The 2017 Shanghai Cricket Club AGM will be held on Saturday, December 2 at URBN Hotel, starting at 6:30 with drinks and followed by dinner at 7 pm.
As always the AGM will give us the perfect chance for us all to come together and celebrate the successes we have seen across the season. Last year we had 60+ in attendance – I’m hopeful even more of you will join this year. Cost will be RMB100 per head. Continue reading “SCC AGM and Elections Set for Dec 2”
The Pirates slowly assembled on a sunny, but breezy, Saturday afternoon at the artificial Jiankang field (Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Science). Pirates skipper, Mark Henwood, won the toss and elected to bat.
A few stragglers were still walking up from the metro, so Jamie Boynton (0 off 3) and Vinny Viswanath (100* off 47) went out to open the batting. Amogh Kashyap went out to field at mid-off, while the Jiankang side waited for their final player to arrive. He was immediately in the action, taking an easy catch to remove Boynton in the first over. Continue reading “Pirates defeat Jiankang”
The morning dawned gloomy, with a typhoon hitting Southern China. The Pirates assembled sleepily at Jiankang University for the supposed 9am start against Jiaozhi (Shanghai Communications Polytechnic), only to discover the schedule changes had pushed the game to 2pm.
So the ten Pirates at the ground decided to have a warm up on one of the fields, playing partnerships. Ben Collins and Andrew Jackson finished on top with 38 off their 4 overs, including one huge six over the stadium roof into the adjacent construction site. A team lunch was arranged at a nearby Cantonese restaurant, and the team was in good spirits despite the mixup and the delayed start. Jackson and Alex Cummings, who could not make the afternoon game, were replaced by Jagath Ratnayake and Ravinder Reddy at the last minute. Continue reading “Pirates Defeat Jiaozhi”
The 2017 SCC T20 tournament will start from October 15 and will go for six weekends, ending on November 19.
The SCC has chosen to go with mixed teams, rather than a divisional tournament, meaning that each club’s two teams will have players from all divisions. Continue reading “2017 T20 Rules Released”
The match between the Pirates and Tongji University over the weekend was rained out midway through the Pirates innings.
The Tongji skipper won the toss and elected to field first. Alex Cumming (21) began with a lovely off-drive for four, and the opening partnership, together with Suresh Kumar (42), took full advantage of the short boundaries at the Tongji field. Kumar was particularly elegant through and over the leg side, effortlessly finding the gaps in the field. The Pirates lost a couple of quick wickets as first Cumming top edged a pull to be caught at midwicket, and then Dayne Wotton (2) was given out L.B.W. after a dramatic appeal from the bowler. Achal Gurnani (22*) began with a straight six, and continued to bat aggressively, particularly through backward point. Continue reading “Pirates vs Tongji Washed Out”
The Shanghai Cricket Club lost by 26 runs to Hong Kong CC in a well contested Bokhara Bell Interport match at the Shanghai Community Sports Club. Hong Kong’s superior fielding and early inroads with the new ball ultimately proved to be the difference between the sides, although Shanghai put up a fight to the very end and at one point during the run chase were arguably favourites for victory. Continue reading “Match Report: Bokhara Bell 2017”
The Pirates match against HKCC drew an overwhelming response of players available for the fixture, so the Pirates squad included a full 13 players. So discussions at the tour dinner on Saturday night between the captains, Mark Henwood and David Varley, led to a 13-a-side game the following morning. The following morning was pleasantly warm, with a gentle breeze across the field, and ideal for cricket. The Hong Kong skipper won the toss and elected to bat.
Continue reading “HKCC Beat Pirates in Exciting Finish”
Shanghai CC went down to Beijing CC by five wickets in the hotly contested China Cup 2017 match at Dulwich College, Beijing. Kiwi batsman Liam was the hero for the home team, hitting an unbeaten 79 and laying a platform for Saeed to come in at the death and smite three huge sixes to see Beijing CC over the line. Continue reading “China Cup 2017 Match Report”
The Pirates opened their campaign in the SCA T20 League with a loss to Shangzhen (Shanghai University of Political Science and Law) on the weekend. Continue reading “Shangzhen Opener Scores Ton Against Pirates”
