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SG Stars Continue Winning Ways

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The SG Stars took on the SG Crimsons in the 3rd match of the Elite Player 50 Over Series. The SG Stars came off a thumping win over the SG Crescents in their first match and looked to now extend their dominance against the SG Crimsons who lost a close match against the Crescents in their first match.

Winning the toss, SG Stars captain Rezza Gaznavi chose to bat first and whilst the SG Crimsons did well in taking two quick wickets in the first 5 overs, Arjun Mutreja looked to settle early and took control of the SG Stars innings and bossed his way to a 106 (111) which included 111 boundaries and 2 sixers. Kshitij Shinde was the next best scorer for the Stars with 28 (39), The SG Crimsons rallied well to contain the SG Stars to 193 all out with opening bowlers Tafara Chingwara 2-52 and Janak Prakash 3-37 bringing the SG Stars innings to a halt in 38.2 overs.

SG Crimsons started their innings in control of their chase in measured fashion and even with the loss of Karabo Motlhanka early, Rakshit and Prasheen Param looked to have got the chase back on track Rakshit’s dismissal for 34 (72) saw Janak Prakash departing soon after too the sting out of the Crimsons chase. Even as Hanshul Singhania 25 (35) did his best to bring the chase back on track, his dismissal meant that Prasheen Param was left with too much to do as wickets fell around him and was finally out for 45 (90) and with that SG Crimsons were soon all out for 172 in 48.3 overs. SG Stars winning by 17 runs and top of the pile after the first round of 50 over matches.

The T20 Series will commence soon on the 12th of Feb as the SG Crimsons take in the SG Crescents in the first match.

SCA EPS Inaugural 50 Over Series kicks off during CNY

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The inaugural SCA Elite Player 50 Over Series kicked off during the Chinese New Year holidays on the 5th and 6th of February 2019. All three teams saw action across the two days with SG Crescents playing two matches back to back.

In the first match of the 50 over series on the 5th of February 2019, SG Crimsons took on SG Crescents at the Indian Association ground. The day match commenced at 9.30 am with SG Crimsons winning the toss and electing to bat. Navin Param played a sensible innings of 70 not out and should have scored more if not for a batting collapse which saw the SG Crimsons going from a strong position to score 230 over runs to being dismissed for 177 in 43 overs. Prasheen Param 33 (61) and Janak Prakash 32 (42) were the other significant contributors for the Crimsons score.  Ugandan skipper, Roger Mukasa taking 4 wickets for 45 in his 10 overs and his fellow countryman adding to Crimson’s misery by claiming 3-22 off 8 overs.

The SG Crescents chase started dismally with early wickets being lost up till Aryaman Uchil went on the assault and scored 58 (45) balls which consisted of 5 sixes. He was eventually caught in the deep but has already set the platform for an easier chase of the total. A sensible knock of 24 (53) inched the Crescents to the total with many overs to spare but a late surge by the Crimsons left the Crescents needing 3 runs with 1 wicket left and were let off the hook when Anantha Krishna cover drove a boundary taking them over the line for a one wicket victory. Zimbabwean quick, Tafara Chingwara bringing the game to the edge with his 4/42 off 8 overs.

The second match played as a day nighter at IA between the SG Crescents and SG Stars saw the former putting on a brilliant batting display as a unit as they amassed 251/8 in 50 overs. Aditya Mallik became the first centurion with 104 (117) showing his class with a well-paced innings on a difficult track. Kshitij Shinde played his hand with a useful 52 (68) while Malaysian Virandeep Singh was the next best scorer for Stars with 28 (68). Left arm paceman, Charles Waiswa with impressive figures of 3/34 off 9 overs.

The SG Crescents were in for a torrid time as Pakistani tearaway quick, Husnain Shah ran through their top order leaving them on the ropes for 53/4. A valiant knock at the end by Karthik Subramanian for his 25 (36) was never going to be enough as Crescents folded to a thumping 141 run defeat. Husnain Shah the star of the show with his 4/14 off 5 overs.

The series will now recommence on the 9th of February 2019 when the SG Crimsons will look to take on the SG Stars for their first win of the campaign.

SCA Awards Night Season 2018

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The SCA Awards Night Season 2018.

The better performers in the SCA 2018 League enjoyed an excellent evening on 2 Feb 2019 when they received their awards at the annual prize-giving ceremony.

Held at Sports Hub, the players who excelled in the various divisions and the teams that featured among the top in the different leagues received their appreciation in an hour-long ceremony attended by more than 250 players and officials.

The SCA also announced the various youth tournaments featuring teams selected from the various zones. Zonal cricket involving under-14 and under-17 players will play in a league aimed at encouraging cricket excellence among the younger players.

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SCA U14 & U17 Parents Information Session

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The SCA conducted parents and players information session for the upcoming T10 U17s and U14s League. Selected players from various schools in Singapore, both local and international attended the U14s and U17s information sessions respectively on the 21st and 22nd of January 2019 at the Vijaya Room at the Singapore Indian Association.

Parents and players alike were given a presentation by Arjun Menon, Game Development Officer of the SCA on the concept of the SCA Zonal Leagues, what the SCA hopes to achieve with the ongoing implementation of these leagues and how this concept will become a component of the extended talent pathway into possible representation of Singapore a age group level.

The SCA T10 Zonal Leagues in 2019 will see the involvement of 24 teams across four divisions. The U17s and U14s Premier League will consist of 6 teams each, the Northern Stormers, South East Sharks, Eastern Tridents, West Coast Warriors, Metro South Dockers and the Central Skyliners and will be played as an 11 a side T10 format.

There will also be a Challenge League for U17s and U14s and this will be contested by the South East Zone, Metro South Zone, North Zone, East Zone, West Zone and Central Zone.

SCA Cricket Operations Staff, Rajendran Marimutthu, Youth Development Officer and Manpreet Singh will be coordinators for this event at U14s and U17s age groups respectively.

The SCA T10 Zonal Leagues are scheduled to start on the 11th of February 2019 with matches played at CSC, IA and Dempsey.

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ICC Asia SCA Level 1 Coaching Course

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The SCA began their ICC Asia SCA Level 1 Coaching Course on the 14th of Jan 2019.

The course is being run for the first time at the Sport SG offices at the Singapore Sports Hub.

33 aspiring coaches have signed up for the course, including 5 participants from India and Nepal respectively.

The presenters for this course include current National Coach, Bilal Asad, ICC Development Panel Umpire and former national coach, Sarika Prasad and SCA Game Development Manager, Arjun Menon.

The course will conclude on the 18th Jan 2019.

SCA Cricket Academy

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The Academy:

The Singapore Cricket Association (SCA) Cricket Academy has been set up to provide high performance programs for budding talent as well as to provide basic coaching courses to the community delivered by qualified and experienced SCA coaches. The SCA Cricket Academy will design programs suited to all levels and age group of cricketers through the year. The SCA Cricket Academy will also cater to the corporate community by providing tailor made cricket coaching courses for groups and specialized High-performance training for corporates and institutions.

Youth Clinic:

Youth cricket is about fun, enjoyment, friendship, participation, skill development and competition. There are stages in the player development pathway that allow young cricketers to progressively acquire the skills and values of the game and to make the transition from youth to adult cricket. Young players progress along the pathway at varying pace. As a National Organization through our pathway we monitor players from Youth to Adult stage.

The SCA Cricket Academy has designed a unique youth clinic on Saturdays where kids from different age group will receive personalized professional training from our experienced coaches. The youth clinic program will cater to all the needs of upcoming players as well as beginners, who have the passion to play cricket under the watchful eyes of our professional coaching team. The youth clinic will be run for different age groups (U10, U13, U15 & 17) for both boys and girls.

Download: SCA ACADEMY REGISTRATION FORM 2019

 

 

 

 

 

Download: SCA ACADEMY REGISTRATION FORM 2019

JUNIOR CHAMPIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2019. SCA “JCDP”.

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In line with the overall objective of the “SCA ELITE PLAYER PERFORMACE PROGRAM. SCA “E3P”, SCA has started in Q2 – 2018 a secondary programme designed for the upcoming talented youth of Singapore called the SCA JUNIOR CHAMPIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, SCA “JCDP”. This will involve a nation-wide talent hunt together the crème of talented cricketers.

The SCA will be launching the U17s/U14s T10 Zonal League for 2019 which will begin in February and played through till April 2019.

This initiative was launched in 2018 as a pilot in where 6 Zonal Team South East Zone | Metro South Zone | East Zone | West Zone | Central Zone | North Zone were formed for the U17s League and 3 formed for the U14s league.

The next edition will see an expanded version of this league in where each Zone in each Age Group will have two teams.

The 4 leagues will be

SCA T10 U17s Premier League

SCA T10 U17s Challenge League

 SCA T10 U14s Premier League

SCA T10 U14s Challenge League

 So for example, East Zone U17s will have the Eastern Tridents and an East Zone Team, while the Eastern Tridents will play in the U17s Premier League, the East Zone will play in the U17s Challenge League

If all 24 teams across both age group are filled with the max capacity of 15 players per team, all 4 leagues could potentially see 360 junior male cricketers involved and playing cricket on a regular basis.

The Zonal T10 Leagues will also assist SCA’s goals as follows:

  1. Create an official NSA run age group league/leagues
  2. Create a bigger pool of junior players from U14s up for potential representation of Singapore
  3. Ensure that an junior cricketer that may not be affiliated to schools or cricket academies to have a chance to attend trials and be selected
  4. Provide opportunities for cricketers from international and local schools alike to play more cricket outside of the school system
  5. Create a crucial link in the Junior Cricket Pathway from Grassroots to Representative Cricket for Singapore at age group level
  6. Formulate a league which is not time consuming and appealing to junior cricketers and their parents and to not infringe on academic obligations of these players

The SCA will work towards these T10 leagues to be a permanent fixture annually moving forward.

Additionally, the SCA U17s Premier league will act as a platform for selection of 45 Players to play across three teams in the Emerging Player Series.

SINGAPORE LOSE TO KENYA BY 12 RUNS IN HIGH-SCORING MATCH

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Singapore’s bowlers conceded 324 runs against Kenya in their World Cricket League Division 3 match in Muscat on 16 November 2018 and despite a valiant batting attempt, the Republic went down by a narrow margin of 12 runs.

Electing to bat, Kenya piled on the runs to register the tournament’s highest score in the 50-overs contest, plundering the bulk of the runs against the Republic’s medium-pacers. The African batsmen walloped 33 fours and six sixers to post a formidable target for the Singapore batsmen.

Despite the huge odds, the Republic’s batsmen stood up bravely. Eight of the 11 batsmen ventured into double figures, clubbing 31 fours and four sixes to post 312 all out in 49.3 overs. No.3 batsman Anish Paraam hammered 85 and with Rezza Gaznavi, who made 48, the pair put on 100 runs in 16.4 overs for the third wicket. However, the tall target always posed a formidable challenge and for all their valiant attempts, the batsmen fell short in meeting the target.

The defeat was the second for Singapore in the six-nation WCL Div 3 competition. We lost to Oman in the opener before beating Denmark and Uganda prior to the loss to Kenya.

SINGAPORE’S BATSMEN AND BOWLERS COMBINE TO INFLICT 63-RUN DEFEAT ON UGANDA

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SKIPPER Chetan Suryawanshi and Manpreet Singh scored half-centuries in Singapore’s 63 run win over Uganda in the World Cricket League Division 3 tournament in Muscat on 15 November 2018.

Put in to bat, Singapore crafted their innings at a slow pace as early wickets were lost. Openers Arjun Mutreja and Aritra Dutta, who made 24, and No.3 Anish Paraam were back in the pavilion for a miserly 36-3. Surywanshi’s 57 and Manpreet’s 59 lifted the score for a decent total of 204 as the Republic’s batsmen struggled to put on a decent partnership with only the fourth-wicket stand of 56 between Rezza Gaznavi and Suryawanshi being worthy of notice.

The defence of that low total was praiseworthy. Opening bowlers Amjad Mahboob and Janak Prakash took two quick wickets each for Uganda to stutter to 21-4. Suryawanshi applied more pressure on the African nation with a wicket without addition to the Ugandan total and at 21-5, Singapore ensured Uganda were very much up against it and they eventually folded for 141. Janak Prakash finished with 3-20, Amjad Mahboob with 2-26 and Anantha Krishna with 2-47.

The victory was the second successive win for the national team in the current WCL. Singapore lost to Oman in the opener before downing Denmark. The win against Uganda was the first for the Republic against Uganda, reversing the previous two losses both in previous WCL Div 3 competitions.

Full Scorecard link –Singapore vs Uganda – Full Scorecard