CRICKET CANADA- WOMEN’S NATIONALS 2018

REPORT

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 BY: DURRIYA SHABBIR

CHAIR- Women’s Committee

Western Province Team

Ontario Reds

Ontario Greens

The inaugural Women’s National Championships was held at the Maple Leaf Cricket Grounds, King City,

Ontario, from Sep 1-3, 2018.

3 teams participated in this tournament

- Western Province Team (players from British Columbia and Alberta)

- Ontario Reds

- Ontario Greens

The Ontario teams were coached by Coaches Faroukh Kirmani and Suthershini Sivanantham, with Frank

Persaud as Manager.

Ont. Reds Ont. Greens Western Province Team

Nichole Samuels

Captain/Wicket

Keeper Kamna Mirchandani Vice Captain Kishani Marina James

Amanjit Virk Hiba Shamshad Tanvi Vaidyanathan

Chuntel Martin Kainat Qazi Sonali Vig Captain

Saniyah Zia Ishmeet Sagoo Shraddha Shashi Dalwadi

Mahrukh Imtiaz Kadie Ramdath Shefali Moorty

Shweta Gakhar Mahwish Khan Captain Harshini Choudri Vice Captain

Vinit Lamsar Mishuneet Sagoo Laura Elizabeth Jones

Miryam Khokhar Vice Captain Hala Azmat Shefali Ashok Kumar

Nidhi Koshal Suboor Khan Iman Jawad Choudhary

Achini Perera Terisha Bess Krima Pramodkumar Kapadia

Jenny Ahmed Habiba Bader Monalisa Chimutashu

Dency Amalraj Maliha Baig Wicket Keeper Savneet Kaur Kandola Wicket Keeper

Simran Kapoor Shrishti Raha

The event began with a fitness test conducted by Daulat Khan. All players were put through a yo-yo test

and other strength and agility tests

All games were played in the T20 format, and many players got an opportunity to play on a turf wicket

for the first time, this season. 3 Round robin games were played and the top 2 teams contested in the

finals.

Game 1 : Ontario Reds won by 43 runs

Player of the Match : Achini Perera

Sep 1, 2018 – 2.30 pm

Ontario Reds vs Ontario GreensMATCH SUMMARY

Ontario Reds 20 overs

Achini Perera 62 Hiba Shamshad 4-14-1

Nicole Samuels 14 Mahwish Khan 4-16-1

Chuntell Martin 14* Ishmeet Sagoo 2-10-1

Terisha Bess 4-17-1

Ontario Greens 14.5 oversTerisha Bess 9 Saniyah Zia 4-13-2

Mahwish Khan 7 Amanjit Virk 2-6-2

Kamna Mirchandani 7* Chuntell Martin 3-12-2

Mahrukh Imtiaz 1-7-1

Anto Dency 1.5-6-1

109-5

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Game 2 : Ontario Greens won by 51 runs

Sep 2nd, 2018 – 10.30 am

Player of the Match : Kamna Mirchandani

Western Provinces vs Ontario GreensMATCH SUMMARY

Ontario Greens 20 oversKamna Mirchandani 36* Tanvi Vaidyanathan 4-24-2

Kainat Qazi 15 Savneet Kandola 4-22-1

Terisha Bess 14 Laura Jones 2-13-1

Suboor Khan 11 Krima Kapadia 4-15-1

Western Provinces 17.2 oversLaura Jones 6 Hiba Shamshad 4-7-1

Sonali Vig 5 Terisha Bess 4-4-3

Kainat Qazi 4-21-3

Hala Azmat 1.2-4-2

104-6

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Game 3: Ontario Reds won by 11 runs

Sep 2nd, 2018 – 2.30 pm

Player of the Match : Nicole Samuels

Finals

The Ontario Reds were the top team winning both their preliminary games and the Ontario Greens with

one victory, were the second team at the end of the league stage.

Sep 3rd 2018 – 10.30 am

Ontario Greens won the toss and elected to bat. Kadie Ramdath and Suboor Khan opened the batting

for the Greens. Saniyah Zia and Amanjit Virk opened the bowling for the Reds with a couple of tight

overs putting the Greens under pressure. The Greens got a bit of a reprieve picking up 8 extras in the 3rd

over but a direct throw from Miryam Khokhar fielding at mid-wicket saw the Greens lose their first

wicket with the score at 15( Kadie Ramdath) in the 4th over. Terisha Bess was in next and both she and

Suboor tried to dig in and consolidate. The first boundary came in the 8th over with Terisha Bess pulling

Mahrukh Imtiaz towards mid wicket. That seemed to break the shackles for the Greens as Suboor Khan

followed that up with a couple of strong hits to the boundary off Miryam Khokhar in the 9th over.

Skipper Nicole was quick to make a bowling change bringing in Anto Dency who immediately provided a

break through getting Terisha Bess stumped by Nicole ( Score 45/1). She followed this up with the

wicket of Habeeba Bader in her next over and the Greens at the end of the 12th over were 58-3. That

brought the Greens Captain Mahwish Khan to the crease and she and Suboor steadied the Greens

innings with a partnership of 56 from 49 balls before she was run out on the first ball of the 19th over (

Western Provinces vs Ontario RedsMATCH SUMMARY

Ontario Reds 20 oversNicole Samuels 42* Tanvi Vaidyanathan 4-16-2

Chuntell Martin 15 Savneet Kandola 4-15-1

Sonali Vig 4-13-3

Krima Kapadia 4-8-2

Western Provinces 20 oversSavneet Kandola 12 Saniyah Zia 4-14-3

Shefali Kumar 10* Amanjit Virk 4-18-1

Anto Dency 4-17-1

Mahrukh Imtiaz 4-12-1

97

86-7

Mahwish Khan 25 of 26 balls with 2- 4’s). Suboor Khan anchored the Greens innings with an unbeaten

28 of 52 balls with 2-4’s. Greens finished at 117-6.

The Reds began their innings with the promising young pair of Miryam Khokhar and Achini Perera. The

two of them completely dominated the innings playing aggressively and tactfully and piling on an

opening partnership of 101 runs of 101 balls. The first to fall was Miryam Khokhar holding out a return

catch to Terisha Bess in the 17th over with her personal score at 44 (5 -4’s). 3 balls later Achini played

lofted shot towards Long Off and Hiba Shamshad took a superb diving catch to end her innings 42 (5-

4’s). It was still even steven at this stage with Reds requiring 14 of 3 overs and two new players (

Chuntell Martin and Nicole Samuels) at the crease. The Greens however were not able to keep the

pressure on and with Nicole dismissing Kainat Qazi for a boundary of the very first ball she faced the

odds turned in the Reds favour and they reached their target of 118 with 2 overs to spare. The most

economical of the Greens bowler’s was Hala Azmat who gave away 9 runs of her 2 overs, while the

other bowlers averaged between 5.00 and 12.00 runs per over.

Ont Reds and Greens