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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.
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
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:
- Create an official NSA run age group league/leagues
- Create a bigger pool of junior players from U14s up for potential representation of Singapore
- 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
- Provide opportunities for cricketers from international and local schools alike to play more cricket outside of the school system
- Create a crucial link in the Junior Cricket Pathway from Grassroots to Representative Cricket for Singapore at age group level
- 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’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.
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
Singapore’s openers gave the Republic the perfect start as our men’s national team defeated Denmark by 94 runs in the World Cricket League Division 3 match in Muscat on 12 Nov 2018.
Put in to bat, openers Aritra Dutta and Arjun Mutreja out on 140 runs in 23.1 overs. Dutta made 87 with nine fours and three sixes while Mutreja contributed 57 with four fours and two sixes
The stage was set for a 300 total but some quick wickets allowed the Republic to total 254 with Rezza Gaznavi making 40 with two sixes.
Denmark’s response rested on opener H. Shah whose 85 held the Danish innings. He was ninth man out, hitting seven fours and two sixes as Denmark folded for 160.
Singapore’s pacer Amjad Mahboob with 3-28 and leg-spinner Anantha Krishna with 4-37 were our main wicket takers. Left-arm spinner Anish Paraam chipped in with two wickets.
‘Singapore can finish in top two’ – Aritra Dutta (Man of the match)
Watch Aritra Dutta Interview. http://www.espncricinfo.com/video/clip?id=25255405
Singapore won by 94 runs at Oman Club Turf 2
Singapore 254, 49.3 overs (Aritra Dutta 87, Arjun Mutreja 57; Saif Ahmad 3-46)
Denmark 160, 35.4 overs (Hamid Shah 85, Saif Ahmad 23; Anantha Krishna 4-37)
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Points | NNR |
| USA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.12 |
| Oman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.883 |
| Singapore | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.443 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.058 |
| Denmark | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.626 |
| Kenya | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.924 |
Upcoming matches:
13 November: Oman v Denmark (Oman Club Turf 1); Uganda v Kenya (Oman Club Turf 2)
15 November: Singapore v Uganda (Oman Club Turf 1); Denmark v USA (Oman Club Turf 2)
16 November: Oman v USA (Oman Club Turf 1); Kenya v Singapore (Oman Club Turf 2)
18 November: Kenya v Denmark (Oman Club Turf 1); Oman v Uganda (Oman Club Turf 2)
19 November: Singapore v USA (Oman Club Turf 1)
All matches start at 9.30am local time.
Live scoring all matches will be available on www.icc-cricket.com
Singapore let slip a small window of opportunity to go down by 4 wickets to Oman in their opening World Cricket League Division 3 match in Muscat on 10 November 2018.
Put in to bat, Singapore played cautiously to post 185-9 in their allotted 50 overs. Opener Aritra Dutta top-scored with 38 and middle-order batsmen Anish Paraam and Chetan Suryawanshi also contributed with 33 and 37 respectively.
That modest total meant Singapore had to work very hard to secure a win over the hosts who had defeated Kenya earlier. This Singapore did in the initial stages, reducing Oman to 93-5 in 20.2 overs. But a crucial 59-run stand for the sixth wicket put paid to the Republic’s hopes.
The outcome may have been different had young Janak Prakash not been thwarted in completing his 10 overs. The pacer grabbed 3-16 in his 6 overs but had to forgo his 4-over entitlement with an injury.
The WCL Div 3 comprises 6 teams. Singapore play Denmark on 12 November 2018. Uganda, USA and Kenya are the other contestants.
Brief scores – Singapore 185-9 [Aritra Dutta 38, Anish Paraam 33, Chetan Suryawanshi 37, Manpreet Singh 19, Janak Prakash 17] in 50 overs Oman 186-6 [Janak Prakash 3-16, in 37.4 overs].
Full Scorecard link – Singapore vs Oman – Full Scorecard
Photo Courtesy: Oman Cricket Facebook Page
Points Table Below– Extract from http://www.espncricinfo.com
