The second series of American College Cricket v Canadian College cricket was played in the Los Angeles, California area. American Colleges Cricket are playing under the Dream11 banner and will be seeking to reverse Canadian College Cricket’s success in the inaugural series played at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario in 2015. On Saturday the Americans prevailed in the first game, making 184/8, with the Canadians coming close with 170 in reply. The second match was restricted to 15 overs, but the Americans still posted 186. Although details are sketchy, we understand the Canadian squad chased down this big total to tie the series 1-1 going into Sunday’s decider.
In game 3 The Canadian Colleges posted an impressive 217/6 but according to reports the US squad successfully chased it down.
Canadian College Cricket squad (as originally announced); Hasan Mirza (Ryerson), Saad Bin Zafar (Ryerson), Numan Aslam (Ryerson), Ankit Vasu (Concordia), Muhammad Abdul Rehman (Wilfrid Laurier), Nikhil Dutta (Ryerson), Hassan Jamil (York), Neil Ramdath (UOIT), Arul Rajah (York), Hassan Khan (Ryerson), Adeel Akhtar (Waterloo), Talha Kirmani (Ryerson), Hardik Patel (Centennial) and Asad Sikandar (Ryerson).
Game 1 scorecard