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NW CUP 2008 Report
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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The NW Cup is an annual competition among the leagues that comprise of
erstwhile NW region (BACA, CCL, NCCA, NWCL), and had a new entrant in
Sacramento Cricket Association (SCA). NW Cup'08 was played over 2 weekends -
March 29-30 and April 3-6. Full Report Can be downloaded from here
NW CUP 2008 Report - By saurabh Verma
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| | PROUD NEWS FOR NWCL | | Thursday, June 12, 2008 | | The following players have been selected into the Northwest Region Squad competing in National tournament in Houston. 1) Vijay Beniwal (Captain of NWR) 2)Saurabh Verma 3) Puneet Soti 4)Srikanth Sundaragopalan 5) Srinivas Raghavan.
I am sure they will do NWCL very proud. Vijay Beniwal is named Captain of the NWR team. This is, by far, the most shining moment of NWCL history to-date. While we take a moment to appreciate how far we have come as a league, we should realize that our next goal is to get one of our cricketers into the US team.
Excellent performance in this tournament can directly(potentially) lead to a place in US team. This indeed is a glorious moment for NWCL and hope the latter would also happen which would be a jewel in the crown.
Do give them your best wishes and the support.
A BIG THANK YOU to all the people involved in making this happen.
Go NWCL |
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| | Samarth’s sensible inning helps MS Greens overhaul WSU-Pullman’s stiff target comfortably | | Saturday, July 12, 2008 | |
Match#
08-27-I: Microsoft Greens won by 5 wickets | | Roger/Orton Field, Pullman, WA | | Toss won by WSU-Pullman and elected to bat | | WSU-Pullman: 240 for 9 in 40 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Ritesh Kale 71(68), Harsimranjeet Singh 55(59), Murali Krishna 33(44) | |
Bowling highlights:
Rajesh Ganesan 3/49, Srikanth S 2/22, Samarth 2/48 | | Microsoft Greens: 242 for 5 in 34.2 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Samarth[MoM] 60(78), Rajesh Ganesan 36(23), Srikanth S 35 n.o.(36), Naveen 35 (24), Arun Kumar 27(23), Nikhil 23(24) | |
Bowling highlights:
Sanjay Naik 2/31, Murali 1/19 | |
Man of the match:
Samarth Shah from WSU-Pullman | | Other notables | |
• As has become the custom, most of the Greens decided to prepare for the match at the Moscow (Idaho) sports bar the previous night of the match. After some intense preparation that ran well past midnight, the Greens decided they’d done enough planning and called it a night. | |
• Within a few hours their first plan went for a toss. Get it? WSU won the toss and elected to bat. | |
• The Greens opening bowlers Harish and Srikanth started well, getting the wickets of Dilip and Narendra Parmar. However, Harsimranjeet Singh (Harry) kicked the WSU innings into high gear, by launching a mighty six over midwicket. | |
• At this point, Rajesh Ganesan was introduced into the attack, and straightaway got the wicket of Ranganath. Things could have gotten much worse for WSU at this point, if the Greens had managed to hold onto a couple of easy chances offered by Harry and Ritesh. These dropped catches proved very expensive. | |
• Harry went on to make 55, before Naveen finally got rid of him. Ritesh played some delightful shots to top score for WSU with 71. Murali and Amit chipped in with 33 and 22 respectively. Jayaram helped WSU finish strongly with a couple of boundaries towards the end. WSU finally finished with 240 for 9. | |
• For the Greens, Srikanth bowled a tidy spell, finishing with 2/22. Rajesh and Samarth also had good spells, finishing with 3/49 and 2/48 from 8 overs each. The Greens began their reply in style, with Nikhil dispatching every loose ball offered to the boundary. Samarth at the other end, started steadily. Nikhil finally got out to a good catch by Narendra after making 23 (24 balls). | |
• Naveen was the next batsman. He made a quick fire 35, that included 3 enormous 6’s before getting out to an excellent delivery from Sanjay Naik. Arun and Samarth then took over. They had an excellent 52 run partnership in 7.1 overs. | |
• Notably, Samarth smacked 2 6’s off Jayaram! This was payback for the 2 boundaries that Jayaram had scored of his bowling in the WSU inning. Eventually Arun got out at well made 27 and Samarth made the highest score of the Greens inning, before getting out to Harry for a well constructed 60. | |
• Srikanth S and Rajesh Ganesan then had a very quick partnership of 58 in 6.4 overs, making light work of the remaining target. Rajesh Ganesan fell to Sanjay Naik, when just 8 runs were required, but not before making a quick fire 36 in 23 deliveries. | |
• Srikanth remained unbeaten on an excellent 35 and Aniruddha finished of the match in style, with a boundary. Greens remain unbeaten so far this season, with their 7th consecutive win. |
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| | Redmond colts beat Redmond Chargers in a low scoring game | | Sunday, July 13, 2008 | |
Match#
08-31-II: Redmond Colts won by 7 wickets | | Ron Regis Park, Renton, WA | | Toss won by Redmond Chargers and elected to bat | | Redmond Chargers: 97 for 10 in 25.1 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Harish Kingre 30(23), Nilesh Borade 16(31) | |
Bowling highlights:
Venu Belpu 4/13, Phani 3/28 | | Redmond Colts: 98 for 3 in 34.1 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Venkata Phani 29(32),Kiran Bhaskar 27(18) | |
Bowling highlights:
Hemal Lal 2/33 | |
Man of the match:
Venu Belpu from Redmond Colts | | Other notables | |
• Electing to bat first Redmond Charger couldn't get off to a good start. | |
• They kept loosing wickets in quick succession with some excellent swing bowling on display from Phani and SB. | |
• Harish Kingre showed some resistance with a quick fire 30 runs and helped chargers reach a total of 97. | |
• Bala and Venu bowled exceedingly well with Venu ending his with 4/13. | |
• Redmond colts reached the target with ease in 12.3 overs and three wickets down. |
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| | Deepak Munjal all round performance helps Explorers to beat South side by 39 runs | | Sunday, July 13, 2008 | |
Match#
08-33-II: Seattle Explorers won by 39 runs | | Tukwilla Cricket Field, Tukwilla, WA | | Toss won by Seattle Explorers and elected to bat | | Seattle Explorers: 150 for 10 in 32.3 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Deepak Munjal 44/61, Varun Dhir 31/29 & AJ *28/38 | |
Bowling highlights:
Kashif Nazir 2/19, Raja Singh 3/13 and Gursher Singh 2/18 | | South Side: 111 for 10 in 18.3 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Sikander pal 27/24 and Ravi Singh 17/24 | |
Bowling highlights:
Deepak Munjal 5 for 53, Varun Dhir 2 for13 & Harry Ratul 2/22 | |
Man of the match:
Deepak Munjal from Seattle Explorers | | Other notables | |
• Seattle had a very brisk start; Deepak was very choosy about his shot selection. He and harsh nayyer had 44 runs opening partnership. | |
• Deepak and AJ has 49 runs partnership for 3rd wicket. | |
• Once Deepak and AJ depart, wicket start falling. At the end, Varun Dhir played some good shot and made very useful 31 runs. | |
• South Side bowling was on target most of the time. | |
• Raja Singh bowled a great spell of good line and length bowling. | |
• Jatin Grewal was very unfortunate for not having some more wickets. | |
• South side did not have good start in their batting. They lost 3 wickets in first 3 over. | |
• Sikender pal tried to stop bleeding but because of some good line bowling and great catching, south side not able to clinch target. | |
• Deepak (MOM) bowled with great line and aggression in bowling. He took 5 wickets for 53 runs. | |
• Harry Ratul took two brilliant catch. One was caught and bowled at backward point position. |
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| | Kalyan and Waj script MSCC Blues win over MSCC Reds | | Sunday, July 13, 2008 | |
Match#
08-28-I: Microsoft Blues won by 39 runs | | Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA | | Toss won by Microsoft Blues and elected to bat | | Microsoft Blues: 237 for 4 in 40 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Kalyan Siruvuri 73(97), Waj Sampathkumar 76(77), Keshav Puttaswamy 36(24), Siddharth Sen 20(34) | |
Bowling highlights:
Vijay Beniwal 2/55 | | Microsoft Reds: 198 for 10 in 38.2 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Sanjay Rama 56(62), Aravind Sundaragopalan 43(46) | |
Bowling highlights:
Keshav Puttaswamy 3/33, Kameshwar Jayaraman 3/34, Abu Zar 2/29 | |
Man of the match:
Kalyan Siruvuri from Microsoft Blues | | Other notables | |
• Blues started well with a 63 run opening stand between Siddharth and Kalyan before Sid was out caught behind | |
• Kalyan and Waj then put together a brilliant 99 run partnership in just 102 balls. Their partnership featured some brilliant running combined with timely hits to the fence. | |
• Kalyan hit 5 fours before he was out trying to clear the fence to a good catch by Sairam in the deep. | |
• Waj then cut loose and along with Keshav put together another 54 run partnership before being run-out. He scored 76 in just 77 balls. | |
• Keshav was not out till the very end contributing a well made 36 with two hits out of the park | |
• Reds started well with Sandeep looking in good touch before he was out to a spectacular catch by Sid at cover. Rutwick soon was run out again by a brilliant piece of pick-up and throw by Sid | |
• Aravind at the other end looked dangerous hitting boundaries at will before he miscued a full toss to deep cover held well by Chenchuram. Sanjay and Vijay then looked to consolidate before Vijay was caught brilliantly by Kalyan off an inside edge. | |
• Sanjay scored a brilliant 56 before holding out in the deep |
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| | Rainier makes it 2 wins in a row with great fielding and bowling effort | | Saturday, July 12, 2008 | |
Match#
08-25-I: Rainier won by 4 wickets | | Ron Regis Park, Renton, WA | | Toss won by American Recreation-A and elected to bat | | American Recreation-A: 134 for 10 in 37.1 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Ram Sundaram 22(49), Alok Sharma 22(49), Ilyas Mohammad 20(26) | |
Bowling highlights:
Shehryar Butt 3/21, Yasir Alvi 2/16, Vinod Krishnan 2/16 | | Rainier: 135 for 6 in 30.2 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Talib Sharif 42(61), Santosh Naik 29(31), Mustafa Bilal 18(35) | |
Bowling highlights:
Ram Sundaram 2/29 | |
Man of the match:
Shehryar Butt and Talib Sharif from American Recreation-A | | Other notables | |
• After ARCC elected to bat, Yasir and Vinod opened the bowling atttack, using movement to their advantage and drying up the runs. This discipline lead to quick wickets with Yasir trapping Ran and Sanjeev LBW, and Vinod producing a slip catch of Parthasarathy. | |
• With first change bowling of Shehryar and Mustafa , Rainier kept the pressure up and ARCC kept loosing wickets. | |
• Ajay Yadav from Rainier demonstrated exceptional fielding at point by getting 2 runouts with direct hits and not allowing any easy singles. | |
• ARCC batsmen Ilays and Alok provided a great fight back of 8th wicket partnership of 50 plus, before Yasir and Vinod came back to bowl out ARCC. | |
• ARCC bowling started well by getting the wicket of opener Amit on second ball | |
• Santosh continued his form from last match and kept putting away bad balls. Just when Rainier was cruising on the chase, ARCC spinners Ram and Parthasarathy got 3 quick wickets leaving Rainier on 67/5 | |
• From here on Talib and Mustafa played sensibly, defending and putting the bad balls to boundary and brought Rainier home to victory |
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| | Boeing Prove Superiority over Crimsons to Register another Win | | Saturday, July 12, 2008 | |
Match#
08-29-II: Boeing won by runs | | St. Edwards State Park, Bothell, WA | | Toss won by Microsoft Crimsons and elected to bat | | Microsoft Crimsons: 199 for 10 in 39 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Bilal Raja 38(64), Rich Evans 27 (81), Orion Lee 22 (26), Farrukh Kamal 22(28) | |
Bowling highlights:
Nelson Jeyarajah 4/29, Harpreet Bal 4/45 | | Boeing: 201 for 9 in 39.3 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Ali Akhter 37 (64), Harpreet Bal 29(38), Robin Chahal 23(44) | |
Bowling highlights:
Santosh Shelar 2/32, Bharath Ramabadran 2/35, Nipun Shah 2/36 | |
Man of the match:
Harpreet Bal from Boeing | | Other notables | |
• Boeing started on top by striking in the very first over. Boeing struck regularly to pin Crimson at 37 for 3. Some spectacular catches were taken by Boeing fielders, especially by Puneet Singla and Sukhwant Sohi. | |
• Rich Evans played an ultra slow but calculated and sensible inning. His partnership with Bilal Raja took the score to 120. Everyone else chipped in a little to make 199 in total. | |
• Fiery and speedy Nelson cleaned up the last three batsmen in 39th over. Extras were top scorer in Crimson’s inning. | |
• Boeing held all the catches and fielded very well to stop and catch some of the most difficult tasks in the field. No fielding mistakes or dropped catches were sighted on a very uneven ground. | |
• Boeing lost some early wickets. Then Ali started hammering Crimsons at will. During that, Robin and Farrukh played very sensibly to contribute very good scores. | |
• Boeing never looked out of the game despite of losing wickets. • Harpreet and Maitrik’s partnership frustrated and tested Crimsons towards the end. Harpreet ultimately got the Man of the Match because of his 4 wicket haul and 29 crucial runs. | |
• Despite of being 9 down at 172, Boeing proved its depth in batting as Maitrik and Amar held their nerves to score the winning runs in the last over. | |
• Boeing once again proved their strength in batting and playing as a team. Whole game was played with tremendous energy even though it was around 90 degrees in the sun. | |
• Boeing batsmen’s big shots were spectacular. On a hot summer’s day, it was worth watching the ball racing through thick grass because of the sheer and brute force Boeing batsmen exhibited. | |
• Last but not the least; Roger Harper did a great job of umpiring the game. |
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| | Skipper Jumani leads Patriots to a comfortable win against Star | | Sunday, July 13, 2008 | |
Match#
08-32-II: Seattle Patriots won by 6 wickets | | Warren G. Magnuson Park, Seattle, WA | | Toss won by Seattle Patriots and elected to field | | Star: 71 for 10 in 21.5 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Satayai 13(47), Manjit 13(14) | |
Bowling highlights:
Shazad Jumani 4-16, Naveed Deen 2-6 | | Seattle Patriots: 72 for 10 in 15.2 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Mansoor Bhatti 24(44), Musaraff Ali 20(27) | |
Bowling highlights:
Guraman 2-9 | |
Man of the match:
Shazad Jumani from Seattle Patriots | | Other notables | |
• Shazad Jumani in his first game as captain led SCC Patriots to a comfortable win. | |
• Also debut by Mobeen Asif at age of 14 with outstanding fielding. | |
• Star struggled on a very difficult wicket with ball bounce unpredictable through the game with batsman struggling to build any real innings |
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| | Maxwall Lal’s good bowling helped Central beat Seattle Pioneer by 5 wickets | | Sunday, July 13, 2008 | |
Match#
08-30-II: Central won by 5 wickets | | St. Edwards State Park, Bothell, WA | | Toss won by Seattle Pioneers and elected to bat | | Seattle Pioneers: 97 for 10 in 23.1 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Ken W 32(38), Sachin N. 16(27) | |
Bowling highlights:
Maxwell L. 5/24, Banti K. 2/6, Lucky S. 2/22 | | Central: 98 for 5 in 17.2 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Sam Karwal* 22(20), Vipan Dutt 21(32), Lucky S. 15(18) | |
Bowling highlights:
Dunovan G. 2/25, Mike S. 1/26 | |
Man of the match:
Maxwall Lal from Central | | Other notables | |
• Pioneer won the toss and elected to bat, but couldn’t stand against Maxwall’s good line and length bowl. Maxwall was in good bowling form, he took 1 wicket per every over he bowled. | |
• Ken Williams batted well and played some good shot and put up a 5th wicket partnership with Sachin N. of 54 runs, but he too was bowled out by Maxwall, Monu Singh taking a great catch. | |
• Lucky and Banti wrapped up pioneer’s inning at 97, both talking 2 wicket each. | |
• Jaskaran showed great piece of wicket keeping, after Sivaji played a dot ball he never returned back into his crease, and jaskaran ran about 10 feet to take his stump. | |
• Central started their inning with some good bounders, but lost 2 quick wickets of Rajash and Banti | |
• Vipan, Lucky and Sam(N/O) all chipped in to help central reach the total of 98 runs, Sam Karwal batted till the end |
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