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Kuwait: KCWA Cricket Cup - Hatrick Victory for Sharq United

Sun, Nov 20 2011 01:01:57 PM

Kuwait: KCWA Cricket Cup - Hatrick Victory for Sharq United

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Kuwait, Nov 20: Kuwait Canara Welfare Association (KCWA), successfully held 'KCWA Cricket Cup 2011' for the fourth year in succession on Friday November 18 at KOC Grounds, Ahmadi.

A total of 10 teams participated in the 8-over-a-side tournament, which was held exclusively for KCWA members. Defending champions Sharq United retained the trophy for the third consecutive year by winning the thrilling finals. It is worth mentioning here that the team Sharq United has been into all the four finals so far, only to miss out the winner’s trophy in their first outing.

The tournament began at 7 am with president of KCWA Stephen Machado welcoming the teams and guests. The teams participated were Lagaan, KICC A, President’s XI, Miyar XI, Little Flowers, KICC B, Friends Udupi, YMCC, Sharq United and Mangalore Friends. The matches were of 8 overs per innings with the batsmen retiring after scoring 35 runs. Two rounds of matches were held between the participating teams and the 4 teams scoring the highest points qualified for the semi-final.

In the exhilarating semi-final Sharq United beat KICC-B by 14 runs and Udupi Friends beat Mangalore Friends by 15 runs. In the thrilling and closely contested finals Sharq United successfully defended their title by beating the enthusiastic Udupi Friends by 5 runs.

Results:

Champions 2011 – Sharq United
Runners-up – Udupi Friends

Best Batsman – Dian Fernandes Arun (Udupi Friends)
Best Bowler and Player of the Tournament – Arun (Udupi Friends)
Man of the Match (finals) – Ryan Almeida (Sharq United)

The concluding ceremony was held at 4.30 pm in the presence of chief guests Pascal Pinto (former President of KCWA) and KOC Cricket Committee officials Iqbal Vanu, Mohd. Sarwar and Shubrath, who along with ex-presidents Jossie Pinto, Rudy D'Souza and sponsors of the event distributed trophies and medallions to the winners and match officials. Lucky draw was held for all the people gathered at the event. Dr Manohar Prabhu conducted the prize distribution ceremony.

Archie Menezes was the match referee. Rudy D'Souza, Wilfred Lobo, Deepak and Prashanth D'Souza did the announcements and commentary. Anand D'Souza/Lancy Rodrigues provided the sound. Delicious breakfast and lunch was served by M&M Confectionery. Dr Manohar Prabhu was coordinator of the tournament who was ably supported by Naveen Mascarenhas and Alex Rego and KCWA committee members.

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Ajith Menezes, Karkala/Kuwait
Sat, Nov 26 2011
Mr.Don said correctly, without fixtures, one team will not come to the final in all these 3 years. should play in sports spirit, not by saying that i am good and proud of being a member of team.

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Victor, Pernal / Kuwait
Wed, Nov 23 2011
It's sheer determination to score a HATRICK on KCWA CUP made us Winner. With two professionals of the SU team (Manager & chairman) sitting outside & calculating all the possiblities made the Playing 11 to do the job required inside playing Yard. Come prepared next year & we will be there to face you again... All the best...SU Rocks...

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Kiran, Kundapur/Kuwait
Tue, Nov 22 2011
The deserving team is the one which tops in wins, points and strike rate. Sharq United was on the top of the list in the qualifying round. SU did not get any easy teams in the initial rounds but with their commitment they made the matches look easy by playing professionally.

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YMCC Kuwait, Kuwait
Tue, Nov 22 2011
all teams done good job.
How will get bonus points to qualify Semi - final?
any one know?
Example:
Kenya,Scotland,Ireland & Canada ageist play will get easy Bonus points.

But if you will play with
Australia,India,South Africa and Sri-Lanka Difficult to get Bonus points................

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Johnson, Kinnigoly,Kuwait.
Tue, Nov 22 2011
Hello everyone and specially to the Organizers......
What is the difference between Miyar X1 and YMCC? one team won both the matches and one team lost both the matches....both are out from the contest...
First time in Cricket history i had seen a team winning all the league matches and they are out of the tournament....Is there any logic?
Please keep away these bonus points from the tournament coz this makes a unbeatable team to go out from the tournament...
Hope things will change next year and will see a deserving team taking the Winners trophy....
Thanks and Regards.....

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Kiran, Kundapur/Kuwait
Mon, Nov 21 2011
I do not understand why people use fake id's and comment. Every person has a right to comment but in a reasonable way. Please do not hurt anyone.

KCWA has been successfully conducting the cricket tournament for the past 4 years. Unfortunately , Sharq United lost in the first year but they took the defeat positively which helped them win for the next 3 years.

Thank you all for you comments. Any comment will help Sharq United perform better next year. Watch for it..

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Adrian dsouza, Salmiya Kuwait
Mon, Nov 21 2011
Proud to be a YMCC team member
Hope to lift the cup next year cheers!!

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Dr.Manohar D Cunha Prabhu, Bajpe(Mangalore)/Kuwait
Mon, Nov 21 2011
KCWA has done a wonderful thing by introducing KCWA Cricket Cup in Kuwait.Being a part of KCWA it was a pleasure to organise this event which had a tremendous response from the members especially cricket enthusiasts.It was a great day of Cricket where the teams participated with great spirit and descipline.
There was a lot of planning done before the tourney and the rules and regulations were put forward to the teams much in advance before the fixtures.The fixtures were done in the presence of the captains and team representatives.
All in all it was a wonderful tournament with Sharq United winning the Cup and creating a Hatrick of victories..Congratulations!!! to Sharq United and Udupi Friends for being the winners and runners up of the 2011 edition of KCWA Cricket Cup.
Ultimately it was cricket the winner !!!!

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Steevan S. Misquith, Manipal / Kuwait
Mon, Nov 21 2011
Dear steevan misquith, mangalore
For your kind information the rules of the games were not given on lots before the match. The rules were same for all the teams and published well in advance. Sharq United had done their homework and came prepared with all the permutations and combination which was the main reason for their victory. I feel that Sharq United did not disclose their real performance till the final match, which all the teams were strongly watching in the league matches to defeat them in the finals. Regarding YMCC I would clearly like to mention that if they had scored that one bonus point, they would have surely been in the semi-finals. The commentator was regularly updating on the target for the bonus point, and even after that YMCC could not take that bonus point which made them to move out of the semi finals.I salute Sharq United Team members for their sportsmanship spirit. Congratulations Sharq United once again !!! Better luck YMCC next year and I wish to see you in the finals of KCWA Cup 2012.
@Mahesh Prabhu: We would like to see you during KCWA Cup 2012. Manu will you with the date to mark your calendar.

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Don Dsouza, Kuwait
Mon, Nov 21 2011
prashanth dsouza. mangalore/rosario.. read well and then comment.. Don and Dony are two different people, with different mind sets..kindly re-do your comment
Alwyn, mangalore i fail to understand whether your comments are to dony or to YMCC
YMCC knew all the rules and it was sheer bad luck to loose by one bonus point..
We all are sportsmen and we know how to take defeat in a sportsmen spirit.. ( correcting you coz you are targeting YMCC )
@dony thank you for your support , come next year and cheer for us again..

Member, YMCC

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Mahesh Prabhu, Bajpe / Bahrain
Mon, Nov 21 2011
@ Dony ... better luck to you next time man! This time SU won. Period. Luck factor always plays an important role in a game and SU is always thankful to God Almighty apart from religious cricket practice every week!

Whoever you are, unfortunately Don of YMCC is facing the heat because of your 'Nagesh Nayak' style behavior. Poor Don has been calling everyone saying that he is not the 'Dony' who wrote those dirty comments.

And finally for the cheap words you used, I truly wish to give you the deserved peace of mind. But, unfortunately Daijiworld would not be able to publish that language.

So you are lucky. Hence, please take a walk!

I will be there in person next year to watch the KCWA tourney let's sit together and watch all games! Whatever be the outcome next year SU will take it most positively. This is SU's culture and will always be maintained. Cheers :)

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Robert dsouza, mangalore/kuwait
Mon, Nov 21 2011
Dear friends,if i like to join the team or to play cricket with u all whom i should contact, since i am interested in cricket.

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Arun Jossy Dsouza, Perampally/Kuwait
Mon, Nov 21 2011
Congratulations Team Sharq United .........Well done men in blue

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Lydia, Kundapur/Kuwait
Mon, Nov 21 2011
Dear steevan misquith,
Kindly explain your statement of "kcwa rules support u all the times". if your are captain or the player you should know that the rules are done before the game. KCWA will not change the rules while play is going on..... Looks like u have no idea of cricket at all.

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Mradul, Dubai/Mumbai
Mon, Nov 21 2011
Congratulations Sharq United team and also to Noel Arthur...gr8 team spirit... we r waiting for treat from you now Noel.....

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Subhrajit, Indian
Mon, Nov 21 2011
Congratulations Sharq United...Way to go.Champs three years in a row is tremendous achievement.Keep it going.
Cheers!!!!7

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Patric, Mangallore/Mangalore
Mon, Nov 21 2011
Congratulations to all the Sharq United present, past members as well as supporters on this occassion. simply great!
Patric Pinto

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Joyston, Kallianpur/Kuwait
Mon, Nov 21 2011
Very well said Kiran Lobo :) you just read my mind :) Some people just cant take others success and achievements..tats pure sign of..

Anyway.. Long live Sharq United.. SU Rocks!!! Proud to be a member of SU :D

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Dony, Kuwait
Mon, Nov 21 2011
I totally agree with your second comment.I am just a cricket lover & i was watching the whole event & took some valuable comments from different team members & suggestions by the diffrent team members, on your hatric win guys.
@ Mahesh babu i dont know who is the father & the mother ou SU? that is none of my business...... the reason which i comment on kiran coz SU means Simply Unbeatable????????????????????????????????? for me its no not never........ cool leave it Mahesh babu prabu. Better luck nxt time. Congrats once again.. If i heart you. kiran i am extreemly sorry.

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prashanth dsouza, mangalore /rosario
Sun, Nov 20 2011
@Don my dear friend,has all knew at the lots the draw was designed with the numbers.for eg: 1 meets 2...3 meets 4 but the team was decided depending on the order in which it was picked...so there was not planned or any conspiracy against any team no favoring or any consideration...i know u all played well but has fate was because of the bonus point system u all dint made it to the semis...its a sports one has to win and other has to loose...take it in good spirit...come back next year with more enthuse n make the tournament more interesting n fun..cheers to the organizing committee and the members for such a wonderful event which was fought so keenly and the teams to the semis where decided in the last league match...this shows the quality of the teams...good show all-round...

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archie, Kemmannu
Sun, Nov 20 2011
@dony..like to play football along with SU members..dear Dony YMCS could have make it to the semis by getting one more bonus point! can u belive that they missed it by only ball! that too bcos of runout..about fixtures, as kiran said all were present except Miyar and it was by picking lots one by one!you cant blame that we got easy rounds!?
Anyways Thanx for the wishes..
MOUG ASUNDI!

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Victor, Pernal / Kuwait
Sun, Nov 20 2011
@ Dony....The loosing frustation clearly shows on your comments... You have full right to do so but not commenting such a way on a team that was Victorious for all the 3 years... It's the Team's hard work of every Friday as well as Unity that won the game for SU..Better luck next time...sour grapes...

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steevan misquith, mangalore
Sun, Nov 20 2011
so dont be happy kiran,you also know about y.m.c.c its not doublicate mangalorians ,they are all original maglorians.dont we steer them,your not a only one the member of k.c.w.a so takecare your self.kcwa rules support u all the times .i selute y.m.c.c their target finey reached i simply watched their win and defeet.dony ur right.

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Dominic Kishore D'Souza/YMCC, Kuwait / Mangalore
Sun, Nov 20 2011
Dony as you know We won 2 matches with Little flower& Miyar friends both team were good but we lost the match coz of the points.We appreciate.But we are not sad.We sad because of that u wrote wrong name of our team. Its should be YMCC not YMCS Please make correct ASAP.

Kishore
YMCC

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Francis, Mangalore / Kuwait
Sun, Nov 20 2011
Congratulations to SU. Young Udupi Friends Team did well through out the tournament. Once again well organised tournament from KCWA. Next time there should be a live telecast of the semi-final and the final matches.

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ALWYN, MANGALORE
Sun, Nov 20 2011
Well Dony I feel sad for your team YMCC after winning both the games still the team was out on point basis, rules of the game was given to all the team and mind you I have done my homework with my team very well, got ourselves prepared for any scenario, 1st game and the second game we finish the game in 3 and 5 overs respectively and plus we grabbed maximum number of wickets and took the maximum no. of points plus the bonus points to qualify for the semi finals, we had a very similar situation in 2010 and we were at the mercy on the outcome of the other teams and that year our team was very superior compared to the absence of our giant all rounders Steven Mathias and Kiran Lobo who were not able to make it to this years KCWA Cricket tournament-2011. Sharq United is a very old team founded by cricket lovers since 1997 and it has grown from strength to strength and from all states of India players are playing for Sharq United, come what may we play throughout the year, leaving Good Friday. Anyway there is no hard feeling, we have to always cheer both the winning and the losing teams in true sportsman spirit. Well Dony you can surely plan and come prepare for the next tournament of KCWA, all the best.
Jai Ho SU I really feel the proud moments of 18th Nov. 2011, it was my dream and my team has fulfilled my dreams, thank you SU you all have hit a HAT TRICK.

Alwyn Fernandes
Sharq United
Chairman

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Kiran Lobo, Derebail
Sun, Nov 20 2011
@Dony, Bezar Karnaka Dattu, Nasuk Yenathlo Jal Vonkde Munthalo Kai, Thashe Tuji Gath Jali Mu Saiba....

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Vincy, Kallianpur/Kuwait
Sun, Nov 20 2011
My dear Dony, fixtures will not decide who is the winner. Play and win. every time the best will win, it is for one run or for 1 wicket. Jo jeeta whohi sikander(King).

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Kiran, Kundapur/Kuwait
Sun, Nov 20 2011
@Dony...Thank you for he wishes.

I know there were better teams in the league. But ultimately 'Jo jeeta wohi Sikander'. Apart from capabilities and talent you also need some luck in cricket.

For your information all the captains were present during the fixtures,except Miyar XI who had no objections to any outcome of the fixtures.

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Mahesh Prabhu, Bajpe / Bahrain
Sun, Nov 20 2011
@ Dony...why are you asking this to Kiran???

If you ever are a sportsman and with all due respect to every single team that played in this tournament, please be kindly informed this SU unit practices every single Friday (except good Friday) - be it 5 degrees or 55 degrees temperature be it rain or shine be it peace or war ... and that's why they were blessed with this hat trick. No one on earth can take this credit of victory away from SU!!!

I was leading the team when we lost the inagural KCWA tourney finals in 2008 we did not complain ... its a sporting game my friend! As players on the field, we give our 100% but one can still lose. I'm sure YCMS gave more than 100% but a loss is still possible.

Please do not try to dilute the praiseworthy efforts of this team. SU defended a very low score of 40 runs against Udupi Friends. And top of all you are aiming at Kiran my God ... he has been the Glenn McGrath of this team for years together.

Dony ... please be a gentleman and re-do your comments! SU will always welcome fair criticism. They are made of humans too exactly the way YMCS or the other 8 teams are made of!

Hats off SU ... I'm so proud of you that I wish to show off with a loud title here below :)

Cheers always ...

Mahesh B.J. Prabhu
Founder - Sharq United

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V.A. D'Souza, Mangalore/Kuwait
Sun, Nov 20 2011
Wonderful tournament organised by KCWA. Congratulations to all the teams.

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Vincy, Kallianpur/Kuwait
Sun, Nov 20 2011
Great achivement !!!!
Long Live SU

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Ian, Mangalore,Kuwait
Sun, Nov 20 2011
We played well through out especially in finals and were destined to win ..period.

Proud to be part of SU

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Dony, Kuwait
Sun, Nov 20 2011
@ Kiran The fixtures took you all to the finals & the cup? there were better teams especially YMCS?????????what abt them? they won both the matches but they couldn't make it out to the semis, due to the tought fight in league matches.. Any how Congratulations..SU.. Next time please all captains should be present when fixtures to be picked......

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Victor,, Pernal / Kuwait
Sun, Nov 20 2011
Sharq United Rocks.... Proud to be part of the team that consecutively won the Cup 3rd time in a row....Kudos to SU...

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Kiran, Kundapur/Kuwait
Sun, Nov 20 2011
I am proud to be a member of Sharq United (SU) who have won this cup for the 3rd consecutive time. SU also means Simply Unbeatable?

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