The Tokyo Giants, the defending champions, defeated YC&AC in an exciting
match to hold on to the prestigious trophy for a record 8th time. Batting first
after being asked to do so by YC&AC, the Giants scored 226 for the loss of 8
wickets, most of them perishing going for the slog towards the end of the
innings. Opener Tauseef Ahmed's solid innings of 46 laid the foundation for the
Giants's total which was then enhanced by and two-down Hamid Syed's aggressive
56, followed by Ahmed Kamal's cameo innings of 28. For YC&AC, opening bowler
Farhan chipped in with 3/35 and skipper Kamran Ali claimed 3/52.
YC&AC began their chase with a solid opening partnership of 93 runs between
Abdul Rahim(45) and Nick Horton(35) but their middle order could not sustain the
pace the openers had set and were bowled out for 195 runs. Tauseef Ahmed, who
was earlier punished by the YC&AC openers, and Hamid Syed claimed 3 wickets
each.
Date stamped: November 4, 2008
The Tokyo Wombats retained the Tokyo Ashes, a local version of the more
well-known series, between - you guessed it! - the local Aussie boys(Tokyo
Wombats) and the British Embassy in Tokyo. Read the match report at
http://www.tokyowombats.com/matchreports.html
Date stamped: November 4, 2008
This marked the beginning of a new yearly one-match series with YC&AC and
adds to YC&AC's existing other annual series with KRAC, Kobe and the Sri Lankan
Lions. For the Engineers, this adds to their existing friendship series called
Pacific Friendship Cup with the Shizuoka Kytes, which has now expanded to
include 6 other teams on a rotation basis.
Date stamped: August 1, 2008
The Pacific Cup, a tournament founded by the Indian Engineers and Shizuoka
Kytes in 2000 as an annual 3-match series between them has adopted a new format
this year with the addition of 6 more teams into the tournament. The teams will
compete on a knockout basis and the winner of the final match will be an
automatic invitee next year along with the three permanent members - the
founding members and Tokyo Wombats.
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details.
Date stamped: May 10, 2008