Bilal Khan hits first century by Mayor’s XI tourist in England
The RBC CIMA Mayor’s touring team won the first two games of the 2013 Cricket Across the Pond cricket tour to England on Sunday (July 21) and followed up with a win against a Sunbury Cricket Club side by 19 runs on Monday (July 22).
On Sunday, the Mayor’s XI beat a Guildford Cricket Club XI by 46 runs then won by 91 runs against a Mitcham Cricket Club XI. Bilal Khan, a student at Mississauga’s Stephen Lewis Secondary School, hit 101 against Mitcham. This was first century by a Toronto area player since these tours began in 2008. Aniket Joshi, a Canadian Under-19 international and a student at Brampton’s North Park Secondary School, scored half-centuries against both Guildford and Mitcham.
Three early wickets fell on Monday to Sunbury’s Hassun but a fine innings of 92 not out by Siddhanth Shekhar (Bur Oak Secondary School, Markham) steered the RBC CIMA Mayor’s XI to 183 for seven wickets from the available thirty overs. Rizwan Khan scored 21, Darshil Patel 13 and Aniket Joshi 13. Four of the Sunbury batsmen made scores in the 20’s, two of whom were stumped off the bowling of Rizwan Khan for 26. Rizwan Khan (Middlefield Collegiate Institute) ended with four wickets for 29 runs from four overs as Sunbury was bowled out for 164 at the end of the thirty overs. Mahajan, Tunnacliffe and Burgess each scored 26 for Sunbury.
The RBC CIMA Mayor’s XI scored at almost eight runs an over to reach 176 runs for the loss of six wickets in the opening T20 game against Guildford on Sunday. Aniket Joshi top-scored with 60. Abraash Khan struck 52 runs and Darshil Munshi made 17. Guildfords’s F. Bennet took three wickets for 13 runs. Guildford’s reply included half-centuries from R. Brownlie (54) and T. Goodwin (52) but a closing score of 130 for five wickets meant the tourists won by 46 runs. Siddhanth Shekhar took two wickets for 14 runs.
Bilal Khan scored 101 as the RBC CIMA Mayor’s team hit an impressive 257 for six wickets in 30 overs against Mitcham in the second game of the day. Aniket Joshi scored his second half century of the day, making 53, Neil Ramdath chipped in with a knock of 34 runs and Siddhanth Shekhar hit 27. Jake F was Mitcham’s most successful bowler, taking four wickets for 57 runs. K. Dharam struck 66 runs in Mitcham’s reply, but his side was bowled out for 166 to leave the tourists with a 91-run win.
On Saturday, the tour party from the Greater Toronto Area had visited the Kia Oval, which included the opportunity to see pitch preparations for August’s Test Match between England and Australia.
　
　
RBC CIMA Mayor’s XI Cricket Across the Pond Tour 2013 – Summary Scores
Game 1 Guildford Cricket Club XI v RBC CIMA Mayor’s XI
Sunday July 21, 2013 – T20 Match
RBC CIMA Mayor’s XI 176 for six wickets (20 overs: Aniket Joshi 60, Abraash Khan 52, Darshil Munshi 17, K. Bennet 3 wkts for 13)
Guildford Cricket Club XI 130 for five wickets (20 overs; R. Brownlie 54, T. Goodwin 52, Siddhanth Shekhar 2 wkts for 14)
Result: RBC CIMA Mayor’s XI won by 46 runs
Game 2 Mitcham Cricket Club XI v RBC CIMA Mayor’s XI
Sunday July 21, 2013 – 30 overs per side
RBC CIMA Mayor’s XI 257 for six wickets (30 overs; Bilal Khan 101, Aniket Joshi 53, Neil Ramdath 34, Siddhanth Shekhar 27; Jake F, 4 wkts for 57)
Mitcham Cricket Club XI 166 all out (K. Dharam 66, Mahmood 27; Gayan Ferdinands 2 wkts for 33)
Result: RBC CIMA Mayor’s XI won by 91 runs
Game 2 Note: Bilal Khan’s innings of 101 runs was the first century scored by a Greater Toronto Area player on a CIMA Cricket Across the Pond tour to England.
Game 3 Sunbury Cricket Club XI v CIMA Mayor’s XI
Monday July 22, 2013 – 30 overs per side
RBC CIMA Mayor’s XI 183 for seven wickets (30 overs; Siddhanth Shekhar 92 not out, Rizwan Khan 21, Darshil Patel 13 and Aniket Joshi 13, )
Sunbury Cricket Club XI 164 all out (30 overs; Mahajan 26, Tunnacliffe 26, Burgess 26, Soni 21, Rizwan Khan 4 wkts for 29)
Result: RBC CIMA Mayor’s XI won by 19 runs
Background Information:
RBC CIMA Mayors Tour 2013 Players: Abraash Khan (St Marcellinus Secondary School), Aniket Joshi (North Park Secondary School), Bilal Khan (Stephen Lewis Secondary School – Mississauga), Darshil Munshu (Ryerson University), Darshil Patel (Woburn Collegiate Insitute), Gayan Ferdinands (Blessed Cardinal Newman High School), Madvin Shah (Louise Arbour Secondary School), Neil Ramdath (St Francis Xavier Secondary School), Rizwan Saajan Patel (North Albion Collegiate Institute), Sabes Rasanyagam, and Siddhanth Shekhar (Bur Oak Secondary School).
The coach for the 2013 tour is Mr. Phillip Mowlah-Baksh (Staff member- Toronto District School Board: George Harvey Collegiate Institute) and the Tour Manager is Ms. Lisa Antezza (Staff member – Peel District School Board: Stephen Lewis Secondary School).
　
[Compiled by Eddie Norfolk, based on scoring information from the RBC CIMA Mayor’s Tour Party.]