Omaha Cricket Club

2010 NCL - Grand Finale
October 2nd, 2010 at 10:00am

Omaha Chargers vs Lincoln Cricket Club

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The stage is all set and much awaited showdown is here… NP Dodge Park is all prepped and the festive mood is back in the air… Yes, it’s time for the Grand Finale of 2010 Nebraska Cricket League!

Omaha Chargers and Lincoln Cricket Club will lock horns in this cracker of a contest on Saturday, Oct 2^nd 2010 at 10:00 AM.

Lincoln Cricket Club after winning the T16 Championship and OCC Challenger Series this year, will be raring to go against the very coherent, enterprising and flashy Omaha Chargers. 'Bazooka-Boy' Gowtham will be spearheading the Lincoln Cricket Club along with the ever-dependable, crafty-general Rampi on his side while Omaha Chargers will be led by 'Mr. Consistent' Sandeep and ably supported by the evergreen old-warhorse Bhaskar!

All are most welcome to watch this explosive and fitting finale of the most successful summer cricket league that have ever been played in Nebraska!

Don't Miss the Action!

Swinging Yorkers... Scintillating Sixes... Acrobatic Catches... Rackety Crowd...

Be there on Saturday, Oct 2nd 2010 @ 10:00 AM, NP Dodge Park

Published Tuesday August 17, 2010

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100817/SPORTS/100819732

Cricket: Omaha to host regional tourney

WORLD-HERALD PRESS SERVICES

The Omaha Cricket Club will host the 2010 OCC Challenger Series on Saturday and Sunday and Aug. 28 and 29. The two-weekend tournament will be held at N.P. Dodge Park and Levi Carter Park in Omaha, and at Lincoln Municipal Airpark cricket grounds.

The Omaha Cricket Club, organized in 1991, was formed to grow, develop and play the game of cricket in the Midwest. In 2001, the Lincoln Cricket Club was generated and soon formed a partnership with the OCC.

By 2010, the league had expanded from the two original Nebraska teams to 13 Midwest region teams, including squads from Iowa, North Dakota and Kansas. The number of players has grown from 10 or 15 to 150, OCC President Bhaskar Krishna said.

“The growing popularity of the game brings many international students, as well as Information Technology professionals to the Omaha area,’’ he said. “Because of the worldwide interest in cricket by many coming to the U.S., the economy in the region benefits greatly.”

To show support for the cricket club, the OCC will hold its annual banquet Saturday at 7 p.m. at Kiewit Middle School, 15650 Howard St. 

The banquet features a variety of Indian foods and provides information to the public about cricket. Cost for non-members of the organization is $5 per person.

OCC Challenger Series 2010

Schedules and Regulations

RULES & REGULATIONS FOR OCC CHALLENGER SERIES 2010:

AUGUST 21ST, 22ND ,28TH

ALL PLAYERS SHOULD WEAR WHITES OR THEIR TEAM ATTIRE. THIS IS MANDATORY. NO EXCEPTIONS.

 

1)      TEAMS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN OCC CHALLENGER SERIES ’10 ARE

• UMKC BLUES- KANSAS CITY
• KCC PREMIERS- KANSAS CITY
• NDSU- NORTH DAKOTA
• OMAHA CHARGERS
• OMAHA HUNTERS
• OMAHA RED DEVILS
• LINCOLN CC
• CEDAR RAPIDS KINGS - IA

  

2)      TEAMS ARE PLACED IN 2 POOLS.

 

POOL - A	POOL - B
NDSU	CR KINGS
OMAHA CHARGERS	KCCC PREMIERS
OMAHA HUNTERS	LCC
UMKC BLUES	OMAHA RED DEVILS

 

3)      LEAGUE PHASE MATCHES OF EACH POOL FOLLOWED BY SEMIFINALS & FINALS WILL DECIDE THE WINNER OF OCC CHALLENGER SERIES 2010.

LEAGUE PHASE:

Day1: SATURDAY 08/21/2010:

 

TIME SLOT	DODGE PARK	LEVI CARTER	LINCOLN GRND
8:00am	Tournament Ceremonial Start
8:00 – 9:45	UMKC vs Hunters	NO MATCHES
9:45 – 10:00	Inning Break
10:00 – 11:45	Hunters vs UMKC	NO MATCHES	(9:15 AM) LCC vs Red Devils
11:45 – 12:30	LUNCH BREAK		LUNCH BREAK
12:30 – 2:15	Chargers vs NDSU	NO MATCHES	Red Devils vs LCC
2:15 – 2:30	Inning Break
2:30 – 4:15	NDSU vs Chargers	NO MATCHES	NO MATCHES
6:30 PM	BANQUET	BANQUET	BANQUET

 

Day2: Sunday: 08/22/2010

 

TIME SLOT	DODGE PARK	LEVI CARTER	LINCOLN GRND
7:45am	Breakfast
8:00 – 9:45	Hunters vs NDSU	Red Devils vs CRK	LCC vs KCCC
9:45 – 10:00	Innings Break	Innings Break	Innings Break
10:00 – 11:45	NDSU vs Hunters	CRK vs Red Devils	KCCC vs LCC
11:45 – 12:30	LUNCH BREAK
12:30 – 2:15	Chargers vs UMKC	CRK vs KCCC	NO MATCHES
2:15 – 2:30	Innings Break	Innings Break
2:30---4:15	UMKC vs Chargers	KCCC vs CRK	NO MATCHES

 

 

4)      EACH INNINGS IN THE LEAGUE PHASE IS OF 20 OVERS. AN INNINGS BREAK OF 15 MINUTES IS PROVIDED FOR EVERY MATCH. 20 OVERS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY TEAM BOWLING IN EXACTLY 105 MINUTES. NOT MORE THAN 105 MINUTES IS PROVIDED TO FINISH THE QUOTA OF 20 OVERS.

5)      EACH BOWLER HAS A MAXIMUN QUOTA OF 4 OVERS IN THE LEAGUE PHASE MATCHES.

6)      EACH TEAM CAN HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 2 FIELDERS OUTSIDE THE INNER CIRCLE IN THE FIRST 6 OVERS OF MATCH.

7)      IF TEAM BOWLING FIRST CONSUMES MORE THAN 105 MINUTES TO FINISH THEIR ALLOTED QUOTA OF 20 OVERS, DELAYED TIME IS COMPENSATED BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF OVERS IN THE 2^ND INNINGS TO THE EXTENT OF DELAYED TIME AT THE RATE OF 5 MINUTES PER OVER TO A MAXIMUM OF 5 OVERS.

8)      TEAM BATTING FIRST SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEIR NEXT BATSMEN IN LINEUP SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE CREASE IN NOT MORE THAN 2 MINUTES. IF THE NEXT BATSMEN CONSUMES MORE THAN 2 MINUTES, CAPTAIN OF BOWLING TEAM CAN APPEAL TO UMPIRE FOR AN “OUT”. 

9)      ALL MATCHES WILL HAVE A REWARD OF MAN-OF-THE MATCH. MAN OF SERIES, BEST BATSMAN AND BEST BOWLER WILL BE CONSIDERED FROM THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT.

10)  EACH WIN GAINS 4 POINTS WHILE A LOSS GAINS NO POINTS WITH A TIE SECURING 1 POINT EACH TO THE TIED TEAMS.

11)  THE TOP TWO TEAMS THAT HAVE MAXIMUM POINTS FROM EACH POOL WILL GO ON TO PLAY SEMI FINALS.

12)  IF ALL THE TEAMS HAVE EQUAL NUMBER OF POINTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE POOLS, THE TEAMS THAT WILL PLAY SEMI-FINALS WILL BE DECIDED BASED ON EFFECTIVE NET RUN RATE.

In the event of teams finishing on equal points in either Group, the right to play in the Semi Final will be decided in the following order of priority:

• The most wins in the group matches.

• If any teams have equal points and equal wins, the team with the higher net run rate in the group matches will be placed in the higher position.

• If still equal, the team with the higher number of wickets taken per balls bowled in the Group Matches in which results were achieved will be placed in the higher position.

• In the highly unlikely event that teams cannot be separated by the above this will be done by drawing lots.

To explain better, consider the example below,

Teams A, B and C all finish equal on points.  All have the same number of wins.
All have the same number of wins in the matches between each other, A having beaten C, B having beaten A and C having beaten B. Team A has the highest net run rate, followed by B and C.

In this scenario, net run rate will be the factor which determines the placing of all three. A would accordingly finish first, B second and C third.

13)       FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE GROUP STAGE, A TEAM'S NET RUN RATE IS  CALCULATED BY DEDUCTING FROM THE AVERAGE RUNS PER OVER  SCORED BY THAT TEAM THROUGHOUT THE GROUP MATCHES, THE  AVERAGE RUNS PER OVER SCORED AGAINST THAT TEAM THROUGHOUT THE GROUP MATCHES.

 IN THE EVENT OF A TEAM BEING ALL OUT IN LESS THAN ITS FULL QUOTA OF OVERS,  THE CALCULATION OF ITS NET RUN RATE SHALL BE BASED ON THE FULL QUOTA OF  OVERS TO WHICH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED AND NOT ON THE NUMBER OF  OVERS IN WHICH THE TEAM WAS DISMISSED.

14)  FOR RAIN INTERRUPTED MATCHES:

1. The match will be considered only if 75% of the second innings has been completed. The result will be decided on the current run rate of the match. For example of if team A scores 100 runs in 20 overs and Team B plays 17 overs before the interruption and scores 90 runs then Team B will be declared as the winner with 90/17=5.3 as run rate compared to Team A’s run rate which is 5.0 
2. If less than 75% of the match is completed, the outcome of the match would be a draw with 1 point to each side irrespective of the situation.

    

15)  FOR DEW INTERRUPTION:

1. The match will start exactly on time, there won’t be any delay due to 

the early morning dew, that has to be considered as a part of winning or loosing the toss.  Incase of objection from batsman/Bowlers, Umpires will decide to Change the damaged ball with a new ball in the dew conditions until the first 5 overs or with an approximately equivalent used ball thereafter.    

 

SEMI-FINALS:

16)  BOTH SEMI-FINALS WILL BE OF 25 OVERS (CAN BE 20 IF CAPS DECIDED TO PLAY 20) EACH AND ALL THE LEAGUE PHASE RULES WILL APPLY TO SEMI-FINALS.

17)  IN CASE THE SEMI-FINALS IS A TIED MATCH THE NET RUN RATE WILL DECIDE THE WINNER HERE TOO.

18)  EACH BOWLER HAS A MAXIMUM QUOTA OF 5 OVERS IN SEMI-FINALS, IF IT IS 25 OVER GAME.

19)  EACH TEAM CAN HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 2 FIELDERS OUTSIDE THE INNER  CIRCLE IN THE FIRST 8 OVERS OF MATCH, IF IT IS A 25 OVER GAME.

Day3: SATURDAY 08/28/2010 ( SEMI FINALS)

 

TIME SLOT	DODGE PARK	LEVI CARTER	LINCOLN GRND
7:45am	Breakfast	Breakfast
8:00 – 10:00	A1 VS B2	B1 VS A2	NO MATCHES
10:00– 10:15	Innings Break	Innings Break
10:15 – 12:15	B2 vs A1	A2 vs B1	NO MATCHES
	LUNCH BREAK

FINALS:

 

20)  FINALS WILL BE OF 25 OVERS (BUT CAN BE 20 IF CAPS WANTED TO PLAY TWENTY 20) WHICH WILL BE PLAYED IN OMAHA.

21)  EACH BOWLER HAS A MAXIMUM QUOTA OF 5 OVERS IN FINALS IF IT IS 25 OVER MATCH.

22)  EACH TEAM SHOULD ONLY FIELD 2 FIELDERS OUTSIDE THE INNER CIRCLE IN THE FIRST 8 OVERS OF THE MATCH IF IT IS 25 OVER MATCH.

TIME SLOT	DODGE PARK	LEVI CARTER	LINCOLN GRND
1:00 – 3:00	CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS	NO MATCHES	NO MATCHES
3:00 – 3:15	Innings Break
3:15---5:15	CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS	NO MATCHES	NO MATCHES

OCC CHALLENGER SERIES TROPHY PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT 6:00 PM ON SATURDAY 08/28/2010.

Special Report on T-16 Summer Blast Finals..
Reporting from N.P. Dodge Park,
Avinash Atholi
T-16 Cricket News

It was billed as the ultimate fight between bat and ball. A fight between
the marauding strikers of Mavericks against a dogged and determined bowlers
of UNL. In steaming hot conditions on a Sunday afternoon the UNL guys in
their bright maroon jerseys and Mavs in their blue jerseys were ready for
the ultimate prize -- T16 Summer Blast Championships 2010.

The road to the finals couldn’t have been more different for these two
teams. Mavs were methodical and clinical in their approach against each
opposition.  They plotted against each team; prepared a game plan against
individual players and most importantly they broke the defense of almost all
the team with superb batting. A lineup heavy in batting talent till even the
9th and 10th positions, it would have been envy even for the mighty
Australians under Steve Waugh. Pratyush, Praveen, Vishal, Manoj,
Pradeesh....they were all in scintillating form and together under the
superb leadership of Pradeesh they consistently kept scoring above 100 in
each game thus demoralizing the opposition in the process before they went
for the kill. UNL on the other hand was more about talent than serious
method. This team knew only one way, to pummel the opposition into
submission with their pin-point accurate bowling. Except for couple of
individual brilliances (Manju, Sam) nobody really got any handle on their
bowling. This was a team that Imran would have been proud off...It had the
pace of Akthar, the guile and precision of Asif, and consistency of
Gul...They kept restricting teams to scores around 75 which their much
underestimated batting line up usually munched as easily as if it was soaked
vada.

The finals were set to be a colorful family event and it indeed was. There
were several spectators, families, kids, and even first timers from
different offices (friends of players). Under bright sunshine and under the
tent each team had excellent support. The proceedings started with a
complete line-up of the teams for pictures followed by the toss and
pre-match interviews with the captains. Mavericks captain Pradeesh won the
toss and elected to field. When asked for his strategy, he kept his plans
close to heart and said he would look to restrict UNL to less than 100. True
to UNL campaign, captain Gautham was even more easy going and mentioned that
they were just looking to play their natural game.

So after much fanfare, the teams ran on to the field. Mavs kept the ball
tight and bustled in the field. Before you knew, the cream of UNL was back
in the ranks and they were at 20 odd runs for the loss of 5 wickets, mostly
due to some accurate bowling by Sharath. Thereafter it was mostly recovery
job by UNL, done efficiently with a straight bat by Gautham and some flat
bat by the lower order batters including Pavan and Aikansh who made useful
contributions. In the end, UNL had a par score of 91.

At half time, Mavs were very confident about their prospects. After all they
had UNL exactly where they wanted -- score less than 100. But this was the
finals, where the pressures of chasing even mediocre scores have brought
down fabled teams. But Mavs beleived they had the firepower in them to run
down the chase. The second half by all means was the challenge that everyone
was licking their hands for. UNL bowling against Mavs batting. Mavs started
their inning with Praveen and Pratyush. Praveen was in blistering form in
the super six stages on scoring a strong half century as well. But this time
he went early edging a Vineeth delivery behind. As expected, UNL bowlers
were right on target and scoring was getting difficult. With pressure
mounting in the chase, Asad went for 5 and in came Manoj.  Beneath his calm
exterior, Manoj can pummel the bowling like a madman with an axe...but the
challenge was if he could do it against the laser guided missiles from
Gautham. It turned out the missiles were too much for the axe. One good
length ball at extreme heat aimed at the body and before he could pivot the
body weight, the ball had taken the edge and gone up in the air for a tame
catch. Round One victory for the ball. Before this act was being played out
at the striker end, it was probably foreseen at the other end by one of the
two geniuses in Mavs team -- Pratyush (who had correctly warned Manoj that a
trap was being laid by not having an extra mid-wicket boundary, and enticing
the pull). Not surprising perhaps, given for someone who cracked the IIM!
Omaha has perhaps rarely seen a more slender batter get such immaculate
leverage in his shots with his ability to get underneath the ball. This was
probably not his best inning of the tournament (he ended with the best
batsman of the series) but he kept hammering loose balls and continued the
momentum of the team as the game progressed.
But progress was slow indeed. But with captain Pradeesh and Pratyush in the
middle, and the other genius of Mavs (Vishal) still in the hut, Mavs were
still the favorites. Then came a curious turning point of the game. UNL
captain pulled a muscle strain and had to be taken out of the game for
treatment. With the spear out, there was a question as to how well the UNL
armory would work. Perhaps loosing his concentration and game plan, Pradeesh
spooned a Sreenivas ball up in the air which was caught brilliantly by the
substitute who ran back several yards. In came Vishal, who by all
probability is Omaha's answer to a right handed Ganguly. Apart from Sam (Red
Devils) there has rarely been anyone who has flayed balls through the
offside with such panache. But then again this was a different bowling
machine that he was facing and UNL (even though hadn’t seen too much of
Vishal) had curiously enough heavily fortified the offside. Not too long
after, he perished on the extra cover from another gem from Gautham, who in
the meanwhile had come back from the leg strain and was continuing to
delivery high heat missiles...

With support running out, Pratyush tried to increase the tempo and hit
couple of lovely boundaries, but again perished trying to get underneath a
low full length delivery from Gautham. That was an important blow. The tail
wagged for Mavs after that with some lusty hitting, but in the end Mavs fell
short by 9 runs.

It is said that wolves are most effective when they hunt in packs. So is the
case with great bowling teams of years. This UNL team hunted in packs.
Gautham might have had the most wickets (5 and Best bowler of the
tournament), but there was nothing free available from Sreenivas, Nathun and
co. In the end the overall bowling brilliance of UNL made the difference
(which is even more reason why the 28 ball 54 by Manju against UNL in round
1 might have been a once in a decade inning) .

Sport can be cruel. Man of the Series went to Pradeesh for his allround
efforts but he was left ruing along with other Mavs of what might have been.
 On the other end of the ground, Champaigne was being sprayed all over the
players as the UNL team lifted the spectacular Omaha T16 Summer Blast 2010
trophy.



In the post match presentation interview, Pradeesh was gracious and said UNL
were the better team but was proud of the way his team had fought in the
tournament. Gautham congratulated his entire team and mentioned his team's
overall brilliance as the reason for their victory -- true statement to end
what can only be termed a great tournament and a spectacular finale.

The trophies were given away by ConAgra Asian Network (CAN) representatives
who were the trophy sponsors. Several of the events at the half time ('Next
big star' for kids, and Revenge of the Ladies' for spouses) were huge hits.
The teams and audience had their appetite satisfied for now, and will now
wait eagerly for the next edition.

ll the teams have so far played really good games and I hope they will continue to show the good spirit through the remainder of the tournament.

T-16 club is pleased to announce that the teams – Mavericks, Red Devils, UNL, ProKarma, Eliminators and De-Terminators have made it to the Super six round of the T-16 Summer Blast Tennis Ball tournament based on the points and the net run rate. Congratulations to the teams that have made it into the next round of the tournament. The Super Six Round/Semi-Finals and Final games will be a real test to the team’s commitment, sportsmanship and fitness. Please remember the team that will be making to the finals will have to play 3 / 4 games, so please make sure your teams are well hydrated and geared up for the summer blast.

The game between UNO and ConAgra was a very close game with ConAgra scoring 104 runs in 16 overs. UNO has successfully chased the target 105 in the last ball of the innings and has won the game, keeping their hopes alive for qualifying to the Super six round.