MCA Players and Associates Invited to Practice Today

MCA Joint Head Coach Shyam Mayasandra invites MCA players and friends to join his Infosys Corporate Cup team for practice at Lyon Oaks today, Sunday 19 August, at 3 pm. Several MCA players have already confirmed participation; others very welcome.

MichCA Awards Ceremony Saturday, 6.30 pm, in Troy

MichCA has just announced details of its annual awards ceremony, please let MCA know if you plan to attend:

It is our great pleasure and honor to invite you to join the MichCA awards ceremony at the Troy Community center on the 21st of April 2012 (6:30 PM).  Please treat this as our personal invitation and join us in felicitating the winners and runners of T20, F40, GLT and NCCC tournaments.  As per our tradition, we will also recognize individual performers such as best batsman, best bowler, best fielder, wicket keeper and MVP for each of our tournaments. 

Note:

Food will be provided by MichCA.

MichCA 2011 Awards Ceremony
Saturday, April 21 at 6:30pm
Troy Community Center
3179 Livernois Troy, MI 48083
Rooms 304 & 305
248.524.3484

USA U-15s Champions of ICC Americas North Tournament, as Bermuda Beat Canada

The USA U-15 team, with two MCA players appearing in every match, emerged as winners of the ICC Americas North Tournament in Winnipeg on net run rate on Friday, as Bermuda beat Canada by 20 runs.  The tournament finished in a three-way tie, with each team securing two wins and conceding two losses.  However, the USA had defeated Canada on Monday by a wide margin, while their losses in their final two matches — to Bermuda on Wednesday, when MCA’s Gordon Makin scored 65, coming in at 76/4, to revive the Americans’ pursuit of 214, and to Canada on Thursday — were both narrow, so the Americans’ Net Run Rate was far superior to that of their opponents, enabling them to finish the tournament as champions.  Coach Milton Pydanna was duly doused in Gatorade as the USA team celebrated at Assiniboine Park, Manitoba, on Friday.

Every match in the tournament was won by the team batting first, although there were some tight finishes.  The Canadians dominated the awards, with just tournament MVP coming South (Dave Parikh of CCA, the US captain).

MCA’s Gordon Makin kept in every match (four catches and a hand in three run-outs); MCA’s Rohit Mogalayapalli took five catches and had a hand in two run-outs.  Rohit also bowled four overs in the tournament.

Gordon, batting at 6 in two matches and 7 in two, scored 75 runs (fourth on the team), with an average of 25, and was first in strike rate (96).  Rohit, batting at 6 in two matches, 7 in one, and 8 in another, scored 39 runs (sixth on the team), with an average of 9.75, and a strike rate of 61.

Batting and bowling tables for the USA team.

Peter Della Penna’s Report on the Bermuda-Canada Match

Cricinfo Report on the Tournament

Final, All-State U-19 Trials for CER Team, Belle Isle, 6pm Monday 5 July

Details of the final, all-state U-19 CER trials have just been announced.  They will take place today, Monday, 5 July.  They will be at Belle Isle, after the CER Tournament final match, starting at 6pm.  Candidates are asked to bring their documentation (copies of opening pages of passport, birth certificates, etc).  Attached is a copy of the USACA registration form, which might be a useful addition to those copies.

CER-Reg-2010

Urgent: MCA T20 Match Re-scheduled for Saturday, 26 June

Urgent!  Our fixture against Toledo has been rescheduled: it will now take place at Bloomer Park, on Saturday, 26 June, starting at 9 a.m.  The clashing Motown fixture will then take place at the same ground immediately after the conclusion of our match.  Please let MCA know of your availability (or otherwise) for our match as soon as possible.

MCA’s Match with Ann Arbor Abandoned; Coach Shyam Marooned on 47 n.o., other weekend scores

Ann Arbor vs MCA, Canton, Sunday, 5 June: MCA 113/5 after seventeen overs (Shyam Mayasandra 47 n.o.), match abandoned — rain.  Full report to follow. 

Other scores from the MichCA Twitter feed (@MichiganCricket):

T20 League: AACC vs MCA abandoned … CCRC vs GTCB abandoned … GDCB vs CCOU abandoned … HFHS vs SAG tbd … UOM vs TCCH tbd

F40 League: MDCC beat GRCC … MCC beat GTCW … GDCC vs CLCC abandoned … TCC vs MICC tbd 24 minutes ago via web

MCA wins Memorial Day Weekend Tournament

Michigan Cricket Academy’s annual Memorial Day Weekend Tournament, played this year in round-robin between the hosts, MichCA Colts, GLCC Colts, and a Chicago Combined team was won by the hosts on net-run-rate, after a three-way tie between MCA, GLCC (runners-up), and MichCA, all of whom finished with two wins and one loss.  The tournament was mixed age, with teams allowed to field up to 4 U-21 players, while every other player was required to be U-19 or younger.  MVP of the tournament was Srijay Kumar (Chicago), best bowler Salman Ahmed (GLCC), and best batsman Jay Nirban (MCA).  Full report and pictures to follow shortly.