Americas WCL Division 3 2008
The Americas WCL Division 3 2008 tournament in Buenos Aires is underway.
Day 1 Results
Turks & Caicos 86-2 (Michael Baptiste 44*, Gary Sargent 2/25) d Peru 83 (Ralph Doughty 4/18, Leroy King 2/14, Wayne Williams 2/20)
Chile 271-5 (Simon Shalders 104, Guy Hooper 64, Paul Wollocombe 32, Mohammad Iqbal 30, Kane Broaster 3/55, Howell Gillett 2/40) d Belize 245 (Dorian Gabb 51, Dirk Sutherland 39, Percival Flowers 39, Kamran Zeb 2/21, Juan Pablo Howard 2/54, Tony Beasley 2/55)
13 Comments »
Leave a comment
Global Cricket
I thought it was about time I started my own blog. I have followed associate and affiliate cricket since 1998. Tony Munro’s BTTW column was a great inspiration. Global Cricket will specifically focus on the non-test playing cricket nations of the world. At present there are 91 countries that have associate or affiliate membership of The International Cricket Council. Most of these nations aspire to play at the highest level. How are they bridging the gap in standards? Do they have good facilities, strong development programs and sound administrative practices in place? There is a need for cricket to embrace a more diverse cultural outlook if it is to prosper in the future. The ICC’s global development program was first initiated in 1997 and began to really take shape after the 2001 ICC Trophy in Toronto, Canada. Although a new cricketing powerhouse is yet to emerge, it is clear that standards are improving dramatically and in time more nations will be able to compete with the 10 full members. I will be featuring newspaper articles of interest, opinion pieces and articles written by myself and some ideas about expanding the game. Please feel free to comment.-Ben Stinga
-
Recent Comments
Day 2 Americas WCL Div 3
Belize 194 (Dirk Sutheralnd 63, Ravi Chanchlani 5-40, Jeetu Khemani 2-20) d Brasil 55 (Howell Gillett 4-10, Kane Broaster 2-6, Warren Anthony 2-25)
Chile 253-2 (Paul Wollocombe 104*, Simon Shalders 69, Guy Hooper 43*) d Turks & Caicos 252 (Donavan Matthews 68, Terrence Thomas 39, Peter Quelch 33, Tim Messner 3-41, Simon Shalders 2-15)
Day 3 Americas WCL Div 3
Turks & Caicos 170-5 (Calvin chase 81, Leroy Tull 38, Ravindra Chanchlani 2-26) d Brasil 169 (Rubabal Islam 48, Ralph Doughty 4-31, Kirton Sutton 2-14, Oliver Williams 2-35)
Chile 203 (Tim Messner 57, Kamran Zeb 41, Simon Shalders 30, Gar Sargent 3-52, Javed Iqbal 2-21) d Peru 149 (Ahmed Nadeem 53, D.Lakmal 49, Tim Messner 2-11, Tony Beasley 2-17, Jim Scarborough 2-26, Ian Scott 2-27)
Chile 6
Turks & Caicos 4
Belize 2
Peru 0
Brasil 0
Just a half time update from day 4
Brasil 359-6 v Chile
Belize 223-9 v Peru
How many of us thought that Chile were practically promoted already!
Day 4 Americas WCL Div 3
Brasil 359-6 (Matt Featherstone 159, Viren Narula 81, Norman Baldwin 38, Tim Messner 3-38) d Chile 322-9 (Simon Shalders 80, Paul Wollocombe 66, Ravindra Chanchlani 3-56, Rubabal Islam 2-40)
Belize 223-9 (Warren anthony 50, Mykelt Anthony 35, Javed Iqbal 3-32, Ahmed Nadeem 2-29, Tony Sanford 2-29) d Peru 189 (chris Abbott 60, Javed Iqbal 28, Warren nthony 3-23, Kane Broaster 3-41, David Sobers 2-14)
Lunchtime scores at Americas Division 3:
Turks & Caicos Islands 189 all out in 41 overs
Belize 30 for 1 after 8 overs
The winner of this game will be crowned Division 3 champions, and earn promotion to Division 2.
Loser of this game will end third.
Peru 136 all out in 32 overs
Brasil 25 for 4 after 11 overs
This is a duel possibly for 4th and 5th places – should Peru win it will be a net run rate call.
Chile confirmed as runners up in 2nd place
Just got back from the Belize v Turks and Caicos game, about 50 extras were given away by the Turks and Caicos bowlers, but in the end they still managed to win by 3 runs. Oh, the T&C’s actual score was 196. With this result they have been promoted to Americas Division 2, which will be played in April in Suriname.
Belize started their innings in an awful manner, and they were 4 wickets down before they had got to 50 runs, but a brilliant 5th wicket partnership kept them in the game.
That partnership eventually ended, and the game would come down to the wire.
They required 49 off 7 overs, and they were scoring boundaries as the T&C Islands kept on bowling wides. They fell short though, as they needed 5 off the last ball to win and only got a single.
Turks and Caicos 196 all out
Belize 193/9 off 50 overs
Peru recorded their first international win, as they beat Brazil, who were bowled out for 83 I think, I overheard an ICC Americas official mention that.
Cheers for covering this tournament by the way, keep it up mate!
Cheers for the update Rodrigo!
Incredible! I thought before yesterday’s round that Chile had things covered.
It seems like the tournament was evenly matched with Chile beating Turks & Caicos and Belize, Brasil beating Chile and Peru beating Brasil.
Final Day Results and Tables
Peru 136 (Hans de Wit 37, Ian Hildebrand 37, Jeetu Khemani 3-43, Vishnudhai Chaudhry 2-13, Ravindra Chanchlani 2-23) d Brasil 73 (Tony Sanford 3-15, Ahmed Nadeem 3-23, Atul Sharma 3-34)
Turks & Caicos 196 (Kenroy Roca 4-26, Kene Broaster 3-57, Warren Anthony 2-25) d Belize 193-9 (Howard Gillett 65*, Leroy King 4-33, Howard Dickenson 3-21, Urial Gilbert 2-27)
Final Table
1. Turks & Caicos 12 (1.424)
2. Chile 12 (0.410)
3. Belize 8 (0.720)
4. Peru 4 (-0.782)
5. Brasil 4 (-1.436)
Player of the Tournament: Simon Shalders (Chile)
Best Batsman: Simon Shalders (Chile)
Best Bowler: Ravi Chanchlani (Brasil)
Best Fielder: Kene Broaster (Belize)
Best Wicketkeeper: Donovan Matthews (Turks & Caicos)
What a tournament! Last ball of the match and even Chile could still have gone through. If only we had close finishes in every one-day tournament!
Hi,
We are planning to come for a visit to the islands in May 2008, we were wondering if there will be any cricket games
that would be going on that we could watch….
If not in the Turks, do you know any in Antiqua ?
Thanking you in advance
M. Hughes
Hi,
I’m a Zimbabwean living in El Salvador, and one of the people who have set up El Salvador Cricket. We have competed in 2 tri-nations tournament recently. The Central American Championship (Nov 2007, Mexico) and the Easter cup (March 2008, Nicaragua ). Came 3rd in Mexico & 2nd in Nicaragua.
We’re trying to develop cricket here & although progress has been steady its also been slow.
Would you be interested in helping us in any way? can you help us in any way? Is there anything you wnat from us that will help you, help us? (!)
We have – in both competitions, in all 4 games – put out a team whose majority component are nationals, something we notice our rivals haven’t.
Thanks, Andrew
Ben,
As a member of the Brazilian cricket team, I thank you for giving us some much-needed exposure.
Regards,
Norman