SCCA LEAGUE 2011

DIVISION-I

VIJAYTA BEAT PASADENA

UNBEATEN CENTURY BY RAVI TIMBAWALA




Ravi Timbawala

 

SCCA 2011 Cricket Season started as scheduled on Saturday, April 2, 2011.  In these two weekends three Division-I games were played.  Vijayta, the reigning Champions of Division-I comfortably beat Pasadena by a margin of 175 runs.  Pasadena who was in the play-off last year could not field a better team this as some of their key players moved over to the other club.  They are presently re-building the team.



Ravi Timbawala, continued his last year’s form by scoring an unbeaten century (106 not out) in his first match this season.  His century, combined with Hammad Shahid’s  unbeaten 50 helped Vijayta to pile up280 runs for the loss of 8 wickets.   Mehul Dave and Timil Patel scored 20 runs each for Vijayta.   For Pasadena Khalid Noor 3 for 47 and Ali Khan 2 for 51 bowled well.

ANAND PANCHAL GETS SEASON’S FIRST 5 WICKET HAUL



Anand Panchal

 Pasadena was skittled out for a meager 105 runs.  Thanks to some fine bowling by Anand Panchal, who took  5 for 26 in the first match of this season. He was ably supported in the bowling department by Timil Patel with his 2 for 23 runs.  At the end of the games this is what the winning team has said:

Vijayta Summary: Vijayta won the toss and elected to bat in this season opener on a soft and uneven wicket and to top it off on a soggy outfield.

Ravi Timbawala starts off the season with an unbeaten 106 of 110 balls. His century was composed of 10 (4's) and 2 (6's) and Vijayta managed to pile up 280 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Hammad Shahid helped the cause with an unbeaten 50 as well in 43 balls.

Kahlid Noor (3/47) and Ali Khan who scored 25 and took (2/51) had noteworthy performances for Pasadena.

Pasadena in its rebuilding year had a depleted roster compared to the one of last year and could muster up a low score of only 105.

Anand Panchal had outstanding figures of 8.5 overs, 1 maiden and grabbed 5 for 26, while Timil bagged 2 wickets.

Man of the Match Ravi Timbawala for notching up the first hundred of SCCA in 2011.

VIJAYTA GAVE 16 EXTRAS (12 WIDES) AND PASADENA GAVE 23 EXTRAS (20 WIDES)

VIJAYTA BEAT HOLLYWOOD-1

Playing back to back cricket, Vijayta beat their arch rival Hollywood-1 in the second weekend of the season.  Hollywood-1, like South Africa in world cricket choked in the play-off final of Division-I in the last two years.  Both these years they played Vijayta in play-off finals and lost.

In their first league match of the season they lost the toss first and then the game.  Vijayta batted first and were all out for 163.  Thanks to the contribution Hammad Shahid (22) and Rushid Pagtel (27).  For Hollywood-I, Piush Agram and Nitgesh Anandan bowled well, each capturing 3 wicket apiece.

In reply, Hollywood-I  scored only 98 runs for the loss of eight wickets. Hollywood-1 lost the services of their batsman/wicketkeeper Ritesh Kadu due to injury and one of their leading batsman,Thilan Indrasena due to family emergency.

Mandeep Singh Dhillon was the only batsman who played well for Hollywood-1 scoring 62 runs of the team’s total of 98.    Mehul Dave, Vijayta captain bowled extremely well to capture 4 wickets.  His figures at the end were 5.1 overs, 1 maiden, 9 runs and 4 wickets.  He was ably supported in this effort by Timil Patel with 2 for 41.

This is what both the teams have said at the end of the game:

Vijayta Summary: On a cool crisp day Vijayta and Hollywood showed that their bats were chilling too. It was all about bowling and fielding on a 2 paced wicket.

Last year’s Playoff finalists battled it out. Sent into bat by Hollywood, Vijayta was reeling at 7 for 78. Piyush Agram and Nitesh Anandan bowled tidy spells to grab 3 and 3 wickets respectively. Then came a crucial partnership between Rushit Patel and Hammad Shahid who took the score to 147 and then the innings crumbled to 163 in 41.1 overs.

Hollywood needed 164 to win, an easy target for their batting lineup despite not having Aditya due to an injury. But skipper Mehul Dave had other plans when the ever dangerous Arjun Thyagarajan stepped in. Arjun was totally in disarray at the crease while edging to the keeper. Mehul finished with figures of 5.1 Overs, 1 Maiden and scalped 4 wickets for a paltry 9 runs. Mandeep Dhillon was the lone ranger scoring 62 of the 95 that Hollywood put up. For a short while it looked like veteran Mandeep Singh Dhillon known as MSD to his friends might take the game away from Vijayta hitting 4 huge sixes, but he ran out of partners and he just couldn't sustain at the crease. Atleast MSD made the game a little bit interesting.

Man of the Match - Team Vijayta

Men of the Match shared by - Rushit Patel, Hammad Shahid and Mehul Dave.

Next up for Vijayta - Orange County on Saturday April 16th.

Hollywood1 Summary: Unforeseen Circumstances and bad batting led to a bad chase. Valiant innings from Mandeep Dhillon was the only highlight for Hollywood's batting. However, positives in bowling was biggest plus point in this game. Some excellent spells from Anup Desai, Rishabh Nanda, Piyush, Nikhil & Nitesh. Lots of hard work ahead for Hollywood's depth players to step up to the plate. Go Hollywood !

HOLLYWOOD-1 GAVE 37 EXTRAS (23 WIDES AND 8 NO BALLS) AND VIJAYTA GAVE 4 EXTRAS 3 WIDES)

CSUF BEAT ORANGE COUNTY CC

In yet another Division-I match of the past weekend, CSUF beat Orange County CC by 65 runs. 

Batting first CSUF was all out for 172 runs.  Mohammad Sadiq and Ravi Singh scored 55 runs and 30 runs respectively.   Nagaraj  Inamati captured two wickets conceding 31 runs. Orange County CC conceded 35 extras (25 wides).

In reply, OCCC  was all out for 107 runs. Nagaraj Inamati was the only one who scored 34 runs.  Viraj Sehgal (3 for 13), Kunal Jethi  (2 for 36) and Muhammad Sadiq (2 for 9) bowled well for the winners.  CSUF conceded 25 extras, 19 wides and 1 no ball).

DIVISION-II

In all six games were played during this fortnight.   Five teams played back to back – a game every week.  The results are:

COLTS BEAT INTERNATIONAL

International, who lost a few players due to attrition, last year was relegated to Division-II.  They are in the process of re-building this year.

Colts, playing their first game of the season beat International by 79 runs.  Batting first, Colts piled up 209 for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted overs.  Thanks to some fine batting  by Vishal Vasvani who scored 66 runs, Ajay Garyali (31), Kalyan Chakravarti (27), Vikram Kachru (24) and Hemanth Ala (21).  For International, Imran Mookhi (2 for 39) and Zafar Siddiqui (2 for 33) bowled well.

In reply, International was all out for 130 runs.  Imran Mookhi (21) and Rashid Zia (20) batted well for International.  K. Saravanan and Ajay Garyali bowled well for Colts capturing  3 for 4 and 2 for 17 respectively.

COLTS RECORD THEIR 2^ND WIN OF THE SEASON!

Playing for two consecutive weeks in a row, Colts recorded their second win by beating Victoria Cricket Club by 5 wickets.    Victoria batted first and was all out for 150 runs.  Thanks to a fine knock by Arun Kumar Sabarajan who scored 57 runs.  Ajay Garyali and Vijay Trisal bowled well for Colts each capturing 3 and 2 wickets respectively.

In reply, Colts scored 154 runs for the loss of 5 wickets.  Atul Raj scored a polished 58.  Victoria conceded 43 extras (32 wides and 2 no balls) which was the second highest scorer for Colts.  Sekhar Garuda of Victoria captured 2 wickets conceding 27 runs.

VENTURA BEAT INLAND EMPIRE-1

All-round display by Gagandeep Singh Sabby

An all-round display by G.S. Sabby helped Ventura to convincingly beat Inland Empire-1.  Batting first, Inland Empire-I was all out for 104 runs.  Despite 30 wides conceded by Ventura which became the top scorer for Inland Empire-1 team, Ventura bowlers were able to get IE-1 all out for 104.  In reply Ventura scored the required runs for the loss of 5 wickets.  Scores:

I.E.-1 105 all out (Gagandeep Sabby Singh 3 for 25, Jay Desai 2 for 1, Navin Jain 2 for 7) lost to

Ventura 105 for 5 (Muffidkhan Pathan 26, Gagandeep Singh Sabby 33 not out, Jay Verma 2 for 41)

CORINTHIANS BEAT SAN DIEGO-2

All-round display by Vishal Upadhyay in vain

All-round display by Vishal Upadhyay who scored 63 runs and took 3 for 22 could not save San Diego-2 from losing to Corinthians.  Batting first, San Diego-2 was all out for 182 runs.  Thanks to some fine batting by  Vishal Upandhyay who scored a valuable 63 runs.  He was ably supported by Jain Aneja (43 runs) and Jitendra Barlinge  (25 runs).  Despite their regular practice, Corinthian bowlers conceded 17 wides)  Vedant Raval (4 for 36) and Richard Blackledge (2 for 25) were the successful bowlers for Corinthians.

In reply Corinthians scored off the required runs for the loss of 6 wickets.  Thanks to some excellent batting by Theo Mavro (Dionisius Mavrokefalos) who remained unbeaten with 80 runs to his credit.  He was ably supported in this effort by Pramukh Subramanian who scored 20 runs.  Vishal Upadhyay was the only successful bowler with  3 for 22).  San Diego bowled 33 wides which was the second highest score for Corinthians.

CORINTHIANS BEAT INLAND EMPIRE-1

Playing back to back game (two consecutive weekends), Corinthians defeated Inland Expire-1 by 13 runs.  Batting first Corinthians scored 193 for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted overs.

Thanks to some fine batting by Andrew Price (47 runs), David Pieters (36 not out) and Theo Mavro (30 runs).   For Inland Empire-1, the bowling honors were shared by Bhaskar Bhakta (3 for 47), Yash Dosh (2 for 28), Vimal Patel (2 for 28) and Ronak Patel (2 for 28).

In reply, Inland Empire gave a good fight but was all out for 180 runs.  Akshay Jariwala scored a polished 62.  He was ably supported in batting by Gauarav Patel (40 runs) and Viren Patel (20 runs).  For Corinthians, Richard Blackledge, David Pieters and Theo Mavro got 2 wickets apiece.

At the end of the game, this is what Corinthians said:

Corinthians Summary: Corinthians lost the toss, again, and were asked to bat. The wicket looked hard and flat but there was a tinge of green and the outfield, although recently cut, was still a little long and damp. It was hard work batting in the opening session. The IE openers did a great job bowling wicket to wicket and even the good shots from the Corinthian batsmen were only gaining them one run at a time on the slow outfield. At drinks Corinthians were 45/3. Theo grafted hard for his 30 runs, hitting a couple of nice boundaries including a big six but at 62/6 after 25 overs things were not looking good. Mark Punshon came to the crease at number 6 and was joined shortly after by Andy Price at 8. The two put on a lifeline of an innings scoring 59 runs before Mark fell for 19. The big man Andy Price continued his aggressive strokeplay and was joined by the equally hard hitting Dave Pieters. Andy fell for a well-earned 47. Vedant joined the party at number 10 and he and Dave piled on the runs scoring 40 in 6 overs. Vedant fell for 13 and Dave was left not out on 36 which included a reverse swept 4 off the last ball.

IE got off to a good start with the bat on a wicket that had become a very nice track. The outfield had dried out and the IE openers were taking control, playing some very nice shots. Dave Pieters struck in the 10th over to dislodge Viren and followed up with a rocket of a yorker to ball Ronak in the same over. It took some sharp fielding by Dave O'Connor to displace Ashwin and then Theo struck in the same over to have Vimal caught. Vedant and Theo were bowling well in tandem to keep the run rate down and when Vedant claimed number 6 Yash to a catch by Abbas the score was 61/6 in 21 overs and the game was swinging Corinthians was. A couple of catches went down and sloppy fielding lead to missed run out chances. Akshay started plundering the Corinthians bowling. The game was swinging back to IE and the sideline crowd were getting rowdy. Richard brought himself back on and managed to get Akshay caught behind by keeper Mark Punshon. The rowdy crowd became less rowdy. The score was 158/6 with 16 overs to go, IE chasing 193 to win. Momentum was back with Corinthians. Theo came back to get his second wicket and Richard hit the wickets to remove number 10 batsman Dhaval. A brave last wicket stand of 18 wasn't enough to see IE home with Abbas claiming the last wicket - a skier caught by Andy at mid off.

A hard fought game which twisted and turned to the very end. Good luck to Inland Empire for the rest of the season.

ALLROUND DISPLAY

BY G.S. SANDHU & PRABHJOT HELPS

VENTURA BEAT INTERNATIONAL

Ventura playing their second game of the league beat International by 121 runs.   All-round displays by Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Prabhjot Singh helped Ventura to convincingly beat International which has a few veterans in the team.  Imran Habib, Zafar Siddiqui, former U.S.A. player Rashid Zia, by their performance can even today change the game in their favor.

RASHID ZIA’S FIRST 5 WICKET HAUL IN VAIN!




Rashid Zia

Rashid Zia who played USA team in the ICC tournament mainly as a batsman now bowled his off spinners and took his first five wickets for the season.  He captured 5 wickets conceding 45 runs.   His team bowled 24 no balls in the match.  Ventura batted first and amassed a total of 264 runs (thanks to 24 no balls and 4 overs extra batting).  Gurpreet Singh  Sandhu and Prabhjot Singh had a partnership going and helped their club to get 264.   G.S. Sandhu contributed 54 runs, Prabhjot Singh contributed 59 runs.  They were ably supported in this effort by Muffidkhan Pathan (31 runs), Uvesh Shaikh (29) and Amarjeet Sekhon (27 runs).  For Internationals , Rashid Zia fot 5 for 45, and Saquib Shoaib 2 for30 bowled well.

In reply International had a good start from their veteran opening paid of Imran Habib and Zafar Siddiqui and they carried the score to 62 for no loss and scared the opponents.  After the fall of the first wickets, the momentum changed.  Wickets started falling at regular thereafter.  Zafar Siddiqui scored 34 runs, Imran Habib scored 24 runs and Syed Junaid scored 25 runs.  International was all out for 143.

DIVISION-III:

In all seven games were played in the first two weeks of the 2011 SCCA League season.

CITRUS BEAT UNIVERSITY

Citrus CC won the season opener comfortably against University CC.  Batting first Citrus scored 218 for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted overs.   In response, University C C was all out for 138 runs.  Scores:  Citrus  218 for 7 (Shakeel Ahmed 63, Hererra Patel 48, Faheem Wasti 22, Ashish Malhotra 21, Shailesh Calib 4 for 45,) beat University CC 138 all out (Ravi Mannaya 22, Noel Jiwanlal 26, Ashish Malhotra 4 for 24, Faheem Khan 3 for 24). 

University CC conceded 36 extras (32 wides) and Citrus CC conceded 22 extras (20 wides). At the end of the game this is what Citrus said:

Citrus Summary: First game of the season for Citrus at Woodley, on a cloudy morning. Pitch and outfield were nothing like we have seen Woodley in the past. Pitch had many uneven spots and the outfield was like playing in a flower garden. Citrus won the toss and choose to bat on a unpredictable pitch. We lost two quixk wickets of Kartik and Salman and we were in bit of a challange from University. Their bowling attack was good and they put the ball in right places with lot of help from the pitch. Shakeel , however, one of the openers looked very solid and played a great innings, making his first 50 in adult league and remained not out making a total of 63. Citrus did lose important wkts at regular intervals, mostly due to uneven bounce of the pitch, but with the strong batting line we have, we were never concerend. Fahim Wasti, Shakeel and later Herrera making quick 49 , all partcipated to take the score to 218/7. A total which was less satisfying but very competitive considering the pitch condition.

University had steady start but had difficulty facing our dual pace and swing attack of Salman and Abhi. Few important and simple catches were dropped of Salman's bowling which is uncommon when Citrus team is fielding. First breakthrough was by Abhi and a great diving catch by Kartik behind wickets. After the openers were back in the shed, next two batsmen showed some determination and scored quite a few boundries in a hurry, however, Fahim Khan's slingy action quick bowling spoiled their party. He took quick couple of wickets. Shakeel got important wkt of one of the hard hitters when, Abhi took a brilliant catch at the boundary. Then comes the experienced Ashish  (Bobby), who cleaned up the tail and bagged four wickets at the end. Citrus team showed remarkable improvement in fielding in the last of the second half of the game and took some stunning catches. Shakeel was the star of the day and at 16 years of age has shown the maturity of an experienced opening batsman. This was our first game against University team. A wonderful group of players. They appreciated young Shakeel's innings as much as we did. They were wonderful hosts and Santosh was there to help each and every one who needed it. Goodluck to University CC for their upcoming games. I am sure they are very capable of taking the game away from any of the teams in Div 3.

WESTWOOD LOST TO DECCAN

Westwood CC lost their season opener to Deccan by 9 wickets.  Westwood batted first and scored 67 for the loss of 9 wickets.  In reply Deccan scored the required runs for the loss one  wicket.  Scores: Westwood 67 for 9 (Faisal Quadri 33, Nishal Patel 2 for 11, Clifton Gonsalves 2 for 26, Sandesh Sandol 2 for 4) lost to Deccan CC 68 for 1 (Manan Choksi 26 not out, Surabh Shekhar 21 not out).  Deccan conceded 24 extras (15 wides) of Westwood’s total of 67 for 9.

ALL-ROUND DISPLAY BY TARUN SANDHU

HELPS USC BEAT BRITAMER

Tarun Sandhu’s all-round display (45 not out and 3 for 38) helped his team to beat Britamer.  Batting first USC piled up 273 for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted overs.  Thanks to some fine batting  performance  by  Tarun Tyagi  89, Mishal Patel 75,  Tarun Sandhu 45, and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 21.  Sohail Khan (3 for 52) and Amir Ramjha (2 for 28) were the successful bowlers for Britamer.    Britamer, in reply, scored 230 for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted overs and lost the game.  Ahmed Umar (43), Amir Azmi (40) and Yasir Iqbal (35 not out) batted well for Britamer.  Tarun Sandhu (3 for 38) and Jeet Poonatger (2 for 41) were the successful bowlers for USC. 

Britamer conceded 29 extras (18 wides) and  USC conceded 23 extras (16 wides).

ALI QUAZI’S 5 FOR 14

HELPS FRIENDS CC TO BEAT WESTWOOD CC

Friends CC started their season with a win over Westwood CC.  Thanks to some fine bowling by Ali Quazi who bowled 8 overs, 2 of which were maiden and captured 5 wickets conceding only 14 runs.  None of the Westwood batsmen excepting Hrishikesh Bhadanga  who scored 32  of the team’s total of 70 runs were able to face the bowling.  Westwood was all out for a poor total of 70 and Friends CC scored the required runs for the loss of 2 wickets.  Asif Abbaa Ali scored 37 runs for the winners and Raj Saha got 2 for 36 for the losers.  This is what the winning team had to say at the end of the game:

Friends Summary: Friends started off their 2011 season with a bang! After winning the toss and choosing to field first the fast bowlers applied pressure from both ends with Ali striking early with a wicket in his 1st over. Asif then clean bowled the new batsman in the 3rd over and after a superb catch by Sumair off Ali's bowling in the 4th over Westwood were in deep trouble. Sumair full body dive to hold onto a stunner one-handed catch as he landed on the pitch catching the ball just a few millimeters off ground. That proved to be a turning point for Westwood as none of their batsmen were able to counter the relentless pressure from Friends. Friends bowled mostly at good length hardly giving anything away as 7 of 10 Westwood wickets came in the form LBW or Bowled.

Westwood tail-enders offered some resistance but lost their cool at crucial moments to be bowled out in the 23rd over posting 71 to win. Ali missed getting his 6th wicket in his beautiful straight spell of 8 overs but had his 1st 5-for in the 1st game of the season!! The rest of Friends bowlers didn't let down their team and claimed the tail with 1 each.

Friends didn't waste much time as they chased down a small total. With their debutant Asif Abba Ali dropped on a difficult chance early on, he made the opposition pay with a quick fire 37 to turn the game decidedly in Friends favor. Asim played his usual hit and miss with a magnificent huge six over long on but got out on 9. With just 19 more runs to get after their 2nd wicket fell in the 9th over, Friends cruised home in the 13th over
with 7 wickets in hand.

It was a nice convincing win for Friends in Div. III who were playing with four uncapped players. From the looks of it they appear to be a balanced side with some exciting players, it should be a fun season with plenty of entertainment ahead!

ALL-ROUND DISPLAY BY TARUN TYAGI IN VAIN

UNITED CC BEAT USC

United CC which was relegated to Division III this year won their first game of the season by defeating USC by 35 runs.  All-round display by Tarun Tyagi of USC who took 4 wickets and scored a polished 89 runs could not save his club from defeat.  Tarun Tyagi has been in good form this season and had scored well in their first game as well.  Batting first United was all out for 213 runs.  Thanks to some fine batting by Pinaki Patel who scored 47 runs.  He was ably supported by some good knocks from Anurag  Sahni (28 runs),  and Rajamani Swaminathan (20 runs).  But it was their tail - Babar Hashim (29 runs) and Praveen Chava (32 not out)  -  with their good knock helped the team to score a match-winning total of 213.    Tarun Tyagi (4 for 40 and Dushyant Sharfma (3 for 30) bowled well for USC.

RAMESH SRINIVASAN’S 5 FOR 41

HELPS UNITED’S WIN



Ramesh Srinivasan

USC in their chase of 214 runs lost some quick wickets.  It was Tarun Tyagi who single-handedly put up a fight and caused some concerns to the opponents.   As India’s captain M.S. Dhoni  looks up to Yuvraj Singh as his lucky man to break partnerships,  United’s skipper Srinivasan looked up to Ramesh.  Whenever he threw the ball to Ramesh, Ramesh obliged by getting a wicket or two in this match and finished with 5 for 41.  At the second water break, USC was 98 for the loss of six wickets.  Immediately thereafter, USC lost Tarun Tyagi and the team folded up for 178 runs.  Ramesh Srinivasan was ably supported in the bowling department by Shankar Sukumaran and Praveen Chava who got 3 wickets and 2 wickets respectively.

USC conceded 27 extras (19 wides) and United conceded 23 extras (13 wides).

CITRUS CC BEAT L.A.BENGALS CC

UNBEATEN CENTURY BY SHIVA VASHIST

Shiva Vashist of Citrus CC scored the first century of the season in Division III when he scored an unbeaten 121 against L.A.Bengals.  Citrus won by a margin of 99 runs.  Batting first Citrus amassed a total of 279 for the loss of 6 wickets.  Thanks to some fine batting from Shiva Vashist 121 not out, Shakeel Ahmed (30 runs), Kartik Patel (22 runs) Faheen Wasti (22 runs),  and Salman Ahmed (21 runs).    Malhar Gholikar (2 for 39) was the only successful bowler for Bengals.

SALMAN AHMED’S 5 FOR 24

 HELPS CITRUS’s WIN



Salman Ahmed



In reply, L.A.Bengals scored 180 for 9.  Rasheed Tanvir Chowdhury (44 runs) Md. Asif Islam (35 runs), Viraj Sehgal (22 runs), and  Farhadur Reza (22 runs) batted well for L.A. Bengals.  Salman Ahmed bowled extremely well to get his first Five wicket haul .  He conceded only 24 runs.  He was ably supported by Faheen Khan (2 for 29).

L.A. Bengals conceded 33 extras (25 wides) and Citrus conceded 29 extras (24 wides)

At the end of the game this is what Citrus said:

Citrus Summary: On a cool and partly cloudy day, Highland ground was a pleasant surprise. Congratulations to Ken and his team who have done a great job transforming this ground to a true cricket ground. Bengals won the toss and chose to field first. Shakeel and Kartik opened. Shakeel showed once again his maturity as an opening batsman. He played some convincing strokes while keeping focus on staying at the wicket. Kartik’ however , played aggressively from the get go and lost his wicket after making an important early contribution to the innings. Here comes Shiva, a splendid batsman, a fun to watch and for many to learn how to bat and build your innings. He was dropped while at 15 but thereafter, there was no stopping him. He punished every bowler, especially spinners. He was 121 not out. Citrus Valley had a decent total of 279 at the end.

La Bengals‘s batting was week. No batsman really looked skilled enough to face Salman’s pace and swing bowling. He cleverly mixed slower balls with pace and took 5 wickets/24 runs. Faheem, was the other successful bowler. Both teams gave quite a few extras . Fielding for La Bengals was poor. Citrus however, were crisp in their fielding. Highlights of the day were, Shiva ‘s unbeaten 121, Salman ‘s 5 wkt haul and a spectacular catch by Shakeel at the boundary to dismiss Nadeem, who hit some nice shots during his brief stay at the wkt. We have been playing with La Bengals now for two years. This was their weaker team. Good to see many new young faces in the team, but they need practice. Mahmud Bahi, as always has been a wonderful host and great organizer for LA Bengals. They are lucky to have him manage the team. Good luck to La Bengals for the rest of the season.

PS. Highland outfield is very good; pitch will need some additional work but during summer this ground should be as good as Woodley grounds.

UNIVERSITY CC BEAT BRITAMER CC

BY 8 WICKETS

University CC and Britamer CC, both playing their second game of the league within this fortnight.  Britamer batte d first and scored a decent 146 runs for the loss of 9 wickets.  Sohail Khan scored 24 runs while others contributed a few runs here and there.  Manoj Arora bowled well for University for his 4 for 27.  He was ably supported by Shailesh Calib who got two wickets and conceded 36 runs.

In reply, University scored the required runs for the loss of two wickets and thus registered their first victory of the season.    University started their chase badly by losing two quick wickets and thereafter the unbeaten partnership between  Navjot Singh (86 not out) and Ravi Mannaya (39 not out) helped the team to a comfortable win.

University conceded 29 extras (17 wides and 7 no balls) and Britamer conceded 14 extras (13 wides).

DIVISION-IV:

In all six matches were played in Division IV of 2011 SCCA League.  The results are as follows:

SOUTH BAY beat ANAHEIM. Scores:  South Bay all out for 199 (Abbas Ali Damani 24, Surinderpal ingh 22, Lakhwinder Singh 59, Cinesh Fernando 5 for 35, Rakesh Mehta 3 for 45) beat Anaheim all out for 179 (Hiran ‘kasi’ Pelawatta 64, Peshan Wedanarchchi 42, Zafar Majid 27, Sumit Sharma 5 for 33, Srinderpal Singh 3 for 43).

CAL-BEL beat SOUTH BAY.  Scores:  CAL-BEL all out for 190 (Francis Sutherland 32, Jason Broaster 53, Earmond Wade 31, Vimal Desai 3 for 15, Kiran Kumar Singh 3 for 0, Rashmi Timbawala 3 for 0) beat SOUTH BAY all out for 96 (Amit Pael 28, Hazzat Anthony 4 for 15, Clarence McKay 2 for 10, Melford Tillett 2 for 15).

PASADENA-2 beat HOLLYWOOD-3;  Scores:  Hollywood-3 all out for 87( Parijat Bhide 3 for 22, Amir Bickiya 2 for 16, Sunil Meno 2 for 22, Mahmood Khan 2 for 11) lost to Pasadena-2

88 for 2 (Mohammad Khalid 28, Piyush Agram 4 for 28, Kishore Narsai 2 for 26).

PASADENA-2 Lost to BnB.  Scores: Pasadena-2  all out for 129 ( Sunil Menon 24, Manish Bhatt 2 for 14, Randeep Arora 2 for 41, Hitendra Patel 2 for 31) lost to BnB 130 for 8 (Randeep Arora 36, Parijat Bhide 3 for 25, Amir Bickiya 2 for 24).

BRIT DOM. Beat CAL-BEL  Scores: BritDom all out for 157 (Prashanth Venkatesan 83,  Nick Kapadia 35, Brian Wesby 4 for 24, Norman Bood 2 for 23, Jason Broaster 2 or 32,) beat CAL-BEL  ALL OUT FOR 142  (Brian Wesby 24,  Melford Tillett 23, Praveen David 3 for 21, Prashanth Venkatesan 3 for 27, Travine Felsinger 2 for 29).

BRIT DOM. Lost to SANTA BARBARA.  Scores:  BRIT DOM all out for 131 (Nick Kapadia 26, Trevine Felsinger 20, Mohammad Hamza 4 for 23, Amir Murad 2 for 22) lost to SANTA BARBARA 132 FOR 7 (Ranil DeSilva 42, Priyankara Kalu 31, Travine Felsinger 5 for 32)

INLAND EMPIRE-2 beat SANTA BARBARA.  Scores: INLAND EMPIRE-2 200 for 7 (Dhaval Desai 54, Janak Pagel 54, Ritesh Patel, 38, Mehboob Alsam  3 for 51, Humayoun Butt 2 for 24) beat SANTA BARBARA 79 for 9 (Ishan Pael 3 for 21, Janak Patel 3 for18).

DIVISION-V:

A total of seven games were played during the fortnight in 2011 SCCA LEAGUE Division-V.

Following is the list of winners so far:

COUGARS   - WON 2 GAMES

REGAL         - WON 2 GAMES

EAGLES       - WON 1 GAME

DOLPHIN    - WON 1 GAME

PACIFICA   – WON 1 GAME

Teams that lost the games are:  Redlands, Kabi, Casuals, Youth and Hollywood-2 (lost both the games).