SFSCL Presentation 2015

The SFSCL had it's annual cricket dance and presentation last Saturday and it turned out to be a great success once again with many teams showing up to collect their awards. Cheap drinks, an excellent selection of foods, and great company were all on show during the night.

English, Mo, Cliff, Dillon, Derek, Terry, Bayo,John, Basil. (Missing: Mukesh, Slim, Altaf, Amar, Deo, Retesh, Ravi & Zaheer)

The Yaadboys went in force and stood proudly with the best of them as they collected their Fall Div 2 Championship trophy which was duly presented to our manager Derek for all the hard work he put in this past season. Thanks again Derek.

Individual awards were collected by Basil, Johnno, Zaheer, Altaf, Ravi, Terry, and the British guy for performances throughout the year.

The SFSCL must be thanked for all the hard work they put in throughout the year and also must be commended for all the time they spent planning, organizing, and making sure our league was run sufficiently in the last 12 months. Great job and well done to all the execs for 2015 and we hope you all continue to do an adequate job in a league that is not always an easy one to run.

2016 will be soon upon us and we would like to wish all the teams the best of luck in the new year and hope we can all continue to help the league grow in the best way we can.

Happy New Year......

Yaadboyz CC Fall 2015 Division 2 Champions - Match Report

YAADBOYZ CC are CHAMPIONS

Yaadboyz CC

Who would of thought we would become Champions of the Division at the beginning of the season with the same group of players we had previous in past seasons with many outsiders doubting our ability to play the game with our old over the hill team?

We managed to prove a lot of people wrong with a fantastic performance rated right up there with the best of them in a run chase for a Final. Berbice CC played their part in this Final with a great batting display of their own with a fine  individual contribution of 73 coming from one of their youngest players Mikey. Their score of 235 in a Final batting first would normally be a winning score to defend but we had other ideas in the outcome.

Having to score at an rate of 9 plus runs and over, we saw Cliffy take the fight to the Berbice opening bowlers right from the off. His short but sweet quickfire knock set up the tempo of our innings which we carried on all the way through until the 24th over.

Play action

In came Ravi who started off cautiously with the bat but once in, he found his range to send bad balls out of the park with ease. His contribution with the bat was immense as he saved his best batting performance of the entire  Fall season for the Final. After he completed his fifty he was unfortunately run out for 57. At the break the score was an impressive on target, 126 for 3 with another 110 required in the next 12 overs for victory with wickets remaining and the excitement building. With still a lot of work to do this was was going to go right down to the wire and keep the crowd on their seat edges entertained all the way to see who would win.

Skipper & vc

Slim was the next man out attempting to accelerate the scoring after the resumption. Altaf and Mukesh then tucked into the Berbice attack with sixes and fours raining down all around to send the scoring rate up and back in our favor. Mukesh was out for a swashbuckling 24 and shortly afterwards Altaf was gone for a fine 63 of MVP proportions. This left the skipper and vice captain together at the wicket with 21 needed of the last 18 deliveries.

Any chance of a Berbice victory was lost once Basil hit a 4 boundary and this was then followed up in the 24th over with  2 sixes by the British guy to see us go past Berbice's score with an over to spare. This was a team batting masterclass as everybody contributed to our win. It really was a very special moment for all of us to be involved in but to win a game in such a manner it had fans applauding us well into the night.

A few shell shocked Berbice players after the defeat

This was really a memorable game to play in especially in the way we batted as a unit and  to chase down the 235 for the win. Our aging bodies may let us down every so often in the field thesedays but the old experience heads of ours saw us through when it mattered most. We would like to offer thanks to all our supporters who came and watched us win against the much fancied Berbice squad and hope our win will stick in your memories for a longtime to come. Thanks also to Raj and Tariq for their umpiring duties as they both did an excellent job for both teams.

Once again we celebrated together as a team in our normal manner well into the night but this time the drinks tasted a little bit sweeter due to our Championship win.

As for us now, we will rejoice and marvel at our amazing accomplishment for the next few weeks and remind people out there that our will to win against all the odds will be with us forever and nobody can take away our hard fought Championship win.

Cheerz everybody......See you next year in Div 1.

Yaadboyz CC Fall Divison Champions

Yaadboyz through to the Fall Divison Final

Yesterday, Yaadboyz CC beat Lehigh CC in one of the two semi final Div 2 games by 6 wickets in a game that saw both teams on top at different stages.

(In the other semi final game, Berbice beat Wildfire CC in a game that went to a thrilling Super Over).

Yaaboyz skipper Basil won the toss, and after careful thought, decided to put Lehigh into bat first on a surprisingly dry wicket considering the previous 2 days of constant rain.(It appears that our ground is very thirsty and drinks a lot of liquids just in the same style as our players).

Lehigh lost one of their openers early on to a suicidal run out courtesy of a Cliff and Terry combination. Lehigh again lost crucial wickets upfront as they found the bowling of Terry, Bayo, and Retesh accuracy too much for them to score quickly. Once Mukesh was brought on to bowl he took out 2 wickets in his first over and then in his next bowled Lehigh's top batsman Raj to see Lehigh stumble to 49 for 6 at the 13th over break. The Yaadboyz at this stage were truly on top.

Once the game restarted this is when the game changed as Lehigh came back into the game with good contributions from their lower order batsmen. Not only did they bat well but they scored at a rapid 12 runs an over to see their score rise to an impressive 175 for 9 after their bad start.

Shell shocked and still wondering what had just been witnessed, the Yaadboyz players knew the 175 would have to be made in a positive way against arguably one of the best bowling lineups in the Division. Kudos to the young Lehigh batsmen for posting a fighting total for them to try and defend.

Cliff and Johnno got the innings off to a flyer as they punished loose deliveries all around the ground with Cliffy being severe on anything near his hitting zone as he raced to a quickfire 39. With Johnno batting comfortably at his end and dispatching boundaries at a regular rate also, the Yaadboyz went to the 13th over break with their score sitting on an outstanding 128.

With only another 48 runs required in the next 12 overs, Johnno and skipper Basil put on a solid partnership before Johnno was bowled for a match winning knock of 69. Slim and Altaf saw off the few runs necessary at the end to see the Yaadboyz win in a canter by 6 wickets all within 18 overs in  a run chase straight out of the top drawer.

Tough luck to all the Lehigh players who fought us all the way in this semi final encounter but in every game unfortunately there has to be a loser and yesterday's game was your turn. Lehigh proved to us that are are a tough side to break down as their batting lineup is definitely a long one.

The oldest team in the Division has now proved some people wrong who doubted us at the season beginning saying we should all give up and we were all over the hill. One loss in the entire season is not too bad for an accomplishment by us Oldies.

This win is dedicated to all the doubters out there.

Coming Soon
Div 2 Fall Final

Yaadboyz CC v Berbice CC

Div 2 Semi Final Line Up

• Berbice CC vs Wild Fire CC
  
• Yaad Boyz vs Lehigh CC 
  
  All the regular season games and quarter finals have now been completed as we now come down to the last 4 teams left in the competition in this sunday's semi final matchups.
  
  The Yaadboyz face off against Lehigh CC scheduled to be played at Lauderhill Middle School (aka The Yard) with a 12 30pm start.
  
  In the other semi final game, Berbice CC take on the very underrated Wildfire CC team.
  
  Spectators are more than welcome to attend to support their favourite team at either venue and hopefully experience two very evenly matched games.
  
  Good luck to all 4 teams this coming sunday.