Yaadboyz CC lose v Berbice CC in Round 1

Yaadboyz lost their first league fixture of the summer season against Berbice CC last sunday.

Not much to report except that the Yaadboyz made 124 batting first and Berbice made the runs in the final over. Highlights were very few apart from the usual drinking and staying out late on sunday night that summed up a normal sunday for the Yaddboyz to kick off the new season with.

Being that the Memorial Weekend is this week and no league games scheduled, the Yaadboyz will be playing in a 4 way comp involving Breakaway, Warriors, and Guyana Heat at Willie Webb Park.

Much food, drinks (soft and hard), music, dancing, eating, shouting, screaming, crying, playing, and sleeping under trees will be there in abundance.

Everybody is welcome to come out and enjoy a fun filled day at Willie Webb and support all 4 teams as they compete in the inaugural Memorial Cup on behalf of Warriors CC player Mahesh Bisson's late father.

Games start at 10am Sunday with hangovers carrying on until late monday afternoon.

SCI at the Florida Cup 2015

SCI 2015

The SCI squad tried their hardest in the Florida Cup this past weekend but came up short against 3 very good sides in their group. New York, SFSCL, and Orlando all beat the SCI squad in the 20 over competition meaning that any chance of a semi final appearance was ended in the morning of day 2.

Even though we fell well short of competing against the better teams, we still managed to play the game in the right spirit, enjoyed catching up with old friends, and more importantly were still able to play the game with a smile all weekend.

The Allstar Champions were Zameers Allstars and in the Master competition the Betterhope team gained revenge from last year by beating the SFSCL league.

Hustlers beat Vikings CC

Hustlers 237 for 9
Vikings 161 all out

Hustlers won their last regular season game against the very much younger, Vikings CC team yesterday to finish with 3 wins for the Spring season. The 3 wins was not enough to see them reach the playoff stage and the Hustlers now have a month off to regroup and drink a few more beers in their downtime before the summer season commences.

The Yard

Not sure if Ravi has this shot in his locker anymore but it still looks good in practice.

Cliffy adjusting and ready for some sweep action

Full match report to follow.

Hustlers win against Warriors

Warriors
149 all out

Hustlers
150 for 6

Hustlers finally got their second win of the season against the younger Warriors side yesterday.

Warriors batted first first and were bowled out for 149 with birthday boy, Retesh, the best bowler for Hustlers with figures of 4 for 24. Ravi claimed 3 cheap wickets as well as Mohan. The most unlucky bowler was once again the dangerous, Bayo.

With a relatively small total to chase, Hustlers soon found themselves in trouble once again with 3 quick wickets gone with not more than 25 on the board. More wickets tumbled at one end with only Ravi making batting look easy as he raced to a fluent 50 plus score. With 5 wickets gone Chris came to the wicket batting at number 7 and went about scoring a quickfire 27. He was the last man out before Bayo and Ravi scored the winning runs to see H2 home and win by 5 wickets.

The much talked about long batting lineup for Hustlers 2 maybe on paper a good statement to make but in reality the tail has been starting as early as the number 4 batsman is out recently. Batsmen need to stop giving their wickets away with loose shots if this H2 outfit is going to get back to their winning ways. Far too long now, the experienced batsmen are all throwing their wickets away playing reckless shots and then finding an excuse to blame everything else rather than looking at the reason why they are getting themselves out on a regular basis. It's about time the middle order start showing up sooner rather than later and start scoring runs in a consistent manner for this team to improve on this seasons dismal performances. At present a lot of the batsmen are out of form or are batting with reckless abandonement with no plan on how to accumalate an innings score.

Next week H2 face Vikings CC in their final game of the season at the Yard.

Highlights
Ravi 67 not out
Chris 27
Retesh 4 for 24

SCI Squad for Florida Cup 2015

The SCI preliminary squad has been selected and the names listed below will represent the SCI in this years Florida Cup.

Amar Singh
Basil Ramawtar
Chris Arjoon
Ravi Ramdeo
John Sukhu
Mohan Harko
Cliff Rahaman
Muni Pooran
Ray Busgith
Andrew Budhan
Jamal Mohammed
Kay Rahman
Naresh Sukdeo
Jay Mahadeo
Joey Raganundan

Manager
Samir Mangroo/ Altaf Mohammed


The Florida Cup will commence on Fri 27th March to Sun 29th March.

SCI in Orlando Cup 2015 Update

SCI Squad

The SCI squad performed well in Orlando this last weekend and came back as all time Champions in various categories.

They came away as Champions of the team that went to bed last, the Champion team that closed down  bars, the Champion team that beat the dance floor, as well as the Champion team that enjoyed the trip the most.

This guy looks familiar.....

Spot the Double?

John and Jhon

YO YO YO

Twin Johnno's ?

Overall it was an enjoyable 3 day comp that went well except for the small matter of the results. Played 3 won 1 and lost 2 was the final outcome for the SCI squad.
Even though we did not advance out of the group stages, we all managed to accomplish what we intended, which was to play and promote the game in it's best interests as well as bringing the SCI good name to Orlando. Not only did we do all of this but we all had great fun with players catching up on old friends and family and sharing a good joke or two.

We would like to thank the Orlando Cricket league for allowing us to compete in their competition and wish them all the best for future tournaments as well as our very own Amar Singh for all the hard work he went through for the last 6 months trying to organise his squad of players.

Tour Highlights
Skip's strong knee brace.
Uncle Payoff.
Coolie Boi
The RV
Blackbush Smally
Dennys T Bone
Fusion Bar/Restaurant
Macdonald's Breakfast Menu
Walmart 
Pastor Ramesh

SCI Orlando Cup Squad

Hustler 2 player Amar Singh has entered his SCI team into the Orlando Cup next month with the players listed below being part of his preliminary squad.

Manager
Zameer Mangroo

Players
Amar Singh
Basil Ramawatar
Tribene Roopnarine
Chris Arjoon
Deodat Ramjed
Andrew Budnan
Hemant Sukhu
Mohan Harko
Roy Persaud
Raj Bharat
Ravi Ramdeo
Kay Rahman
Anthony Dhannie
Jamal Yasin

H2 lose at Krishnar CC in Round 3

Hustler 2 lost their last league game against a very competitive Krishnar CC team yesterday in a low scoring game.

Hustlers batted first and were soon in big trouble as they lost their first 4 batsmen with only 7 runs on the board due to batsmen playing poor strokes and bowlers bowling well.

A mini recovery unsued with H2 reaching 51 for 5 at the break.
The only batsman for H2 who was worthy of a mention was Altaf who made a quickfire 69 before the innings came to an end at 115 all out.

Krishnar CC started off the run chase slowly and were soon batting themselves into trouble with only 43 on the board and 3 wickets gone by the 13th over. Even though the runs total was not an enormous one, the Krishnar batters were made to work hard for the total with some outstanding bowling from Retesh and Terry. A couple of close run outs went the Krishnar way as they finally got to the winning score in the final over with 3 deliveries left with their last 2 batsmen at the wicket.

It was an exciting game to be involved in even though the match result did not go our way.

Next week we face Diamond CC in West Palm Beach.

Match Highlights

Altaf 69

SFSCL Awards Night

The SFSCL had it's annual awards night this weekend with the Hustlers 2 playing members attending.

The winners of various awards were Ravi, Johnno, Basil, Retesh, King, Mike, and Chris who all accomplished varying outstanding performances on the cricket field for the 2014 year and were awarded with some excellent trophies to recognise their achievements.

We would like to congratulate the SFSCL execs for putting on a great Presentation night as many drinks were downed all night and plentiful of stories being told. It went down as a great success for the SFSCL as players from all the sides caught up with each other and enjoyed the festivities.

Next week it is back to league action with H2 meeting Krishanr CC.

SFSCL Awards Night 2014

The annual 2014 award presentation and dance will be held this Saturday Jan 31st at The German American Club House located at 6401 Washington Avenue, Hollywood, Florida, 33081.

The event will start at 7pm sharp. Awards will be handed out in alphabetical order so please be there for a prompt start.

Hustlers 2 tie game against Renegades

Renegades
127 all out

Hustler 2
127 for 9

Match report to follow.

 Current Div 2 Table Zone A

Team	Mat	Win	Lost	Tie	NR	PL	Points
Berbice CC	2	2	0	0	0	0	12
BreakAway CC	2	2	0	0	0	0	12
Hustlers 2 CC	2	1	0	1	0	0	9
Guyana Heat CC	2	1	1	0	0	0	6
Miami Royals CC	2	1	1	0	0	0	6
Lehigh Indians	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Starlite CC	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
FiveStar CC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0

Legends Cricket Sunday 25th January

Come on out for this fun and exciting Cricket game!

Players from the 80's, 90's and 2000's will be coming together for an exibition game!

Hosted by the Lawrence Rowe Legendary Cricket Foundation
(954)444-4954
Contact Universal Fun Parties for more information (954)580-0400


This is an Exhibition game with West Indies Cricket Legends, players from the 80's, 90's and 2000's.
25 West Indies Cricket Legends Like : Clive Lyoyd, Gordon Greenidge, Lawrence Rowe, Courtney Walsh,
Lance Gibbs, Mervyn Dillon, Gus Logie, Faoud Bacchas, Ricardo Powell, Daren Ganga, ( To name a few ).

There will also be a Banquet dinner "Dining with the Legends" on Saturday January 24th @ 7pm. Those tickets are $150.00 and also on www.eventbrite.com
We urge you Cricket lovers to come on out and be a part of history. Come witness this exhibition game because this is an iconic moment in time for all these Legendary players coming together in the State of Florida.

Hustlers 2 beat Unlimited Round 1

H2 enjoying a little after game refreshment.

Hustlers 2 CC met Unlimited CC in round 1 of the SFSCL yesterday and came away with a comprehensive win.

Having won the toss, H2 asked Unlimited to bat first and were soon found themselves in trouble losing wickets all too frequently. The 13th over break saw Unlimited score at 54 for the loss of 5 wickets.

Shortly after the resumption, the Unlimited batsmen all found the slow turning spin of returning Hustler Nick too much for them as he finished with impressive match figures of 4 for 14 off his 5 completed overs.

Terry, Retesh, Suresh and Amar all bowled well also and restricted the Unlimited score to 75 all out.

H2 reached their target for the loss of 2 wickets with Ravi 52 the top scorer in the run chase. Just in case anybody was wondering about Johnno......he is currently batting and not out still.

A vast selection for the H2 players to taste after the game.

Next weeks game is at the Yard against Renegades CC in round 2.

Match Highlights

Nick 4 for 16
Amar 2 for 10
Terry 2 for 15
Retesh 1 for 7
Ravi 52

Spring Season 2015 News

The Spring season is upon us with all the teams grouped as follows with games to start this coming sunday.

Div 1
Hustlers
Hurricanes
United
President
Superkings
Outlaws
Lehigh CC

Div 2 Zone A
Berbice
Lehigh Indians
Guyana Heat
Hustlers 2
Starlite
Breakaway
Five Star
Miami Royals

Div 2 Zone B
Wildfire
Ddiamond
Vikings
Unlimited
Renegades
Krishnar
Diamond
Warriors

Hustlers 2 face Unlimited at Margate Middle School this coming sunday for a 12 30pm start.

West Indies Interesting Stats

1-47 West Indies' win-loss record in overseas Tests, excluding matches in Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, since November 2000. Their only win during this period has come against South Africa, in Port Elizabeth in 2007. However, they've also lost seven out of 10 Tests there. In Australia they've lost 10 out of 11, and in England 11 out of 13.

60.56 West Indies' bowling average in the series; their batting average was 24.48. The difference between the two - of 36.08 - is their worst in a series in South Africa. The previous poorest was 32.37 (batting average 34.94, bowling average 67.31) in the 2003-04 series. 

18.20 Shivnarine Chanderpaul's average in the series (91 runs in five innings), his poorest since the tour to New Zealand in 2006, when he scored 74 runs in five innings at an average of 14.80.

Can it get any worse ?

AGM - January 10th 2015

The AGM is scheduled for Saturday January 10^th 2015 at the Tropics Restaurant & Lounge starting at 2:30 pm. It is mandatory that members send one representative to attend this meeting.   

Teams should start securing their home ground for an early start of the spring season. The  spring season is expected to start on the 18^th of January, 2015.

1st Annual Orlando Cup

The tournament will be held on Friday, March 6 to Sunday, March 8, 2015 and will consist of two formats:

AllStars

• Teams - any age group
• Registration fees $900.00
• Eight (8) teams maximum
• 25 overs

Masters

• Teams - 45 and over
• Registration fees $700.00
• Eight (8) teams maximum
• 20 overs

*Fees will include lunch and refreshments for all participating teams*



REGISTRATION DEADLINE JANUARY 15th

ROSTER DEADLINE FEBRUARY 15th

Happy New Year

The Hustler 2 squad would like to wish everybody a prosperous and safe New Year for 2015.

We also would like top wish the SFSCL all the best for this coming year and continue to promote the game to their best ability as well as all the teams involved in South Florida.

Good luck everybody.

2015 Spring Season Changes

These are the changes that teams can expect in the 2015 Spring Season;

1.Each inning will be 30 overs instead of 25 overs
2.There will be 8 overs power play at the beginning of each inning.
3.The start time for all games will be 12 Noon.
4.Mandatory ball change at 15 overs.
5.Team will have 2 hours 30 minutes to bowl the 30 overs this include the 5 minutes break.
6.Each bowler will be allowed a maximum of 6 overs.
7.Water Break 5 minutes at the end of the 15th over.
8.Teams who do not complete their allotted overs can be penalized.

Any change in the SFSCL will have it's supporters for and supporters against. I personally think this is a good idea.

However, I would suggest the league hold off from implementing this change during the Spring season simply because the Florida Cup is played under 25 and 20 over innings for the All Star comp and Masters respectively, unless the Florida Cup matches plan on being the same allocated overs this time around.

2014 Year Review

Sal and the rest of the governing body all did a fine job over the last 12 months culminating in different Champions in both divisions. People should not forget that everything they do will not always be perfect but they do everything voluntarily as their commitment to the league far outweighs all the other issues people seem to throw at them. It is not an easy position to fill but I applaud all of them for the time and effort they donate to the league and it's affairs. Hopefully, if they carry on, they try and improve on all the good work they have started or at least leave the league in a stronger position from when they took over. Either way, they deserve recognition from all of us for their time dedicated to softball cricket in Florida. Thanks guys.

The Hustlers 2 team endured a tough year with players arriving and also players leaving. Promises of players joining not materializing as anticipated but we still managed to end up in the Spring Div 2 Final where we lost to the Warriors team that was packed with Div 1 calibre players just for that one off season.

Division 1 was an experience for most as availability was very poor throughout but we still managed to see out the Summer season as a team but finished 2nd from bottom in the table with only 2 wins, one being a forfeiture win. The league needs to look at how many teams should get promoted and relegated for the future and betterment of the league in my opinion. The Champions should automatically go up as the only team.

The third and final season saw us once again struggle to raise an 11 every week but we still reached the Div 2 semi final where we were beaten by the eventual Champions Lehigh  CC. Our whole playing squad comprised of only 14 players  for all the season of which 2 of them never qualified for the playoffs. It was indeed a tough season for us all.

The third season saw the introduction of the power play 30 yard zone for the first time in the SFSCL and after much deliberation about whether it would work or not, we all accepted it as a great success. Batsmen were throwing wood like there is no tomorrow in the first 6 overs where possible and bowlers began to use their heads trying to bowl tighter lines. It was a great addition and success to our game in South Florida. All the captains of the teams now would have to be more proactive with their field settings. No more 8 men on the boundary  before the first 6 overs were bowled !!!!

If a change was necessary in the league in the future then I believe any leg side delivery should be called a wide automatically. Bowlers intentionally target legside bowling to negate attacking shots on the offside. Not only will this improve the accuracy of our bowlers but it would also make batsmen play through the offside rather than woodchopping it over the legside side like they are cuttting cane. It just a thought guys, don't beat me up on the suggestion as I know a lot of batsmen can't play offside cricket at present and a lot of bowlers can't bowl 6 good balls outside the off stump either.Trust me,this would definitely improve both batting and bowling standards for the future.

The Annual Awards Presentation night is a great idea but in reality it is too boring for guests to sit there for 4 hours watching cricketer after cricketer going up and down all night collecting awards. Instead of collecting individual awards, why not call up teams awards all at once, give them all their awards in one shot and only save the batting, bowling, all rounder top players and Championship teams awards for the end. This way there is plenty of time for the guests to eat, drink, and dance for a few hours instead of the customary 30 minutes before it's time to get out?

What are your thoughts about anything else you think would improve our game?
Reduction of overs to 20 in the Summer season?
Neutral umpires from outside the SFSCL for all final games?
Forming a saturday league?
The league designating a  monthly Friday night game for 2 of the top sides at the stadium to help promote the game?
Presentation awards night only for bowlers, batsmen, all rounder of the seasons, and Championship teams?

Having been through another 12 months of cricket with varying degrees of success for the Hustler 2 squad, I would just like to say we all still managed to have fun in the park every sunday no matter what the result was. Our team in my eyes, is one of the best to be with not only for the fun and jokes, but also for the way we play on the field. We won't let any decision going against us cause us to argue like some other teams would do when the result is not going their way and that is why my team is always going to be a Champion team irrespective of where we finish in our division.

Championship teams are not only the ones who lift up the silverware at the end of the season.........My team will always be CHAMPIONS for the way we conduct ourselves off the field and also the way we play the game every week on it.

Chris