Saturday, November 14, 2009

Cricket Without Boundaries to double visits to Kenya

Cricket Without Boundaries group has arrived from U.K.. After arrival, they first camped at Kericho Teachers Training College where they gave training to an 82 strong new Teacher Group!

On Thursday they moved to Nakuru Teachers Traning college in Sagana, where they gave basic training to 55 new Teachers!

Training the teachers means that the skills they learn will then be able to be passed on to hundreds of children at local schools further spreading the game and the awareness of AIDS prevention.

More good news is that rather then coming once a year as they have done in the past, they will now come twice a year with the next camp already Scheduled for April 2010. Hopefully this great initiative will also team up with the project at Laikipia as both could surely benefit from the other.

Friday saw the first day of level nought, one and two training at RVSC and a special mention should be. An especial mention should be made of Melvins School who encouraged both the boys and girls to take part in big numbers in the above categories of training.

Great to see this initiative gaining strength with every year and every visit. Hopefully RVCA will be publishing some photos of the coaching sessions soon!

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Action at the coast

There has been plenty of action at the coast recently, mostly centred around Mombasa Jafferys who have hosted a number of junior and community events.

In a warm up to the upcoming Junior Tournament on 31st October, Abbasali Mawji (40*), Kazimali Jaffer (2-0-11-4) and Siddiq Samani (2-0-8-3) combined to give their side a crunching 30 run win in a 10 over match.

In a community match the following day, Arman Warriors edged out Imamia Electrocutors by just 7 runs in a tightly fought 20-20 match.

Arman Warriors batted first scoring 118/8 in their 20 overs with Aliasger Abdalla (26), Mazhar Kassamali (16)and Husayn Virjee (15*) the main contributors. Pick of the bowling for the electrocutors was Mujahid Janmohammed who took 3/11 off his 4 overs while Kumayl Virjee took 2/10.

In reply Mohammed Fazel (35) and Mohammed Merali (28) had the Electrocutors looking good until some quick wickets and tight bowling stifled the run rate leaving them 7 runs short. Pick of the Warriors bowling was Miqdad Walji (2/16) with Husein Allidina, Fazle Kassamali, Shamil Khalfan and Mujtaba Janmohammed picking up a wicket each.

RVSC and Spinknit win in Crown Berger 20-20 matches

RVSC defeated Khalsa XI and Spinknit accounted for PBH Royal Cubs in the weekend games in the RVCA Crown Berger 20-20 tournament over the weekend.

In Game 5, Khalsa XI won the toss and elected to field with their top order all getting decent starts. Gunnaskekaran (37) and Nilesh Mehta (16) set the early tempo with Kulveer Ruprai (37*) and V.P. Singh (28) looking to consolidate. RVSC stuck to their guns however and the removal of Singh and Khalsa's efforts to up the run rate resulted in a spurt of wickets to see them close on 142/5 after their 20 overs. Pick of the bowling for RVSC was Rahul ? (2/25)

the RVSC reply was lead from the beginning by the in-form Luke Nightingale who steered his side to victory with an unbeaten 73. Chris Sterling contributed 23, but Khalsa will rue the 20 extra's that was third highest scorer as RVSC got home with 6 wickets and 2.4 overs in hand.

Game 6 saw spinknit bat first after winning the toss and setting an impressive 170/7 in their allotted overs. Minesh Bhatt retired after scoring 60 and a late flourish from Jatin Patel (31) did the damage. Jaymin Patel picked up 3/36 for the Cubs with Raj Patel and Ravi Patel taking one each.

PBH in reply had little answer to the spinknit bowlers with all who were used taking wickets. Indravadan Patel (2/6), Ahmed ? (2/7) and D.K ?? (2/10) the main destroyers. In the end a comfortable win for spinknit as the PBH Royal Cubs innings folded for just 68.

Monday, November 09, 2009

NPCA Leagues Final Points Tables for 2009

POINTS TABLE - LEAGUE 2009 - 50 OVERS. FINAL - STANDINGS


SUPER

TEAM

PLAYED

WIN(WON)

DRAW

BAT

BOWL

BONUS

PENALTY

TOTAL

Swamibapa 'A'

14

144(12)

6

22

49

8

-1

228

Kanbis 'A'

14

132(11)

0

30

52

2

0

216

Telca

14

120(10)

0

15

42

18

0

205

Stray Lions 'A'

14

96(8)

12

17

43

8

-2

174

Kanbis 'B'

14

72(6)

6

12

40

16

0

146

SCLYL 'A'

14

36(3)

0

14

40

2

0

92

Sir Ali 'A'

14

24(2)

12

15

19

0

-8

62

Simba Union A

14

12(1)

0

8

31

2

0

53

DIV I

PLAYED

WIN(WON)

DRAW

BAT

BOWL

BONUS

PENALTY

TOTAL

Nbi,Nookers 'A'

14

156(13)

0

21

43

18

-1

237

Swamibapa 'B'

14

144(12)

0

23

53

10

-1

229

Premier

14

84(7)

6

19

43

6

-1

157

Kongonis Dev

14

84(7)

6

27

42

0

-3

156

Ruaraka 'A'

14

60(5)

0

18

34

10

-1

121

Ngara

14

60(5)

0

3

38

16

-5

112

Nbi.Jafferys

14

48(4)

12

8

30

4

-3

99

Nbi.Gymkhana

14

12(1)

0

10

35

0

0

57

DIV II

PLAYED

WIN(WON)

DRAW

BAT

BOWL

BONUS

PENALTY

TOTAL

Stray Lions 'B'

14

144(12)

6

11

51

16

0

228

Goan Inst A

14

108(9)

6

23

43

8

0

188

Golden XI

14

108(9)

0

14

41

18

0

181

Aga Khan

14

96(8)

12

17

37

6

0

164

Sir Ali 'B'

14

72(6)

0

11

39

12

-8

125

SCLYL 'B'

14

60(5)

0

14

36

8

0

118

Simba Union B

14

36(3)

0

13

33

8

-7

83

Qutbis

14

24(2)

0

18

23

0

-2

63

DIV III

PLAYED

WIN(WON)

DRAW

BAT

BOWL

BONUS

PENALTY

TOTAL

Parklands

12

120(10)

6

14

44

8

-4

188

Aaryans

12

96(8)

6

20

34

12

-1

167

Oshwal XI

12

72(6)

0

5

41

10

0

128

Nbi Nookers 'B'

12

72(6)

0

6

37

14

-1

128

Goan Inst'B'

12

60(5)

0

5

29

23

-1

116

Ruaraka 'B'

12

60(5)

0

3

25

12

-1

99

Women XI

12

12(1)

0

1

31

2

-1

45