cricketers have rarely shared the spotlight at a top-level football meet, but Yuvraj's presence in Basel is part of a global promotion by beer manufacturers Carlsberg, one of Euro's sponsors. Indian One-day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the original choice for the Basel trip, but declined citing prior commitments.
thatsCricket.com, launched its live Cricket scores coverage in 5 Indian languages. Cricket fans and followers can now get live updates in Hindi,Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Live scores in Indian languages can be accessed at thatsCricket.com whenever there is a cricket match in progress. The language options are available for both ball-by-ball updates and the full scorecard.
Cricket great Shane Warne is one of Australia's least-trusted people, according to a list published by the
Readers Digest. Warne, who retired from test cricket last year with a record 708 wickets, came 95th in the list of 100 names.
Seeking to sooth Kapil Dev's hurt sentiments, the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) on assured the World Cup winning captain that his memorabilia is being preserved "in the most befitting manner" and his mural, which was removed due to construction work, would soon grace the Mohali stadium again. Kapil's memorabilia and his mural were removed from the stadium, sparking speculation that the PCA is taking a revenge on him, he having joined the ICL, the IPL's rival.
Bangalore Royal Challengers' owner and liquor baron Vijay Mallya is still smiling despite his team finishing his team second last. The reason – the IPL champuins, Rajasthan Royals, is a team sponsored by his company.
Australian opener Phil Jaques said a recent hi-tech laser surgery for his eyes had helped his batting and fielding. "I found that (seeing) high balls was heaps better", he said.
ICC EAP News
No updates this month.
Kamran Ali reports:
The YC&AC defeated Sri Lankan Lions by 5 wickets to lift the annual Air Lanka Cup on June 15. Batting first, the Lions scored 251 in 37 overs, powered by Sujit Dharmasena's unbeaten 95. The YC&AC then successfully chased the target for the loss of 5 wickets. Prashant Kale of YC&AC was declared man of the match for his 63 not out, while Steve Parson(57) and Abdul Rahim(37) were the other contributors for the YC&AC.
The Air Lanka Cup is an annual series between the YC&AC the Sri Lankan Lions. This was the year of the series.
Results as of June 30:
2 Osaka Tigers (2)
4 Serendip (4)
6 Kansai Fighters (5)
8 Al Karam (8)
9 MAX (10)
10 KRAC (7)
We recently received a question as follows: How come YCAC has gone down in the rankings after winning all our games?
Editor**: We understand that this may be a question many people are asking themselves. A team may appear to go down in the ranking despite having wins in that month or inspite of little or no difference in the points they have in that month as compared to previous month. This is not because your team's stats are bad but because some other team went up in the table in that month. For e.g., Wombats(ranked 8 in April) went up (ahead of YCAC) in May month because they beat Wyverns(ranked 4), earning 1 bonus point(4×0.25) in that process. The other reason is that the rankings are based on the results at the end of the previous month so even if a club played and won a few matches by the time the Newsletter went online, they wouldn't be counted for the previous month.
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Ricky Ponting fears for the future of Test cricket because of 20/20. Do you agree?
I don't know who writes your newsletter but kudos to whoever it is. The humour and the contents are excellent. The only unfortunate thing being that it should be more frequent !! Keep it up!
Alok Rakyan
I enjoyed the WCL Div 5 write up! Japan are basically a big fish in a small pond (EAP), but just a little minnow out in the big blue (WCL). How will they respond to this setback?
Regarding the views expressed in Newsletter #86 under the heading "Japan struggles to find it's place", I was disappointed that the normally interesting and reliable IECC Newsletter let itself down with some poor research.
"…result of this high charges is that the ground lies unused on many weekends, the latest instance being June 7-8 weekend"
I can assure your readers that both grounds were fully utilised on June 8th. Wyverns vs Sharks was played Fuji2 and Fuji Far vs Adore was played on Fuji 1. Both games were played in difficult wet conditions early on and were fine examples of the Spirit of Cricket.
And I (and maybe some other keen readers) would like to see who the IECC Newsletter deems to be the "… undeserving individuals being selected in the national team" and how they come to the conclusion that these individuals are undeserving?
Anton McCloy
Editor** We can confirm that one or both of the Fuji grounds was/were lying vacant on Saturday June 7. In addition to that many teams from Tokyo, including the Indian Engineers, are reluctant to go to Fuji due to the high ground fees. As for the national team selection, when you don't select a deserving individual(note that we are not making any references here) the converse will become true – an undeserving individual will get selected in his place.
Good piece on JCA. I agree that if the Fuji ground fees were less, more teams could use the ground. The JCA should understand that most of the teams are located in and around Tokyo and hence should have taken the traveling cost also into account while deciding the ground fees.
Dr. D. Sakthi Kumar
This was found on Youtube and you can only reply on the comments attached to it derive how this batsman got out. One of the comments says it is a Surrey vs Leeds match at The Oval, 15th April 2007. The batsman is Tom Merilaht, the wicket-keeper is Jon Batty, and the bowler is Mohammad Akram. The scorecard for the game records the dismissal as caught behind. The umpire at the bowler's end is Ian Gould.
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"In an era of instant gratification, of limited overs cricket and impatient youth, 'hang in there' is a bit like Levis jeans and dot matrix printers; it's about what your dad did!" – Harsha Bogle in the Indian Express.
1. Australian opener, Michael Slater, is said to have tried to flush his kit in a toilet when he was going through bad batting form.
2. Ricky Ponting had a bat sponsorship at the age of 12.
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Issue #18 JCA to accept foreigners in the National team
March 30, 2002 Issue #18
We have become a dot com club!
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JCA to accept foreigners in the National team
….and Kanto Cricket League set to begin under JCA
In a major policy decision, the Japan Cricket Association has decided to accept expatriate cricketers in its national team thus avoiding a stand-off with Kanto Cricket League and a possible boycott of JCA by the KCL. Thus, KCL, Japan's leading cricket tournament, is all set to take off in April with its first match being scheduled on April 14.
What had started as a run of the mill tournament for the expatriate clubs a few years ago has become a prestigious and premier competition in the country, with Japan Cricket Association stepping in last year to take a lead role in organising it, thus making it the first step in a larger initiative to integrate tournaments held independently at various regions of the country.
The stand-off would have dealt a body blow to JCA's efforts to streamline cricket in Japan, efforts for which was started last year by both JCA and KCL. In an agreement reached between the two sides last year, KCL was to have a two division league structure and a certain clause about players residential status to be eligible for KCL was to be incorporated beginning 2002. However, the radical changes proposed by JCA and accepted by the KCL Committee in its AGM in 2001 did not find favour with all clubs and some of them boycotted the tournament last year. This year, some more teams rescinded the agreement and asked for two more years to get their players' residential papers in order which JCA flatly refused but accepted KCL's other demand of inducting foreign players into the national team. A second sitting of the KCL AGM was called in February this year to discuss the decisions of JCA and was accepted by KCL by a vote of 11-3. With this decision, JCA has killed two birds with one stone. It has made the first step in giving the tournament a presentable face for potential sponsors while avoiding a stand-off with KCL. All but one of the teams that had boycotted KCL last year have come back since.
The two division structure of KCL was formed on the basis of the results of the tournament last year, with the top 6 qualifying for Division I and the rest for Division II. KCL thus has 6 teams in D-I and 10 teams in two groups in D-II in 2002, with the top two teams of D-II and bottom two of D-I swapping their places in the subsequent years.
The agreement between JCA and KCL was a sort of give and take for both. While KCL agreed to go under JCA and get rid of the players whose residential papers are not in order, JCA on its part, has promised to bring in more fund for KCL, agreed to actively look for sponsors and more significantly, agreed to accept a certain number of foreigners in the national team subject to their qualification under ICC stipulations on that subject. JCA's acceptance of the demand by KCL of including expatriate players in the national team is considered to be a major victory for KCL, who has been campaigning for it for years. JCA has consistently been turning down the demand every time it was made on the grounds that the culture in Japan is different and the expatriates are not really up to it! However, some plain speaking by some members during the KCL AGM, the realisation that other sports in the country such as the traditional Sumo wrestling, Rugby and Football accept foreigners in the national team, the thrashing it had been receiving in the international tournaments – except the recently concluded EAP Eights tournament where it finished second, prompted JCA to accept the KCL's long standing demand.
One of the long term goals of JCA, as laid out in the second sitting of the KCL AGM early this year, is to become an Associate member of ICC and it is believed that the decision to accept expatriate cricketers in the national teams has got a lot to do with this goal, apart from bringing the KCL under its fold. Knowledgeable sources feel that without the help of foreigners it is difficult for Japan, where Cricket is still at its infancy and anything un-American is difficult to sink-in, to attain the Associate membership any time soon. They also have to change their image as the whipping boys at the international(non-Test) level. Induction of a few players from countries where cricket is a main stream sport is expected to help Japan gain a few wins to boost their chances of Associate membership.
Apart from acting as the umbrella body of various tournaments in Japan, JCA also has plans to organise two and three day tournaments and an All Japan Championship in which the winners of the regional tournaments will participate. JCA has also plans to increase the native player pool, the number of grounds available for cricket, various fund raising ceremonies. Dean Jones, former Australian cricketer is expected to arrive in May for a fund raising dinner during the Golden Week holidays in Japan.
The schedule of the KCL is available here.
Japan lose to ACB/Australian Indigenous in ICC East Asia 8's Cricket Tournament
Reported by : David Clear
With two wickets down and two overs to spare, the ACB/Australia Indigenous development team successfully chased Japan's total of 3/143 in the final of the inaugural ICC East Asia Cricket 8's Festival at Lilac Hill Park. ACB/Australian Indigenous went through the tournament undefeated. In finishing second, Japan are officially the ICC East Asia Affiliate member champions. The tournament, hosted by the WACA, is part of the ICC Development Program to globalise the sport of cricket and has seen South Korea and Indonesia competing in international competition for the first-ever time.
In the consolation final for 3rd and 4th, Indonesia set South Korea a big total of 5/168. The Koreans responded by posting their highest score of the event of 98.
Player of the day award was presented to Jung Suk Lee of South Korea, making 37no and taking 1/10.
SUMMARY SCORES FOR DAY 4 (FINALS)
Final, Japan 3/143 (Hirokazu Takahashi 60, Shuichiro Nakamura 48no) lost to ACB/Indigenous 2/144 (Noel Bennell 56no, Clint Yates 37, Dallas Coyne 36)
Consolation Final, Indonesia 5/168 (Soni Hawoe 47, Agus Anon Abadi 38, Wayan Suandi 37no, Sang Hyeun Kyung 2/35, Jung Suk Lee 1/10) defeated South Korea 98 (Jung Suk Lee 37no, Tae Jin Kim 26no, Zacharia Awang 4/10)
1. ACB/Australian Indigenous development team
2. Japan
4. South Korea
3 Japanese players in the East Asia Pacific team
As part of the ICC Development Program to grow cricket in non-Test nations, following the successful completion of the inaugural ICC East Asia Cricket 8's Festival from 25 February 1 March, the following 2002 ICC East Asia XI team was announced:
Kasuhisa Orita JAPAN
Soni Hawoe INDONESIA
Paul Bagshaw ACB/AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS
Clint Yates ACB/AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS
Naoki Miyaji JAPAN
Dave Herbert INDONESIA
Noel Bennell ACB/AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS
Jung Suk Lee SOUTH KOREA
Hirokazu Takahashi JAPAN
Dallas Coyne ACB/AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS
Zachariah Awang INDONESIA
The Player of the Championships was presented to 16 year old CLINT YATES of the ACB/Australian Indigenous development team. Clint was Captain of the undefeated victorious side, made 201 runs @ 12.5, took 8 wickets @ 12.5, and held 5 catches.
The Festival Award, for the most influential player of the event, a signed print donated by Dennis Lillee, was awarded to Japan's Vice-Captain and opening batsmen HIROKAZU TAKAHASHI who scored 230 runs @ 57.5. He also took 5 wickets @ 15.8.
Takahashi is currently on a cricket development training placement, along with two other Japanese development officers, in Melbourne with the Victorian Cricket Association as part of their ICC established partnerships with the Japan Cricket Association and the Republic of Korea Cricket Association. All three are sure to return home with keen enthusiasm and renewed ideas and practices for how to best progress the sport in their country.
The first ever South African team that visited India after lifting the apartheied ban on them had everything to make a good curry rice. The members of the touring party inclued (Clive) Rice, (Jimmy) Cook and (Kepler) Wessels!
Readers' Forum
Firstly, I'd like to congratulate all who were awarded for their great performances during the cricket season. A job well done!
I was interested to see that the best batsman was awarded for his excellent average of 84.5(Ferris, not bad for an old guy 🙂 ), but I was a little disappointed to see that the bowlers weren't also judged on their averages. Not to take anything away from Naeem for his wicket taking ability, but the best bowler should be judged on averages not just wickets taken. I would be curious to find out why this was the case! I'm sure we are all familiar with the saying "Shit gets wickets"! Just awarding a bowler for wickets taken isn't always a true reflection on how well a bowler has bowled.
If I've angered anyone because of my personal views, I'm sorry. Feel free to send me your opinions on this as I'd be curious to see if anyone else feels the same way.
Matt Sharpe ( Shizuoka Kytes)
Improve your batting skills during the winter break
Have you ever faced a delivery at 100 mph? Do you want to practice leaving deliveries outside the off-stump? Shouldering arms? Do you want to play a true inswinger or outswinger? Major clubs, State teams and National Squads use a Bowling Machine to train their players. A Bowling Machine is the ultimate tool you can have to develop and improve your game.
But how do I access one…? Do we have one in Japan…??
Well, if you are living in Japan, you are unbelievably lucky…!! You can contact I.E.C.C. to access this invaluable tool of a cricketer. This imported machine is available to you at a reasonable cost !!! A free bi-lingual coach is available if you are a Japanese and can't speak English. Hourly or daily rental possible.
So improve your cricket during this winter break and be ready for the KCL 2002 and get that elusive Best Batsman/MoM/MVP of the league trophy.
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Issue #17 KCL Prizes distributed
January 10, 2002 Issue #17
KCL Prizes distributed
In a well-attended ceremony on December 29, 2001, the KCL Champions Trophy and various other individual prizes were presented. The ceremony was held at an Indian restaurant at Roppongi, the well-known entertainment district of Tokyo and was attended by more than 50 guests. The winner's trophy was presented to the Tokyo Giants captain Mumtaz Alam by Kei Imamura, the KCL Treasurer. The Runners-Up trophy was presented to Aamir Ali, the captain of the losing finalist. Man of the Match of the final was awarded to Tauseef Ahmed of Tokyo Giants for his match haul of 4 wickets in 9 balls conceding only 3 wickets, thus turning the match in their favour.
Other individual prizes are given below. For these prizes, performances of only the league level matches were considered to apply a uniform yardstick for analysis.
Best batsman of the league – Mark Ferris of YC&AC. Total runs 338 at an average of 84.5
Best bowler of the league – Naeem Qureshi of Friends XI for his 13 wickets, the highest in the league.
M.V.P of the league – Mumtaz Alam of Tokyo Giants for his 214 runs, three 50s and 6 wickets.
In a fine gesture, the Tokyo Giants, on their own, presented trophies to three best Japanese players of the league. The recipients of this unique prizes were 1)Hirayama of MAX C.C. for most runs 118 in 5 innings, 59 being his highest, 2)Kawashima of Fuji Far East C.C. for his 98 runs and 7 catches as a Wicket Keeper and 3)Kojima of Wyverns C.C. for his 11 wickets, 4 for 7 being his best.
All Japan Sixes
Viswa Ghosh reports:
The Japan cricket Association(JCA) has drawn up plans to introduce an inter-region competition, which has been a major hurdle for the integration of cricket in various regions of the country, from 2002 season. The division of the just concluded Kanto cricket League(KCL) into two groups was part of this initiative. As a prelude to the full match inter-region competition, the JCA organised a Sixes(Six-a-side, Five overs) tournament in the scenic resort of Nihon Aerobics Center in Chiba, in the outskirts of Tokyo with teams from various regions participating. The two-day event was jointly sponsored by various embassies of cricket playing nations and by the JCA.
The first day, Nov. 23rd, saw the round robin matches and the finals were played on the second day(Nov 24th) with Tokai taking the Cup home comfortably.
The Final line-up were:
Bowl Final: Tohoku & Kita Kanto vs. Kansai
Plate Final: Minami Kanto A vs. Kyushu
Cup Final: Minami Kanto B vs. Tokai
Bowl Final: Kansai – 49 in 5 overs(Orita 2 for 6), Tohoku & Kita Kanto – 50 in 4.4 overs.
Plate Final: Kyushu – 43 in 5 overs, Minami Kanto – 45 in 2.4 overs.
Cup Final: Tokai – 72 in 5 overs, Minami Kanto B – 43 in 5 overs.
So, Tokai took the cup home. But, thanks to some great organizing efforts by the JCA, the umpires, the players and the spectators, Cricket won that day. Everyone departed from the event with great hopes for the future of Cricket in Japan. Perhaps, we all saw history in the making! We all look forward to bigger things, some CRICKET EXTRAVAGANZA in the near future in Japan.
Detailed report of each match on both days can be found here.
1. What is the connection between Indian fast bowler of yester years, Amar Singh and Mahatma Gandhi?
2. Cricket was the most important part of life of Monty Nolle – early 20th century Australian cricketer. What did he famously do when he was once denied permission to play inter-state cricket for New South Wales?
Answers at the end of this Newsletter…
ICC East Asia Cricket Eights Festival
The Western Australian CA has been confirmed as host of the inaugural ICC East Asia Cricket Eights Festival from 25 February to 1 March next year. Competing at the event, which compliments the global ICC objective of widening the market by promoting and expanding the game in a variety of forms, will be: Indonesia (new ICC Affiliate member in 2001); Japan (ICC Affiliate member since 1989); Philippines (ICC Affiliate member since 2000); South Korea (new ICC Affiliate member in 2001), and an; ACB/Australian Indigenous development team. Matches will be played on WACA Grade grounds throughout Perth.
Answers to the questions above
1. Both studied in the same school – Alfred High School
2. He changed his profession. He was working in a bank and gave up his earlier profession to train as dentist.
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