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” →

SCC Club Captain Sanjay Anugula announced the squads today for the upcoming Bokhara Bell Memorial Interport match and Twenty20 against Hong Kong CC.

The SCC XII that will take on HKCC in the 50 over, Bokhara Bell Memorial match on Saturday include skipper Waqar Khattak, Ben Lyons, Phil Childs, Sanjay Anugula, Jacques Erasmus, Jon Newton, Sajid Anwar, Razaq Mahmood, Ankit Kawatra, James Higgins, Shariq Kamal and Tim O’Connell.

On Sunday, the SCC Pirates will play HKCC in a Twenty20 match. The team will consist of skipper Amogh Kasyap, Bernie Hughes, Sameer Jolly, Jasim Baig, Bhaskar Vadlamani, Santosh Yadav, Alex Cumming, Mark Henwood, Mike Hall, and debutants Travis Weir, Andrew Dartnell and Sandeep Abichandani.  Continue reading “SCC Squads Announced for Bokhara Bell Memorial Interport Series with Hong Kong CC” →

The Hong Kong Cricket Club will tour Shanghai September 13-15 to play the Shanghai Cricket Club for the Bokhara Bell Trophy. Shanghai and Hong Kong first played each other in 1866 in Hong Kong, and since then, have met 44 times.

HKCC will arrive on Friday night with welcome drinks to be held at The Member’s End in the Camel Sports Bar from 8:30 pm onwards.

On Saturday, SCC and HKCC will play the 50 over Bokhara Bell Interport Match, followed by an awards ceremony and reception dinner at the Shanghai Rugby Football Club.

Sunday will feature a Twenty20 match at the SRFC between the tourists and the SCC Pirates beginning at 9:45 am, followed by lunch and end of tour drinks.

The Hong Kong Cricket Club
HKCC was founded in 1851, making it one of the first cricket clubs outside England. It has over 2,300 members and provides a range of sports and social activities at its facilities in the heart of Hong Kong Island. In addition to Interport and friendly matches, HKCC has three teams in the domestic Saturday League and two teams in the Sunday League.

The Bokhara Bell
The SS Bokhara sank off the coast of Sand Island, Formosa on October 10, 1892 en route to Hong Kong from Shanghai. Of the 125 people who perished on board, 11 were members of an HKCC team returning from an Interport match against the SCC. When the two clubs reestablished relations in 2003, a trophy bearing the name of the ship was created to honour the memory of the team.

All are welcome at the ground. Transportation, food and drinks, and children’s activities provided.

On a hot and humid day at the Shanghai Rugby Football Club, a spirited performance from the Shanghai Cricket Club led them to a comfortable 4 wicket victory over Kowloon CC.

Kowloon captain Nigel Shroff won the toss and after some deliberation decided to bat first.

The Shanghai opening bowlers Sanjay Anugula (8-2-29-2) and Razaq Mahmood (8-4-26-1), applied early pressure to the Kowloon top order. Ravi Sujanani (1), Ravi Lulla (15), and Dylan Dearing (12) failed to make an impression on the scorecard, but first Roy Lamsam (15) and then, Farooq Saeed (30) provided the captain, Shroff (59), with support. Shroff led from the front with a fighting half century that pulled his team from 41/3 in the 10th over to 167/5 in the 35th over. Continue reading “Shanghai Cricket Club Cruises to Win Over Kowloon CC” →

The Shanghai CC Pirates took on the touring Kowloon CC side on Sunday. The morning was even hotter than the previous day, and once again Kowloon decided to bat after winning the toss.

Dylan Dearing (95 not out) and Ravi Lulla (6) opened up for Kowloon, and soon got the visitors off to a strong start. Dearing was particularly aggressive in dispatching Sameer Jolly (3-0-22-1) for four 4s in the 3rd over, but Prateek Gadhecha (3-0-10-0) managed to control the scoring at the other end. Jolly had Lulla caught by Jon Newton in the 5th over, but that was the last wicket to fall until the final over of the match as Dearing and Farooq Saeed (50) put on a partnership of 141 runs. Continue reading “Thunderstorm Ends Pirates-KCC Match” →

The Shanghai Cricket Club has named a 12 player Pirates squad for the upcoming Twenty20 match against Kowloon Cricket Club on August 25.

The squad will be skippered by Amogh Kasyap. Joining him are SCC regulars Jon Newton, Alex Cumming, Sameer Jolly, Mark Henwood, Bhaskhar Vadlamani, Manoj Zalpuri, Santosh Yadav and Pratik Gadecha. Pirates debutants Tim O’Connell, Jagath Srinake and Ross Candido round out the team. Continue reading “Pirates Squad Named for Kowloon Twenty20 Match” →

The Kowloon Cricket Club will tour Shanghai from August 23-25 to play against the Shanghai Cricket Club.

KCC will arrive on Friday night with welcome drinks to be held at The Camel Sports Bar from 8:30 pm onwards. The Ashes will be broadcast live throughout the evening.

On Saturday, SCC and KCC will play a 50-over match, followed by a tour dinner and awards ceremony held at the Shanghai Rugby Football Club.

Sunday will feature a Twenty20 match between the tourists and the SCC Pirates beginning at 10 am. Followed by final tour drinks at the ground. All matches will be played at the Shanghai Rugby Football Club.

The Kowloon Cricket Club
The Kowloon Cricket Club was established on October 4, 1904 following a meeting of Kowloon residents interested in forming a cricket club. The first recorded match played by the KCC took place on 15th October 1904 at Happy Valley. KCC finished second in its inaugural season (the second season of league cricket). KCC won the league in 1905-06.

The Shanghai Tour
This is the first tour of Shanghai by KCC since the SCC was reestablished in 1994. The SCC looks forward to establishing a new touring tradition with KCC.

All are welcome at the ground. Transportation, food and drinks, and children’s activities provided.

The Shanghai Cricket Club has named a 14 player squad for the club’s upcoming match against Kowloon Cricket Club, which will take place at the Shanghai Rugby Football Club on August 24.

The squad will be skippered by Waqar Khattak, who earlier this year led Shanghai to a victory over Beijing Cricket Club to reclaim the China Cup. Joining him from that tour are Sanjay Anugula, Jacques Erasmus, Sajid Anwar, Vinay Kumar, Pratik Gadecha and Razaq Mahmood. Phil Childs, Deepak Nautiyal, Ankit Kawatra and Ben Lyons are also in the team, as well as debutants James Higgins, Jonti Leibowitz and Paul Malpass.  Continue reading “SCC Announces Squad for Upcoming Match Against Kowloon Cricket Club” →

The Shanghai Cricket Club defeated the Beijing Cricket Club in Beijing on Sunday to reclaim the China Cup, defeating the hosts by 31 runs.

In Recent Times
Having far greater numbers of ex-pats from which to draw cricketing talent, one might expect the Shanghai Cricket Club to always be favorites to beat Beijing. However, Beijing have turned the tables on Shanghai and stand at five victories to the SCC’s two; and in the words of newly appointed SCC Club Captain Sanjay Anugula, “show us what’s wrong with Shanghai cricket.” Sanjay has taken a no nonsense approach to redressing the situation, naming Waqar Khattak as team Captain and Tim O’Connell as his number two and instigating regular Dragons nets with a fitness first directive and a motto of “Fight for every ball!” This touring Dragons XI  includes only five from the last match with the six debutants having shown great commitment to the early season training. So, whereas before, the process of selection was a simple case of getting the best individual players ( often an unchanged squad ) to show up on match day and have a go, there now exists a dynamic and inclusive process that engages all Shanghai club cricketers to come along and join in the sprints, the fielding drills and the nets as a whole resource from familiarity, unity and Shanghai pride come together in the spirit of a singular force far greater, it is hoped, than XI handy players might muster. Continue reading “Shanghai CC Defeats Beijing CC to Reclaim China Cup” →

The Shanghai Cricket Club announced today the team that will be traveling to Beijing for the upcoming China Cup match against the Beijing Cricket Club.

The match will take place on Sunday, June 2 at the Dulwich College ground in Beijing.

The China Cup is an annual 50 over match between the Shanghai Cricket Club and the Beijing Cricket Club. It was last played in 2012 in Shanghai where Beijing Cricket Club won to extend their series lead to 5-2.

A playing squad of 11 was released by Club Captain Sanjay Anugula.

SCC Dragons

• Waqar Khattak (Cpt)
• Sanjay Anugula
• Jon Newton
• Oliver Austin
• Darren Manning
• Jacque Erasmus
• Alex Cumming
• Vinay Kumar
• Razaq Mahmood
• Pratik Gadecha
• Sajid Anwar