News by Anal Shah and Sunil Shenoy
Pics: Sheshu Shenoy, Mehul Patel, Ashish Tarhalkar
Daijiworld Media Network - Fremont (CN)
Fremont, Mar 18: The finals of CricBay ‘Tech CU Fall Open 2008’ tennis ball cricket tournament were held recently at Thornton Junior High School here.
Based on the league games, the participating teams had been divided into three categories—Silver, Gold, and Platinum. ‘Extreme XI’ bagged the Silver trophy earlier by defeating ‘Cheers CC’ by 45 runs.
The final match in the Gold category was played between ‘Megastars’ and the ‘Rising XI’. Megastars played well on a windy day, on an unpredictable pitch, to take home the trophy after a tie-breaker.
Meanwhile, ‘Spartans’ and ‘Indians’ faced-off in the final match of the Platinum category. The Spartans won the match with their captain playing the winning shot.
Jaymin and Dilip Patel, both of the Spartans, were adjudged Best Bowler and Most Valuable Player (MVP), respectively.
The matches were followed by the valedictory ceremony. Sponsors for this year’s tournament were Tech CU, Swathi Tiffins, and ERP Factory.
Started three years ago, CricBay, a platform for the cricketers, by the cricketers and of the cricketers, has fast gained in popularity in the San Francisco Bay Area.
It started with 28 teams and has 68 teams participating in the 2009 season. The organization is run by volunteers, who work tirelessly to make this form of weekend cricket not only enjoyable but highly competitive.
The backbone of the organization is the website www.cricbay.com which contains everything from forums to blogs to statistical data of teams and individual players.
A new introduction this year is the CricBox; a weekly section initiated by Rohan Pai (Nemesis) and sponsored by Evolution Stone Inc which highlights the games scheduled for the forthcoming weekend along with highlights about statistics, players in the spotlight, and other news.
The final scores were as follows:
Silver
Extreme XI 77/7 (20 overs) defeated Cheers CC 32/10 (12.4 overs)
Gold
Megastars 74/6 (20 overs) tied with Rising XI 74/6 (20.0 overs)
Tie-breaker: Rising XI 4/2 (1 over) Megastars 5/1 (5 balls)
Platinum
Indians 43/10 (19.1 overs) lost to Spartans CC 44/6 in (18.1 overs)