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2011-11-12 Annual General Meeting of HDCL for Year 2011

Following members were elected as executives for 2012 season of HDCL.:

Mr.Shah Zafar - President

Mr. Rajeev Dhingra - Vice- President

Mr. Zain Khot - Tresurer

Mr. Zafar Pasha Siddiqui - Secretary

Following members were elected for non-executive working committee

Mr. Roy Supaul & Manik Bhan as Provincial delegates

Mr. Imran Aslam - Auditor

Mr. Rupert Albert - Web Master & Historian

Thanks, Executive Committee, HDCL

2011-10-25 HDCL 2011 Presentation & Dinner Night

It's amazing that another cricket season has flown by so quickly. It's about time for a league annual award presentation and re-union of cricket players and their families. We will be getting together on Saturday October 29, 2011, 7pm at International Banquet Hall, 5835 Kennedy Road, Mississauga, to celebrate another successful season in a fun-filled family environment.

Every HDCL member, present & from past, are invited to be part of celebrations of of 2011 season. Each club has been given tickets but if you can't get tickets thru your club representative; please come and purchase your ticket at the door.

In addition to our annual award presentation to winners and outstanding performers; delicious 3 course meal, live music and singing, and fabulous and exciting door prizes including a Grand Door Prize of Complete Cricket Kit.

See you all on Saturday

2011-10-11 HDCL 2011 Premier Division Champion

Congratulations to Hamilton Cricket Club on winning 2011 HDCL Premier Division Championship. Hamilton Crickt Club defeated hot favorite and 1st place Mississauga Ramblers Cricket Cub in final by 4 wickets capping of a wonderful season for the club that bagged HDCL T-20 Championship earlier in the seaon while their B team finsihed runner up in 2nd Division title.
Mississauga elected to bat first on winning the toss and got off to a flyer with 41 without loss in 5 overs. But introduction of Arbab Amjad brought about change of fortunes for Hamilton CC as he first removed opener Travin Yousuf and then took a brilliant catch to dismiss Sandip Jyoti off the bowling of Damier Holder. Arbab took 6 wickets for 18 runs to reduce Ramblers to 61 for 8 before Waseem Khtana and young Talha Kirmani put on 42 runs for 9th wicket to take Mississauga to 112 all out in 23 overs.
Chasing an easy target of 113 Hamilton lost 3 quick wickets to set up an exciting finish to the final but opener Ayaaz Ali and Saad Azim batted very responsibly without taking any risk to take Hamilton close to victory. As things were going for a one sided finish, Hamilton lost Saad Azim and two more quick wickets raised hope for Mississauga again but Ayaaz Ali took upon his shoulders to take Hamilton past the finishing line and remained not out with well made 61. For Mississauga Ramblers skipper Pankaj Gupta took three wickets.

2011-10-09 HDCL 2011 PREMIER FINAL

Mississauga Ramblers from Mississsauga and Hamilton Cricket Club from Hamilton have made it to the final of 2011 HDCL Premier Final to be played at Iceland Oval in Mississauga on Monday October 10th starting at 11am.

In one of the semi-finals, Mississauga defeated last year's champion, Crescent Cricket Club by 65 runs. Batting first, on Natural Turf wicket, Mississauga Ramblers never scored freely but were able to post a score of of 164 for 7 wickets at the end of allotted 40 overs. Sandip Jyoti with 25, Pankaj Gupta with 41, Waqas Junaid with 32 not out and Zain Iqbal with 21 runs were the main contributors for Mississauga's score. For Crescent C.C. Zia Sarwar with 3 wickets for 24 runs was the main wicket taker supported by some economical and fine bowling by Jahanzeb Niazi, Amir Hussain and Yehyah Tahir with a wicket a piece.

Chasing 165 for victory and a place in final, Crescent C.C. started with flurry of runs and at one point were placed at 41 for 1 in 6 overs. Introduction of spin and some fine fielding and catching by Mississauga Ramblers restricted flow of runs and Crescent batsmen started losing thier focus and eventually got out for 99 runs handing a victory to Ramblers by 65 runs. Amir Hussain with 23 runs was the main contributor with bat for Crescent while Priyank Chouhan with 4 wickets for 10 runs of 8 overs was the most successful bowler for Mississauga Ramblers. Talha Kirmani with 3 outstanding catches in deep and 2 for 26 and Waseem Khtana with 2 for 15 were other most successful bowlers for Ramblers.

2ND SEMI-FINAL: HALTON WARRIORS V/S HAMILTON CRICKET CLUB

In the 2nd semi-final, played at Burlington ground, Hamilton Cricket Club defeated favorite Halton Warriors by 28 runs in low scoring affair. Batting first Hamilton made only 139 in their innings. Halton Warriors kept loosing wickets at regular interval and eventually were all out for 111 runs, loosing the semi-final by 28 runs. (Detailed scorecard not available at this time)

Final will be played on Natural Turf at Iceland Oval, Mississauga on Monday October 10th starting at 11 am.

<><><><><>GOOD LUCK TO BOTH CLUBS IN FINAL<><><><><><

2011-10-03 HDCL 2011 PLAY-OFF UPDATE

Oakville Cricket Club Champions

In 2011 HDCL 2nd Division final, Oakville Cricket Club became new CHAMPIONS by convincingly defeating Hamilton Cricket Club B Team by 56 runs to capture 2nd Division Championship for the first time club's history.

Batting first on a rather chilly morning, Oakville Cricket Club posted a very competative score of 203 for 6 in allotted 33 overs. Majid Mahmmod was again the top scorer with 98 runs, narrowly missing yet another hundered in play off by just 2 runs. Majid was well supported by an unbeaten 55 by Sheikh Nayaan.

In reply Hamilton - B managed to give some scare in chase but in the end fell short by 56 runs to hand over an easy and emotional win to Oakville B. Rony Thomas with 44, Pragi Gangathara with 31 and Arbab Amjad with 22 were main contributors to the final score of 147 at the close of thier innnings.

Manik Bhan, Majid Mahmmod and Sheikh Nayaan with 2 wickets each were most successful bowlers.

*********CONGRATULATIONS TO OAKVILLE CRICKET CLUB*********

PREMIER DIVISION SEMI-FINALS WILL BE PLAYED ON SATURDAY OCT 8th AND FINAL TO BE PLAYED ON SUNDAY 9th OF OCTOBER.

2011-09-19 2011 PLAY-OFF MATCH-UP & SCHEDULE

HDCL PLAY-off Match-up & Schedule:

2nd Division:
Sept 24th, 2011
SF1: Crescent C.C .v/s Oakville C.C. at Mohawk Park
SF2: Stoney Creek Cricket Academy v/s Hamilton CC at Churchill Park

Premier Division:
Sept 25th, 2011
QF1: Hamilton CC v/s Burlington United at Churchill Park
QF2: Crescent CC v/s Oakville CC at Mohawk Park

Saturday October 1st:
Second Division Final - Winners SF1 v/s Winner SF2 at TBA
Sunday October 2nd:
Premier Division Semi-Finals: SF1: Mississauga Ramblers v/s Winners QF2 at Mississauga
SF2: Halton Warriors v/s Winners QF1 at Burlington.

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2011-09-09 2011 PLAY-OFF STRUCTURE

Following is 2011 play-off structure

In premier division - top two teams with highest points will get a BYE into Semi-Finals while the next four top teams will play in Quater-Finals with #3 playing #6 and #4 playing #5. Winners from these two Quater-Finals will move on to meet top two teams in Semi-Finals.

In Second Division - Top 4 teams will make the Semi-Finals. Top two teams will have home field preferance. #1 playing #4 ranked team and #2 ranked team playing #3 ranked team.

2011-08-28 Hamilton Cricket Club Clinches Ed Burn T-20 Title

Hamilton Cricket Club clinched HDCL 2011 Ed Burn T-20 title by defeating Oakville Cricket Club in an exciting T-20 final played at Burlington Cricket ground in Burlington.

Hamilton won the toss and invited Oakville Cricket Club to bat first. Oakville batted with aggression and caution to post a very competative total of 159 for loss of 7 wickets at the end of their alloted 20 overs.

For Oakville Cricket Club Dinesh Sharma 19, Dilip Bakitia 22, Niaz Ahmed 33, Ali Shah 34 and Jagjit Singh with 20 were main Contributors with bat.

For Hamilton Cricket Club; Arbab Amjad and Aftab Azam with 2 wickets each and Damien Holder, Usman Ali and Saad Azam with 1 wicket each were most successful bowlers.

Hamilton Cricket Club started the chase with Opening pair of Damien Holder and Ayaaz Ali and lost Ayyaz in 2nd over and Damiien in 5th over and at one point were reduced to 56 for 4 but steady contributions from all middle order batsmen and a Man of the Match performance by Jayasuria Ruksan with 76 runs, took Hamilton home with 4 balls to spare. Other contributors to this exciting chase were: Damien with 16 runs, Saad Azim with 17 and Nauman Chughtai with 19 not out helping Hamilton Cricket Club to win the title by 4 wickets.

For Oakville CC: Captain Ali Shah with 2 for 26, Saqib Mushtaque 2 for 27 were pick of the bowlers with useful contributions in field and the ball by ever realiable John Kirstein.

HDCL Executives extend congratulations to players from all clubs for very exciting T-20 Cricket in the month of August and specially to Hamilton Cricket Club for emerging as new champion for 2011 Ed Burn T-20 competetion.

2011-08-24 2011 ED BURN T-20 PLAY-OFF

>>2011 ED BURN PLAY-OFF LINE UP HAS BEEN DRAWN<<

In Western Conference, Oakville Cricket Club, Hamilton Cricket Club and Mississauga Ramblers with 2 wins, finished with 12 points each. But based on Net Run Rate, Oakville finished on top of the table and Hamilton Cricket Club finished 2nd thus qualifying for Semi-Final.

In Eastern Conference, Halton Warriors and Stoney Creek Cricket Academy with 2 wins and a no result finished on top with 15 points each. Halton Warriors clinched top spot due to better Net Run Rate.

Halton Warriors will take on Hamilton Cricket Club in the first of Semi-Finals on Saturday August 27th starting at 1pm while Oakville will battle it out against Stoney Creek Cricket Academy in second Semi-Finals at 4pm.

Championship game will take place on Sunday August 28th starting at 12pm.

Halton Warriors from city of Burlington have accepted League's request to host both Semi-Finals and Finals at Burlington to show case the game of Cricket to residents and city officials of Burlington.

.........................GOOD LUCK TO ALL 4 CLUBS.....................................

2011-08-02 Ed Burn Revised Schedule

Revised Ed Burn Schedule is now posted under league schedule.

All games will start at 3 pm except where there is a double header. Where there are two games are schedule on same day at single ground, 1st game will start at 12 and second game will start at 3:30.

Slight change has been made to correct an oversite. The published schedule under Revised Ed Burn schedule is final.

All the Best

2011-07-19 Record Breaking Batting

HDCL regular season has produced some outstanding batting displays and individual performances in the month of July and none better than Baber Kailey's 211 in 40 over second divison game. Babar's record-breaking innings contained 26 fours and 8 sixes. This is unheard off and never been achieved. HDCL league wishes Babar best of luck for rest of the season and hope to see more from this young talent.

Following outstanding performances were also highlights of the season so far:

157 by Saad Azim from Hamilton against St. Catherine - Premier

147 by Mohammed Iqbal of Mississauga against Hamilton Cricket Club

143 by Damien Holder from Hamilton against Cambridge Cricket Club

133 by Zia Sarwar from Crescent CC against Oakville B

124 by Ayaz Ali from Hamilton against Cambridge Cricket Club

108 by Trevin Yousuf from Mississauga against Burlington United

106 by Mahmmod Majid of Oakville-B against Stoney Creek Cricket Academy

106 by Sampan Bhatia of St. Catherine - B against Mississauga - B

101 by Javed Azhar of Burlington United against Hamilton C.C.

This has to be record for number of hundered scored in a month. Good luck to all and keep it GOING!

2011-07-14 CLARIFICATION

HDCL executives would like to clarify the selection policy and criteria for selection of players for upcoming Ontario Senior T-20 Championship and Ontario Team for games against Quebec.

HDCL have never forced players from our member clubs to play only in HDCL and will follow the same principle in future as well as we believe players are free to play anywhere they prefer and it is personal choice of players and clubs. We continue to work hard to raise the standard of HDCL league cricket so that there is no need for players to go anywhere else to play cricket. For the same very reason, we welcome players from other leagues to come and play on our member club teams.

To be fair to our member clubs and bonafied players, HDCL Selection Committiee will only be picking players for upcoming events from those players who have performed and excelled in HDCL 2010 & 2011 season. In order to qualify for selection to Ontario team, participation in provincial and Inter-league competetions is a must.

2011-07-07 Unauthorized use of HDCL Name & Logo

To All Member Clubs and Players of HDCL

It has been brought to the attention of HDCL executives that Ontario Cricket Association (OCA) used HDCL name and Logo to misrepresent HDCL as one of the participants at recentlly held RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) sponsored unauthorized Cricket event.

Hereby with this notice, HDCL executives, categorically and strongly, condemn the use of registered name of HDCL and its Logo. As you are all aware that due to unconstitutional operation , non-accountability of funds and failure to maintain its status as provincial body in Ontario, HDCL had withdrawn its membership from OCA and had applied for membership and have been accepted to Cricket Council of Ontario, the official provincial (Ontario) governing body as recognized by Cricket Canada.

HDCL executives are seeking legal opinion to take legal action as we need to protect the name and image of our league, one of the oldest and historical leagues in Canada.In the meantime, all member clubs are requested to inform their players to only participate in HDCL league, Cricket Council of Ontario (CCO) and Cricket Canada authorized Cricket games and events.

2011-06-24 HDCL 2011 Season Update

After completion of June 25th and 26th weekend games, Mississauga Ramblers have surged ahead as leader on points table by a convincing win over lowly placed Hamilton Cricket Club. MIssissauga Ramblers shot out visiting Hamilton CC to partly 48 runs and made the required runs for loss of 1 wicket only. In yet another upset, Cambridge Cricket Club defeated, with ease, St. Catherine Cricket Club and in the process moving to 3rd spot in standing ahead of St. Catherine CC. Crescent Cricket Club defeated Burlington United Cricket Club to take a step closer towards play-offs, while game between Halton Warriors and Oakville Cricket Club was not played due to non-availability of ground in Burlington..

In Second Division, last year's Champions Cresent Colts have surged ahead of the pack with 3 wins in as many games to take top spot. Oakville B team, with a win over Stoney Creek Cricket Academy has moved to 2nd spot in standings followed by Stoney Creek Cricket Academy and St. Catherine B team at number 3 and 4 respectively.

2011-05-14 Week One 2011 Season

All games scheduled for May 15th has been postponed due to consistent rain, wet outfields and forecost of more rain. These postponed games will be rescheduled for May 21 or 23rd after consultation with home teams for grounds availability.

2010-11-14 New Executive Body

The following executives were elected for 2011 season at HDCL AGM held on 14th of November, 2010.

President: Ranjit Chaudhri

Vice-President: Salim Zafar Shah

Secretary: Zafar Pasha Siddiqie

Treasurer: Zain Khot

Followings were elected for non-executive positions:

OCA delegates: Naseer Malik and Roy Supaul

Auditor: Imran Aslam

Selection Committee: Anand Supaul, Rajeev Dhingra and Bilal Akhtar

Coaching Coordinator: Anand Supaul

Junior coordinator: Rupert Albert

Publicity coordinator: Nasrullah Syed

Historian/Web Master: Rupert Albert

2010-09-30 HDCL Presentation & Dinner Night

Hamilton District Cricket League is pleased to annouce that 2010 Awards Presentation and Dinner Night has been scheduled for 30th of October in Mississauga at International Banquet Hall. All clubs are requested to communicate to all their members, friends and families that everyone is requested to participate. Please mark your calendar for 30th of October, 2010. League championships including individual awards in various categories will be handed out on this night.
Further details will be coming out shortly...........

2010-09-26 2010 HDCL CHAMPIONS

CRESCENT CRICKET CLUB of Hamilton made a clean sweep of HDCL 2010 Chamionship by capturing Premier Division and Second Division titles in addition to Ed Burn T-20 championship last weekend.
Premier Division - Crescent Cricket Club

Second Division - Crescent Cricket Club

Ed Burn T-20 Tournament - Crescent Cricket Club

Congratulations to Crescent Cricket Club for winning in all Championships.
In Premier Division final; Crescent Cricket Club defeated Mississuaga Ramblers by 113 runs which turned out to be a one sided affair.

In Second Division final: Crescent Cricket Club defeated Hamilton Cricket Club in a evenly contested match at Central Park in Burlington.

HDCL Executives would like to extend congratulations to all clubs and teams for a successful 2010 season.

2010-09-25 HDCL 2010 CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

Crescent Cricket Club from Hamilton and Mississauga Ramblers from Mississauga made it to the FINAL of PREMIER Division of 2010 HDCL season. In 1st semi-final, Crescent Cricket club defeated Halton Stars by 60 runs. In second semi-final, Mississauga Ramblers made it to the final by defeating Oakville Cricket Club from Oakville by 4 wickets.
Premier Division final will be played on 26th of September at Mohawk Sports Park in Hamilton starting at 12 pm.

In the second division semi-finals, Crescent Cricket Club (Colts) defeated St. Catherine Cricket Club narrowly by 4 runs in a nail-biting game to march into final while Hamilton B from Hamilton defeated Stoney Creek Cricket Academy from Stoney Creek in other semi-final played at Churchill Park to move into final to face Crescent Colts.

Second division final will also play on September 26th at Central Park in Burlington. Game starts at 12 pm sharp.

2010-09-21 HDCL - 2010 PLAY-OFF

Crescent Cricket Club won HDCL 2010 Ed Burn Memorial T-20 Championship on Sunday September 19th by defeating Hamilton Cricket Club in final in front of a huge crowd for a championship game in the history of Hamilton District Cricket League. Congratulations to Crescent Cricket Club for retaining the T-20 Championship.

Focus now shifts to Premier and Second division semi-finals on Saturday. Crescent Cricket Club who won regular season by topping the league points table will face debutant Halton Star Cricket Club in one of the semi-finals at their home turf at Mohawk Sport Park on Saturday 25th while second place Mississauga will square off against Oakville Cricket Club at Avebury ground in Mississauga.

In the second division, Crescent Colts who finished top of the table in Second division will take on 4th place, St. Catherine Cricket Club at a neutral venue in Burlington while 2nd place Stoney Creek Cricket Academy will face 3rd place Hamilton B at Churchill Park in Hamilton.

Good Luck to all teams.

All games will start at 12 noon.

2010-09-10 Eid Mubarak

Executives of Hamilton District Crickett League extends warmest wishes to all its members, players and administrators of Islamic faith on the eve of Eid. We would like to wish happiness, prosperity and love all around for years to come to all members, their families and friends. EID MUBARAK

2010-08-22 August 22 Games

All scheduled games for today have been postponed due to overnight rain and wet fields. All efforts will be made to reschedule these games if time permits.

2010-08-13 HDCL Ed Burn T-20

Annual HDCL's Ed Burn Memorial tournament in T-20 format starts Saturday August 14 with four games on day one at Mohawk Sports Park and Churchill Park in Hamilton. 10 teams will be playing 4 games each in two conferences with top 2 teams from each conference will advance to semi-final on Sept 18th and the final will be played on 19th September, 2010. < > <> Schedule for Ed Burn, Second Division and Premier Divisions have been updated with minor changes. Please review the schedule closely. Good Luck

2010-08-09 Premier Division

In one of the most exciting seasons in last few years, HDCL Premier division has witnessed and produced some outstanding individual performances from number of players, batsmen, bowlers as well as some outstanding fielding and some breath taking catches by fielders. The race of playoffs spots is still not clear with almost 80% of the games already completed. Crescent CC has already secured a place in playoffs but it is still not clear who will finish on top of standings at the conclusion of regular season. Oakville, Mississauga, Halton Stars, St. Catherine and a late surge by Brantford leaves the playoff race very open and interesting. Hamilton despite almost being eliminated from the race are playing one of the best cricket of the season and can play a significant part in ultimate play-off picture.

2010-08-09 HDCL 2nd Division

Second Division witnessed some very exciting matches and some young and talented players have emerged with brilliant performances for their respective teams. Crescent Cricket Club and debutant Stoney Creek Cricket Clubs have secured a play-off spots while three teams, Mississauga B, Hamilton B and St. Catherine B will be fighting for the remaining two play-off spots. HDCL league and its executives want to extend congratulations to all the clubs from second division for playing the season with exceptional spirit and we wish each and every player from all clubs, a successful end to a very successful season.

2010-07-24 Caribbean T/20 Live on CBC

CBC in association with West Indies Cricket Board and Cricket Canada is live streaming matches from Caribbean T/20 that is being played currently in West Indies. Follow this link to watch matches on CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Sports/Cricket/ID=1549201992 []

2010-07-06 Norman Jackson Memorial Tournament

In one of best come from behind victory, HDCL defeated Commonwealth Cricket League by one wicket in their opening game of Tournament in memory of late Mr. Norman Jackson. On a hot and humid day, CCCAT won the toss and elected to bat first but found them in trouble against the exceptional spell of fast bowling form HDCL's star bowler, Tawab Ikram. Tawab accounted for two of the first three batsmen while John Kirstein supported him from other end with fast and controlled spell and in the process removed the opening batsman of CCCAT. CCCAT never recovered from early jolts and were struggling at 110 for 9 but it was a partnership of 46 for the last wicket that took them to respectable total of 156 all out. F. Adams with 5 huge sixes made 68 runs for CCCAT and remained not out. For HDCL Khizar Bilal was the most successful bolwer with a figure of 8-1-34-3. Tawab Ikram 8-1-24-2, John Kirstein 6-0-21-1, Arbab Amjad 5-0-38-2 and Varinder Singh 3-0-22-1 were the wicket takers. The team was well supported in outfield with some outstanding catches, ground fielding and superb wicket keeping from debutant Sikander Gill. HDCL started their run chase and immediately found them in trouble loosing their opener in the 2nd over at the score of 8. John Kirstein and 19 year old debutant Jananzeb Niazi started the rebuilding process and took the score past 35 but soon after the dismissal of John, HDCL lost wickets at regular interval and we left at 80 for 8 and defeat for HDCL and victory for CCCAT were a matter of time. But the last three batsmen from HDCL had different ideas and slowly started their march towards a very difficult victory target with some controlled batting display that was studded with some lusty blows when presented with oportunities. A sense of recovery was evident when HDCL reached 126 for 8 and only 30 runs were required. The game of uncertainity took another turn when Raja Aqeel, who was batting on well made 33 runs was given run out. 30 runs were still required with the last pair at the crease and that brought Tawab Ikram to the middle who made his intentions clear by smashing the first ball he faced to mid wicket boundy. On the other end, Varinder was batting like a mature middle order rotating the strike while Tawab used his energy and style to smash the ball over the boundries when ever the opportunity was presented. Fittingly Tawab finished off the game with a towering six to hand HDCL victory in its first encounter. Congratulations to HDCL players for a fine victory and hope to see more of such games in coming weeks and months.

2010-05-25 Week Three

Crescent Cricket Club is living upto the expectations as defending champions by keeping a clear distance from the rest of the teams. With 3 convincing wins in first 3 games, every other team will like to be in the same position. Brantford has also kept a clean winning record so far with 2 wins in as many games while Halton Stars and Oakville Cricket Club with 2 wins and a loss each are up there with rest of the pack. Mississauga Ramblers has played one game and is expected to move up the standing in the coming weeks. Crescent knocked off city pals, Hamilton Cricket Club by 82 runs with the outstanding performances from Iqbal Seta and skipper Qasim Yaqoob. Oakville Cricket Club went on a rampage against last year's runner up, St. Catherine Cricket Club by scoring 316 runs in 40 overs. St. Catherine scored 216 in reply and fell short by 96 runs.A total of 31 sixes were hit in this game and I am sure this has to be a record in any league game. In one of the most exciting game of the weekend, Cambridge came close in securing an upset win over Halton Stars but fell short by 5 runs in the end.

2010-05-11 Week ONE

Brantford Cricket Club, Crescent Cricket Club and Oakville Cricket Club started off 2010 HDCL season with wins. Brantford defeated last year's runners up St. Catherine Cricket Club by 57 runs in Brantford. Last year's champions, Crescent Cricket Club from Hamilton easily defeated Halton Stars by 82 runs. Oakville started off 2010 season with a hard fought win over much stronger Cambridge Cricket Club in a evenly contested match. Oakville won by 9 runs. The forth match between Mississauga Ramblers and Hamilton Cricket Club was postponed due to severe cold conditions.

2010-05-04 HDCL 2010 Season

HDCL 2010 season is set to start this coming Sunday. On Behalf of Executives and rest of the Board of Control members of HDCL, I would like to extend my best wishes to all players for a successful season. Enjoy the season to fullest and keep in mind to uphold the spirit of the game at all times.

2010-03-29 Norman Jackson

On behlaf of Executives, member clubs and all cricketers of HDCL, I would like to extended my deepest sadness and heartfelt sympathy to family, friends and Malton Cricket Club on sudden death of Mr. Norman Jackon. Norman left us all after fighting a battle with cancer for over a year. Norman had been an avid cricket lover who gave over 25 years of his life to cricket serving as President of Malton Cricket Club, T&DCA Board and OCA. Norman's sudden passing away has left us with a great loss and a void that will be hard to fill. We mourn his death alongside his family, friends and all cricket followers. The following are the arrangements for Norman Jackson's burial: Viewing on Tuesday March 30th, 2010 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm & 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at: Turner & Porter Funeral Home 1981 Dundas Street West (Erin Mills & Dundas) Mississauga. Funeral services on Wednesday March 31st, 2010 at 11:00 am at: Mississauga Seventh Day Adventist Church 2250 Credit Valley Road (Credit Valley Rd. & Erin Mills) Mississauga.

2010-03-10 ICC Cricket Academy

ICC Global Cricket Academy andOntario Cricket Association will be conducting High Performance Cricket Development Program at Metro Sports Complex, Toronto, Ontario March 30th to April 5, 2010. The training camp will be facilitated by Mr. Rodney Marsh, (former test player from Australia) and Mr. Mudassar Nazar, (former test player from Pakistan), Director and Head Coach respectively, of the ICC Global Cricket Academy in Dubai. A total of forty to forty-five top cricketers from across Ontario will be offered the first opportunity to participate in this program. The program will focus on improving on: Improving batting skills, Improving bowling skills, Fielding, Physical fitness, Mental preparedness, Technical Analysis. This unique and first ever training camp of this kind will be offered through the OCA member leagues to cricketers who are the best prospects to represent Canada in the near future. Selected players will be required to undergo a videotaping which will be sent to Dubai for pre-analysis. All those who are interested should email to HDCL Secretary Murtaza Malik secretary@hdcl.ca or Ranjit Chaudhri ranj16@rogers.com. Cost per player is $400.

2010-03-09 OCA Pace Bowlers Search

This is for information for all member clubs of HDCL that OCA has arranged for a Pace Bowling Camp in GTA area, for the weekend of June 19th and 20th, 2010. Mr. Andy Pick, former National Coach of Canada and a very well known pace bowler from England will be conducting this camp. These two qualities make him an ideal candidate to run a much needed pace camp, for the further development of Cricket in Ontario and hence Canada. Andy will work to improve the skills of current young pace bowling prospects and help them take their cricketing abilities to the next level, with special emphesis on the mental aspect of the pace bowling. For further information or inquiries please contact HDCL secretary via email at secretary@hdcl.ca.

2010-03-09 Elite Players for OCA Championship

Fellow HDCL Club Executives, An email was sent to all club contacts and selectors of HDCL to provide details of potential players. A list of players was sent belonging to different clubs. Please provide the details as per the email requirement. If detailed information is not received by us and communicated to OCA on a timely manner, our players may loose out on an opportunity to compete with the best in Ontario.

2010-02-20 Board of Control Meeting

The first meeting of Board of Control will be held on 21st February, 2010 at Hamilton Public Library, Dundas Room, Hamilton. Meeting will start at 1 PM sharp. Each full member club is requested to send not more than 2 representatives for the meeting. Agenda: Review of League By-laws and Constitution. Acceptance of new teams. New teams to bring the payment and players list. 2010 schedule and special requests from teams. Any other business. Thanks

2009-10-29 2009 Stats

Batting Trophies - The player must have batted in 60 per cent (taken to the integer) of the League divisional games played by his team (not playoffs or Tournaments). Bowling Trophies - The player must have bowled in 60% (to the integer) of the League divisional games played by his team AND bowled an average of 5 overs on each occasion.

2009-10-05 Ed Burn T/20 Championship

Written by Ranjit Chaudhri Monday, 05 October 2009 10:49 HDCL Ed Burn T/20 Championship Crescent Cricket Club added HDCL Ed Burn Memorial T/20 to their tally of championships by defeating Halton Stars in a closely fought final in Hamilton on 4th October, 2009. Due to complete washout on Saturday due to overnight rain on Friday, both semi-finals and final were reduced to 15 overs a side affair. [More]

2009-10-02 Bright Future for Cricket in Canada

Written by Ranjit Chaudhri Saturday, 03 October 2009 01:00 Reproduced from Generation Next, South Asian News Magazine. Talking with Ranjit Chaudri, president of Hamilton and District Cricket League, he told Generation Next that it is one of the oldest surviving cricket leagues in Canada. In early 1800?s British officers used to play because of all British regiments stationed around McMaster and that area Hamilton Cricket League was formed in 1911. Describing the evolution of the cricket league, he says that with the change in demographics, management and players have changed as well, 10-15 years ago, it was predominantly West Indian decent people who were playing but from last 10 years it is predominantly South Asians who are playing. [More]

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