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GWU vs Cleveland,Carnegie vs Texas Tech,Texas A & M vs Penn State,Auburn vs UH Clearlake ! Nationals Day 1!

ljodah — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:56:02 +0000

George Washington University vs Cleveland State U

It was a hard fought game, GWU batted first and opener Vivek Hadkar 31 (3 fours) got them to a good start. Coming at # 5 Ashutosh blasted 48 (4 fours & 3 sixes) to take them to 141 in 20 overs.

Bowling for Cleveland State Pawan took 3 early wickets for 27 runs, but Ashutosh powered GWU’s recovery.

Cleveland State struggled, with only Abhilash of the early batsmen hitting 24 (3 fours) until Dhaval came to the rescue, smashing 6 fours & 2 sixes in a fantastic 53*. He hit the ball in the gaps to take over the game and win it for Cleveland State.

Carnegie Mellon vs Texas Tech

One of the first teams in American College Cricket, Carnegie Mellon returned to their 2nd American College Cricket National Cahmpionship. Two players, freshmen in 2009, returned as seniors, Sahil Jolly and Aayush.

Carnegie batted first, and put up a good total of 159 for 7. Naveen hit 53 (4 sixes, 4 fours) whilst Pratiq made 17.

Texas Tech never were out of the game, tough as the task was, and made 141. Raghav opened and made 37 (4 fours), Niihal Shah 27.

So Carnegie Mellon had returned to the sidefields of the Central Broward Regional Park, where it all started back in 2009.

Texas A & M vs Penn State

The Aggies won the toss and sent Penn state in to bat. Currently ranked at # 1, Texas A & M was eager to continue their unbeaten streak in American College Cricket.

However they were withut their top fast bowler Ockert Greyvenstein. Nevertheless, the Penn State batting struggled and made 83. Wasif took 3 wickets for 4 runs in 3 overs. Sudhakar 2 wickets for 19 in 4 overs.

A good opening partnership by Texas A & M openers, captain Hamza 23 (2 fours) and Anurag 32 (3 fours) set up the win for the Aggies. Left hander Anurag had been their top opener at the South West regional. Venkatesh 22 (2 fours & 1 six) took Texas A & M home for the win.

AUBURN UNIVERSTY vs U of HOUSTON CLEARLAKE

2010 South East Champion Auburn were restricted to 106 for 8 wickets against UHCL. Pramod topscoring with 30 (2 fours) whilst captain Naveen Thiaragrajan made 21 (2 fours). Varun ended on 20* (1 six).

Despite losing 2 of their top bowlers to graduation, Rahul Potghan and Ahmed Faraz, Auburn held the Clearlake batsmen and it took a captain’s knock by Prashant Manne of 57* (6 fours & 2 sixes) to get an excitingly close win for Houston Clearlake Blue Herons.

The win came after 19.3 overs.

What will Hugo do next ?

ljodah — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:37:38 +0000

Back in 2009 I met Hugo Scheckter, then President of the George Washington University Cricket Club. Fresh from the success of the first American College Cricket Spring Break Championship at a match in Philadelphia between George Washington U and the University of Pennsylvania.

We chatted on the sidelines,since Hugo,who has never been mistaken for a great athlete,was not playing.

That Fall, Hugo told me that the GW Cricket Club could not come to the 2010 American College Cricket Championship, because of lack of resources,and other reasons.

My response was a tough one just as I’ve given to many other aspiring student leaders around the USA & Canada, meant to motivate them to help me do what had not been done before – establish a viable collegiate cricket platform.

About a month later Scheckter got back to me, forthrightly said I was right and that he had underestimated the desire of the Club to particpate, and that the GW Cricket Club would be coming to the 2010 national Championship ! He then did the organizing, together with the club founders Curt Sonnet, Ankit Sheth and Aly Sternberg, that ensured GW’s particaption, and the highest national ranking (15th) for any GWU sports club.

Scheckter & many others called it “the best Spring Break ever” and GW returned in 2010 under Shaan Mehta, and is now preparing for the 2011 American College Cricket Spring Break Cahmpionship, led by Avad Nandhra.

Scheckter’s primary sport however is soccer, and he now plays an active role in GW’s Soccer Club where his success has even started rumors of him taking over as Manager of the English Soccer team.

His latest major accomplishment however, is as Club Sports Council President -he successfully lobbied for increased care for club sport athletes,so now

“Club sports athletes can now access the medical consultations varsity athletes use.“Club sports athletes will be able to attend free training sessions every Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. in the Smith Center’s training rooms, with care provided by graduate assistant athletics trainers.” -from the GW Hatchet.

This is a very significant accomplishment, as universities have the resources to better support students participating at the Club Sport level-if student leadership motivates them.

From his start as President of the GW Cricket Club in 2009, Hugo has been exercising the leadership skills, and can do attitude, that will better his chances of getting a great job, and being successful, after college.

Of course he might simply take over running his father’s Laverstoke beer brewing business in England, a tough job but someone has to do it.

http://americancollegecricket.com/2010/05/27/he-makes-beer-hangs-at-the-indy-500to-be-popular-on-campus/

2009/2010 George Washington University Cricket team

Which college will take the Mid Atlantic Championship & the # 1 Rank? Register now !

ljodah — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:44:17 +0000

In the national rankings 5 teams from the Mid Atlantic region of American College Cricket cracked the Top 20, with national Champions George Mason University at # 1 and 2009 Champions Montgomery College at # 2.

The 2010 Mid Atlantic Champion North Carolina State University is at # 6, with UMBC (# 18) and George Washington University (# 19).

The University of North Carolina Tar Heels will make their American College Cricket debut, to take on traditional rivals, NCSU Wolfpack. The Virginia Tech Hokies have been preparing to improve on last year.

The 2011 American College Cricket Mid Atlantic Championship takes place Oct 22 & 23.

Register now – deadline for Registration is Oct 9.

Registrations must be emailed by Club Presidents to Lloyd Jodah, American College Cricket President – Dogevpr2@aim.com.

Please cc your Club Executive, including the Secretary, Treasurer and Captain.

Participation in the regional Championships is a pre-requisite for the nationals, the 2012 American College Cricket Spring Break Championship. The top teams will qualify for the nationals, to be held at the ICC ODI Certified Cricket Stadium in Ft Lauderdale.

For players wishing to begin a team at your college, in the USA and Canada, contact Lloyd Jodah.

STANDARD PROCEEDURES: As in all our Championships since 2009 the following rules apply for teams :

1. Team Composition : Students of the college only – though a maximum of 2 alumni are allowed in the playing XI *
Students can be Undergrad, Grad, PhD.
NEW: Each team must have a minimum of 2 Undergrad students.

2. your club must be a Club Sport, or the process begun. If it is not, contact Lloyd Jodah for guidance.

3. PROMOTION : without promotion of the game it would be “invisible cricket” with no value. As always American College Cricket is focused on making cricket visible in the college and mainstream media – all players, all teams are expected to do their part. Bonus Points apply starting now.

*except where school rules do not permit.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes…or Forest Gump ? The iPad Mystery….

ljodah — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:06:59 +0000

Hugo Scheckter GWU, 20, is self described as having “stunning good looks and fantastic dress sense” and according to Digitallife is a “wise-cracking soccer and cricket-playing” student. Our investigative reporters have found NO evidence to support these claims but Scheckter, as President of the George Washington University Cricket Club came to the 2010 American College Cricket Spring Break Championship.

Later in the year Hugo was spotted in the pits at the Indianapolis 500, the British Barbeque Championship (!) and the soccer World Cup in South Africa.

Quickly developing a Forest Gump-like renown, Hugo’s fellow students in American College Cricket and George Washington University have been wondering where he’ll turn up next – and its been in the Washington Post and on Fox TV news !

Along the way Hugo got elected President of the GW Soccer Club, and ran for the student Senate. He’s also now the Managing Editor of ”The GW Patriot” a school paper, and President of Club Sports at GWU .

However recently someone stole his iPad, his laptop and cash from his dorm. The $ 500 cash Hugo had earned as a soccer Coach. Hugo then did the modern day version of a cowboy tracking down stolen horses or cattle from his American side,or channeling his inner British became Sherlock Holmes.

Scheckter turned on the Apple app “Mobile Me” (which he had downloaded) in his iPad, and tracked the iPad to a house in Maryland. Simultaneously he kept his Facebook friends updated, many of whom offered to go “gangsta” on the person they thought was the thief. Hugo however told the Washington Post he didn’t “want to call my mother in England and explain a Rambo-style operation gone wrong”.

Instead he informed the Police who went to the house and recovered the iPad. The man from whom the iPad was recovered said he purchased it from another man whom he described (note the use of “whom” not “who”). According to the Washington Post and Scheckter, Police and GW Police are investigating and looking for that man.

Hugo, a sophomore studying sports management, tweeted, “Just picked up my iPad from the station!! Pretty awesome!”

Apparently Will.i.am of Black Eye Peas also used Mobile Me to track down his stolen Bentley last year, which has prompted Scheckter to change his name to Scheck.t.er.

There is no technology yet to find the career of Lauryn Hill.

READ our first story on Hugo

http://americancollegecricket.com/2010/05/27/he-makes-beer-hangs-at-the-indy-500to-be-popular-on-campus/

GWU vs OSU,T-Bird vs Texas Tech,Auburn vs UF, GWU vs UHouston !

ljodah — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:54:27 +0000

George Washington University vs Ohio State University Wednesday March 16, 2011.
Once again an early start meant dewy conditions, this time at Brian
Piccolo Park.  GWU won the toss and elected to bowl first.  Steady
innings at the top of the order gave OSU a good platform from which to
launch into the last ten overs, and launch they did, scoring at 6.8
runs an over in the final ten.

Two wickets in his last over, V.Khatri put a dampener on the end of the OSU’s innings ending with
figures of twenty seven for four. The run chase for GWU started
superbly with the opening partnership taking them all the way to 88.
The run chase came down to the last ball and with the final single GWU
got over the line. GWU win by 5 wickets.

Thunderbird vs Texas Tech Wednesday
Thunderbird batting first made it to 108 for 9 losing wickets at
regular intervals. No batsman lasted long and the high score was 16.
Texas too had a sluggish innings, but they made the runs with 2 overs
to spare. N Shah was a highlight for the innings when he top scored
with 38 from 15 balls, including 4 sixes! Texas win by 4 Wickets.

Auburn University vs University of Florida
A wicket in the second over gave UF a rocky start and no batsman
looked settled on a pitch that kept low. The only score of note, on
their way to a total of 100, was S. Pohekan who blazed 4 sixes in his
total of 28. With a deceptively small score to chase, AU seemed
confident, but a wicket on the fourth ball was an unwelcome surprise.
The AU ship was steadied by N. Thaiagarajan who scored a majestic 56
(4 fours and 2 sixes) to bring them home for the win, in the last
over. AU win by 7 wickets.

George Washington University vs University of Houston
In an almost a reverse innings, UH scored at a belligerent 8.4 runs an
over, until they were suddenly halted by a small collapse of 5
wickets. Top scores from I. Ahmed of 40 and S. Abbasi of 30
respectively set the target at a competitive 147. GWU, coming off a
win in the morning, could not find their feet in the batting and were
all out for 102. A real treat came from A. Nandra who scored an
upbeat 51, in the dying stages of the match. UH win by 36 runs.

Cricket TV – George Washington University’s Shaan Mehta

ljodah — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:49:01 +0000

Shaan Mehta, Captain, George Washington University Cricket

Videos-AllStars,MC,GWU & CMU from past year of American College Cricket

ljodah — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:54:27 +0000

Aug 2009 – American College Cricket Allstars vs Montgomery College, Sundar Memorial Game

Carnegie Mellon University Cricket Club ,one of the pioneering 5 Universities of the first American College Cricket Spring Break Championship – did a Benefit for 3 slain Policae Officers in Pittsburgh.The local TV station covered the Event.

George Washington University Cricket Club – these guys have been good at getting Press. Here is their Introduction:

He makes Beer,& hangs out at the Indy 500,to be popular on campus

ljodah — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:36:23 +0000

He was seen on the National Mall in Washington DC playing cricket. Then he was spotted at the 2010 American College Cricket Spring Break Championship in March. Now this month he has been seen at the Indianapolis 500 race, hanging with race car drivers. Who are we talking about ? Forest Gump ?

No, its Hugo Scheckter of George Washington University, and he had a reason to be at the American College Cricket Championship, he was the President of the GWU Cricket Club, in his words “GW’s only nationally ranked team” and the “# 19 nationally ranked college cricket club” . At the Indianapolis 500 race Hugo is on the Pit Crew for his brother Tomas Scheckter.

Tomas Scheckter, now a veteran race driver, was the Indy 500 co-Rookie of the year in 2002. He started in go-karts in South Africa and progressed to Formula Racing in Europe. In 2006 he had 9 top 10 finishes in the IndyCar Series. Their father, Jody Scheckter was the 1979 Formula One Champion.

Latest news is that Hugo makes Beer, on his family farm in England, Laverstoke Park Farm. The beer is about to go on the market in the USA. We couldn’t help but wonder….is this all a giant scheme to make Hugo popular on campus ? Is this all just an elaborate set-up to get him girls ?

Our Investigative Reporter caught up with Hugo at the Indianapolis 500 and asked him some hard-hitting questions:

1. Tell us about the Laverstoke Park Farm, and do you really make Beer ?

My dad created the farm in 1996 to create the best food for his family, and it grew rapidly into the large company it is today! The beer organic, and there is an ale and a lager. It is bottled and grown with special crops from England, and should be available nationwide in the coming weeks !

2. Was the Beer making at your family’s farm your idea to help you get friends on campus ?

I’d like to think so. Most business decisions nowadays are made by how popular it can make your kids, and I’m glad to see my Dad did so. I bet Hugh Hefner’s son’s are also delighted with the route their dad took !

3. Describe the sound, the smell and the atmosphere of the pit and the racetrack.

It is amazing. Every time a car goes past at 230mph, you feel it run through your body. The smell is burning rubber, mixed with the corn based ethanol the cars run on, which has a unique, sweet smell. My favorite part of the month is the national anthem before the race. 300,000 people jammed in, all singing the last line of the Star Spangled Banner, and then the flyover. Stunning.

4. Have you been inside a Grand Prix or Formula One race car,and have you driven one ?
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I actually got wedged into my Dad’s Ferrari from back in the day. I’m not really the right build for it, but I got in anyway, and got stuck inside! They had to take the bodywork off to get me out! I’ve never driven them, it would scare the crap out of me! I am hoping to do a two seater experience here at Indy in the next few weeks!

5. When you were pulled over for speeding in D.C did you tell the cop that it was not your fault,that your family has a tradition of speeding ?

This was actually on the way back from Wooster for the Triangular Cricket -tournament there! I drove the whole way both their and back (about 8 hrs) and with about 15 mins to go I got clocked doing 36 in a 30, despite going at about 90 on the freeway the whole way. It was a camera not a cop, and it never came in the mail, so I guess they heard that I’m probably okay to drive quickly !

6. Now that England has ended their drought in World Championships in sports by winning the 2010 World T20 Cricket Championship, how does it feel and do you regret leaving the GW Cricket Club ? Perhaps you would have finally been allowed to play ?
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As my South African side of the family tells me, most of the players who won aren’t actually English! I’m proud that England won, and despite having split allegiances to England, USA and South Africa, I’m still a little bit more English! As for playing, I fielded against American University and against Wooster, but never batted or bowled, which was certainly a good thing for the team.
My talents are far better utilized doing paperwork and carrying water, which is actually what I’m doing at the Indy 500 this summer!

7. What’s it like having a brother as a Race Car driver ?

It’s cool – never really known anything else as both my older brothers have been racing since I was about 6… It’s almost like Tomas is a brother, friend and client all rolled into one. We’re related, but we hang out like friends do, but when we are at the track it all goes out the window, and if I’m not on my game then I’ll be in trouble like any other employee! It’s great fun though!

8. You claimed that being President of the GW Cricket put a strain on you, and affected your Academic performance to the point where you were on “Academic Probation”. Yet you are now running the GW Soccer Club. Did you tell us the truth ? Do we have a scandal here ? Are you just another politician ?
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Wow, Lloyd, not pulling any punches here! Cricket wasn’t the reason I was put on probation – It was a mix up on my part. In England the grade boundaries are much lower (about 60 is a B) so I never thought to check that they could be different! I found out a week before finals but it was too late! I ended up with a 0.9 GPA and on probation, but I’ve rebounded this semester with a 3.2, and that’s with going to the 2010 American College Cricket Championships!

Cricket was the best thing I did since coming to GWU, and I learnt so much. The time was right to leave cricket, and GW cricket is going to go from strength to strength with Victor Williams running things. GW Cricket and the ACC have made me more of a cricket fan than I ever was back home, and I’ve loved it. I’m looking forward to working with Soccer, but am also pumped to running the Club Sports Council, which has just agreed with GWU Administrators to quadruple the club sports budget! The only scandal going around is that I wasn’t named President of the All American cricket Team!! Haha

SOME OTHER “POPULARITY PLOYS” BY HUGO

Backward Man

GW Cricket Team b4 Hugo learned there s/b 11 players

assisting his bro

Hugo,guarding a tire

Desperate to play Hugo on the cricket field in a snow storm

Coaching Beer Pong

pretending to be a cowboy

Tomas Scheckter

showing off his iPad

Leaving the GW Cricket Presidency might have been a mistake -here’s the acting President Victor Williams , with some fans !

Congrats to the Graduates & remembering When we were the new Boys

ljodah — Sun, 23 May 2010 22:57:46 +0000

As some of you, our College Cricketers graduate, the words of this song by Rod Stewart “When we were the New Boys” clearly express what must be going through through your minds, as you part from your friends and fellow cricketers - Listen

Rod Stewart – When We Were The New Boys @ Yahoo! Video

Graduated 2010

Sudeep Misra (Thunderbird) MBA

Kalpesh Patel (UMiami)

Sumantro Das (BU)

Atishe Chordia (CMU)

Hasan Ali Raza (UPenn)
Curt Sonnet (GWU)

Ankit Sheth (GWU)

Alexander “Ali” Sternberg (GWU)

Amr Hussain (GWU)

Sadiq Naseer (MC)
Romel Somavat (OSU) MA

Mandela Kiran (BU) MA
Sahil Parekh (Rutgers)

Suchit Laheri (MC)

Raghav Bharadwaj (MC & UMBC)

Sadiq Naseer (MC & UMBC)

Gurnish Singh (UMBC)

Chirag Vani (UMBC)

Santan Saraf (UMBC)

We wish you well and as pioneers you are always part of the American

College Cricket family.

The Graduate was released in 1967, and won the Best Picture Oscar. It starred Dustin Hoffman,Anne Bancroft & Katherine Ross.

Homecoming to feature Cricket match, at Wooster !

ljodah — Mon, 03 May 2010 03:15:58 +0000

Ian Carlin (Wooster) batting

We need YOU!

For the first time ever, Homecoming at the College of Wooster will feature a CRICKET MATCH : - CURRENT STUDENTS vs ALUMNI.

Homecoming 2010 is scheduled for Oct 8-10 2010, and the match is tentatively planned to take place during the afternoon of Saturday Oct 9.

It will be held in the John P. Papp Football stadium, and all are invited.

To make this happen, we need an ALUMNI TEAM. If you are thinking of returning to Wooster for Homecoming and are interested in being part of this team please let me know ASAP.

Contact : Nicola Kille

or the Wooster Cricket Club

Photos: Courtesy Ian Carlin