2011-11-12
Annual General Meeting of HDCL for Year 2011
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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
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2011-10-25
HDCL 2011 Presentation & Dinner Night
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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
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2011-10-11
HDCL 2011 Premier Division Champion
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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.
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2011-10-09
HDCL 2011 PREMIER FINAL
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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<><><><><><
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2011-10-03
HDCL 2011 PLAY-OFF UPDATE
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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.
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2011-09-19
2011 PLAY-OFF MATCH-UP & SCHEDULE
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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.
>----------------For Shcedule & Rules, Click Here ---------------
<<<<<<<<< Have a Very Successful Post Season>>>>>>>>>>
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2011-09-09
2011 PLAY-OFF STRUCTURE
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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.
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2011-08-28
Hamilton Cricket Club Clinches Ed Burn T-20 Title
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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.
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2011-08-24
2011 ED BURN T-20 PLAY-OFF
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>>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.....................................
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2011-08-02
Ed Burn Revised Schedule
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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
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2011-07-19
Record Breaking Batting
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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!
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2011-07-14
CLARIFICATION
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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.
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2011-07-07
Unauthorized use of HDCL Name & Logo
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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.
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2011-06-24
HDCL 2011 Season Update
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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.
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2011-05-14
Week One 2011 Season
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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.
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2011-05-06
Captains & Umpires Meeting
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Mandatory meeting for all team captains, vice-captains and umpires will be held 7pm at Oakville Town Center, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville. Among other things, this meeting will cover thorough review of updated By-laws and playing conditions for 2011 season.Those who can not attend due to work, must send their representative instead.
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2011-04-12
Spring Annual General Meeting - 2011
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HDCL Spring Annual General Meeting for season 2011 will be held on April 17, 2011 at Hamilton Public Library, 55 York Blvd, Hamilton. Meeting shall commence at 1:15pm. Every member club is required to send a minimum of two representatives to this meeting that will kick start the 2011 season. For further information and directions, please contact league secretary.
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2011-04-11
Canadian National Cricket Team-World Cup 2011 Recognition Event
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You re invited?
The City of Toronto cordially invites you to the
Sharing Sports:
Canadian National Cricket
Team-World Cup 2011 Recognition.
Date: Monday, April 18
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Council Chamber,
Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. W.
The City of Toronto in partnership with Cricket Canada and the ICC (International Cricket Council) will recognize the members of the Canadian National Cricket Team and those who have contributed to the development of the sport of cricket.
Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation acknowledges that the game of cricket is fast becoming popular with young people from culturally diverse communities. Members of the Canadian National Cricket Team who have played in the 2011 Cricket World Cup have inspired many young people to be active, be part of a team and enjoy the game of cricket. The Canadian National Cricket Team will be recognized for their great contribution to the sport of cricket.
The City of Toronto is proud of its leadership in being the first city in Canada to make cricket an integral part of its delivery of Recreation.
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2011-04-06
Playing Conditons & By-Laws review meeting
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Every member club is requested to send one representative to HDCL meeting for review of playing conditions and By-Laws for 2011 season. Meeting will be held at 20 Division, Oakville Police Community Room, 20 Oak Walk Drive, Oakville on 10th of April, 2011, Sunday starting at 2 pm and ending at 5 pm.
For directions and any other inquiry, please contact league secretary.
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2011-03-29
Canadian Cricket Team in 2011 World Cup
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Hamilton District Cricket League extends congratulations and big thanks to all members of Canadian National Cricket Team for very good performance during 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. From the outset, none of us expected Canadian Team to be in quater-finals or semi-finals but we did wish that Canadian Team plays their hearts out and give 100%. We are proud to say that Canadian players, despite being pitted against the best of best in the world of cricket, did give thier 110% and made us all proud. Congratulations goes out to each and every players including coaches and support staff for an outstanding effort. You all have made us Canadians proud with your dedication and individual performances. Good Luck in future as well.
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2011-03-16
New Members Welcome
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Burlington United Cricket Club from city of Burlington has opened registeration for new players for season 2011. For further information, please click here for contact information.
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2011-03-09
2011 HDCL SCHEDULE
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2011 Schedule for Premier Division, 2nd Division and Ed-Burn T-20 have been posted. Please have a look at your club's games and let the league scheduler know of any changes that may be required.
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2011-02-18
2011 HDCL UMPIRING SEMINAR
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All member clubs and anyone else who are interested in taking up umpiring as a hobby or part-time profession, please note that HDCL is hosting an Umpiring Seminar on 6th of March, 2011 in Oakville. All member clubs are encouraged to pass this announcement to all thier members so that everyone can utilize this important opportunity to acquire neccessary knowledge and certification to be an official umpire in any league in Canada. The seminar is FREE OF CHARGE to all participants courtesy of Hamilton District Cricket League. The course will be conducted by professional and highly qualified instructors from Cricket Canada.
For further information and for more detais: email to HDCL secretary - Mr. Zafar Pasha at < zipasha47@gmail.com >
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2011-02-05
HDCL - 2011 Cricket Season
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