Media Release
Doha, May 1 : The Mangalore Cricket Club (MCC), Qatar lifted the coveted 'Qatar Airways Trophy' in Division 2 of the Qatar Airways Cricket Tournament organised by the Qatar Cricket Association (QCA), the finals of which were held on Friday, 29 April, 2010 at the QCA gounds, Lusail.
It was a superb tournament for the MCC team who excelled with an unbeaten streak of 8 consecutive wins and then winning the trophy in the finals by defeating Sports & Scribes (S&S), reaching the target of 231 runs by losing just seven wickets in 35 of the allotted 40 overs. MCC bowlers, especially the spinners, had earlier restricted S&S to 231 all out in the 37th over.
MCC's batsmen Sayed (53), Sunny (45), Sandeep (35), Imran (16), Francis (9) Shakir (23 not out) and Denzil (2 not out) played superbly and reached the summit fairly easily. Captain Sunil, who was instrumental in winning the semi finals with a knock of 99 runs, scored a hard hitting 12.
Sayed Wasem was declared Man of the Match for his wonderful performance of 2 wickets and a knock of 53 runs.
It was a treat to all the supporters who came to witness the match and to cheer their teams and were given a treat for the eyes and were never disappointed.
At the Awards ceremony that was conducted by Qatar Cricket Association Management and Qatar Airways Management, Captain Sunil D’Almeida received the winner's trophy on the team's behalf.
In the semi finals which were played on Friday 21 April, MCC had defeated the 'Punishers XI' in a nail biting match tasting success by Denzill scoring the required 6 runs with a sixer in the penultimate ball. Earlier Captain Sunil had scored 99 runs with 6 sixers and 6 boundaries.
The Mangalore Cricket Club (MCC), Qatar takes this opportunity to congratulate its team: Sunil D'Almeida (Captain), Francis D’Souza, Sridhar Shesham, Sunil Kumar (Sunny), Sayed Wasem, Imran Khadar, Shakir Hussain, Denzil, Melroy, Amith D’Souza, Sandeep, Ulganathan, Sameer, Damith Asanka, Prashanth D’Souza, Vikas, Bilal and the Sports Committee, Cyril D'Souza (Sports Secretary), John Britto (Joint Sports Secretary & Manager), Vincent Castelino (Joint Sports Secretary) and Roy D'Souza (Joint Sports Secretary) for this prestigious achievement and wishes them All the Very Best in the future.
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Lawrence (Lovery) Correa, Pernal / Dubai
Wed, May 05 2010Congratulations Sunil & Team for Winning the Trophy. Keep Mangalore Flag flying high! Rock Qatar!!
Best6 Wishes from: Lovery /Pernal
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Vinay and Joyce Alvares, Qatar
Mon, May 03 2010Congratulations to the MCC Cricket Team on winning the prestigious Qatar Airways trophy. May the winning streak continue and may many such sweet victories be yours.
Congratulations also to MCC's Sports Secretary Cyril and the team - Vinc, Roy and John.
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Leon, Mangalore
Mon, May 03 2010Congrats Guyssss
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Umarabba Ahmed, Shirva /Dammam
Mon, May 03 2010Congrats MCC players for winning the trophy,nice to see my cousin Imran Kader, all the very best for coming tournaments.
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mohammed siraj khader, shirva/dammam/saudi arabia
Mon, May 03 2010Congrats to all MCC players including Management and committee. Keep up your hardwork and team spirt and hope to win more and more trophies in the future. Also, on behalf of DCA I thanks all the peoples who worked behind the success of this tournament. Nice see our Imran. Keep going. May be in future if there is QPL ( Qatar Primier League) your team will have the chance to play in that league. Once again, work hard for the future victories. thanks
Mohammed Siraj - DCA
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Dinesh, Sharjah / Pernal
Sun, May 02 2010Congrats Sunil and team. Proud of you, and may you win more!!
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Navaneeth, Bangalore
Sun, May 02 2010Hey .... congrats guys... Special congrats to Sunil and Imran.....
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NAvaneeth, Bangalore
Sun, May 02 2010Hey .... congrats guys... Special congrats to Sunil and Imran.....
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Riana Pinto, Mangalore, Qatar
Sun, May 02 2010Congratulations to the entire team. Well deserved victory for all your hard work and dedication to the game. Enjoyed your team spirit and are proud of you.
Keep it up and wish you many more such victories.
Best Wishes
Allan & Riana Pinto
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Canute Rego, Bajpe, Managalore
Sun, May 02 2010Congrats! to the team members and supporters of team.Keep it up.
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Cyril Dsouza, Mumbai / Qatar
Sun, May 02 2010Congrats guys you have made us MCC and mangalore proud from your achievements Keep it up
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ullas, kuthyar
Sun, May 02 2010Congrats dear all mcc players!!!!good achivement keep it up.... MCC rocks
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puneeth s kumar, udupi/doha
Sun, May 02 2010congrats to all players who were played for MCC..... specially to IMRAN,SUNIL,VIKAS,DAYA.........
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Della Rego, Mangalore, Doha, Qatar
Sun, May 02 2010Congratulations MCC cricket team. Well done and keep it up.
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puneeth s kumar, udupi/doha
Sun, May 02 2010Congrats to all the players who played in our manglore team, keep it up.... specially to imran(boat), sunil, vikas,daya..........
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Imran Kaup, Dubai,UAE
Sun, May 02 2010Hi Brother Imran Shirva congratz ... All the very best guys for coming tournaments.
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Renita Mendonca, udupi/shankerpura
Sun, May 02 2010hey imraan(kurkure)congrats!!!!good achivement keep it up....
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Divya, Pernal / Dubai
Sun, May 02 2010Congratulations to the Captain and the whole team on this great achievement!!!Keep Rocking guys!!! We are really proud of you all!!
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clifford, pernal
Sun, May 02 2010hey Boat Buppa Vicky & sunil congrats.......
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usman abbas, Shirva Manchakal-KSA
Sun, May 02 2010Assalamu Alaikum Imran,
Congrats to you and your Team...Mashallah good achievements....keep it up in your future tournment also....
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cleevan lozil, mangalore/dubai
Sun, May 02 2010congrats MCC players for winning the trophy!!!! Nice to see my childhood players Imran, Sunil And Daya denzil ( gowda).. all the very best guys for coming tournaments!! u guys rock ther!!
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