{"id":6298,"date":"2014-08-01T14:18:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T17:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=6298"},"modified":"2014-08-02T09:30:21","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T13:00:21","slug":"atlantic-t20-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=6298","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic T20 Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Canadian National Team Coach Mukesh Narula seen speaking at Friday’s opening ceremonies for the Atlantic T20 at Tea Hill Park, Stratford, Prince Edward Island. He had assisted Prince Edward Island’s preparations for this tournament and provided guidance to teams during the course of the opening day’s play.<\/p><\/div>\n

Quebec\u2019s provincial cricket team began with a win in the Atlantic T20 in Friday\u2019s Atlantic T20 championship in fading light against a Newfoundland & Labrador that had beaten host Prince Edward Island in the day\u2019s opening game.
\nNova Scotia beat New Brunswick in the day\u2019s other game at Tea Hill Park, Stratford, Prince Edward Island (PEI).
\nThe championship continues today (Saturday, August 2, 2014) with four scheduled matches, the last of which pits 2012 and 2013 champion Nova Scotia against Quebec, whose team had a younger look than in the 2012 tournament in PEI. Quebec\u2019s team is based on players who are active in the Montreal area that has, historically, been one of the major cricketing area of Canada. This 2014 Atlantic T20 championship will be decided from the round-robin standings when three matches scheduled for Sunday have been completed.
\nMukash Narula, announced by Cricket Canada as the new National Coach on Friday, is attending this Atlantic T20 and providing some coaching guidance to all participating teams. Narula had assisted the Prince Edward Island team\u2019s preparations for this event. He played first class cricket in India for Baroda and the West Zone between 1985 and 1997. He has an Australian level 3 coaching qualification and has been the coach of Brampton Masters in the Toronto and District Cricket Association in recent years.
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\nNewfoundland and Labrador hit a commanding 242 runs for five wickets against PEI headed by three individual scores in the sixties. Rakesh Negi scored 69 and Rahul Vashist 62 at the top of the batting order and Hari Raghuraman scored 61 not out batting at number four. The Newfoundland total would likely have been less if some catching chances, some straightforward and others more difficult, had been held. The cricket revival on Prince Edward Island is quite recent, and the team scored 123 runs, which showed improvement on batting performances from the 2012 event, also hosted at Tea Hill Park.
\nDunu Eliaba scored 40 not out in New Brunswick\u2019s 117 for seven wickets against Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotians seemed on course for a solid win thanks to David Campbell\u2019s 33 and Anuraj Gupta\u2019s 27 but some wickets were lost with a win seemingly in sight. A match winning six from the second ball of the eighteenth over carried Nova Scotia to victory by three wickets. New Brunswick\u2019s Fahim Mohammed took four wickets for 18 runs.
\nShayad Ahmed scored 64 and Suraj Ramkissoon powered his way to a quick 49 as Quebec tallied 149 for four in the day\u2019s closing game against Newfoundland & Labrador. Jason Gulab played a important supporting role in partnerships with Ahmed and Ramkissoon. Gulab scored 26.
\nRahul Vashist and Hari Raghuraman again scored fifites, but the Quebec bowlers and fielders performed well enough in support of the team\u2019s promising batting to record a win by 22 runs. Vashist scored 52 and Raghuraman made 59.<\/p>\n

Nova Scotia v Quebec – the big game on Saturday
\nNova Scotia\u2019s cricketing revival had a boost in 2012 with a win against Quebec. The head-to-head game in the 2013 championship was washed out, leaving Nova Scotia as champions so the Quebec-Nova Scotia game on Saturday could decide the tournament\u2019s outcome. But in the short T20 (20 overs per side) form of cricket a good team effort with the bat or two or three strong individual performances can make a big difference. Newfoundland & Labrador or New Brunswick could produce wins, and PEI might be encouraged from Friday\u2019s batting efforts to greater things on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n

Newfoundland and Labrador won the opening match of the Atlantic T20 by 125 runs. NL won the toss and batted and put up a huge total of 242\/5 in 20 overs. Rakesh Negi, Rahul Vashisht and Hari Raghuraman all made half-centuries. PEI were bowled out for 127 in 19.3 overs, Hummam Bin Saif taking 3 wickets, Saravana Kumar and Rahul Vashisht taking two each.<\/p>\n

Match 2: Nova Scotia beat New Brunswick by 3 wickets
\nNew Brunswick 116\/6 (20 ov) Dunu Eliaba 40*, Fahim Toussef 22, Arun Nag 2-13, Tushar Sehgal 2-19
\nNova Scotia 117\/7 (17.2 ov) David Campbell 33, Anuraj Gupta 27, Fahim Toussef 4-18, Rohan Bandekar 2-25
\nMan of the match: Tushar Sehgal & Shreyas Dhond<\/p>\n

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Hari Raghumaran of NL drives against Quebec<\/p><\/div>\n

Match 3: Quebec v NL
\nQuebec 179-4 (20 overs) Shayad Ahmed (batted #2 ) 64, Jason Gulab (#4) 26 not out and Suraj Ramkissoon made 49 batting at #5.
\nN&L 157-9 (20 overs) Rahul Vashist 52, Hari Raguraman 59<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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