Untimely Demise of Shekhs Aravind

Folks,

Please use this thread to post condolence messages for our Prez- Shekhs Aravind.

The Visitation and Funeral Services information is available on the MWCC website now.

Last comment on the blog by Shekhs Aravind -

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Bolt,
Bud, I'm blogging as a fellow blogger and not as a league president.

We want all the bloggers to come back and get this blog going.
I miss blogging myself. LEts start it now..you and I... :-)

There is no point hearing only the good stuff, we want to hear the criticisms as well. Thats how we get better.
Of course, nothing is perfect, we can only try to get better.
So, you and I if we bring out the criticisms, the mangement should take it in good spirits and act on it.

Lets do this..
Shekhs

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Thanks!

Week 7, 8 - Discussions and Predictions

The 2011 season has already been more than one month old and we have witnessed fewer (thanks to Rain God), but high quality matches.

Last week in Div 1, half of the matches were nail-biters. Bears-Rogers Park, Mil - Pak Gym, WildCats-Muslim Gym, while the other ended in total domination by one team.

Div 2 has been very much competitive in itself, with all the teams capable of being in the top-6.

Div 30-30 had a major disappointing result with last year champs Dee-Park getting allout for meager 59 and losing comprehensively. Juggernauts continue their march towards being the best team in this division.

Interesting matches coming up this weekend, so get on with your predictions!!

Welcome to 2011 Season - Week 1 & Week 2

Time for the game predictions, Time for all our bloggers with aliases to wake up ... WhatzNext, Billoger and others .. :-)

This week we are going to see some rain, but hope we can get some matches done. Post your comments about the games and everything related to it.

All the Best to everyone for the 2011 season ..

Asif Mehmood Shines while playing for USA

Asif Mehmood Khan playing for USA in the ICC Division 3 along with Usman Shuja led USA to brilliant comeback victory against Oman and kept USA's hope to progress to Div 2 alive.

http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=15487&ntid=4

http://www.espncricinfo.com/wcldiv3/engine/current/match/494735.html

http://www.americancricketacademy.com/live_score/match4/webscorecard.html

MWCC 2010 Banquet

Midwest Cricket Conference’s (MWCC) 2010 season’s Annual Banquet was held at Waterford Banquet, Elmurst, IL on 11^th Dec in the Evening. About 200 people attended this year’s Annual Banquet.

The event started with the comparers Atif Sheikh and Shiraz Najam welcoming the MWCC Community and entertaining them with their witty speech. Shekhs Aravind, the president of MWCC then welcomed the attendee’s and spent few moments talking about Tushar Mehta – the dashing allrounder from Challengers Cricket Club who passed away last month due to Cancer. Tushar Mehta was one of best allrounders in MWCC, who can turn a match single-handedly.

After the dinner, the prize distribution ceremony was started and the best performers across the MWCC 2010 Cricket Season were given trophies. Following is the list of the few of Best Performers of 2010 –

· Div 1 Champions – Challengers Cricket Club

· Div 1 Runners-Up – Pak Gymkhana

· Div 2 Champions – Rogers Park

· Div 2 Runners-Up – QC Kings

· Div 2 Regular Season Champion – Arena PRI Cricket Club

· Div 30/30 Champions – DeePark

· Div 30/30 Runners-Up – Juggernauts

· Abid Lehri Night 20/20 Champions – Challengers Cricket Club

· Abid Lehri Night 20/20 Runners-Up – Pak Gymkhana

· Life Time Achievement Awards Winners – Tariq Ahmed, Humayun Mirza, Magnus Huggins

· Excellent Services to MWCC in 2010 Award Winners – Sandeep Palakkal, Pankaj Lawande, Ashhar Mehdi

The Banquet hall was sponsored by Waterford Banquet, Elmhurst, IL, while the Vegetarian food was sponsored by Raj Palace Restaurant, Schaumburg, IL.

MWCC Banquet 2010

Date - 11th Dec 2010

Where - Waterford Banquet

933 South Riverside Drive,

Elmhurst, IL - 60126

Time - 6:30 PM to 11:00 PM

Tushar Mehta -- A Challenger left us all today morning

Today morning Tushar Mehta - A Challenger player for long, breathed his last few breaths at 6:00 AM. He was suffering from Cancer for long. He was a great Right Handed Batsman and Bowler. He was a true Gentlemen and his absence will be felt in our MWCC.

Please pray for the deceased soul and his family in this difficult time.

Penultimate weekend of Regular season - results and related discussions

This thread is for games related discussions only.

Most of the teams have now completed their 14 games of the season.

In Div 1, United's fate is hanging on the result of the game between AAA and CCI. Eagles have already been relegated to Div 2. The play-off teams have been finalized with just the positioning may change based on the results in the last week.

Div 2 too has the same situation with respect to the play-offs.

In 30-30, most of the play-off spots have been decided but the last week games will decide the final 2 play-off teams.

And last but not the least, Congrats to the Challengers for winning the ABNT for the 6th time. And thanks to Pak Gym and Challengers both for providing a wonderful game of Cricket. The Final was a match to remember.

Political Hot Topics - Thread 3

In order to facilitate all discussions, we have decided to separate the discussion threads. If you want to talk about political hot-topics, then there will be a thread for that. If you want to talk about games predictions, results, and other discussions, there will be a separate thread for it.

If we see comments starting to spill over, we will be forced to monitor and censor them in order to keep the discussions separate. Note, the goal is not to prevent or suppress any form of discussion, but instead to facilitate all types of discussions.

This thread is for politically motivated discussions. Please feel free to discuss anything related to the running of this league, interactions with other leagues, USACA related issues, etc.

Week 13 - Results

In order to facilitate all discussions, we have decided to separate the discussion threads. If you want to talk about political hot-topics, then there will be a thread for that. If you want to talk about week 9 predictions, results, and other discussions.

If we see comments starting to spill over, we will be forced to monitor and censor them in order to keep the discussions separate. Note, the goal is not to prevent or suppress any form of discussion, but instead to facilitate all types of discussions.

This thread is for results for week 13, and other games related topics.

Political Hot Topics - Thread 2

In order to facilitate all discussions, we have decided to separate the discussion threads. If you want to talk about political hot-topics, then there will be a thread for that. If you want to talk about week 9 predictions, results, and other discussions.

If we see comments starting to spill over, we will be forced to monitor and censor them in order to keep the discussions separate. Note, the goal is not to prevent or suppress any form of discussion, but instead to facilitate all types of discussions.

This thread is for politically motivated discussions. Please feel free to discuss anything related to the running of this league, interactions with other leagues, USACA related issues, etc.

Week 11 - Predictions and Results

In order to facilitate all discussions, we have decided to separate the discussion threads. If you want to talk about political hot-topics, then there will be a thread for that. If you want to talk about week 9 predictions, results, and other discussions.

If we see comments starting to spill over, we will be forced to monitor and censor them in order to keep the discussions separate. Note, the goal is not to prevent or suppress any form of discussion, but instead to facilitate all types of discussions.



This thread is for predictions for week 11, results for week 11, and other related topics.

Political Hot Topics - Thread 1

In order to facilitate all discussions, we have decided to separate the discussion threads. If you want to talk about political hot-topics, then there will be a thread for that. If you want to talk about week 9 predictions, results, and other discussions.

If we see comments starting to spill over, we will be forced to monitor and censor them in order to keep the discussions separate. Note, the goal is not to prevent or suppress any form of discussion, but instead to facilitate all types of discussions.



This thread is for politically motivated discussions. Please feel free to discuss anything related to the running of this league, interactions with other leagues, USACA related issues, etc.

Week 8 - Results and CER team discussions

As the previous thread has reached to 200 comments, starting up this new thread. Please continue your discussions here.

In the meanwhile, Rovers is showing potential to be a Div 1 playoff contender with winning their 4th match in the season. While Mil Panthers continuing their dream run in Div 2 with 6 wins in a row, while Hammond created a upset beating QC Kings. In 30-30, NightHowlers beat Hawks to be the #1 team again. While 20-20 had a very close encounter between Flames and Chargers with Flames winning by 3 runs at the end.

Week 7 - Results and Discussions

Opening up a new thread to discuss the Week 7 results and carry on the other discussions from previous thread.

Also, The ALNT Season Opener was also covered by DesiTalk, the local newspaper for Indian and Pakistani news. The article can be found here:

http://www.desitalkchicago.com/DesiTalk/OpenImage.htm?Image=616201021525234&Date=18Jun2010&NewsId=5436330824040770449