Posted on 07/28/2006 9:15:06 AM PDT by BaBaStooey
United States of America Cricket Association WORLD CRICKET LEAGUE QUALIFIER – AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP
2006 WCLQ SQUAD
Steve Massiah - Captain (New York Region) Jignesh Desai - Vice Captain (Southwest Region) Khawaja Shuja - (Central West Region) Chintan Patel - (Atlantic Region) Abhishek Pawar - (Southwest Region) Akeem Dodson - (New York Region) Sushil Nadkarni - (Central West Region) Niraj Shah - (Central West Region) Carl Wright - (Atlantic Region) Steve Pitter - (New York Region) Fauad Hasan - (Northwest Region) Gowkaran Roopnarine - (Atlantic Region) Lennox Cush - (New York Region) Imran Awan - (Atlantic Region)
Mustaq Muhhamed - Coach Orville Hall - Manager
SCHEDULE -- WORLD CRICKET LEAGUE QUALIFIER – AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP Aug. 21 CAYMAN ISLANDS vs USA at Maple Leaf C.C. Aug. 23 USA vs ARGENTINA at G. Ross Lord Park Aug. 25 BERMUDA vs USA at Maple Leaf C.C. Aug. 26 CANADA vs USA at Maple Leaf C.C.
Thank you. That makes sense.
Overs are sets of six balls thrown in one direction to the batsman. After each set of six balls, the bowling is done to the other end for the next six "pitches" (in baseball terms). This switching of ends being bowled to occurs regardless of whether the batsmen too have switched ends due to a successfully batted ball.
A century is just when a batsmen scores 100 runs without making an out. a double-century, 200.
If a ball rolls over the endline boundaries, its automatically 4 runs. If it goes over the boundary on a fly, then its 6 runs.
If the ball hits the wicket, then the batsman is out.
If the batsman blocks the ball with his pads, and the umpire determines that the ball WOULD have hit the stumps, dislodging the "bails" then the batsman is declared out, LBW or "leg before wicket."
A ball hit into the air and caught makes a batsman out, and will result in shouting of the phrase "HOWZEE!" a bastardized pidgin English version of "How is it?" asked to the umpire, or in other words, "Is the dang batter out?"
If the batsmen are running back and forth after a hit ball, and the other team hits the stumps with the ball before the batter is in the safe area, then the batter is out.
Pimm's Cup is mixed with fruit to make a refreshing punch.
Gin and tonics with limes can be offered to players or spectators.
Red Stripe will be considered a friendly gesture if your opponents are from the Caribbean area.
Heh heh this squad almost sounds like an India B team. LOL!
Those 6 of them are Hindus, the other Muslims in the team may well be from India too.
Yeah, but our star captain is from the West Indies.
Today is the first match for the USA.
I will post the scorecard link and recap once the match is over. Here is the schedule for the day's play:
Start and Cessation Times:
First Session 10.30 - 14.00
Interval (Lunch) 14.00 - 14.45
Second Session 14.45 - 18.15
I have received word that the USA are 77 for 1 after 19 overs. They are likely batting first. 77 runs in 19 overs is a semi-healthy run rate of 4.05. If they maintain that for a full 50 overs, that will bring them to a score of about 203 runs. Not a great total, but a respectable one. If they do not lose any more wickets for a while, they will be able to bat more aggressively as the game goes on, and hopefully increase the run rate.
I will continue to update this thread if I hear anything more about today's play.
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(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
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USA 202 for 1 in 39 overs. Nadkarni 86 not out and Steve Massiah 77 not out.
They have really picked up the pace. Only one out, so they should really be able to play some high risk, high reward shots in the last 5-10 overs. They have a shot at 300 but should get to 250.
A very good batting performance by our team in their first match. Add to today's performance those matches against the West Indies (both of them decent performances against a much better side) in New York City, and things appear to be looking up for Team USA.
I've been following it on the Major League Cricket message board.
USA: 300 for 2 in 50 overs
Massiah 136 not out
Nadkarni 111
In reply, Cayman Islands 143 for 6 in 31 overs when last reports came in.
I do not have any information on where Cayman Islands ended up, but if they were 143 for 6 after 31 overs, then it is extremely likely that Team USA has won the first match of this tournament.
Their remaining schedule:
Aug. 23 USA vs ARGENTINA at Toronto, ON - G. Ross Lord Park
Aug. 25 BERMUDA vs USA at King City, ON - Maple Leaf C.C.
Aug. 26 CANADA vs USA at King City, ON - Maple Leaf C.C.
Argentina should be a winnable match. Bermuda will likely be the toughest opponent of the whole tournament. The match against Canada will be very interesting.
I said they had a shot at 300 but I pretty much guaranteed 250. The fact that I said it was possible for them to score at 10 an over for the last 10 overs means I've got plenty of faith.
Massiah continues his fantastic batting with a huge score, and carried his bat through all 50 overs.
Nadkarni with a century in his international debut gives fans of USA cricket plenty to smile about for the future.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1687939/posts
I found more info on the match and started a separate post on the new article.
I have no idea what any of that means.
:)
We won, they lost. USA! USA!
Feel free to say "neener neener neener" to the next person you meet from the Cayman Islands.
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