by Mark Henwood

Thunderstorm Ends Pirates-KCC Match

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” →

by Shanghai Cricket Club

Shanghai Cricket Club Blazers Now Available

Waqar Khattak and Sanjay Anugula in their SCC blazers.
Waqar Khattak and Sanjay Anugula in their SCC blazers.

The historic Shanghai Cricket Club blazer has been brought back to life over the past season, and is now available to all club members.

The club is inviting all those interested in obtaining an SCC blazer to attend a fitting session on Saturday, September 7 at the Camel Puxi.

The design for the SCC blazer comes from a pre-1948 SCC blazer hanging in the C.C. Morris Cricket Library at Haverford College just outside Philadelphia, in the United States. The blazer belonged to H.H. Morris, an American cricketer who lived in Shanghai for some years at the beginning of the 20th Century.

If you would like a piece of Shanghai cricketing history, please email mark.henwood@shanghaicricket.com to confirm your interest or attendance at the fitting on Saturday night.

Details
Event: Fitting for SCC Blazer
Date and Time: Saturday 7 September at 7pm
Location: The Camel Sports Bar (Puxi)
Cost: 1000 RMB (payment required)

by Shanghai Cricket Club

Pirates Squad Named for Kowloon Twenty20 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” →

by Shanghai Cricket Club

Kowloon Cricket Club Tours Shanghai

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.

by Shanghai Cricket Club

SCC Announces Squad for Upcoming Match Against Kowloon Cricket Club

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” →

by Mark Henwood

Rewind 1892: The Bokhara Year

In this article, we look back 122 years to the infamous SS Bokhara year of 1892 and the Interport match against Hong Kong in Shanghai. After a pause of 22 years following the win by Shanghai in 1867, the Interport matches between Hong Kong and Shanghai were played regularly during the early 1890s. Hong Kong had been victorious by an innings and 123 runs early in 1892 in Hong Kong, on the back of an excellent 107 by their captain, J. Dunn, and destructive bowling spells of 6/56, from Dr. J.A. Lowson, and 8/60, by E.J.D. Coxon. However, Shanghai managed to regroup to win the return match in October by 157 runs, and the Hong Kong captain, J. Dunn, conceded that "they were outplayed in batting, bowling and fielding." The umpire accompanying the team up to Shanghai, Major Turner, had been instrumental in arranging the first Interport match back in 1866.

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by Shanghai Cricket Club

SCC League Review: Bashers Defeat Daredevils, K2 Leopards Win on Run Rate, Pudong Beats the Hot Dogs

Bashers Bowlers Defeat the Daredevils 
By Mark Henwood, SCC Marketing & Communications

Match: Daredevils vs Bashers (Division 3)
Date: 26 May 2013
Venue: SRFC Near
Toss: Daredevils, who chose to field
Result: Bashers won by 33 runs

The Bashers overcame a strong Daredevils side to win their first match of the season on a gloomy day at the SRFC. Andy Sutherland, Daredevils captain, won the toss and decided to field first.

Mikson Pathi hits a boundary
Mikson Pathi hits a boundary

The opening bowlers for the Daredevils, Fraser Pearson (4-0-8-3) and Joe Osbourne (4-0-29-1), immediately applied the pressure with some quality swing bowling in the overcast conditions. Pearson was particularly effective in creating wicket chances and restricting the run rate. Mal Collins (8), and Mark Henwood (5), struggled to score and both were dropped early. Pearson struck in the third over by bowling Collins. After hitting a fine four through mid-wicket, Ben Collins (5) was caught and bowled, and then Henwood was caught at mid-off. The Bashers were 29/3 after 5 overs. That brought Justin Field (25) and Mikson Pathi (29) together for a significant 45 run partnership. Pathi played some elegant lofted drives for boundaries and Field also played an aggressive innings. Barry Greaves (4-0-26-2) broke the partnership by bowling Field, and then Ali Mann (6) produced an entertaining cameo that included a cracking on-drive, his first boundary for the Bashers. Pathi was plumb LBW to Osbourne in his second spell, and then Bavi Jain (0) was bowled for a first ball duck by Greaves with the score on 82/6 in the 14th over. Mann was bowled by Sutherland (4-0-26-1) in the 17th over and the match was in the balance, but a strong finish by Oliver Wilson (21 not out) and Paul Howard (14 not out) enabled the Bashers to post 124/7 off their 20 overs. Continue reading “SCC League Review: Bashers Defeat Daredevils, K2 Leopards Win on Run Rate, Pudong Beats the Hot Dogs” →

by Andy Baggott

Shanghai CC Defeats Beijing CC to Reclaim China Cup

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” →

by Tim O'Connell

Maroons Overcome Greens in Interclub Match

Maroons – Oliver Austin (c), John Newton (vc), Paul Malpas, Razzaq Mahmood, Manoj Zalpuri, Mike Hall, Ross Candido, Eric Marcellin, Shoaib Meer, Prateek Gadhecha, Santosh Yadav, Irfan Idrees

Greens – Waqar Khattak (c), Phil Mildenhall (vc), Jacque Erasmus, Ben Lyons, Kevin Wright, Sajid Anwar, Bernie Hughes, Deepak Nautyal, Sameer Jolly, Vinay Kumar, Nick Bangs, Vaibhav Krishnan

It was an extremely hot and sunny day at the SRFC. The Maroons won the toss and batted first. There was a solid opening partnership between Oliver Austin (38) and Paul Malpas (75) that repelled the strong opening bowling spells from Deepak Nautyal (8-2-32-1) and Nick Bangs (10-3-36-0). The Greens missed a chance during this period, and regularly beat the bat. The first change bowlers Waqar Khattak (10-2-42-2) and Sajid Anwar (8-0-41-1) offered no respite to the batsmen, but they began to accelerate their scoring between overs 20 and 30. Jon Newton (14) and Ross Candido (20) provided the most aggressive scoring during the last 20 overs of the innings, and there were also brief flourishes from Razzaq Mahmood (6), Manoj Zalpuri (8), Mike Hall (14), Eric Marcellin (4) and Shoaib Meer (24). Khattak and Bangs were the most dangerous bowlers for the Greens. Vinay Kumar (9-0-54-0) also provided a steady spell of spin bowling during the middle overs, and Phil Mildenhall (3-0-20-1) picked up the key wicket of Malpas. The Greens fielding and teamwork dropped off during the 30 – 40 over period, which allowing Maroons to build momentum. Continue reading “Maroons Overcome Greens in Interclub Match” →