PHOENIX CC CELEBRATES …
               … 5 YEARS OF CRICKET…

On hand to help in this celebration were many members of Phoenix, representatives from other clubs [Lions, Cosmos, Kingz, All India, Taverners] and members of the Manitoba Cricket Association Executive. A congratulatory message was sent by the present League Chairman who could not be there.

The following historical review is taken from a slide presentation that formed part of a very successful evening.

PHOENIX CC HISTORICAL SUMMARY, 2005-2009
CELEBRATING 5 YEARS OF RECREATIONAL CRICKET

On April 13, 2005 a small number of ex-MCA league players met at St John’s High School to “explore the feasibility of establishing a Seniors ‘Cricket Club” in Winnipeg. The meeting was chaired by Herb Spencer, who had been an MCA league player, umpire, manager, coach and cricket historian for decades. It was resolved to proceed with this venture, the suggested names of the club being:

• Veterans
• True & Tried
• Maestros
• Yesteryears
• Memory Laners
• Returnees
• Eclectics
• Ambassadors
• Bears
• Phoenix

The Club has enabled senior members (oldest player to date 79) to once again play cricket, but we are very pleased to also have younger members to, in particular, strengthen our speed bowling attack and fielding. Our games are played on Wednesday evenings at Assiniboine Park and occasionally on Saturdays in Gimli.

The first President was our founder Herb Spencer and the first captain Sugrim Bahadoosingh. Sugrim replaced Herb as President at the end of 2006 and Victor Vaughan and, briefly, Colvin Worrell, have captained the team since then.

Phoenix played its first game, against Bengal Tigers, on May 18, 2005 and won. Phoenix completed its 5th season of outdoor MCA Recreational Cricket in August 2009 having played a total of 59 games against league teams, of which it won 6.

We have enjoyed our games, without exception. As Phoenix’s mission statement specifies that our games are to be played in a “good and supportive spirit”, with no mention of striving to win, we are content with our 10% win rate. We thank our opponents for their support and for the opportunity to play against them.

CENTURIES SCORED AGAINST PHOENIX CC
May 25, 2005 Philip Munro-Smith 100 not out (Taverners 143/1)

July 11, 2007 Keith Deonaraine 104 not out (Cosmos 170/5) (Cosmos were 6/3 before Keith came in!)

July 18, 2007 Suresh Jayaraman 100 not out (AICC 176/1)

The Manitoba Cricket Association takes this opportunity to congratulate Phoenix Cricket Club on five years of cricket and wishes the Club and its members many, many more years of continued participation and success.

SIXTH DAMIAN MILLS MEMORIAL DAY PROVIDES ENTERTAINMENT AND FUN  

After the lop-sided victory of the MCA Select Team over the WJCC Honorary XI in 2008, the latter team returned to their winning ways over their rivals in the sixth Annual Damian Mills MEMORIAL Cricket Match (2009) that was played at Assiniboine Park on September 13, 2009.  

It was a beautiful day [which even the mosquitoes couldn’t mar] and the players provided some wonderful and exciting cricket much to the delight to those who witnessed it. In the senior match more than 450 runs were scored on both sides, a testament to the kind of exciting cricket that was played.  

A new feature that added to the lore of the day was the inclusion of the Extended Junior Program – a Kanga Ball segment made up of players ages 6 to 12, an Under -19 segment made of players from the MCA Junior program. This addition to the Memorial Day was welcomed by all.  

The Mills family [Barry, Rona and Cress] was in attendance to witness the fine cricket display by the players and acknowledge the contribution of all those assembled to pay tribute to their beloved son and brother.  

Scores

MCA Selects 235 for 8 wickets

	K. Roy Singh 37;	Garvin Budhoo 38;
	J. Matharu 49;	Hitesh Modha 41 n. o.
		Andrew Amsden 3/26

WJCC Honorary X! 237/8

	Heera Khalsa 59;	Tommy Jilani 69 n.o.
	Andrew Amsden 29;	Pardeep Plaha 20
		H. Modha 3/18; Jose Thomas 2/58

U-19 Segment:

Highlight Batting Scores

“Team A”		Team “B”
Anthony Chandar	26	Kulwinder Johal	54
Akhlas Umar	67

Highlight Bowling Figures

“Team A”				Team “B”
Akhlas Umar	7	24	4	Kulwinder Johal	8	24	4
Tyler Roopchand	8	31	2

Kanga Ball Segment:

Batting Scores		Bowling Figures
Names	Runs	Names	O	R	W
Akila Perera	52	Ravindu K.	5	30	5
Nadith Gunasekera	37	Kevin Patel	6	31	2
Charith K	37	Tariq Mohammed	6	29	2
Ricky Persaud	34	Kunal Swami	6	8	3
Kunal Swami	32	Ajay Punj	6	28	2
Shalim Patel	25	Rajet Chahar	5	10	3
Isal Perera	24	Sumeet Mangat	5	34	3

 HISTORIC
- Maples Community Centre Opens Cricket Park.  

Members of the Maples Community Centre Board and its volunteers cordially invite you to join in the official opening of the first cricket park in Winnipeg North District (Maples).  

Details

Date:	(Saturday) 26th September 2009
Time:	11:00 am.
Place:	30 Maberley St

Highlights 
Among the Highlights of the day will be:

1. Guest Speaker
2. Cutting of Ribbon
3. Refreshments ( Tim Horton’s )
4. Exhibition student cricket match
5. Prizes
6. Cultural show

Note: The Maples is one of the fastest growing areas in the city, and the Maples Community Centre is proud to add cricket to its many programs.

For more info: Call

Derek Dabee:	779-6101
Kamta Roy Singh:	227-4193
Mohamed Alli:	633-2668
Maples C C:	953-1191

Local Umpire in “Canada v Kenya” Series

Canada and Kenya go head to head in an ICC Intercontinental Cup match at King City, Ontario from 14 to 17 August. David Jukes has been named as match referee for that match and also for the three subsequent ODIs that will be played at the same venue.

 Norman Malcolm of the Emirates International Panel and Karran Bayney of the ICC Associates and Affiliates International Umpires’ Panel will stand in both the four-day game and the ODIs.

 Canada – David Jukes (match referee)

14-17 Aug – Canada v Kenya (ICC Intercontinental Cup), King City –
                       Norman Malcolm and Karran Bayney
19 Aug – Canada v Kenya (ODI), King City –
                       Norman Malcolm and Karran Bayney
21 Aug – Canada v Kenya (ODI), King City –
                       Norman Malcolm and Karran Bayney
23 Aug – Canada v Kenya (ODI), King City –
                       Norman Malcolm and Karran Bayney

Provincial Trials 2

The following players are selected to participate in the MCA Senior Trials on Sunday, July 19, 2009 at the Assiniboine Park cricket field. Play starts 11:00 a.m. sharp.

This is in preparation for the Cricket Canada Senior National Championship anticipated to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, August 10 – 15, 2009.

SELECTED PLAYERS

1. Suresh Jayaraman
2. Ravinder Khakh
3. Inderjit Sodha
4. Jagjit Gurm
5. Hitesh Modha
6. Heera Khalsa
7. Joseph Lovelace
8. Trevor Manoosingh
9. Sampath Wijewerdana
10. Sharjeel Siddique
11. Imdad Alli
12. Ronald Singh
13. José Thomas
14. Zeeshan Siddique
15. Naeem Umer
16. Kashif Hayat
17. Qamar Zaman
18. Andrew Amsden
19. Keith Deonaraine
20. Waleed Ahmed
21. Paul Ziesman
22. Jatinder Matharu
23. Pushpinder Khubbar
24. Vishal Chhabra
25. Tommy Jilani
26. Kamran Khan
27. Shiromal Gunawardena

NOTE: Players are asked to be at the ground by 10:15 a.m

> CRICKET CANADA ANNOUNCES TEAM
FOR U-19 AMERICA'S QUALIFIER

Ontario		Manitoba		Alberta		British Columbia
Rustum Bhatti (captain)		Harpeet Singh		Hamza Tariq		Manny Aulaka
Hiral Patel (vice - captain)
Usman Limbada
Riyazkhan Pathan
Darius D’Souza
Arsalan Qadir
Asif Manjra
Abishek Krishnamoorthy
Ruvindu Gunasekara
Zain Mahmood
Nitesh Kumar

2009 MCA SENIOR SUMMER LEAGUE

2009 MCA PERMISSION TO PLAY PLAYERS LIST

• This list will be updated again on June 30, 2009
• Under 18 Juniors who are listed below can play for as many teams as possible.
• Under 18 players who have played on the MCA Under 25 Provincial Team must play for one other team only.
• Other players who are given permission to play must play for one other team only.

JAMBOREE NEWS, RESULTS

2OTH ANNUAL KANGA BALL JAMBOREE SUCCESFUL

Under cloudy skies and in cool temperatures the MCA 20th Annual Kanga Ball Jamboree took place at Assiniboine Park on Saturday, June 6, 2009. Many teachers, coaches and volunteers braved the less than ideal conditions to see the youngsters display their talents and cricket skills. They were not disappointed as the youngsters showed great enthusiasm and spirit throughout the day.

Results are below.
TEAM PLACINGS

ELEMENTARY	MIDDLE SCHOOLS	HIGH SCHOOLS
1.Guyanese Assoc’n of Manitoba (GAM)	1. GAM	1. SISLER HIGH
2.Prince Edward (Eng)	2. MCA combined	2. VINCENT MASSEY
3.Prince Edward (Aus)	3. General Byng	3. MAPLES
4.Hampstead School		4. GORDON BELL
		5. VIRDEN

Individual Awards

	Batting	Bowling
Elementary	Akila Perera (52)	Jay Ponj 7 wkts
	Andrew Hector (50)	Kyran Reske 7 wkts
	Ethan Wilcox (48)

AMSDEN SCORES LEAGUE CENTURY

Andrew Amsden of Cosmos scored a spirited century to lead his team to victory during the second weekend of the Summer League competition. Given the formidable task of making the opponents’ total of 261, Cosmos started with an inspired innings by their captain Keith Deonaraine (47) who had already set a fine example in the field as wicket-keeper by taking part in the dismissal of six of the opponents’ batsmen.

Andrew and Keith took part in a third wicket partnership of 126 runs. When Keith left Andrew with the Cosmos score at 148 for 3 wickets, victory was in sight and Andrew continued to set the pace, ably supported by Sunny Mangat, Harry Katwaroo and Alex Ashwell who scored the winning run off the last ball of the innings with a massive boundary six. It was an exciting end to an exciting match.

Andrew’s innings consisted of 3 sixes and 12 fours.
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SUMMER LEAGUE PLANS BEGIN

At the first League meeting for 2009 held on Saturday, March 14, the League Chairman welcomed Kingz XI and Cosmos Lancers, two new teams to the MCA summer league. After being absent in 2008 Bharat CC returns. These teams will all be playing in the Division 2.

Regional representatives on the Executive [from Interlake - Gimli and Westman - Virden] have been asked to begin preparations for opening day. In Winnipeg this is expected to be in mid-May, but this depends on weather and the readiness of the pitches.

A schedule of games is expected to be ready once final teams' participation is known.

Other league developments

1. Practice days for teams have been decided.
2. The format is still to be determined.
3. There will be a Twenty/20 competition in August with registration in mid-July.
4. Umpires are needed for the summer.