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Newsletters: John Lexmond
Sun, 27 Jun
Hi again folks. No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, but I
guess it must seem like from your respective ends. I have a bit of an
excuse this week (although not last week) as I sliced open the first joint
of my left thumb with a box cutter at work on Monday - four stitches -
and now have to wear a splint on it for three weeks to let the nicked
tendon heal. All the to-ing and fro-ing with various doctors and Queensway
Carleton was a bit time consuming. As it is so long since my last effort,
this one will have to be what The Cricketer used to call - perhaps still
does in its reincarnation as The Wisden Cricketer - a "bumper issue".
First to a match from a way back of which the winner was known to me for
my last missive but little else was - on Sunday, 06-June at Riverstonr
Drive, Barrhaven, New Edinurgh defeated Exodus by 31 runs in a Citizen
match: New Edinburgh - 154 for 8 [45 ov] (Nakul Nayyar 40 {3 fours}, Kanishk
Bhatia 21 {2 fours}, Arun Shrichand 26 {2 fours}, Abiruban Chandrabose
2-27, Dennis Waithe 3-22, Roshan Antonipillai 2-27); Exodus - 123 [35.3
ov] (Abiruban Chandrabose 42 {4 fours}, Ralph Fogah 22 {1 four}, Manu
Mukerji 4-19, Dravya Sharma 2-18, Nimeesh Kaushal 2 ct, 1 st).
Now to "news" only two weeks old. On Saturday, 12-June, four
matches took place, three Citizen and a Representative match.
At Rideau Hall 1, Southern Ontario dropped by for a visit and and were
soundly drubbed for their efforts to the tune of 170 runs: OVCC - 230
[49.1 ov] (Shailesh Masih 47 {2 fours, 1 six}, Tony Russell 68 {6 fours},
Dhaval Patel 31 {2 fours. 2 sixes}, Rowan Widdison 18* {2 fours}, Sukhinder
Rana 2-39, Curtis Springer 3-35, Abu Patel 2-50 & 2 ct); SOCA - 60
[18.2 ov] (Sukhinder Rana 19 {2 fours, 1 six}, Jaspal Rana 18 {1 four,
1 six}, Shane Russel 4-28, Akber Hussain 2-8, Rowan Widdison 3-9, Rajiv
Bhatia 3 ct, Shailesh Masih 2 ct). The Man of the Match was Tony Russell.
Next door at Rideeau Hall 2, New Edinburgh beat Juniors by 108 runs: New
Edinburgh - 187 for 9 [45 ov] {Nakul Nayyar 32 {4 fours}, Dravya Sharma
24 {2 fours}, Raheemuddin Syed 31, Jason Caley 19 {1 six}, Hassaan Ahmed
2-25, Harpreet Sandhu 4-45, Saad Khan 4 ct, Faisal Mohammed 2 ct); Juniors
- 79 [23.2 ov] (Samad Khan 19* {3 fours}, Nakul Nayyar 3-22, Harpreet
Nanda 2-15, Ramesh Poopalasingam 3-10). Nakul Nayyar was named Man of
the Match.
At Lynda Lane 2, Bel Air handed visiting Canterbury a 50 runs loss: Bel
Air - 205 for 7 [45 ov] (Vishva Ahangama 34 {4 fours, 1 six}, Dhar Kurban
58 {5 fours}, Chaminda Weerakoon 36 {3 fours}, Joy Tanotra 4-32, Kasun
Perera 2-42, Zeeshan Kurshid 3 ct, Kamran Raza 1 ct, 1 st); Canterbury
- 155 [40.3 ov] (Calvi Rego 31 {1 four}, Chaminda Weerakoon 2-22, Glenroy
Frederick 3-14, Horace Boswell 2 ct, 1 st & 1 RO). Dhar Kurban was
selected Man of the Match.
In south Barhaven, Exodus beat Defence by nine wickets: Defence - 70 [21
ov] (Saad ul-Haq 17 {1 four}, Ralph Fogah 2-11, Abiruban Chandrabose 2-16,
Dennis Waithe 3-24, Roshan Antonipillai 2-16, Harendra Gunabulsingam 4
ct); Exodus - 75 for 1 [12 ov] (Sathiamoorthy Nandakumar 31 {2 fours,
2 sixes}, Edwardo Campbell 24 {3 fours, 1 six}). Man of the Match was
Sathiamoorthy Nandakumar.
Sunday, 13-June had a similar quota of one Representative and three Citizen
matches.
At Rideau Hall 1, Hamilton & District were the visitors and were no
more successful than SOCA on Saturday with OVCC running out victors by
7 wickets: H&DCL - 76 [32.1 ov] (Anthony Tinto 19 {3 fours}, Akber
Hussain 4-14, Rowan Widdison 4-24, DEnnis Fernandez, Shailesh Masih &
Tony Russell held 2 ct each); OVCC - 77 for 3 [15.1 ov}] (Tony Forde 18*
{2 fours}, Tony Russellq 16 {1 six}, Aftab Azam 2-21).
Beyond the veil of trees at Rideau Hall 2, Ottawa suffered defeat at the
hands of visiting Bel Air by the razor thin margin of 1 run: Bel Air -
111 [28 ov] (Lakmar Jayawardene 24 {2 fours}, Afif Hassan 4-45, Chetan
Aggarwal 2-15, Jiwan Sharma 2 ct); Ottawa 110 [33 ov] (Rafeek Rahaman
35 {1 four}, Cornelius Henry 3-19, Glenbert Francis 2-16, Glenroy Frederick
4-18, Trevor Doiley 2 ct, Kamal Setia 3 ct).
At Lynda Lane 1, visiting Cathedral defeated Canterbury by 26 runs: Cathedral
- 146 [42 ov] (Terry Nandlal 66 {3 fours, 1 six}, Daviod Mendonca, Sr.
20 {1 four, 1 six}, Bryan Ganness 23 {2 fours}, Rahul Raikwar 4-24, Joy
Tanotra 3-27, 2 ct & a RO, Kamran Raza 1 ct, 2 st & a RO); Canterbury
- 120 [42.3 ov] (Akhter Mufti 22, Terry Nandlal 2-26, Fahd Khan 3-24,
Vikram Arora 2-19 & 2 ct, Prem Sookdeo 2 ct).
At Riverstone Drive, Barrhaven, Exodus defeated Kingston by four wickets:
Kingston - 33 [15.5 ov] (Ahsan Javed 11, Abiruban Chandrabose 3-17, Balamuraly
Balasubramaniam 3-0); Exodus - 34 for 4 [8.2 ov] (Sathiamoorthy Nandakumar
10* {1 four}, Usama Khalid 2-18, Ahsan Javed 2-14). Balamuraly Balasubramaniam
was named Man of the Match.
Saturday, 19-June saw New Edinburgh continue their recent winning ways
in the Citizen by coming out on top by 50 runs over Defence: New Edinburgh
- 189 [44.4 ov] (Nakul Nayyar 29 {1 four, 1 six}, Ahmed Khan 53 {7 fours},
Raheemuddin Syed 25, Ravi Saba 22, Hugh Porter 2-23, Dilawar Ahmedzai
4-26 & 2 ct + 1 st, Reaz Ahmed & Abhay Dalvi 2 ct each); Defence
- 139 [39 ov] (Faraz Farooq 28, Manu Mukerji 3-17, Nakul Nayyar 2-27,
Jaijeet Makkar 3-20, Charlie Brady 3 ct & 1 RO). Ahmed Khan was awarded
Man of the Match.
Cathedral overcame Canterbury by 85 runs in a Challenge match at Lynda
Lane 1: Cathedral - 155 [42.5 ov] (Terry Nandlal 25 {2 fours}, Vikram
Arora 42 {1 four}, Tahawar Rana 3-35, Akber Hussain 2-28, Sharick Siddiqui
2-22, Vishal Gupta 2 ct & 1 RO); Canterbury - 70 [27.2 ov] (Joy Tanotra
14, Reggie Ranjit 2-17, David Mendonca, Sr. 4-16, Vikram Arora 3-20, Shailesh
Masih 3 ct). Vikram Arora was named the Man of the Match.
Bel Air brushed aside the challenge of visiting Exodus in a Challenge
match at Lynda Lane 2, winning by seven wickets: Exodus - 76 [33 ov] (Edwardo
Campbell 28 {2 fours}, Tony Russell 2-10, Chaminda Weerakoon 4-28, Shane
Russell 2-10, Mukundan Chakrapani 2 ct); Bel Air - 77 for 3 [22.1 ov]
(Vishva Ahangama 29 {4 fours}, Balamuraly Balasubramaniam 2-19). Man of
the Match is unknown to me as yet.
Defence sent Ottawa to defeat for the fourth time in five attempts in
a Challenge matchup at Rideau Hall 1 on Sunday, 20-June - their winning
being 39 runs: Defence - 167 [45 ov] (Reaz Ahmed 29 {1 four}, Paul Uppal
2-21, Sriram Kumarappan 3-35, Dhaval Patel & Pankaj Gupta 2 ct each);
Ottawa - 128 [37.1 ov] (Rafeek Rahaman 21 {2 fours}, Khoshal Nasery 2-15
& 2 ct, Kaleem Hassan 2-28, Hugh Porter 2-22, Gullu Bajwa 3-23). Reaz
Ahmed was designated Man of the Match for his 91 ball marathon holding
together the top of Defence's innings. A half dozen Defence batsmen posted
scores between 12 and 15 inclusive.
In the first of a trio of Citizen games, New Edinburgh extended their
winning string at the expense of Cathedral, coming out on top by 19 runs
in a high scoring affair at Rideau Hall 2: New Edinburgh - 214 [44.3 ov]
(Nakul Nayyar 65 {3 fours, 1 six}, Dravya Sharma 39 {2 fours}, Sanjay
Sulankhe 29 {1 four, 1 six}, Reggie Ranjit 2-33, Dennis Fernandez 2-31,
Montu Gupta 4-29, Amit Sawh 2 ct, Blaine Edwards 2 ct, 1 st); Cathedral
- 195 [44.5 ov] (Vikram Arora 63 {8 fours}, Blaine Edwards 24 {1 six},
Fahd Khan 21 {2 fours}, Manu Mukerji 2-41, Nakul Nayyar 2-39, Mustafa
Popalzai 3-29, Kanagas Dushyanthan 3 ct & 2 RO, Sanjay Sulankhe 2
RO). Nakul Nayyar was awarded Man of the Match honours.
Exodus raced to a relatively easy six wicket win over Canterbury at Riverstone
Drive: Canterbury - 153 [43.4 ov] (Tauseef Shahid 28 {2 fours, 1 six},
Rahul Raikwar 24 {1 four, 1 six}, Balamuraly Balasubramaniam 3-32, Nasrat
Rahimi 2-33, Patel 2 ct); Exodus - 156 for 4 [32 ov] (Harendra Gunabulsingam
26 {1 four, 2 sixes}, Edwardo Campbell 44 {3 fours, 1 six}). Man of the
Match was Edwardo Campbell.
Bel Air travelled to Kingston and came away with a win, of which the only
details I have is that in a match reduced to 35 overs, Kingston posted
a score of 111 and Bel Air passed this for the loss of only two wickets.
Well, that's all for now folks. I hope to be more timely in future (Hasn't
he said that before?) with my "publication".
Thanks for reading,
John Lexmond
OVCC Statistician
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