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BAILS OFF MAY 2011 Volume 1 Issue 2

Sandwell Cricket League (SCL) Monthly Newsletter www.sandwellcricket.co.uk

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SCL Season 2011 Underway

CHOUHAN XI SUPERSTARS PAKHTOON XI

SPARKHILL C.C

Welcome to the new Teams and Umpires who have Joined us for

Season 2011

SHAKESPEARE C.C

BANARIS TABUSSUM

RASHID SHABBIR

CRICKETS XI

GREENPARK XI

DUDLEY XI MIDLAND LANKANS

OCEANS XI

OMEGA C.CC

ASTON XI STARS

WALSALL YMF 1

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MEHMOOD

Early start for Pakhtoon XI and Super-stars who kicked off the first match of the season at 12:30pm. Blimey!!

Sandwell Cricket League Season 2011 got underway on the 17th April 2011. Division 1 ,2 and 3 teams were involved in a 20/20 Cup Competition spon-sored by Fountain Solicitors, a solicitors firm based in Walsall, providing advise on Immigration and Asylum Law as well as Person Injury Claims. (please see Page 8 for further details and contact information). Teams through to the next round of the Fountain Solicitors 20/20 Cup are: Kashmir C.C, Chouhan XI, HYC, Sensastars, Superstars, Sparkhill C.C, Crickets XI, Aston’s Finest and Greenpark XI. (Fixtures to be played in July 2011).

ALP C.C ASTON’S FINEST

WAJID HUSSAIN

ZIA UR REHMAN

KASHMIR C.C HYC

ICD MUGHAL XI

ALP C.C

WALSALLYMF 2

TIPTON XI

UNITY C.C

PUNJAB XI

JAS MADAHAR

MANI KANT

ASIM BAIG

PHONEIX STARS

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Sandwell Cricket League Summer Coaching courses

coming soon.

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Anniversary Cakes and many many more!!!

Also available sweets made from pure Desi Ghee & Special Rass Malai, Bengali Misti, Nimko, Rassgula &

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Why not come and try our delicious menu at our NEW restaurant at our Stratford Road Branch. Delicious cakes,

Samosas, Katlamas, Pakoras,

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Superstars in a pre match huddle!! Can’t be that cold lads!!

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Asim Baig Jas Madahar

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Omar Chaudhrey

Sandwell Umpires

Receive their well earned

ECB Level 1 Certificates from Mark Gumbley of

Warwickshire Cricket

Umpires Association

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Rashid Shabbir

Hasrat Mehmood

Neil Jarvie

Congratulations to Neil Jarvie who obtained a 100 % mark in exam. Well Done Neil!!

Barry Gale and M B Tabussum , two SCL Umpires could not attend presentation due to prior commitments.

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Sandwell Cricket Leagues Latest Recruit Sandwell Cricket League is pleased to announce, its latest recruit to the development team. Ahmad Bostan has been appointed Cricket Development Officer. (CDO). The 17 year old Sandwell resident will be in charge of Cricket development within the Sandwell & Sur-rounding areas. Ahmad will be involved in networking with other organisations within Sandwell, to develop an already thriving Cricket League. When asked about this appointment, Sandwell Cricket League Secretary said “Its absolutely fantastic news to have Ahmad onboard. We are looking for young enthusiastic members, who can develop this league and take it to the next level and I believe that Ahmad Bostan will be a vital cog in the link between Sandwell Cricket League and other organisations”

Ahmad Bostan’s impressive C.V, consists of: Vice Chair of Sandwell Youth Parliament. Director of PR for Family Relief Charity Midlands. A Presenter on Unity FM Radio as

well as being on the board of Directors. Presenter of the official current affairs

programme on Noor TV Sky channel 819.

Ahmad Bostan with Denise Clarke (Partnerships Inspector) and Chief Superintendant Mark Robinson

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“Isn’t all of this exciting?” I thought as I drove my way the short few miles from my home to The Grange Cricket Club. My very first match as a qualified ECB Umpire. Only a matter of a few days earlier, I had been told by my tutor John Jameson that I had passed with 92% questions answered correctly. Not bad I thought, although some had higher marks than me (didn’t we Mr Neil ‘100%’ Jarvie). I made sure I was there with over an hour to go before the match started, in fact, I could have walked from home and still had plenty of time to spare. There I stood, proudly wearing my umpires shirt, to be greeted by.......three young children wondering who the hell I was! I was looking somewhat bemused until I was approached by the home team captain, who ushered me to the umpires room (I know, I’ve even got my own toilet!) and I got myself settled in. A quick walk around the outfield told me that this was a nice, even sort of pitch, well suited to a game of cricket. I could see the teams arriving, and to be honest with you, I was becoming a little nervous. I’ve been involved in cricket for over 30 years, playing at all sorts of levels (to be honest, most of them quite a minor level). The past few years had been spent with my son, who plays cricket at a lot higher level than I ever did, although he will have to go some way to emulate my Uncle Pujhan who played state cricket in India! The game soon started, and it was at this time that I realised just how hard umpiring was. I know this may sound a little strange, but counting to six becomes a very difficult and trying thing to manage, and I found myself struggling to keep up! I was also dreading my first lbw shout, as nothing in the classroom taught me about the intensity of the few brief moments I had to make the decision. Fortunately, I was able to remain calm, and found that most of my decisions were taken well within the spirit of the game of cricket, which is what it was all about I suppose!?!

By the end of the match, the away team triumphed in what was a very good opening match, and I walked off the pitch, aching from my feet upwards, but proud and relieved that the training and support I had re-ceived helped me to cope and remain involved within the game I love, with people who hopefully share the same feelings as I do. I’m looking forward to the rest of the season! By Jas Madahar

A Life In the Day Of Umpire Jas Madahar

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Sandwell Cricket Leagues Outstanding Performers So Far.....

BATTING SCOREBOARD Ali Tasweer - Greenpark XI - 54 runs Abid Cheema - Superstars - 53 runs Waqar Bashir - Dadyal Stars - 53 runs Deepak Bansal - Chouhan XI - 49 runs Arshad Faruki - ALP C.C - 54 runs Hasan Diler - ALP C.C - 80 runs Kamran Shah - HYC - 62 runs M. Kamran - Dudley XI - 85 runs Naeem Javed - Dudley XI - 62 runs

BOWLING SCOREBOARD Sohaib Ahmed - Greenpark XI - 4 for 29 - Hatrick Ikram Bashir - Shalespeare C.C - 5 for 21 Noor Shinwari - Pakhtoon XI - 6 for 20 Hafiz Azam - YMF - 5 for 26 Avtar Singh - Punjab XI - 6 for 9 - Hatrick Paresh Patel - Superstars - 3 for 3 Aziz Patil - ALP C.C - 4 for 65 Said Malik - ALP C.C - 6 for 19 Arshad Faruki - ALP C.C - 3 for 9 Kamran Shah - HYC - 5 for 34 Waqas Ahmed - Tipton XI - 5 for 48 Ahmed Faraz - Tipton XI - 5 for 30 Ansar Mahmood - Dudley XI - 5 for 35

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