Hustlers 2 v Outlaws Result

Outlaws def. Hustlers 2: Batting first after winning the toss Hustlers 2 were bundle out for a below par score of 115 by some accurate second half bowling from Anoop Basdeo and Kaiume Mohamed who finished with some impressive figures of 3/17and 4/5. Batting for Hustlers Chris Arjoon top scored with 26.

In reply Outlaws batsmen made light work of the score achieving their target of 116 in 19.4 with Kaiume Mohamed scoring a magnificent unbeaten 63.

The next game for H2 is against H1 scheduled at Joe Carter Park.

Hustlers 2 CC Pre Season Tournament

Hustlers 2 CC, Breakaway CC, & Guyana Heat made the most of the free sunday by playing a very enjoyable mini tournament at the Yard yesterday.

In the first game Hustlers 2 beat Breakaway by scoring 162 for 6 in 15 overs against Breakaway. Basil and Ravi both hit 50's.

In the second game Breakaway beat Guyana Heat.

The third and final game we saw Breakaway beat Hustlers 2 in a 5 over slog fest by 7 runs.

Breakway winning cpt Denny

The day was enjoyed by all 3 participating teams and special thanks go out to all the sponsors who provided the trophies and food.

Congratulations to Breakaway for being the best side on the day.

Hustlers 2 pre season Fixtures

This sunday at the World Famous Yard (Lauderhill Middle School), the Hustlers team play against Breakaway and Guyana Heat cricket clubs in a 3 way mini tournament.

With the league season scheduled to start the following sunday, the Hustler players will look to dust off their uniforms and stretch out their aging limbs in preparation for another season in the SFSCL.

The games are scheduled to start at 11 30am meaning the normal late night saturday activities will have to curtail before the sun rises.

All players are to reminded to bring their new season team fees and to bring food and drinks which is always optional or should I say, routine.

20,000 Visits to Hustlers 2 Blog

Thank you to all the visitors who came to the Hustlers blog and spent time looking and posting.

20,000 visits to our site is a great landmark and honor to reach in the short space of time we have been online and we appreciate all your input.

We will continue to add news, results, and other league news in the future.

Thank you

Hustlers 2 CC

Hustlers lose Div 2 Final to Warriors CC

Hustlers with their runner up Trophy

Warriors 200 for7 in 25 overs
Hustlers 163 for 6 in 25 overs

Hustlers lose by 38 runs.

The game itself was played in the right spirit with both teams vying for the Championship Trophy and as it turned out, Warriors batted, fielded, and bowled better collectively than Hustlers to claim the win.

The Hustlers team can still be pleased with the season they had to reach the Final as they played good cricket all the Spring season. It just happened that they left their worse performance for the final and let themselves down. The Hustler players still stayed back after the game to take a few cold ones well into the evening with their followers.

Runners up

During the off season Hustlers will see a few big changes in regards to their playing numbers as some of the players have decided to go elsewhere to play their cricket for other sides. Some new faces are already pencilled into the squad and we will welcome them. We would like to wish them all the best wherever they end up to our leaving players.

Congratulations once again to Manny and his Warriors squad for their win as we now look forward to playing in Div 1 next season.

Ground preparation with a knife on hands and knees !!!

Dillon with the Runner Up Trophy

Meanwhile in the other Div final, Hustlers 1 got beaten by a very strong United team.

SFSCL Div 2 Finals Hustler 2 CC v Warriors CC Friendly Banter

After a long regular season in Div 2, the final 2 teams left standing are the young Warriors and the much older and experienced Hustler 2 team.

Word around the South Florida league now favor Warriors as being the winners with the Hustlers team ending up as runners up. As we all know that on Finals Day any team can become victorious and it will all boil down to who makes the least errors on the day.

The players who are selected in their respective teams are expected to give it all in one last game of the season to become Champions.

Warriors will be bringing top batsman of the division Anoop with his opening partner Shazam on sunday with middle order men Mustaq, and Wayne. Their bowling strength consists of Fahron and the Florida Cup Masters winner Mahese backed up by Anoop and Shazam.
Meanwhile, Hustlers have plenty of batting with John, Ravi, Cliff, Mike, Deo, Basil, Mukesh, and Sanjeev all in good form to fight fire with fire.

The Hustler bowling lineup has been firing all season and not to be underestimated too. This game is going to be a classic final.

Who will be victorious? Will it be the much fancied Warriors outfit or will it be the Yard Boys Hustlers 2 CC?

Feel free to post away your thoughts guys.

Inspirational Sports Quotes

 

"At the end of the day, cricket maybe a team game but it  always comes down to one thing: man against man. May the best man win".  

SRT

Ramdin named WI Test captain

Denesh Ramdin, the West Indies wicketkeeper, has been named captain of the Test side and will take over from Darren Sammy, who will remain the T20 captain. This means West Indies have three separate captains for all three formats.

Ramdin's first assignment will be the home series against New Zealand which begins on June 8. He has led the national side in three T20s and an ODI. His experience with Trinidad & Tobago is more extensive with 37 matches at the helm across formats. He has 21 wins under his belt and took T&T to the semi-final of the Regional Four Day Competition this season. 

Happy Mother's Day

The Hustlers 2 CC management and players would like to wish a special Happy Mother's Day to all the mother's out there.

We hope you enjoy your day and have many more to come.

Finals Day Update - Sunday May 18th

Message from the SFSCL


"Congratulations on making it to your respective division finals. 

Please inform your team members of the following:

Both Finals will be played at Brian Piccolo Park on Sunday May 18th. 

All four teams are being asked to assist the umpires in setting up your respective ground.

Warriors and Hustlers are asked to bring their stumps and flags.

Toss will be at 11:45 and the game will start at 12 noon sharp! (All FOUR teams need to acknowledge early start time)

Please inform your team members, fans and supporters of the early start.

Umpires will be posted on the website when they become available.

Thank you for your cooperation and good luck to all four teams next Sunday. May the best team win."

--
Regards,
South Florida Softball Cricket League (SFSCL)

Spot the Faces

The picture quality is not that good but see how many of these Guyanese cricketers you can name from 1966 and no, there are no current Hustlers players in the picture, thanks.

I will give you the easiest one on the furthest left : Rohan Kanhai

Hustlers II top performances Spring Season 2014

Top Runs Scored

• Chris Arjoon 11 matches 10 innings 2 not out HS 87 Runs 405 Ave 50.6
• Ravi Ramdeo 10 matches 9 innings 2 not out HS 91 Runs 263 Ave  32.8
• Mike Khan     7 matches 7 innings  1 not out  HS 68 Runs 165 Ave  27.5
• John Sukhu    11 matches 10 innings 1 not out  HS 51* Runs 94 Ave 10.4
• P Churaman  6 matches  5 innings   0 not out HS 33  Runs 92  Ave 18.4    

Chris 405 runs

Top Wicket Takers

• Sanko Churaman 11 matches 43.1 overs Best Bowling 4 for 7 Wickets 18
• Ravi Ramdeo  10 matches  33.4 overs Best Bowling 4 for 27  Wickets 18
• P Churaman  6 matches 26 overs Best Bowling 6 for 15 Wickets 15
• Amar Singh 8 matches 37 overs Best Bowling 3 for 14 Wickets 15
• Retesh Veerasammy 9 matches 33.3 overs Best Bowling 4 for 18 Wickets 15

Ravi 18 wkts

Sanko 18 wkts

 Most Catches 

• John Sukhu 7
• Retesh Veerasammy 6
• Basil Ramawtar 6

John 7 catches

Top Batting Partnerships

• 128 Chris Arjoon & Ravi Ramdeo v Miami Royals CC
• 96 Chris Arjoon & Cliff Rahaman v Lehigh CC
• 89 Chris Arjoon & Ravi Ramdeo v Breakaway CC
• 77 Mike Khan & Sanko Churaman v Vikings CC
• 62 Chris Arjoon & Ravi Ramdeo v Lehigh Indians CC (SF)
• 55 P Churaman & Ravi Ramdeo v Warriors CC
• 53 Mike Khan & John Sukhu v Lehigh Indians

Hatrick

• Retesh Veerasammy v Starlite CC 

Retesh Hatrick

**All stats including semi final game v Lehigh Indians**

SEMI FINAL - Hustlers II beat Lehigh Indians by 9 wickets

Lehigh v Hustlers 2 CC

The biggest game of the season for Hustlers saw them beat Lehigh Indians by an impressive 9 wickets in the first Div 2 semi final of the SFSCL.

Hustlers won the toss and had no hesitation in putting Lehigh into bat first on a damp batting wicket.

Lehigh started off well running their singles but with their scoring reading on 18, Amar bowled 2 beauties to get rid of both of the openers. With Retesh, bowling tight at the other end, the two of them completed the first 10 overs with Lehigh at only 38 runs scored.

Lehigh then found the bowling of Ravi, Sanjeev, and Mukesh to much to handle as the 3 of them took another 3 wickets and saw Lehigh going to the break with their score at a sorry looking 54 for 6.

Only another 4 overs were bowled after the break before Lehigh were all out for 77.
Sanjeev 4 for 7, Amar 3 for 19, Retesh 2 for 17 and Mukesh 1 for 21 were the chief destroyers with the ball.

Hustlers went to bat knowing that only 3 an over was required and duly set off to make the 77 runs needed in a solid fashion.
John was the only batsman out for 10 as Chris 45 not out and Ravi 20 not out saw their team home after 15 overs.

The most important game of the season for Hustlers saw them put on a magnificent display by their bowlers to bowl out Lehigh for 77 and this was followed up by batting practice for the first 3. Commiserations go out to Lehigh for the loss but they can still hold their heads up high as they showed they are a quickly improving team this season. They played in a winning season for them and shocked a lot of the other teams in the Division by finishing second.

Hustlers will now meet Warriors CC who beat Breakaway CC in the other semi final game. The division final will be in 2 weeks time scheduled to be played at Brian Picolo Park.

Congratulations to our skipper Basil for leading us and manager Derek for putting all the hard work into the season culminating in a Final's appearance for the Hustlers.

Game Highlights

Lehigh 77 all out
Sanjeev 4 for 7
Amar 3 for 19
Retesh 2 for 17

Hustlers 80 for 1
Chris 45 not out
Ravi 20 not out
John 10

Playoff Update from the Hustler Camp

Semi Final Schedule Div 2

 Lehigh Indians host Hustlers 2 at Veterans Park

 Warriors host Breakaway at Brian Piccolo Park


Preparations for the Hustlers squad is moving along nicely this week with our biggest game of the season against Lehigh Indians CC fast approaching scheduled for this coming Sunday.

Semi final day for all the teams concerned is usually the most competitive game of the season as a loss will mean the end of another season for the losers.

Losing a semi final game is tougher than losing in a final because everybody knows that all your efforts during the season culminate in a one match knockout that can either go your way or dramatically go completely wrong for you. Any team that is fortunate to reach the semi final stage is usually there on merit and there is no weak side to play and all 4 teams stand a good chance of becoming champions of the league. This really is crunch time for all the semi final teams as nobody wants to lose now.

The preparation for the Hustler team is very important to us this time around as we now have to set alarms early, pack snacks earlier, and get our drinks organised well before our usual sunday start time. The biggest problem we will face is when to add ice to our drinks being that it will be such an early start for us. There is nothing worse than having coolers of drink getting warm after all the ice has melted !!

I would also like to take this opportunity to wish Lehigh the best of luck this sunday in our game as they have upset a lot of teams this season with wins over other much fancied teams. They have improved to a level this season where they have now become a very dangerous side and we hope our game against them is played in the true spirit of the game. More importantly, we hope the spectators coming out to watch the game enjoy the spectacle and we can both put on a great game of cricket for them to all enjoy.


Good luck to all the other 4 teams involved in Div 1 as well as Warriors v Breakaway in Div 2.

Final League Positions Div 2

With all the current regular season games over now, the final league table show Hustlers 2 CC at no3 position.

Their semi final game will be played at Veterans Park, Lehigh against the much improved Lehigh Indians Cricket Club this coming sunday.

In the other semi final it will be Warriors v Breakaway CC.

Both games see 4 evenly matched teams with the winners advancing to the Final scheduled for sunday May 18th at Brian Picolo Park.

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Points	P/Lost	Fines
Warriors	10	8	2			48
Lehigh Indians	10	8	2			48
Hustlers 2	10	7	2		1	45
Breakaway	10	7	3			42
Miami Royals	10	5	5			30
Guyana Heat	10	5	5			29	-1	$50
Lehigh CC	10	5	5			29	-1	$50
Wildfire	10	4	5		1	27
Renegades	10	2	8			12
Vikings CC	10	1	9			6
Starlite C C	10	1	9			6

Match Report Hustlers v LHCC

The day started off badly for Hustlers when the skipper, Basil, and another team member, British, were made to wait for another player, Ravi, while he took time polishing his head for 45 minutes. Having arrived at the planned pickup point late, the vehicle was running late as well.

The 15 seater finally left after 10am with time to catch up after the late departure. With the driver's foot down and passing most vehicles on route, the Hustler squad arrived into Veterans Park before the game start time and were quickly ushered to spin the coin.

Being it was Amar's birthday, some players thought it would be lucky to let him spin. He duly lost the toss so plan A didn't not work as his being lucky tag dissappered very quickly. LHCC decided to bat first with temperatures recorded at 94c. After a proper baking in the sun the LHCC team amassed a respectable 178 for 8 off their 25 overs.

The Hustler team fielding was once again a letdown with a few bad attempts at stopping boundaries as well as a few dropped catches. Just these errors on the field cost Hustlers around 25 runs which eventually came back to haunt them.

Hustlers Cliff and Chris opened the batting and at the break they were at 70. It may have been a solid start to the run chase but not quick enough as the run rate was still high and steadily climbing. Chris was out first with the score at 93. The remaining batsmen all tried to hit boundaries to keep up with the escalating run rate with Mukesh and Mike being very destructive. A middle order collapse pretty much ended Hustler hopes of a victory but it still went to the last ball needing 4 for a win. Sanjeev was unlucky with his attempt at finding the required boundary as news filtered in during the game that Breakaway had lost their last game as well meaning a semi final game scheduled against Lehigh Indians CC.

Before everybody starts thinking that Hustlers threw this game, I would like to say it was a very good performance by the LHCC in beating us. They beat us fair and square simply because they were better than us on the day and we wish them all the success next season as they are a top side.

LHCC defended their 178 score magnificently and with their bowlers bowling straight and accurately, they played like a top side rather than a mid table side.

The customary drinks were once again downed at Mukesh's house before the journey home and we were all treated to Cliff's roof beating expertise as well as Amar's attempt to sing for amusement.

Even though we lost in this close game we are still able to look forward next week to our semi final game which will be against Lehigh Indians. This means another road trip to Lehigh for us but with plenty of amusement on board, the journey will be another fun one in our biggest game of the season.

We would also like to wish Amar a very happy birthday for reaching his very first half century. His cake was cut and shared around in between all the usual liquid refreshments. Congrats mate on your special day.

Happy birthday Amar

Week 14 Results

Lehigh Indians def Miami Royals
Vikings CC w/o Renegades
Guyana Heat def Breakaway
Wildfire def Starlite
Lehigh C.C. def Hustlers 2
Warriors – BYE

Hustlers lose to Lehigh CC Round 11

Veterans Park Lehigh

Highlights

LHCC 178 for 8 in 25 overs

Sanjeev 2 for 33
Mukesh 2 for 34

Hustlers 174 for 8 in 25 overs

Chris 43
Cliff 36
Mukesh 33

Match Report to follow shortly