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3 May 20, 12

Zone One

Enmore  vs Everest/ACS  @ Baisley Cage

Liberty SC vs East Side Warriors  @  Brentwood II

Phantoms vs  Richmond Hill  @ Brentwood I

Atlantis vs Camelot @ Hecksher I

Zone Two

Meten-Meer-Zorg vs Victory  @ Flushing I

Hillside Sports Club vs Long Island United  @ Bay Park

Arsenal  vs Big Apple @ Hecksher II

Falcons vs All Stars @ Flushing II

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A solid 67 runs from Dilly Khilawan and returns of 4 for 44 from skipper, Imtiaz Hassan, proved not enough for the Achievers Real Estate NY Inc. sponsored Liberty Sports Club to stop Everest/ACS in their week 2 Eastern American Cricket Association Power 40 encounter.

LSC won the toss and took first strike on a windy but sunny day at Bay County Park. The men in blue found themselves in early trouble when a careless run out accounted for Hemchandrabose Persaud.

Micheal Noble then joined the 2011 MVP, Dilly, the pair commenced a threatening partnership. Noble with his typical technical cover and straight drives and Dilly with his typical aggression. The pair would put on 70 for the second wicket when another error in judgment of a quick single would cost Noble his wicket for 32.

The departure of Noble saw LSC in an all too familiar position to their opening game against Richmond Hill CC. Four quick wickets fell in the middle order leaving Dilly only to hold down the other end. He found some support in his brother Vickey Khilawan who scored a quick fire 24 which included taking 14 off of a Marlon Persaud over.

Dilly Khilawan top scored in the game with 67 for Liberty Sports Club

Dilly would get past 50 and carry on to 67 before getting out bowled by Aun Merchant. The remainder of the LSC batsmen pushed the total to 169 all out off 39.3 overs. Merchant was the pick of the bowlers for Everest bowlers with 4 for 27 off 8 overs while Karan Ganesh bowled a miserly 8 overs for 21 runs and claimed 3 wickets.

The defense of the under par total began strong for LSC as they remove E/ACS openers Merchant & Steve Nowrangilall cheaply. Tamesh Balwant coming in at number three found support from skipper Karan Ganesh as the pair thwarted the efforts of LSC bowlers and pushed E/ACS forward in their charge for victory. Ganesh fell for 38 but by then Balwant was set and his team in a safe position to close in on victory.

Hassan would pick up two more wickets in addition to the openers but that could not stop Everest from closing their chase off in the 32^nd over. Balwant finished on 65 not out.

LSC will continue their push to gain grounds in the EACA Zone 1 this Sunday against East Side Warriors while Everest/ACS will tackle Enmore CC.

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In the 1st Game of United Sports Club vs Pak-America 35 Overs match in the Commonwealth Cricket League played on Sunday 13th May, 2012 at Beach 58 Far Rockaway Cricket Ground.

The Highlight are as follows:- Pak-America won the Toss and elected to take first strike and scored 217 runs all out in 33.5 overs. Valuable contribution came from J. Yasir – 50, H. Asad – 49 and M. Humain – 66 runs. Bowling for United Sports – G.Phillips picked up 4 wickets for 37 runs in 5.5 overs, Sunil Singh 2 wickets for 25 runs in his allotted 7 overs and Steve Massiah 2 Wickets for 30 runs in his 7 overs.

United Sports in reply knocked off the required runs in the 35th over for the loss of 4 wickets. It was a classic 1st game 1st hundred from Hard Hitting opening batsman Richie Sieuchan – 106 not out and a composed and elegant 75 from Captain Steve Massiah. The second wicket partnership between Richie and Steve worth 185 runs. The pair took control of the game when the 1st wicket fell in the 2nd over of United Sports inning. Bowling for Pak – America Wahab, Anjum and Humain picked up 1 wicket each.

Result – United Sports won the Match by 6 Wickets.

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By John L. Aaron

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Richmond Hill CC won the toss on a beautiful and sunny Mothers’ Day, inviting Enmore CC to take first strike, soon they were in deep trouble as 4 wickets fell for 26 runs.

Skipper Ramphal Bactowar sharing the new ball with Deryck McDonald ,inflicted the early blow as he had the prize wickets of Safraz Ali smartly taken at first slip by Royo Sankar then traping Saeed Mohamed and Chaman Ramdial lbw playing back However, Mahendra Mohabir was in superb touch as he stroke the ball all over the park for 96 (10×4) well supported by the Skipper Asif Alli 24 and Veteran Jerry Persaud 20 and extras 45. Soon they were all out for 209 with Dhaniram Seepersaud cleaning up the tail with 4 wickets.

In reply Richmond Hill had an opening stand of 43 before Prashad Mahadeo 23 was Brilliantly run out by a direct hit. with the score on 78, Royo Sankar was Caught for 32 followed by D.Seepersaud 15, Ronald Evelyn without Scoring. However, Deryck McDonald saw Richmond Hill home with some brilliant batting ,stroking the ball with excellent timing and placement, he was particular severe on the Skipper Asif ali his 5 overs cost 44 runs. R.Bactowar 11, M.Seeram 17, D.Sankar 9 and A.Ibrahin 1* supported him to the end as Richmond Hill romped home with 3 overs to spare.
Summary;

Enmore cc 209 all out in 39.4 overs

Mahendra Mohabir 96, Asif Ali 24,Jerry Persaud 20.

Bowling For RHCC

D.McDonald 8-1-27-1, R.Bactowar8-1-15-3, M.Seeram 8-0-56-0

D.Puran 4-0-13-0, D.Seepersaud 8-0-46-4, A.Ibrahim4-0-13-2.

Richmond Hill cc 213 for 8 wickets off 37 overs.

Deryck McDonald 79*, Royo Sankar 32, Prashad Mahadeo 23, Mahendra Seeram 17.

Bowling for Enmore cc.

J.Persaud 8-0-42-0, M.Montana 8-0-35-1, R. Jainarine 8-0-40-3, A.Ali 5-0-44-2

J.Thomas 1-0-14-0, C.Ramdial 5-0-25-0, N. Harripersaud 2-0-12-1.

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Everest Beat Liberty SC

Liberty SC 169 All Out

D. Khilawan 67, M. Noble 32, V. Khilawan 24.  Merchant 3 wkts, K. Ganesh 2 wkts.

Everest 170 for 5

T. Balwant 76*.  I hassan 4 wkts

Richmond Hill beat Enmore

Enmore 208

Richmond Hill 209

Big Apple SC beat MMZ

MMZ 170 All Out

Big Apple 171

Atlantis Beat ESW

Camelot vs Phantoms game cancelled

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Atlantis Cricket Club behind two solid near-tons from Kavishwar Bridgepaul (97) and Nicholas Standford (94), overwhelmed Enmore Cricket Club in the 2012 Eastern American Cricket Association’s season opener last Sunday, May 6, at a nippy Bay Park on Long Island. Atlantis’s 348 was a season-opener record for the club, defeating Enmore by 184 runs.

Batting first Atlantis lost openers Henderson Blades and Jason Greaves for single digits each, before Standford launched an all-out attack on Enmore’s bowling, clocking 6x4s and 7x6s before being run-out six runs shy of a season-opener ton. Alex Amsterdam had a lightning 28 (3x4s, 1×6), before giving way to Bridgepaul, whose onslaught yielded 97 (3x4s and 11x6s) displaying an awesome array of power-hitting shots into and with a northeast wind. Wicketkeeper Ryan Sukhdeo contributed a solid 46 not out (3x4s, 3x6s) and Keon Lake’s 18, included 2x6s.

Enmore’s Shivraj Jainarine 8-0-83-3 and Jason Thomas 8-0-72-2 were the pick of the team’s bowlers, as Atlantis ended its 40 overs at 348 for 8. Extras contributed 35.

Despite the convincing win by Atlantis and its two near-centurions, it was the knock of Enmore’s Safraz Ally that attracted some attention, as the stout right-handed batsman stroked his way to an opening century that included 7x4s and a solitary six. The opener’s patient and resilient tally of an even 100 not-out was a significant contribution to Enmore’s tally, as the team’s other eight batting appearances combined for a total of only 43 runs, with Extras chipping in with 21. However, it is noteworthy that Safraz Ally and his team batted out their entire 40 overs, albeit in a losing cause.

The Enmore wickets were spread evenly among five of Atlantis’ bowlers with pacer Greg Robinson capturing 2 for 43 off his 8 overs.

Atlantis hosts East Side Warriors at Heckscher State Park on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 13, while Enmore faces Richmond Hill in “The Cage” at Baisley Pond Park.

PHOTOS
The new look uniform 2012 Atlantis team – Credit: JLAaron

Safraz Ally sweeps his way to an even 100 – Credit: JLAaron

Safraz Ally contributed 100 to team’s 168 – Credit: JLAaron

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In bright sunshine and some colorful uniforms from both teams the MMZ captain Azurdeen Mohammed won the toss and elected to take first strike. Mohammed and Nandkumar opened the batting and were severe on the All Star bowlers hitting the ball to all parts of the field. Mohammed was the first to go for a well played 53, Amarnauth Persaud came in and was adjudged LBW for 16, the attractive young Trevis Ross came in and played some glorious shots for a quick 25, Nandkumar played well for 61.New player Saud Hussain came in with the overs and time running out for his team, Hussain played some handsome strokes all part of the ground for a well deserve 51 not out with MMZ finish with a huge total of 282 for 7 off 35 overs when time ran out.

All star started their innings with Saleah Ahmed and Shaan Rampersaud..Rocky Kowchai and Zaaid Majeed took the new balls for the MMZ boys. Rampersaud was first to go caught for 2 off Majeed. The young Himalaya Darji came and played some fine shots before he was smartly stumped by Ejaz Asgarally. Andy Mohammed and Trevis Ross bowled excellent with Mohammed picking up 3 for 29 off 7 overs and Trevis Ross 3 for 28 off his 7 overs. All star was eventually bowled out for 180 off 29.3 overs.

Final scores MMZ 282 off 35 overs, Ken Nandkumar 63, Azurdeen Mohammed 53, Saud Hussain 51 not out and Trevis Ross 25.

All Star 180 all out off 29.3 overs.S.Ahmed 37 and A.Rampersaud 36/

Bowling for MMZ, A. Mohammed 3 for 29 and T.Ross 3 for 28.

MMZ will now take on the talented Big Apple Cricket Club on Sunday at the picturesque Riis Park, the last time these two met in the 40 overs competition they played to a tie at the same venue a year ago. This game will be a great Mother’s Day outing for the family with the weather in the 70s.

Good luck to both teams.

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Playing his first match for Liberty Sports Club, Vijendra ‘Jay’ Singh, put together a steady performance with the bat and ball to boost the Achievers Real Estate NY sponsored Liberty Sports Club to a nail biting tie with Richmond Hill Cricket Club.

Jay Singh scored 24 & picked up 2 wickets to help LSC tie with RHCC

LSC lost veteran batsman, Marlon Khalicharran, early after they were asked to bat by RHCC. Hemchandrabose Persaud kept the momentum going for the men in blue, scoring solid 35. However, the loss of Bose Persaud triggered a mid order collapse for LSC as Danesh Deonarain, Michael Noble & 2011 MVP, Dilly Khilawan, fell short after.

With LSC in some trouble Jay Singh joined his captain, Imtiaz Hassan (36), and contributed a valuable 24 in the closing overs of the match to have Liberty SC post RHCC 183 for victory on a heavy Baisley Cage outfield.

Shankar brothers Debo & Rayo got RHCC off to an ominous start in their chase. The opening pair put on 103 by the 20^th at which point Richmond Hill looked to be cruising to a comfortable victory. Some athletic and smart work in the field by LSC put a damper in RHCC’s plans, however. Three RHCC bats were run out in a short period of play to even things up.

Jay Singh then made his mark with the ball to remove the Debo (77) off a superb diving catch by 2011 LSC Best Bowler, Thakur Singh.  Jay’s strike swung the match in LSC’s favor with RHCC needing 60 odd runs with the same amount of balls remaining.

At the other end the veteran Ramratan Jagnarine (8 overs for 26) was strangling the run flow along with Terrence Madramootoo (8 overs for 35). Jay would go on to make another important strike in the latter stages to bowl Fidel Sooknandan.

The game wound down to RHCC needing 7 runs off the last Micheal Noble over. Needing 3 run off the last ball, the young duo of Deoram Puran & Surrendra Naul held their nerve to scamper 2 singles to tie the game for RHCC.

Earlier in the match Fidel bowled superbly for RHCC, knocking over the top 4 LSC batsmen in his opening spell of 8 overs for 32 runs.

Both teams will gain 3 points in the Eastern American Cricket Association Zone I points table.

Achievers Real Estate NY Inc. is the 2012 exclusive sponsor of Liberty Sports Club