The Upper Brockton ground in Vancouver’s Stanley Park is due to host the Tomalin Cup match – the British Columbia Cricket Championship – this coming Saturday (September 21, 2013). The match is between Salim Akbar, winners of the British Columbia Mainland Cricket League’s (BCMCL) Elite Division, and Alcos B, winners of the Victoria and District Cricket Association’s (VDCA) weekend league.
Salim Akbar beat Abbotsford by one wicket in BCMCL semi-final action, then beat Richmond by 33 runs in the Final. Richmond reached the final thanks to a seven wicket win against Meraloma.
Alcos B topped the standings in the VDCA’s weekend league and went on to do the double of winning the playoffs. In the VDCA semi-finals Alcos B beat Alcos A, who placed fourth in the league, by six wickets while second placed United Victoria beat third-placed Albion by five wickets. Albion’s total of 121 all out included a last wicket stand of 57. Alcos B tallied 215 all out from 45 overs in the final then bowled out United Victoria for 127. So Alcos B won this VDCA Championship game by 88 runs.
A photo of the VDCA championship winning Alcos B team, plus a match report and links to the scorecards for the final and semi-finals can be found on the home page of the VDCA website (http://www.vdca.ca) Alocs B took the
The VDCA mid-week championship was won by Pig’s Trotters thanks to a better net run rate for the season compared with Metchosin. Both teams won 13 games and lost two games. Pig’s Trotters thus captured the Billingham Bowl for the third consecutive time. However, Spinnakers, who came third in the midweek regular season, beat Pig’s Trotters in the mid-week knock-out cup. The round-up about the mid-week league league noted sponsors provided door prizes for the awards ceremony.
Summary scores:
British Columbia Mainland C.L. Elite Division Playoffs
Semi-finals
Meraloma 63 a/o (37.5 overs; Cavan Ditchman 17, Muhammad Sajjad Ali 4wkts/3 runs)
Richmond 64 for 3 wkts (27.2 overs; Gauravpreet Singh 44*)
Result: Richmond won by seven wickets (match played on September 7, 2013)
Abbotsford 206 a/o (48.4 overs; Parmjit Dhillon 29, Rash Sharma 26, Hussain Dawood 25, Armabir “Jimmy” Hansra 24)
Salim Akbar 207 for 9 wkts (49 overs; Balqiaz Khan 82, Gaurav Kumar 26, Umar Nawaz 23,
Mukaram Khan 21; Rash Sharma 3/22)
Result: Salim Akbar won by one wicket (match played on September 8, 2013)
Final
Salim Akbar 225 a/o (45 overs; Balqiaz Khan 73, Love Ablish 59, Gaurav Kumar 38)
Richmond 192 a/o (47.2 overs; Hensen Fernandes 47, Tajinder Daval 35, Maninderjit “Manny” Aulakh 34, Love Abish 3/28)
Result: Salim Akbar won by 33 runs (match played on September 14, 2013)
Note: These BCMCL playoff games were at Upper Brockton, Vancouver.
　
Victoria and District C.A. Playoffs 2013
Semi-finals
Alcos A 116 a/o (27.5 overs; Dabeer Ahmed 28, Stanley Paul 3/19)
Alcos B 120 for 4 wkts (17.4 overs; Dushyant Kohli 54, Sweetpal Chauhan 32)
Result: Alcos B won by six wickets (match played on September 7, 2013)
Albion 121 a/o (35.2 overs; Amritbhir Sidhu 28, Satwant Mann 23*, Javed Khan 5/40)
United Victoria 127 for 5 wkts (22.5 overs; Tanzil ur Rehman 34, Saqib Cheema 28*, Omer Khan 23*; Kulvir Sidhu 3/37)
Result: United won by five wickets (match played on September 8, 2013)
Final
Alcos B 215 a/o (45 overs; Mohammad Shimul Rahman 64, Ravinder Bachal 49, Sweetpal Chauhan 45, Andy Ghalley 3/31)
United Victoria 127 a/o (37.2 overs; Omer Khan 31, Paramdeep Singh 3/19, Sweetpal Chauhan 3/29)
Result: Alcos B won by 88 runs (match played on September 13, 2013)
Note: These VDCA playoff games were at Beacon Hill Park, Victoria.

Eddie Norfolk