ERCA T20 cricket continues amidst overcast weather: Highlights from week 4

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November 15, 2018

“Let’s play some good cricket, no, let’s play the best cricket” were the words of Eastern Region Cricket Association (ERCA) president Mr. Majaz Qadri, while motivating the lads of his own team and all the players around. Since the overcast weather has engulfed the whole Eastern province of Saudi Arabia, the sensation of playing cricket, on fully rolled and leveled grounds is completely different. The work of ERCA Excom, speaks for itself for the efforts they have put in to generate such enthralling experience of cricket is astonishing. The fielders have never been so confident of diving on plane sandy fields as they have been doing so in ERCA, and that speaks for the quality of grounds for itself.

A total of five matches were played last Friday, and spectators witnessed some fine nail bitters as well. As the tournament is reaching its peak, the top teams from each group are eying a place in the top two of the pool to mark their places in the Semis. 
The first match was played between the top ranking teams of their respective groups, Eastern Arabia KLV Khodari C.C and Hyderabad Green C.C. The match was reduced to 18 overs per each side, and having won the toss Eastern Arabia KLV Khodari C.C decided to bat first and scored a mammoth total of 180/9 in their allotted 18 overs. This time Captain of Eastern Arabia KLV Khodari C C Imran Rasheed led from the front as he scored a brilliant 54(34) which was assisted by Naushad Bajal, who scored 36 runs on just 18 deliveries. Down the innings it was also supported by all time stars of EA KLV C.C Abdulrahman who scored a brillinat cameo of 29 runs on just 13 deliveries. On the other hand, our very own Abdullah Omer was the pick of the bowlers, who picked 5 wickets for just 22 runs. In reply Hyderabad Green C.C started very well with Arshad Mehmood scoring 46(31) runs, along with Mohammad Jaffer who scored a quick 41 on just 20 deliveries. At one stage it felt as if the game will be taken away by Hyderabad Greens C.C with some brilliant batting from Atif Hussain who also managed to score a brisk knock of 36(35), but somehow, Eastern Arabia KLV Khodari C.C managed to contain them with their fine bowling line. Mohammad Imran, Abdul Rahman and Imran Sajid managed to pick up 1 wicket each. Imran Rasheed was awarded the man of the match for his all round performance. 

The second game was played between Baker Hughes GE C.C and Kites C.C. Having won the toss Baker Hughes GE C.C decided to bat first but was restricted to 129/09 by some fine bowling from Kites bowlers. Adil Humayun was the pick of the batsmen who scored 82(62) runs. From Kites, Anfin Nedumannil and Zubair Annikunil were pick of the bowlers who managed to grab 2 wickets each. In reply Kites C.C chased the total in 15.3 overs with five wickets still in hand. Abdul Raouf scored 40(25) runs which was assisted by Malik Idinabba who also scored 28(21) runs. Fayyaz Karim was the only bowler from Baker Hughes GE C.C to grab 2 wickets for his side. Man of the Match was awarded to Abdul Raouf for his brillinat batting. 

The third game was a real nail bitter, and spectators are still carrying joyous memories. It was played between Pasha Eleven C.C & Abbottabad Tigers C.C. Pasha Eleven having won the toss decided to bat first, but was restricted to 138/10 in 19.4 overs, by some brilliant bowling performance from the Tigers from Abbotabad. Yasir Riaz and Nazeer Hussain were the top performers by scoring 26(24) & 24(24) respectively. Zahid Akhtar, Sajid Mehmood and Naveed Akhtar were pick of the bowlers from Abbotabad Tigers C.C who managed to grab 2 wickets each respectively. In reply, Abbotabad Tigers C.C faced a lethel bowling attach from Baker Hughes GE C.C, as they fought brilliantly to the last ball, but Abbotabad Tigers C.C held their nerves and emerged victorious chasing down the total on second last ball of the 20th over. Mohammad Ibrahim played the knock of his career by scoring an unbeaten 41 runs on just 25 deliveries and made sure that his team siezes the victory. Amjad Khan also supported him by scoring 30(27) runs. Ifitkhar Ali bowled beautifully and managed to grab 3 wickets for just 19 runs. Mir Asif Ali and Abid Basheer picked up 2 wickets each for Pasha Eleven. Mohammad Ibrahim was awarded the man of the match for his brilliant match winning knock. 

The fourth match of today was also a nail bitter. It was played between Britam Arabia Mavericks C.C and Al Tuwairqi C.C. Having won the toss and with slight over cast conditions, Captain of Britam Arabia Mavericks C.C Mohammad Naseer, decided to bat first. Openers Danish Irfan & and Badar Munir started the innings steadily and managed to put up 80 in 8 overs before Badar Munir was dismmised after scoring a quick 41 runs on just 31 deliveries. Danish Irfan held the crease from one end, as he was supported by his team mates down the order, and were manage to put up a fighting total of 169/6 in their alloted 20 overs. Danish Irfan was the top scorer by scoring 57(47) runs. From Al Tuwairqi C.C Sheraz Rizwan was the pick of the bowlers who grabbed 4 wickets by giving away 19 runs. In reply Al Tuwarqi started off with some fire power by one and only Aftab Magre, one of the experienced wicket keeper opening batsman, who scored 44 on just 20 deliveries before getting dismissed. Naveed Abrar showed his class as well and scored a brilliant innings of 40 runs on just 29 deliveries. The game went to the last over where just 3 runs were required to win and five wickets were still in hand. But the drama continued as young Tahir Ali bowled brilliantly. The first three balls were dott and the fourth delivery was a wicket. Unfortunately the very next delivery was declared a no ball which resulted in couple of runs and that concluded the match with Al Tuwaiqi seizing the victory with just 2 balls to spare and 4 wickets in hand. Mohammad Bin Naseer managed two wickets in his spell of 4 overs but still were unable to contain Al Tuwairqi C.C. Man of the match was awarded to Seraz Rizwan for his brilliant bowling performance.

The last game of the day was played between Kashmir United C.C and SAB Warriors C.C. SAB Warriors having won the toss, scored a mamoth total of 197/6 in their alloted 20 overs. Balu Biju George and Tayyab Khalil put up a marvelluous batting display and scored 62(39) and 39(13) respectively. Feroz Khan also chipped in down the order with 38(34) runs. The one and only legendary Rizwan Qayyum was seen in action for the first time in ERCA from Kashmir United C.C. He managed to grab 3 wickets for his team. In reply, Kashmir United C.C innings was reduced to 18 overs due to slow over rate and they managed to score 179/6 in their alloted overs. Abdulwaheed and Waqarullah were top performers for Kashmir United who scored 54(36) & 33(18) runs respectively. Umar Farooq, Muhammad Muthalif and Faisal Nawaz were the pick of the bowlers from SAB Warriors C.C, who grabbed 2 wickets each for their team and restricted Kashmir United C.C from chasing down the total. Man of the match was awarded to Balu Biju George for his excellent batting.

The teams above are the asset, key and major ingredient for any cricketing body to succeed. They are the fuel of our ERCA, which is running day and night to provide a better cricketing environment and infrastructure to promote cricket in this region. Live scoring has been introduced for the first time in Saudi Arabia by ERCA. Now we can have ball to ball coverage of each match on our smart phones or computers. It is the most friendliest yet competitive environment, for the players to play cricket. This encourages solidarity among the communities and builds strong connection among the players which in turn creates a healthy environment for cricket to prosper. No matter from where you are, ERCA always welcomes the everyone specially the youngsters to play best of their cricket. At the end it’s the cricket that unites us all, when every Friday we see stumps shattering and towering sixes, which creates a perfect Bohemian Rhapsody when it all comes together.

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Thursday, 15 Nov 2018

Congratulations to all winning teams. 

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July 6,2020

The Chairman of Intellectual Council Jeddah, Syed Nasir Khurshid, called for a Zoom meeting on 2nd July, 2020 to celebrate the oath taking ceremony of the D K Shiva Kumar who took over as the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. Mr Khurshid opened the meeting with a very enthusiastic and sincere note of congratulations to newly appointed president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, Mr. D.K.Shivakumar.

The chief speaker for the evening was Saleem Khaleefa, vice Chairman of the Council, he said, for more than 4 decades, he is monitoring the politics of the Karnataka state very closely and also monitoring the role of crises management DK Shiva Kumar in the last 2 years, whether it is Rajya Sabha election of Mr. Ahmed Patel or managing the MLAs of Madhya Pradesh. He said, he is one of the best leaders of the party and the best leaders use “their brain, their heart, their soul and their guts.” And his leadership is fit in the size of all these characters. Growth is a very powerful word and fundamentally, party growth is the responsibility of the President and he can take a holistic approach to close the gap between and among the party cadres. 

Every effort is to be made to preserve the sense of unity within the party. We need to unite party base while appealing to voters. He should identify on ground challenges and find the mechanism to address them. He further pointed out that a President’s chief responsibility is to bring all the party leaders and office bearers on the same page with a Mission to bring back the congress party into power in the next assembly election. His smart strategies, road map, mechanism, booth management, better connected with the party workers, taking everyone along with him, will be a direction for the presidents of the party in other states to take party into power.

He pronounced his leadership is totally remarkable and has a track record of his very sensible leadership and he also known for his collaborative and crises management leadership style. Engr. Nasir suggested that his first task is to address the formidable challenges faced by the party and bring the Congress members together, on a very single aspect how to win the election. The party backbone and strength is gross-root workers who can play a significant role to take the party in a very strong and popular position in public. He emphasized that unity is the main strategy and ingredient to win the election, because a party divided will hurt, cannot win the election. Planning is everything and a good planning goes a long way, helping to win the election.  

All the members of the Council expressed their views and everyone is very much hopeful that he is the right person to lead the party from top.He has commanded immense respect from party workers, office bearers, all communities, groups, including opposition parties. He is a very experienced, have immense experience and hard-work leader and he is a strategist and knows the art how to motivate the party workers and unite all in a single rope.

Engr. Amjad Ali said, we are very much confident that he will re-structure from bottom to top, panchyat, taluka and district committees will be re-structured and will induct caliber and talented leaders who can understand and realize their responsibilities and accountability as head of the party at their levels with only one point how to win the coming election with thumping majority.

One of key members of the Council, Sajid Shaikh expressed joyfully that every single member of the party have confidence on the leadership of Mr. D.K Shiva Kumar and his appointment to the top position says a lot of nice things about him.  He has shown his great leadership and expert in crises management on many occasion.  The party in Karnataka is in good hands and I am sure he will sort-out all the difference between and among the party leaders and cadres, which has hurt the party in the last election and will bring all on the same page. Congress party and its workers are lucky to have such a passionate and hardworking president who is ready to work day in and day out to bring party in power in 2023 assembly election.

Prominent members of the Council, Engr. Azher Parvaiz, Engr. Abdul Wahid, Hazrat Qadri, Engr. Abdul Ameed, Saleem Khan, and Rafiuddin Kharadi commented, we looking forward his dynamic and result oriented leadership in organizing and re-shaping the party in the state, he will hold all congressmen together with a noble purpose, motivate every party worker to work with dedication so that congress can come back to power with absolute majority and he can count on our absolute support in booth management as well  suggest a few points to be included in the manifestos, running a high  successful voltage campaign highlighting the failure of the BJP government at the Center and at the state, between and among in the NRIs community across the Gulf Countries, including Europe and America. Council will do the value-based politics and will present the image of the Congress party, as the rational political party, with secular and inclusive, where people of all religions, caste, race and gender, feel wanted in the party, as its main ideology.

Syed Nasir Khurshid thanked entire team for attending the meeting he expressed his gratitude towards Vice Chairman of the council Saleem Khaleefa for speaking as chief speaker and giving updates, he said, team members are excited to meet in person with Mr. D.K. Shiva Kumar, when members visit India during their vacation.

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News Network
June 28,2020

Dubai: A blood donation drive was conducted by Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club (KSCC) at in Al Wasl Club Stadium here on Friday, 26th June 2020.

The drive started around 1:00 pm and continued till 4:00 pm as per schedule provided by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) Blood Donation Centre and 60 people donated blood to support the Blood Bank. The drive was well organised by maintaining social distance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As blood cannot be produced but only can be donated, this drive will help many patients in need of blood during emergencies. Donors were also feeling proud and happy at this moment thinking of saving someone’s life.

DHA Blood Donation Centre staff carried out the screening and testing done in very well manner keeping social distancing during this pandemic. Volunteers of KSCC were also helping the staff to keep people in safe distance and to make this drive a success.

KSCC Manager Mr. Mohammad Shafi and other office bearers were present at the event venue. KSCC thanked the volunteers, Community Development of Authority (CDA), Dubai Health Authority (DHA), Blood Donation Centre, Government of Dubai and Al Wasl Club Stadium for making the event successful.

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June 17,2020

Doha: Qatar Indian Social Forum (QISF) once again set an example that no caste, creed, language and religion comes as hurdle for their humanitarian services and helped to perform last rites of Ramesh who committed suicide in Doha-Qatar.

45-year-old Ramesh son of K. Nagan hailing from Panikulam, Thrissur district in Kerala, who was working as a tailor committed suicide in his house at Ruwias in Qatar on 30th May 2020.

On hearing this news, some of his friends in Kearla informed Mr. Shihab who is also from Thrissur and a member of QISF and the same was brought to the notice of QISF humanitarian team head Mr. Abdul Latheef Madikeri and Basheer Ahmed of Tamil Nadu.

Immediately, the QISF team intervened and contacted the family members of the deceased in India and discussed the matter and consequences of sending the body back home to India in this pandemic COVID 19 situation.

Considering the prevailing situation, the family members gave the consent to bury the body in Qatar itself.

QISF team collected the required documents from the family of the deceased and managed to clear all the necessary formalities from the police department, Health Department, Embassy of India and Hamad Medical Corporation.

Finally, the body of the deceased was buried in Qatar on 7th June 2020 and the copies of all the relevant documents have been handed over to the family members.

The family members of the deceased thanked and applauded the leaders and all the members of QISF for their effective and on time humanitarian service rendered even in this pandemic crisis and having no bias.

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