Captain Mumtaz Alam once again proves the saviour with the enormous help from lucky Malik Naseem, the two combining a 9th wicket partnership of 84 runs, a new record fort he KCL!  

As for Millennium's bowling, N. Miyaji (7-0-18-1) did his best, especially in his last 5 opvers when he conceded only 7 runs. N. Saida (7-0-23-3) took the wickets that counted at a minimal cost. Ahmed Munir (1.2-0-6-2) showed how dangerous he is and how improperly he is being used. Y. Matsubara (6-0-39-2) did his best when the going got rough and should come out with far better figures with some help from his fielders. Mohammad Rizwan (7-0-33-2) disappointed for a member of the Japan squad. S. Kanzaki (2-0-24-0) simply got muredered. 

Although the Giants should have bowled out for less than 80, 149 was not an overdifficult target for Millennium who had showed how good their batting was in the past. 

-6/1: Ahmed Munir (6) uselessly gets rash and cross bats at a good length ball from Mumtaz Alam to sky an easy catch to wicket-keeper Amjad Hussain. Unreserved celebrations from the Giants players who know they have got a big wicket cheaply. 
-37/2: Qureshi Naeem (9) gets caught behind by Amjad Hussain off Hamid Saeed's very first ball enticing him in a poor shot. 
-45/2 in 18 overs: T. Fuji and N. Miyaji, in spite of three sixes between the two of them get booged down, combining for more than thirty dots in a row. 
-58/3: T. Fuji (25) is comprehensivley bowled by Rana Rashid's yorker after being repeatedly beaten off his off stump. 
68/4: Mohammad Rizwan (3) off to an easy start, swings at a rank long hop from left-arm offspinner Tauseef Azhar and completely misses the ball which falls onto the middle stump in a nightmarish slow motion. Some unpalatable celebrations from the Giants players at the dismissal of a compatriot. The less said, the better... 
80/5: N. Miyaji (21) strikes disaster with a suicidal attempt to run a bye and gets run out with miles to go. 
-80/6: N. Yoshioka (6) gets caught by Malik Naseem at second slip trying to cut Mumtaz Alam. 
Y. Matsubara (36*) and S. Iida (13*) find themselves having to score 70 runs in 7 overs and go for broke, sing, miss, swing and miss again, then connects for twos and singles. Y. Matsubara connects for a big six. Some sloppy fielding (at least ten overthrows) give them a glimmer of hope, but Hamid Saeed puts the brakes when needed, encouraged by skipper Mumtaz Alam who screams his head off berating his players' sloppiness. 
Tokyo Giants are finally home by 13 runs. 

The Giants' bowlers probably won the match in the end. They combined for 8 maidens. Multiply that by 2 and you get the difference bewteen the two teams, not counting they conceded only 10 wides to 23, in spite of the lenient umpiring. 
Rana Rashid (7-2-1-17) and Hamid Saeed (7-3-19-1) were never comfortably played. Razzaq Cheema (7-1-24-1) was reasonably cheap. Mumtaz Alam (7-1-33-2) although har hit in the end got the vital wicket of Ahmed Munir. Tauseef Azhar (7-1-36-1), a scruffy player with strange histrionics if there is one, disappointed in spite of his sole lucky wicket. 

On the whole, Tokyo Giants deserved to win because of their grittiness and will to win. 

Man of the match: Malik naseem, closely followed by Mumtaz Alam and Hamid Saeed 

23/11/2003 
Pacific Cup: Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C. crush undermanned Shizuoka Kytes C.C.: 
Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C.: 124 (Sanjeeb, 40; M. Sharpe, 5/37) 
Shizuoka Kytes C.C.: 50 (Ashok Kumar, 6/5, Bikash, 3/11) 
Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C. won by 74 runs 

16/11/2003 
Bad weather and team problems see the Division 2 Final canceled and the Division 1 Final reported to December 14th 

09/11/2003 
Friendly: 
Adore C.C. finally get their revenge on Shizuoka Kytes C.C.: 
Shizuoka Kytes: 134/6 (P. Harris, 54) 
Adore C.C.: 135/5 Y. Murata, 58*) 
Adore C.C. won by 5 wickets 

02/11/2003 
Kanto Cricket League Division 1 Semi-final: 
Tokyo Giants C.C. squeeze by Yokohama C. & A.C. to reach final against Millennium C.C. 
Yokohama C. & A.C.: 114/7 (Mumtaz Alam, 3.15) 
Tokyo Giants C.C.: 120/9 (Ahmed Saeed, 39) 
Tokyo Giants C.C. won by 1 wicket 
Umpire: Anton McCloy 

Kanto Cricket League Division 2 Semi-final: 
Wyverns C.C., led by Gavin Beath,  confirm by crushing Tokyo Bay Districts C.C. to join Tokyo British Emabssy C.C. in final on November 16th: 
Tokyo Bay Districts C.C.: 80 (G. Beath, 3/10; Y. Hirose, 3/34; record-eaqualling catches by K. Edagawa) 
Wyverns C.C.: 81/1 (G. Beath, 51*) 
Wyverns c.C. won by 9 wickets 
Umpire: Robert-Gilles Martineau 

25~26/10/2003 
Kanto Cricket League Division 1 Semi-final: 
Millennium C.C. squeeze by hapless Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C. 
Tokyo Indain Engineers C.C.: 174 (39.5 overs) (Extras, 49; Sriram Sampath, 40; N. Saida, 5/44) 
Millennium C.C.: 178/8 (36.2 overs) (Extras, 36; K. Matsuhisa, 31) 
Millennium C.C. won by 2 wickets 
Umpire: Neil Harrison 

Pacific Cup: 
Tokyo British Embassy C.C. blasts Shizuoka Kytes C.C. in "double header" 
Shizuoka Kytes C.C.: 106/9  
Tokyo British Embassy C.C.: 107/ 3; D. Benson, 39*, W. Daley, 34) 
Tokyo British Embassy C.C. won by 7 wickets 
Present standings of Pacific Cup: 
Tokyo British Embassy C.C.: 2 wins, 1 tie, 1 loss 
Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C.: 1 win , 1 tie, 1 loss 
Shizuoka Kytes C.C.: 1 win, 2 losses 

17/10/2003 
Kanto Cricket League play-offs dates: 
Division 1: 
Sunday November 2nd: Y. C & A. C. vs Tokyo Giants C.C. at Fuji, Umpire: Anton McCloy 
Saturday October 25th: Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C. vs. Millennium C.C. at Shizuoka. Umpire: Neil Harrison 

Division 2: 
Sunday November 2nd: Wyverns C.C. vs. Tokyo Bay Districts C.C. at Shizuoka. Umpire: Robert-Gilles Martineau  

12/10/2003 
Kanto Cricket League Division 2 Semi-finals: 
Tokyo British Embassy C.C. accedes to Division 1 in 2004 thanks to an excellent all-round performance 
Gunma XI Star: 132 (Ashaq Ahmad, 41; D. Envall, 3/32 
Tokyo British Embassy C.C.: 133/5 (A. Winston, 54*, T. Goodwin, 34*) 
Tokyo British Embassy C.C. won by 5 wickets) 

Bad Weather postpones two Division 1 semi-finals and one Division 2 semi-final 

05/10/2003 
Pacific Cup: 
Shizuoka Kytes C.C. start well against Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C.: 
Shizuoka Kytes C.C.: 133 (M. Sharpe: 60; P. harris, 35; Gijo Shivan, 3/16) 
Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C.: 72 (J. Chamberlain, 4/26) 
Shizuoka Kytes C.C. won by 61 runs. 
Present Pacific Cup standings: 
Tokyo Indian Engineers: 1 win, 1 tie, 1 loss 
Shizuoka Kytes C.C.: 1 win 
Tokyo British Embassy C.C.: 1 tie, 1 loss 

Read all about the very successfull Osaka Bulldogs' tour in Fukui Prefecture! 
Richard Downing writes: 
on quite a few of the previous Osaka cricket tours the weather gods had proved decidedly unfriendly and so it was quite a relief to have glorious autumnal sunshine  for the tour. 

The area was picturesque............old Japanese farmhouses nestling in the shadows of wild boar and bear-infested mountains.........indeed the huge place where most of us stayed had a couple of stuffed bears and an eagle and a deer on parade,but more about that later. 

Osaka tours are nothing without at least a couple of high spirited pranks and the first of many was played on the unsuspecting roderick Linn at the pre-game party when he was thanked for his sterling work over the past years in getting the grounds for the team. 

A beautiful box was handed to him signed by all the members of the team and a speech was made in his honor.The bashful,shy but sexy Linn stood up to receive his award only to find the box contained ................a green and yellow Norwich City canary scarf!!!! 

But to his credit he took it all in good sport and for the rest of the tour proudly wore the colors around his neck.........well,actually it got a bit chilly up in the mountains and it certainly came in handy at night where it was rolled up into a sort of knotted ball and used in the  40 mat giant bedroom for penalty shoot outs.........QPR 5 Norwich 5. It was also used as a cricket ball..........oh the things we got up to at night. 

We were entertained by a banjo player and bit of David Bowie,and Richie benaud(12th man) before retiring for the night. 

The morning found a vicious,black snarling bear by the side of Byron's futon. 

Screams could be heard all over Obama. 

Somehow the bear had managed to jump down from his ledge and mysteriously make his way to Byron's bedside.It also made a brief appearance  at Rod Linn's bed drapped in a canary scarf.(I've just finished watching the videos and digital photos and they are priceless)  

Oh well,on to the cricket. 

Not  having a full team,we decided to mix the teams in a 9 or 10 a side game of 20 overs each for two innings(which later became 20 overs and 10 overs to allow for the barbecue at half time.the Obama team henceforth known as the Goats took on the Osaka Bears. 

It was a social game in the truest sense of the word.............a lot of fun and not much importance was attached to the result. 

I celebrated my 2,000th run for Osaka  and Rod Linn was dropped 4 times(2 simple) off the bowling of long suffering Dick Irving on his way to about 65. 

We put on 48 for the first wicket before I was caught in the covers by the Japanese banjo player......I think it was the first  game this season in which I didn't play a leg glance,but I manageda few cuts square and late. 

All our members(the Goats) managed a bit of a hit and we finished at 146. 

The Bears were in all kinds of trouble right from the word go.Opening with Byron and Lawrence. lawrence Taylor was faced with myself at forward short leg with a stuffed golden duck protruding from the neck of my shirt.The pychcological pressure must have been er .....unBEARable.........well,it was! Taylors off stump went knocked out by Liam Goat.  

After leaving all his kit in the hotel(1 hour away) the usually immaculately  clad taylor looked a bedraggled figure as he trudged off the field holding the stuffed golden duck. 

A few balls later Byron who never got a chance to play the cut shot  had his middle stump knocked out of the ground.Dirty Dick irving was next to go followed by Guy "the widester" Matthews.Actually Guy didn't bowl one single wide all during the game. 

Only Chris Kaye made a scoregrafting 40 not out and the Bears finished on 97 all out. 

The second innings remains a bit of a blur except Lawrence Taylor after getting off the dreaded pair got bowled by a woman(I believe the first Bulldog ever to suffer this ignominy). The ball hit the back of his heel and somehow trickled onto the stump. 

Much hilarity ensued.Byron got farted out........I let one rip as he went to play his shot and so un-nerved was he that the sound off crashing timber must have been a bit of a relief to him. 

He wasn't a happy camper. 

Anyway,the Goats won quite easily in the end.But the result mattered not. 

We all had a great time and thanks must go to Liam the Goat for all the hard work he put into organizing things at his end and also to our own Chris Kaye who did all that hard work for the osaka end. 

The tour was short and sweet.A one night affair.Sadly my last tour for the Bulldogs,but one to remember with a lot of smiles and laughter. 

Richard downing 

28/09/2003 
Kanto Cricket Division 1: 
-Division 1 Semifinals: 
October 12th in Yokohama:Tokyo Giants C.C. vs. Yokohama C. & A.C. 
October 12th in Fuji: Millennium C.C. vs. Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C. 

-Tokyo Giants beat Fuji Far East C.C. but Fuji Far East C.C. who have T. Sugimoto to thank for scoring the best-ever score by a Japanese batsman in Division 1 (72)to amass enough runs and finish 6th, thanks to a better run-rate: 
Tokyo Giants C.C.: 203 (33 overs) (Jahangir Babar, 59; H. Takahashi, 3/40) 
Fuji Far East C.C.: 166 (T. Sugimoto, 73) 
Tokyo Giants C.C. won by 37 runs  
Umpire: Anton McCloy 

-Division 2 Semi-finals: 
October 12th in Shizuoka: Wyverns C.C. vs. Tokyo Bay Districts C.C. 
Ocrtober12th in Gunma: Tokyo British Embassy C.C. vs. Gunma 

-Kanto Cricket League Division 2, Group A: 
Ichihara C.C. vs. MAX C.C. 
Max defeats Ichihara C.C. in the battle for the wooden spoon: 
MAX C.C.: 164  (M. Hirayama, 43; C. Thurgate, 3/35) 
Ichihara C.C.: 126 D. Lollback, 54; T. Hasegawa, 4 wickets) 
MAX C.C. won by 38 runs 

21/09/2003 
Kanto Cricket League Division 1 
Typhoon prevents game between Fuji Far East C.C. and friends XI C.C. to give a lifeline to Fuji  and eliminate Friends from semi-finals for the first time ever! 

14/09/2003 
Kanto Cricket LeagueDivision 2 Semi-Finals: 
The semi-finals will oppose Wyverns C.C. vs. Tokyo Bay Districts c.C. and Gunma XI Star C.C. vs. Tokyo British Embassy C.C. 

14/09/2003 
Kanto Cricket league division 1: 
Tokyo Giants C.C. crush Friends XI C.C. 
Tokyo Giants C.C.: 278 (Zaheer babar, 57; Razzaq Cheema, 55; Amjad hussain, 31; Irfan Memon, 3/57; Asad Ali, 3/60) 
Friiends XI C.C.: 82 
Tokyo Giants C.C. won by 196 runs 
Umpire: Junmei Hanada 

Kanto Cricket League Division 2 Group A: 
Tokyo bay Districts C.C. qualifies for the semi-finals by beating newcomers Ichihara C.C. in spite of early jitters with record-breaking partnership of 177* (K. Wadano & Mabrank Dabral) and second ever best bowling performance by H. Minami (6/25)!: 
Ichihara C.C.: 188 (C. Flintoff, 68; H. Minami, 6/25) 
Tokyo Bay Districts C.C.: 190/3 (Mayank Dabral, 109*; K. Wadano, 32*) 
Tokyo Bay Districts C.C. won by 7 wickets. 
Umpires: N. Harrison & R-G. Martineau 

31/08/2003 
Kanto Cricket League Division 2 Group A: 
Tokyo bay Ditstricts C.C. keep their hopes for a spot in the semi-finals by overwhelming MAX C.C. 
Tokyo Bay Districts C.C.: 171 (40 overs) ( Sachi Chowdhery, 49; T. Kato, 39; Extras, 40; M. Okamoto, 3/24; J. Hasegawa, 3/37) 
MAX C.C.: 97  
Tokyo bay Districts C.C. won by 74 runs. 

Kanto Cricket League Division 2 Group B: 
Gunma XI Star C.C. won after Lalazar Sports C.C. walked over to qualify for the semi-finals: 
Lalazar Sports C.C. called on the previous innings to state that they could not field a team for their replayed match against Gunma XI Star C.C., effectively qualifying their opponents and preventing Bangladesh Tigers C.C. from attaing the same semi-finals. 
Although the result will stand, Lalazar Sports C.C.'s conduct will be cited for  judgement at the next AGM 

24/08/2003 
Kanto Cricket League Division 2 Group B: 
Wyverns C.C. confirm by convicingly beating Lalazar Sports C.C. by 7 wickets! 
Lalazar Sports C.C.: 106 (Nazar Iqbal, 50*) 
Wyverns C.C. 108/3 (G. beath, 50*)  
Wyverns C.C. won by 7 wickets.  
Umpire: Neil Harrison (Arthur Harrison, son of Neil, aged 13, became the youngest leg umpire in the KCL ever!) 
 
Wyverns C.C. had to be thanked for the good work done to help Neil Harrison to clean the flex pitch which had been clogged by mud due to the river overflowing onto the pitch after the recent typhoon and heavy rains. 
Wyverns C.C. finish top of the GroupB and will play their semi-finals against Serendib C.C. or Tokyo Bay Districts C.C. 
Tokyo British Embassy c.C. shall play either against Gunma XI Star C.C. or Bangladesh Tigers C.C. 
The first semi-finals shall be played on October 12th 

17/08/2003 
Kanto Cricket League Division 1: 
Yokohama C. & A.C. have mark Ferris to thank for beating minnows Adore C.C. in spite of S. Nakazawa's bowling performance: 
Yokohama C. & A.C.: 173 (23.4 overs) (M. Ferris, 125; S. Nakazawa, 5/45) 
Adore C.C.: 73 (I. Roy, 3/13) 
Yokohama C. & A.C. won by 98 runs. 

The game for supremacy did not occur thanks to 72 hours of constant rain: 
Millennium C.C. vs. Tokyo Giants C.C.: Match drawn 
Millennium C.C. have qualified for the semi-finals. 

Fuji Far East C.C. can still qualify provided they win their last two games and that Friends XI C.C. lose their last two, whereas Yokohama C. & A.C. needs a large win to have a chance to qualify. 
Tokyo Giants C.C. need to win their last game vs. Friends XI C.C., although their run rate shall see them easily in. 

Division 2: 
Group A still in a limbo thanks to the rain: 
Ichihara C.C. vs. Serendib C.C.: match drawn 
Wombats C.C. vs. Tokyo bay Districts C.C.: match drawn 
Tokoy British Embassy C.C. have qualified for the semi-finals. 
Tokyo Bay Districts C.C. can overtake Serendib C.C. if they win their last two games. 

Group B to be decided in next two games: 
Wyverns C.C. have qualified. 
Lalazar Sports C.C. have to win their last two games to stand a chance. 
Gunma XI Star C.C. will qualify if they win their last game. 
Bangkadesh tigers C.C. will qualify if Gunma XI Star C.C. and Lalzar Sports C.C. lose at least one game. 

10/08/2003 
Kanto Cricket League Division 1: 
Tokyo Indian Engineers beat Yokohama C.& A.C. in low-scoring match to throw the qualification for the semi-finals even more open, which might well be decided on run rate! 
Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C.: 124 (Bobby Phillips, 39; Shakir siddqui, 3/19) 
Yokohama C. & A.C.: 76 (Aseem Aziz, 30; Mukesh Kumar, 5/10) 
Tokyo Indian Engineeers C.C. won by 48 runs 
Umpire: Hideharu Kojima 
Scoresheet and Interview coming soon! 
 
02~03/08/2003 
Kanto Cricket League Division 1: 
Millennium C.C. confirms while Tokyo Indian Engineers preserve their chances of qualifying for the semi-finals: 

Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C. convincingly beat Adore C.C. including a first-wicket partnership record of 125: 
Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C.: 229 (35 overs): Sriram Sampath, 87; Bobby Phillips, 50;Narayanan Ram, 31; Y. Shimada, 4/44) 
Adore C.C.: 136 (S. Nakazawa, 35*,T. Takita, 33; Wimal Vikrant, 5/34) 
Tokyo Insian Engineeers C.C. won by 93 runs 
Umpire: R-G. Martineau 

Millennium C.C. overwhelms Fuji Far East C.C. 
Millennium C.C.: 159 (33.4 overs) (Mohammad Rizwan, 37; Munir Ahmed, 31; J. Saito, 3/41) 
Fuji Far East C.C.: 87 (28.1 overs) (H. Takahashi, 37; Mohammad Rizwan, 4/11) 
Millennium C.C. won by 72 runs 

Tokyo Giants C.C. crush hapless Adore C.C. 
Tokyo Giants C.C.: 244/8 (26 overs, dec.) (Jahangir Babar, 87; Razzaq Cheema, 67; Sajjad Hassan, 56; Y. Hashimoto, 4/58; H. Nagashima, 3/61) 
Adore c.C.: 87 (25 overs) (Tauseef Azhar, 4/12) 
Tokyo Giants won by 157 runs 
Umpire: Zahir Malik 

Millennium C.C. surprise Friends XI C.C. thanks to n. Miyaji's 68, best batting performance this year by a Japanese! 
Friends XI C.C.: 165 (30.1 overs) (Umar Farooq, 54; Rana Suleman, 3/26) 
Millennium C.C.: 166/5 (33.5 overs) (N. Miyaji, 68) 
Millennium C.C. won by 5 wickets 

Division 2 Group A: 
Serendib C.C. somehow squeeze past courageous Wombats C.C. to ensure a spot in the semi-finals: 
Wombats C.C.: 107 (34.3 overs) (Imalka Samara nayake, 5/17) 
Serendib C.C.: 108/9 (I. Gason, 4/14; M. charlton, 3/15) 
Serendib C.C. won by 1 wicket 
Umpire: R-G. Martineau 

27/07/2003 
Kanto Cricket League Division 1: 
Situation decanting: 
Tokyo Giants confirm against Tokyo Indian Engineers: 
Tokyo Giants Engineers: 256 (34 overs) (Zaheer Babar, 47; Rana Rashid, 36, Mumtaz Alam, 34; Narayanan Ram, 4/48; Mukesh Kumar, 4/66) 
Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C.: 206 (35 overs) (Sriram Sampath, 52; Sylvester Pereira, 44* Tauseef Azhar, 3/39) 
Tokyo Giants C.C. won by 49 runs 

Millennium C.C. overwhelms Yokohama C. & A.C. once again! 
Millennium C.C.: 169 (Munir Ahmed, 36; T. Fuji, 35; Alok Rakyan, 4/41) 
Yokohama C. & A.C.: 120 (D. Price, 58; N. Miyaji, 3/15) 
Millennium C.C. won by 49 runs 

26/07/2003 
Division 2 Group B: 
Pakistan Eaglets C.C. refuse to play the rest of the season to protest their captain's ban: 
The KCL Committee was informed  by Moghees Ahmed, Captain of the Pakistan Eaglets C.C. that they dropped from the KCL Division 2 Group B in protest for their Captain's (his) ban imposed by the KCL Committeee for using an illegal player last year and trying to use him again this year. Pakistan Eaglets C.C. unfortunately has a sorry history of such behaviour, already having done so this year and last year! 
The KCL will shortly review the case and decide whether to invite the club next year! 

Division 2 Group B: 
Gunma Star XI C.C. vs. Lalazar Sports C.C. game judged invalid and to be replayed on August 31st in Gunma. Lalazar Sports C.C. penalized 2 points for unbecoming behaviour. 

20/07/2003 
Kanto Cricket League Division 2 B Group: 
Wyverns C.C. book their ticket to the semi-finals by crushing hapless Bangladesh Tigers C.C.: 
Wyverns C.C.: 217/6 (G. Beath, 67; S. Nakamura, 45; J. Hanada, 43, Extras, 43) 
Bangladesh Tigers C.C.: 47 (K. Sakamoto, 4/25; 4 run outs)  
Wyverns C.C. won by 170 runs 
Umpires: N. Harrison & R-G. Martineu 

12~13/07/2003 
Rain plays different roles in three games of the week-end! 
-Division 1: 
Yokohama Country & Athletics C.C. vs. Friends XI C.C.  washed out by constant rain. 

-Division 2 Group A: 
Tokyo Bay Districts C.C. vs. Serendib C.C. waterlogged by 16-hour storm. 
-Division 2 Group B: 
Gunma Star XI C.C. vs. Lalazar Sports C.C. unfinished. Lalazar refused to bowl last 3 overs with Gunma needing 9 runs with 6 wickets standing. Complaint lodged with KCL Committee. 

06/07/2003 
Kanto League Division 1: 
Fuji Far East C.C. overwhelms Adore C.C. in spite of somewhat difficult conditions: 
Fuji Far East C.C.: 156/7 (Extras, 55) 
Adore C.C. 121 (T. Takita, 36, Masaki Saito, 3/15) 
Fuji Far East C.C. won by 35 runs 

Rain prevents important game between Shizuoka Kytes C.C. and Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C. 
Shizuoka Kytes C.C. vs. Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C.: game drawn (wateerlogged ground) 
Whereas Fuji Far East C.C. managed to hold their games and even enjoy a couple of hours of sunshine, eavy rain during the night and until late in the morning, with occasional drizzles all day prevented the game, meaning that the Kytes will probably finish 7th in Division 1 and the Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C. will have to win all their remaining games to qualify for the semi-finals 
 
29/06/2003 
Kanto League Division 1: 
Tokyo Giants C.C. sends a strong message by overwhelming Yokohama C. & A.C.: 
Yokohama C. & A.C.: 161 (R. Jones, 44; Tauseef Azhar, 3/31; Ahmed Saeed, 3/35) 
Tokyo Giants C.C.: 162/7 (Sajjad Hussain, 45; Zaheer Babar, 38*; Tauseef Azhar, 34; M. Ferris, 3/47) 
Tokyo Giants C.C. won by 3 wickets. 
Umpires: H. Kojima & G. Beath 

Kanto League Division 2 Group A: 
Serendib C.C. at last achieve their first win by outscoring MAX C.C. in an extra-riddled encounter featuring an l.b.w. record of 7 conceded by MAX C.C. in a single inning!: 
Serendib C.C.: 181/8 (Manodha Gamage, 52; Extras, 45; M. Okamoto, 3/34) 
MAX C.C.: 138 (Extras, 58; M. Hirayama, 36; N. I. de A. Samaranayake, 3/10S. Vissanayake, 3/21) 
Serendib C.C. won by 43 runs 
Umpire: R-G. Martineau 
Scorer: Maki Nishina 

Tokyo British Embassy C.C. crushes newcomers Ichihara C.C. to take an option on semi-finals: 
Ichihara C.C.: 46 (B. Kininmont, 3/5; A. King, 3/18) 
Tokyo British Embassy C.C.: 49/1 (A. Winston, 32) 
Tokyo British Embassy C.C. won by 9 wickets  
Umpites: Y. Mikutsu & Y. Matsubara 

28/06/2003: 
Kanto League division 1: 
Heavy rain the night before and on the morning stops the match between Millennium C.C. and Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C.! 

22/06/2003: 
Kanto League Division 1: 
Robb McKenna's century helps the Kytes renew their winning ways in spite of a courageous Adore: 
Shizuoka Kytes C.C.: 226 (R. McKenna, 126; Y. Hashimoto, 5/37) 
Adore C.C.: 108 (S. Kanazawa, 37; Melvin De Silva, 3/25) 
Shizuoka Kytes won by 118 runs. 
Umpires: N. Kanna & N. Shiramizu 
Scorers: K. Mamda, R-G. Martineau 

Kanto League Division 2, Group B: 
Bangladesh Tigers C.C. throw the group wide open by overwhelming Lalazar Sports C.C. by 5 wickets!: 
Lalazar Sports C.C.: 113 (20 overs) (Extras, 33; Monir Morshed, 3/17; Rashid Rubel, 3/43) 
Bangladesh Tigers C.C.: 114/5 (32 overs) (Monir Morshed 37*, Extras, 35) 
Bangladesh Tigers C.C. won by 5 wickets 
Umpire: Sylvester Pereira 

15/06/2003: 
Kanto League Division 1: 
M. Lay & Kamran Ali save Yokohama C. & A.C. from blushes against a 9-man Fuji Far East C.C.! 
Fuji Far East C.C.: 100 
Yokohama C. & A.C.: 104/6 (M. Lay, 38, H. Takahashi, 3/20) 
Yokohama C. & A.C. won by 4 wickets  
Umpire: D. Envall  

Adore C.C. vs. Tokyo Giants C.C. reported to ulterior date (ground unavailable) 

Kanto Division 2, Group A: 
Wombats C.C. vs. MAX C.C. drawn (waterlogged pitch) 

13/06/2003 
Sanctions for Pakistan Eaglets C.C.: 
The KCL Committee having done the investigation on their own and also having interviewed Mr. Moghes Ahmed,the latter admitted that Waqar, who does not posses a valid visa, played in the name of Ijaz Ahmed for his club, the KCL Organising Committee has come to the conclusion that he, as the captain of the Pakistan Eaglets C.C., has wilfully violated the KCL playing conditions and is more guilty than the offending player himself. However, the Committee recognises the fact that this is the first violation of this kind by his club. Therefore with a warning that any further violation will result in more sever penalties, the Committee has taken the following decisions: 
  
1. Mr. Moghes Ahmed is not allowed to take part in his club's next KCL match in any position. 
2. Waqar is banned from playing the rest of the season of 2003 and the full season of 2004, even if he acquires a valid visa during this period 

08/06/2003 
Kanto league Division 1: 
Rag-rag Shizuoka Kytes no match for new-look Millennium! 
Shizuoka Kytes C.C.: 135 (R. McKenna, 38; 3 run outs9 
Millennium C.C.: 138/2 (Munir Ahmed, 81) 
Millennium C.C. won by 8 wickets 
Umpire: J. Saito 

Kanto League Division 2, Group B: 
Gunma Star XI  beat Bangladesh Tigers C.C. to the wire in exciting game thanks to Nazawish Ali's allround performance: 
Bangladesh Tigers C.C.: 166 (31.5 overs)(Afzal Ahmed, 33; Mohammad Ikram 3 wickets; Mohammad Fayyaz, 3 wickets;  Extras, 40) 
Gunma Star XI C.C.: 170/6 (33.2 overs; Nazawish Ali, 53*; Monir Morshed, 3/14) 
Gunma Star XI C.C. won by four wickets 
Umpires: Mumtaz Alam & Tauseef Azhar 

Wyverns C.C. beat Pakistan Eaglets C.C. by walkover. 
Investigation led to determine reasons for Eaglets' behaviour! 

31/05/2003~01/06/2003 
Kanto League Cup, Division 2: 
Typhoon No 4 gatecrashes the party! 
The two games between Tokyo British Embassy C.C. vs. Tokyo Bay Districts C.C. and Tokyo British Embassy C.C. vs. Wombats C.C. disapeared under tons of water following two days of constant rain. 

25/05/2003 
Kanto League Cup, Division 1: 
Depleted Shizuoka Kytes C.C. no match for Yokohama Country & Athletics Club: 
Shizuoka Kytes C.C.: 132/6 (Melvin de Silva, 59*; Mark Ferris, 8 overs, 3 maidens, 3 wickets for 9) 
Yokohama C. & A.C.: 133/2 ( Mark Ferris, 60*, Michael Lay, 40) 
Yokohama c. & A.C. won by 8 wickets. 
Umpire: Jarrad Shearer 
Scorer: Hiroko Hirano 

Friendly: 
Osaka Bulldogs C.C. finally beat their nemesis Nova C.C.! 
Osaka Bulldogs C:C.: 213 
Nova C.C.: 209 
Osaka bulldogs C.C. won by 4 runs  
 

11/05/2003 
Women's cricket in Japan by Kei Imamura 
Road to World Cup 2005 
All about Women's cricket national team in Japan- 
IWCC Trophy in the Netherlands squads announced! 

*Introduction 
"Women's Cricket In JAPAN Road to World Cup 2005" is a new project 
that provides you information about Japan National Women's challenge 
towards the Women's Cricket World Cup to be held in South Africa 2005. 

*Topics 
i) Japan team squads announced 
Tour squads for IWCC Trophy has been annouced. IWCC Trophy is a 
preliminary tournament for the Women's Cricket World Cup 2005. 
2 top teams of 6 countries will be qualified to the final. 

1 Captain KATO Kaori (Team FLFL) 
2 Vice Captain UCHIBORI Keiko (Team FLFL) 
3 IIMURA Izumi (Chuo Univ. C.C.) 
4 ISHIYAMA Masumi (CATS/Senshu Univ. C.C.) 
5 KUBOTA Shizuka (Wyverns C.C.) 
6 KURIBAYASHI Ema (Wyverns C.C.) 
7 KENJO Maki   (Fuji Far East C.C.) 
8 KONO Michiko   (Fuji Far East C.C.) 
9 SAITO Momoko (CATS/Chuo Univ. C.C.) 
10 SAKATA Eriko (CATS/Chuo Univ. C.C.) 
11 SASAKI Yuko   (Tokyo Univ. of Tech. C.C.) 
12 HIROTO Ritsuko (CATS) 
13 FUJISHIRO Aya (Fuji Far East C.C.) 
14 MIYAZAKI Ayako (CATS/Tokyo Univ. of Tech. C.C.) 

The tournament will be held from July 18th to 28th in the Netherlands. 

*Web site 
Please check the web site of "Women's Cricket IN JAPAN Road to World 
Cup 2005"! You can find the up-to-date activities of women's national 
team in this web site. (Sorry, in Japanese only!) 
http://www.cricket.ne.jp/wwc/ 

*TV and Publishing 
Women's national team was introduced in TV programme "i-SPORTS 
Heart-Beat Weekend"(BS digital channel) on May 17th(Sat). 

18/05/2003 
Kanto League Cup, Division 1: 
Millennium C.C.'s batsmen overwhelm Adore C.C.: 
Millennium C.C.: 214/3 (Munir Ahmed, 66; T. Fuji, 59*, S. Iida, 32*) 
Adore C.C.: 125 (Extras: 36; S. Tsukamoto, 31) 
Millennium C.C. won by 89 runs 
Umpire: Robert-Gilles Martineau 
Millennium C.C. affirmed and confirmed their pretensions this year led by their captain Tetsu Fuji (59*) who shared a 113-run-4th-wicket partnership with S. Iida! 
Umpires: Y. Kamafuku, K. Sugioka 

11/05/2003 
Kanto League Cup, Division 1: 
Friends XI C.C. breeze past a decimated Shizuoka Kytes C.C. 
Shizuoka Kytes C.C.: 128 ( R. McKenna, 55; M. Walker, 32; Manzoor Ahmad, 3/11; Aamir Ali, 3/21; Shahensha Hussain, 3/28) 
Friends XI C.C.: 133/2 (Asad Ali, 45; Umar Farooq, 48) 
Friends XI C.C. won by 8 wickets. 
Umpire: David Envall 
A decimated ( 6 starting players either injured or at work) Kytes was no match to Friends XI C.C. who this time brought their best team! 

06/05/2003 
New ground in Fuji, Japan National Women Team trial &Coaching Course: 
Read JCA activities Reports by Mark McTamney & Robb McKenna! 
Quite a few things have been happening in the last few days that everybody acquainted with cricket in Japan ought to know! 
Reports & Photographs>> 

04/05/2003 
Plenty of cold sweat for Friends XI C.C. before they manage to fend off newcomers Adore C.C.! 
Friends XI C.C.: 135 (S. Yamazaki, 35; Y. Shimada, 4/25; S. Nakazawa, 3/26) 
Adore C.C.: 110 (Aamir Ali, 3/12; Amjad Mirza, 3/19) 
Friends XI C.C. won by 25 runs 
Umpire: R-G. Martineau 
Scorers: Yuki Chinone, Kana Mamada, Risa Nishikawa 
In a game which witnessed a record 8 l.b.w.'s, Adore C.C. almost pulled out the upset of the season, proving their promotion to the top division was no fluke in what promises to become a hotly contested fight for qualifications to the semi-finals and avoiding demotion! 

05/05/2003 
Friendly: 
Nova C.C. beat Osaka Bulldogs C.C. again! 
Nova C.C.: 242/9 
Osaka Bulldogs C.C.: 197/7 
Nova C.C. won by 45 runs 
Played at Nishi-Yodogawa  

27/04/2003 
Division 2, group A: Tokyo British Embassy C.C.'s bowlers overwhelm Serendib C.C.! 
Serendib C.C.: 65 (A. King, 5/9; D. Envall, 3/13) 
Tokyo British Embassy C.C.: 66/4  
Umpires: N. Harrison & R-G. Martineau 
Tokyo British embassy C.C. won by 6 wickets! 
Only 9 Tokyo British Embassy C.C. were enough to dispose of Serendib who accumulated a record of 7 ducks, while Andrew King bowled the 4th-best ever bowling performance (5/9), helped by David Envall (3/13). 

Division 2, Group B: Wyverns C.C. throw the group wide open with a splendid upset victory over Gunma XI Star C.C.! 
Gunma XI Star C.C..: 144 (Rahman Abdul, 43; Asif Butt, 34; Y. Hirose, 3/23; H. Kojima, 3/24)  
Wyverns C.C.: 146/8 (G. Bearth, 62; Y. Hirose, 36*) 
Umpire: Aamir Ali & Mumtaz Alam 
Wyverns C.C. won by 2 wickets 
Wyverns scored the winning run in the very last over of the game thanks  To gavin Beath's knock and sound performances from their bowlers tolimit their Pakistani foes to a competitive total. 

Friendly: 
Kobe R. A. C. slogs past Osaka bulldogs C.C.: 
Kobe R. A. C.: 242/9 
Osaka Bulldogs C.C.: 200 
Kobe R. A. C. won by 42 runs 

26/04/2003 
Kanto Cricket League: rain once again plays its part! 
Tokyo British Embassy C.C. and Max C.C. brought to a draw in Division 2: 
Tokyo british Embassy C.C. vs. MAX C.C.: Game drawn ( pitch waterlogged) 
Incessant rain from Tuesday finally took its toll, cancelling the game in spite of a bright sun making its belated appearance at 11:00 for the first time in more than 36 hours! 

20/04/2003 
Kanto Cup Cricket League: 
Night and morning deluge again plays havoc with Division 1!: 
Thegames between Shizuoka Kytes C.C. vs. Tokyo Giants C.C. and Fuji Far East C.C. vs. Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C. were washed out and drawn. 
Fuji Far East C.C., Shizuoka Kytes C.C. and Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C. were left with 4 points, whereas they could have hoped for a minimum of 5! 

13/04/2003 
Kanto Cup Cricket League: 
Newcomers Gunma XI Star C.C. beat Last year's semifinalists Pakistan Eaglets C.C. in Division 2 opener, but both teams penalized 1 point for bad scoresheets!: 
Gunma XI Star C.C.: 148 (25.3 overs; R. Ludlee, 51; Hafiz Abbas, 5/27) 
Pakistan Eaglets C.C.: 128 (27.4 overs; Saqib Ali, 34; Nawazish Ali, 3/29) 
Gunma XI Star C.C. won by 20 runs 
Umpire: Aamir Ali 

06/04/2003 
Kanto Cup Cricket League: 
Rain plays havoc once again! 
The game between Friends XI C.C. vs. Tokyo Indian engineers C.C. and the Shizuoka Derby between Fuji Far East C.C. vs. Shizuoka Kytes C.C. could not take place as more than 30 hours of continuous rain flooded both grounds in Fuji City and Shizuoka City!  
Friendly: 
Osaka C.C. defeats Nemesis Nova C.C. in first game of the year in Kansai: 
Osaka Bulldogs C.C.: 127 (P. Cathart, 39; R. Downing, 34) & 131/5 (P. Cathart, 52 n.o.) 
Nova C.C.: 126 (T. Byrne, 54) &114 
Osaka C.C. won by 22 runs. 

30/03/2003 
Net practice on Flex Pitch in Shizuoka!! 

24/03/2003 
Cricket humour! 

23/03/2003 
Friendles: 
The Kytes beat Wyverns out of nowhere in their first friendly of the year! 
Shizuoka Kytes C.C.: 120 (Melvin De Silva, 49;Extras, 36;  M. Mori, 3/13, Yanai, 3/18) 
Wyverns C.C.: 106 (N. Harrison, 3/13) 
Shizuoka Kytes won by 14 runs. 

Tokyo Giants C.C. ease past friends XI C.C. 
Friends XI C.C.: 130/9 (Amjad Mirza, 30; Tauseef Azhar, 3/10) 
Tokyo Giants C.C.: 131/2 (Tauseef Azhar, 50; Razzak Cheema, 35) 
Tokyo Giants C.C. won by 8 wickets 

16/03/2003 
Friendly: Newcomers Gunma XI Star C.C. beat Tokyo Giants C.C. in first game of the season! 

16/03/2003 
We put the flex pitch on the Shizuoka Ground! 

28/02/2003 
Check the pictures of the Wyverns C.C. Tour of Bangkok!: 
Wyverns C.C. have recently come back from their tour of Bangkok! 
Look at their pics at: 
2003 Wyverns Bangkok Tour Pics 

28/02/2003 
Ichihara C.C. latest club to apply for KCL! 
A new club , located in Chiba Ken has applied for KCL membership. 
Anybody interested should contact Ichihara Cricket Club at: 
c/o Captain/Representative: Hasib Rehman 
E-Mail: u.m.c@attglobal.net  
c/o Chris Thurgate 
E-Mail: thurgs@plum.plala.or.jp 

24/02/2003 
UMPIRE SEMINAR 
All clubs are informed that the JCA and the KCL will cojointly hold an umpire seminar for all clubs to attend at the following venue: 
1. Date & time: Sunday, March 9th, 11:00 
2. Place: Shinjuku Sports Center 
2 F Conference Room 
Tel: 03-3232-0171 
3. Access: 5 minutes' walk from Takadanobaba St., Yamanote Line 
4. Map http://map.yahoo.co.jp/pl?nl=35.42.5.189&el=139.42.28.116&la=1&fi=1&sc=3 
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19/02/2003 
Watch live Cricket at the CLUBHOUSE: 
Marunaka Bldg., 3F., Shinjuku 3-7-3, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0022 
Tel: 03-3359-7785 
Open 7 days a week.  
Happy hours: 17:00~19:00. Normally they close around 1 or 2 am. 
CRICKET, Rugby, Premier League, all sports shown.  
Thai curries, Fish & Chips, Aussie meat pies, Greek salad, Seafood dishes.  
http://www.clubhouse-tokyo.com/  
(Courtesy of Jarrad Shearer) 

26/01/2003 
KCL AGM 
The Kanto Cricket League held its Annual General meeting on Sunday January 26th at the Yokohama Country and Athletics Club. 
Among the main points discussed, the league saw a slightly different composition with an increase from 6 to 8 clubs participating in the First Division, whereas the Second Division will include 10 teams divided into groups. 
Both divisions will feature semi-finals and finals. The bottom 2 teams in Division 1 will go down to be replaced by the 2 top teams in Division 2. 
A new KCL Committe was elected and is comprised of: 
Biju Paul, Imamura Kei, Kamran Ali, Kojima Hideharu, Martineau Robert-Gilles, Shearer Jarrad, Syed Aamir Ali. 
Umpires shall be given more authority, while an umpire seminar will have to be attended by all clubs. 

19/01/2003 
National Team camps in preparations for 2003 ICC Competition: 
To prepare for the ICC competition, which will decide the representative country of the South East Asia block in the League 4 of the ICC competition. Japan will take part in the above competition in February 2004 in the company of 9 other countries, including South Korea. A camp will be held every second Saturday of every month in Fuji in addition to 2 or 3-day camps. 14 players shall be selected and will be accompanied by Mark McTamney and Robb McKenna.