Category: Tours

SCC Squad Announced for China Cup Match

Team Skipper Waqar Khattak after winning the China Cup in Beijing in 2013
Team Skipper Waqar Khattak after winning the China Cup in Beijing in 2013

Shanghai Cricket Club Captain Dayne Wotton announced a 12 man squad for the upcoming China Cup match with Beijing Cricket Club in Beijing on June 7.

Team skipper Waqar Khattak will lead the squad, with Paul Malpass his lieutenant. Also included are Jonti Leibowitz, fresh from his historic batting performance, Jon Newton, John Swain, Deepak Nautiyal, Kevin Wright, Sajid Anwar, Dayne Wotton, and debutants Wayne Voogt, Alex Todorov and Guru Kalyan.

The 50 over match will be the 10th time Shanghai and Beijing have played for the cup; Beijing holds both the advantage in victories at 6-3 as well as the cup, having won it in 2014 in Shanghai.

The first China Cup was held in Shanghai in May 2007 with the return match in Beijing played in October 2007, with each club winning their home fixture. In 2008, only one match was held, with Shanghai prevailing. Since 2009, the China Cup has been played on an annual basis, with each club hosting every other year. Continue reading “SCC Squad Announced for China Cup Match”

SCC Dragons to Tour Hong Kong; Play Interport Match with HKCC

The Shanghai Cricket Club will Tour Hong Kong September 12-14 to play the Hong Kong Cricket Club in the Bokhara Bell Memorial Interport Match.

The SCC and HKCC first played each other in 1866 as part of the Interport series of cricket matches between Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. The two clubs have met a total of 45 times; 38 times from 1866 to 1949, and seven times since 1994.

Representing Shanghai will be Waqar Khattaq (c), Paul Malpass (vc), Ben Lyons, Andrew Dartnell, Kevin Wright, Dayne Wotton, Sajid Anwar, Sanjay Anugula, Alex Cumming, Deepak Nautiyal, JJ Lim, Shoaib Meer, James Keel, Steve Field, John L’Epagniol, and Andy Scott.

SCC Pirates Win Plate at Beijing Sixes

Pirates in Beijing: (L-R) Sameer Jolly, Amogh Kashyap, J.J. Lim, Ed Jones, Duncan Cockburn, Ben Collins, Sean Malcom, Channa Phillip Front: Manoj Zalpuri, Andy Baggot
Pirates in Beijing: (L-R) Sameer Jolly, Amogh Kashyap, JJ Lim, Manoj Zalpuri, Ed Jones, Andy Baggot, Duncan Cockburn, Ben Collins, Sean Malcom, Channa Phillip

The SCC Pirates represented the Shanghai Cricket Club strongly at the Beijing Sixes last weekend by winning the Plate final. The SCC was also represented at the tournament by the Bashers and Daredevils. Supported by all the Shanghai players during the tournament, the Pirates only lost one game over the weekend. They finished in style by beating the Beijing Misfits in the Plate final with a strong team performance.

Bashers Win Bowl at Beijing Sixes

The Bowl Winners: (L-R) Sean Malcom, Ed Jones, Manoj Zalpuri, Sameer Jolly, Duncan Cockburn, Ben Collins
The Bowl Winners: (L-R) Sean Malcom, Ed Jones, Manoj Zalpuri, Sameer Jolly, Duncan Cockburn, Ben Collins

The Bashers touring side, captained by Sameer Jolly, won the Bowl at the Beijing Sixes last weekend to make it two out of three trophies for the SCC. The Beijing Sixes is always a tough tour in the heat of Beijing and the demands of nocturnal activities. However, despite the Bashers losing their games in pool play, they finished strongly by winning the Bowl final against a cigar smoking Canadian team.

China Cup 2014

China Cup 2014 Report

Beijing Cricket Club arrived in Shanghai looking to gain revenge for the China Cup result in 2013. Following the welcome dinner on Saturday evening at The Sticky Wicket, the Shanghai Dragons arrived at the SRFC to be met with a damp outfield and drizzle in the air.
 
Fortunately the rain stopped and the drainage ensured that only 30 minutes were lost, with the game reduced to 45 overs.

Continue reading “China Cup 2014 Report”

Beijing Tours Shanghai to Play for China Cup

Click to download the tour flyer
Click to download the tour flyer

The Beijing Cricket Club will tour Shanghai May 17-18 to play the Shanghai Cricket Club for the China Cup. The China derby, played every year between Shanghai and Beijing, starts at 10 am on Sunday, May 18 at the Shanghai Rugby Football Club in Pudong.

Beijing CC arrives on Saturday evening at the Baolong Hotel with welcome drinks to be held at the Sticky Wicket Bar in the Big Bamboo Jingan from 8:00 pm onwards (123 Nanyang Lu; directly opposite the hotel). All SCC members are encouraged to attend.

An awards ceremony will be held following the  China Cup on Sunday.

The Beijing Cricket Club
Beijing Cricket Club was established in 2005. The club hosts the Santa Fe League and a Twenty20 League for regular weekend matches in Beijing, and play matches and tournaments throughout China and Asia. Continue reading “Beijing Tours Shanghai to Play for China Cup”

Are You Ready for Some Cricket? 2014 Season Schedule Released

The Shanghai Cricket Club has released the schedule for the 2014 SCC League season as well as anticipated club tours to Hong Kong and Singapore and the hosting of the China Cup.

The season kicks of on March 23 with an SCC League Division 3 match between the Daredevils and Pudong at the Shanghai Rugby Football Club. The SCC will see its first action on April 6 when the first Maroon vs Green inter-squad match of the season is held.

The full schedule through June 1 can be found under the Fixtures tab of the website.

Tour Report: Hong Kong CC in Shanghai

Shanghai CC and Hong Kong CC following the Bokhara Bell Interport Match on September 14, 2013. Hong Kong won by 3 wickets.
Shanghai CC and Hong Kong CC following the Bokhara Bell Interport Match on September 14, 2013. Hong Kong won by 3 wickets.

Match 1: The Bokhara Bell Trophy, Shanghai CC vs Hong Kong CC, 40 Over Match
Date: 14 September 2013
Venue: SRFC Far
Toss: Hong Kong, who chose to field
Result: Hong Kong won by 3 wickets (1 delivery to spare)

Hong Kong Cricket Club were scheduled to arrive in Shanghai for welcome drinks, but a terrible rainstorm flooded parts of the city and caused widespread disruptions to trains, busses, taxis, and even planes. The Hong Kong team eventually arrived in the early hours of Saturday morning, and on the same day had to play for the Bokhara Bell Trophy.

The Hong Kong captain, Matt Lyons, won the toss and elected to field, due to the threat of further weather disruptions. The Shanghai openers, Ben Lyons (53) and Peter Worth (7) made a cautious start to the match, with Mark Wright (7.3-1-31-2) and Elliot Andrews (6-0-31-0) making scoring difficult. Wright eventually had Worth caught, and Shanghai was 27/1 after 9 overs. The Hong Kong bowlers kept the pressure on, as Harry Bailey (4-0-15-2) picked up the wickets of Alex Brown (2) and Jon Newton (0), and Iain Coulson (8-0-19-0) strangled the run rate to leave the score at 150/6 after 32 overs. Then the Shanghai batsmen went on attack as Sharaik Kamal (17), Sanjay Anugula (41), Sajid Anwar (8), Razaq Mahmood (15) provided some quick runs in a series of short partnerships. Toby Brown (6-0-46-1) was expensive, but Buddha McGettigan (5-0-28-3) managed to pick up three quick wickets with some fine swing bowling to wrest back some momentum. Then Waqar Khattak (14) and Ankit Kawatra (15 not out) put together an eighth wicket partnership of 39 to push Shanghai over 200, and the innings ended at 204 all out when Tim O’Connell (1) was run out by some smart fielding from Tom Menogue. Continue reading “Tour Report: Hong Kong CC in Shanghai”