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Tokyo Giants defend the KCL Title

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

Tokyo Wombats Retains Tokyo Ashes

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

Indian Engineer start an annual bilateral series with the YC&AC

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

Pacific Cup adopts a new format

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. Click here for more details.
Date stamped: May 10, 2008