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

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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

Chicago Tonight covers MWCC - Watch it on TV today

WTTW Channel 11 will be doing a segment on cricket, and the Abid Laheri tournament, today (Wednesday) night at 7pm, as part of their news-magazine show "Chicago Tonight". They "teased" it last night already at the end of their show.. saying "is the cricket bug catching on in Chicago? We'll go to Hanover Park tomorrow, where the biggest cricket league in the country plays" etc.. the show will be replayed at midnight and also at 10pm on WTTW-2, ie WTTW-Prime.

http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=42,8,80&player=Chicago-Tonight&pid=qLio0ls3IjVDuNrxve3FFoYYpiIrf0EK

http://blogs.wttw.com/moreonthestory/2010/06/16/going-to-bat-for-the-gentlemens-sport/

Season 2010 - Week 6 Results and Discussions

Starting a new thread to discuss Week 6 games and other cricketing stuff on public demand.

To start up with, Chargers and St. Louis have become one of the few teams to lose to both the Div-1 debutants this year (CCI and Rovers). Though early to say, United along with Chargers seems like battling the relegation (1 win and 5 losses).

In Div 2, Rogers Park and Arena are the teams fighting for the top spot with no loss so far. But look out for QC Kings too, as they seem to have picked a good amount of talented new players. My team-Titans, along with others like Jaguars, Illinois, Mil Panthers will have to face stiff competition for the above 3 teams, if we are dreaming of any chances to get to Div-1 next year.

Div 30-30 has a debutant team topping the table so far - NightHowlers. South Barrington, Chicago Hawks, Juggernauts (another debutant) are doing well too.

In the Night Tournament, Challengers got a big win, while Karachi won a close match. More interesting match-ups coming up this week.

ABID LAHERI CPL T/20 OPENER - June 7th at 6:00 PM

Important: The ABNT matches scheduled for today and tomorrow (6/8 and 6/9) will be rescheduled to a different date, as the lights at Community Park have not been fixed yet.

Update: The lights at Community Park have been fixed. So the ABNT matches on 6/10/2010 and then onwards will be played as scheduled.

Season 2010 - Week 3

Wow, what a week of cricket we had - full of upsets, some valiant efforts, and highly competitive cricket. United, an early season favorite are winless after 2 games. Last year's champion Challengers look like the team to beat in Div 1. The Eagles fought hard but were unable to surpass the brilliance of Sohail from St Louis. Phoenix pulled off a huge upset by beating Pak Gym, the Siddique brothers from the Chargers continue some their awesome form, and AAA have got off to a quick start in pursuit of their first Div 1 playoff appearance.

Meanwhile, in Div 2 Rogers Park took out a contender for the regular season Div 1 spot in the Titans. Jaguars, another contending team relied on their strong batting to take out a tough Hammond team, while Arena continued their dominance with a big win over the Giants. The rivalry game of the week, ICC vs Evanston ended up as a lop-sided affair with ICC smashing a mammoth total and skittling out Evanston quickly.

Div 30-30 has a few teams making bold statements such as the Nighthowlers making a big statement with their domination of the Rockers. Fenders also have got off to a quick start with a close win against Devonshire. Desi Tigers are also looking strong with a win against the Advancers. The biggest statement however was made by South Barrington with a huge win over MWCA.

This week there are some important games in each of the Divisions. Nighthowlers have a chance to continue their dominance with a win against a good Chicago Cricket Club team, as do the Desi Tigers vs MWCA, and DeePark XI. Meanwhile, the race to Div 1 continues with Illinois needing a win to stay within striking distance of the current table toppers as do the Titans against a very good Hammond team. Teams for two political heavy weights (the President and Vice President) the Challengers and Muslim Gymkhana square off this weekend. Another important game in Div 1 will be between two good, but winless teams - United and Eagles. This will be a good chance for one of them to get back on track while the other will have a bigger hole to climb out of.

However, the statement game of the week has to be between the Flames and Peoria. Both are pre-season favorites for many to make the playoffs and go deep. This should be a very competitive game and give some indication as to who could prove to be a tough challenge for the current champions.