Provincial team competes at Atlantic T20

Newfoundland and Labrador have finished 3rd at the Atlantic T20 championships with a record of 2 wins, 1 loss and one no result. They started with a win over New Brunswick; they made a below par 103 but bowled out NB for less than 50. They then lost to Nova Scotia and on Sunday hammered PEI making 183 and bowling them out for 54. Their game against Quebec was interestingly poised with NL 48/3 after 8 overs when the rain came down and no further play was possible.

NS 147/5 (20.0 overs): Anuraj Gupta 38, Matt Webb 29*, Amit Joshi 24, Humam Bin Saif 2/17, Rakesh Negi 2/26
NL 112 all out (18.5 overs): Rakesh Negi 21, Saad Jahangir 21, Amit Joshi 3/23, Hari Raghuraman 2/16
Result: Nova Scotia won by 35 runs
Man of the Match: Amit Joshi
Scorecard

Atlantic T20 team named

Cricket Newfoundland and Labrador has named a strong team to compete at the Atlantic T20 tournament being held this weekend in Montreal, Quebec. Fourteen players have been selected, led by Captain Kathir Chenthilnathan. They will play a round-robin against hosts Québec, PEI, New Brunswick, and last year’s champions, Nova Scotia.

This is the team’s fourth Atlantic T20 tournament following the establishment of Cricket Newfoundland and Labrador in 2010. Last year they finished second, beating Quebec, PEI and New Brunswick. Coach (and Cricket NL President) Sentill Selvamani believes that this is the best squad sent to the tournament in four years. “We’ve a good mixture of youth and experience, with best performers from last year boosted by new recruits“.
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AGM

At the Annual General Meeting of the Cricket Association of Newfoundland and Labrador the 2013-14 Board was elected:-
President – Senthill Selvamani
Past President – Lutfor Rahman
Vice-president – Rakesh Negi
Treasurer – Chithran Vasudev
Secretary – David Liverman
Directors at large – Shaifan Ahmed, Saad Jahangir
SJCC representative – Kavish Srivastava
Thanks to all who turned up.

Awards night

NLCA hosted a very successful Awards Ceremony at the St.John’s Lion Club. Medals and trophies were presented to the runners up and winners of the Fall League 2012 and Winter League 2013 winners. In addition the following awards were presented:-
Man of the Series- Fall League -2012 Neelav Dhawan
Man of the Series- Winter League -2013 Kaivalya Kulkarni
Best Bowler Winter League -2013 Suhail
Best Batsmen Winter League -2013 Kavish
Volunteer Recognition Kaivalya Kulkarni, Chithran, Ali
Most improved player Wasiq Waqar
Best Supporting Player Rajender
Upcoming players: Fahad, Hummum, Talha
Most Promising Manager: Gopi

Play cricket in St. John’s this summer!

Cricket Newfoundland and Labrador is looking for players to compete in the Summer League, scheduled to run from June to September. The preferred format is 20-20 and there will be matches most weekends. Players will be assigned to teams with the objective of having four well-matched teams to play. We are also interested in recruiting umpires and scorers. Please e-mail cricketnewfoundland@gmail.com by June 1st if you are interested in playing.

Selection policy

NLCA is pleased to present the selection criteria and process policy. This document outlines the following:

  • The objective and scope of the selection criteria and process
  • Criteria to establish the Selection Committee
  • The role of the Selection Committee
  • Criteria and process for selecting the provincial team

This document was reviewed by Cricket Canada and Cricket Canada’s High Performance Manager and was updated based on their feedback. Cricket Canada has approved this NLCA selection criteria and process document. Please note that our selection committee (Sentill Selvamani, Rakesh Negi, Kaivalya Kulkarani and Kathir Chenthilnathan) will use this document to select the team to represent the province. Also, a selection framework was developed to list players, evaluate and monitor their progress. We have also attached the framework. This selection criteria will be further developed as we continue to optimize the criterion and processes and develop talent across neutral selectors in the province. Please contact us directly at cricketnewfoundland@gmail.com if you have any questions.

NLCA Selection Criteria and Process 2013

NLCA Team Selection Template

Top performances in Winter League

Most Wickets

Name   Team  Wickets  Matches

1. Neelav Deewan  Spartans 7  6

2. Ashraf Kazi  Asia_Xpress 5  3

3. Wasiq Waqar  PSA  4  5(6 overs)

4. Saad Shaifan Ahmed Nomads 4  4(7 overs)

5. Kaivallya Kulkarni Nachos  4  5(11 overs)

Highest Scores

Name   Team  Against   score

1. Kaivallya Kulkarni Nachos  Badmaash Company 64*

2. Senthil Selvamani Nomads Take It Easy  61*

3. Wasiq Waqar  PSA  The Lions  60

4. Rakesh Negi  Take It Easy Nomads  58*

5. Kavish Srivasthava Spartans Take It Easy  56*

Highest Batting Average

Name   Team  Runs Matches Innings  NO

1. Wasiq Waqar  PSA  49.67 5  5  2

2. Kavish Srivasthava Spartans 49.5 6  6  2

3. Kaivallya Kulkarni Nachos  47 6  5  2

4. Ali Ahmed Dawood PSA  47 5  3  2

5. Senthil Selvamani Nomads 46.5 4  4  2

Highest Runs

Name   Team  Runs Matches Innings  NO

1. Kavish Srivasthava Spartans 198 6  6  2

2. Wasiq Waqar  PSA  149 5  5  2

3. Kaivallya Kulkarni Nachos  141 6  5  2

4. Senthil Selvamani Nomads 93 4  4  2

5. Brian Desouza  Nomads 88 4  4  2

Nachos win Winter League

The Nachos beat the Spartans by three wickets with 9 balls to spare to be crowned Winter League champions. Eldho Paul dismissed Spartan’s top batsman Kavish with the 3rd ball of the opening over, and bowled his three overs for just 9 runs. Bharat’s unbeaten 27 took the Spartans to 57/4. Neelav continued his fine form, bowling his three overs for 14 runs, and taking a wicket. After three overs Nachos were 15/2 and the game in the balance. Kaivallya Kulkarni took charge and his 18-ball unbeaten 40 (with 6 sixes) led his team to victory.

Scorecard
Final averages: batting – bowling

Winter League statistics

Thanks to the complete scorecards provided by Chithran and his fellow scorers, we have some statistics from the indoor league – we will update these with information from the semi-finals and final once scorecards are received.
Batting
The top batsman in the Winter League was clearly Wasiq Waqar of PSA, with 148 runs. His lowest score in four innings was 24 and he was only dismissed twice, giving him the outstanding average of 74. Kavish Srivasta also scored heavily with 142 runs at an average of 47.33, and Kaivallya Kulkarni had an outstanding average of 76, being dismissed just once in his three innings. His 64 was also the highest innings of the competition.

Bowling
The top bowler was equally clear – Spartans’ Neelav Diwan. He conceded only 29 runs from 11 overs to give him an economy rate of 2.64, and was also the top wicket taker with 6 (average 4.83). No other bowler had an economy rate under 4. Other economical bowlers included Suhail Zaydi (PSA, 11.1 overs for 55 runs), Kankayaliyan Thiyalampalam (Nachos; 5 overs for 21 runs), and Ashraf Kazi (Asia_Xpress; 8 overs, 41 runs). Ashraf Kazi took five wickets, and Shaifan Ahmed four.

Full averages (apologies for any errors, please let us know if these seem incorrect).
batting averages
bowling averages

Nachos v Spartans in Winter League finals

In the semi-finals, a strong bowling performance from the Nachos dismissed PSA for just 54. 25 from KK, and Rajendar Dyapa’s unbeaten 21 took Nachos to a three wicket victory with 8 balls to spare (Scorecard).
An unbeaten 27-ball 56 from Kavish allowed Spartans to post a total of 101. Neelav Deewan bowled 3 overs for 10 runs, and Take it Easy fell 55 runs short (Scorecard).
We congratulate Spartans and Nachos for making the finals.
The finals will be at 6 PM this Sunday 7-Apr. Please come and join the excitement and watch the grand finale.

 
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