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8th November 2009
30th Annual Award and Dinner Presentation
Habibs Restaurant, Killinghall Road, Bradford, 2.00pm
The league celebrated its 30th awards ceremony with the theme of the event on Keighley RZM Cricket Club who equalled the triple cup winning record previously held by Shabab Cricket Club in 1986.  Keighley and Shabab are the only two clubs in the leagues history to take all three cups.  To commemorate this occasion the guests of the ceremony were Mohammed Tanvir, who was Chairperson of the league for 12 years and also the founder of Shabab Cricket Club and Mohammed Seraj the Captain of Shabab Cricket Club to hand two of the three trophies to the Captain of Keighley RZM CC.

Premier Section Winners 2009 - Keighley RZM Cricket Club, Keighley

Section A Winner 2009 - Darulshafa Cricket Club, Bradford

   
Left : Masood Ahmed, Captain of Keighley RZM CC collecting the Premier Section winners trophy from Mohammed Tanvir.
Right :Arsalan Ejaz, Captain of Darulshafa CC collecting the Section A winners trophy from Mohammed Tanvir.

Masood Ahmed, Captain of Keighley RZM CC, collecting two of the three trophies from Mohammed Seraj, Captain of Shabab CC who previously held the record for three separate competition wins in one season since 1986.

 
Left : Gulsheraz Ahmed, Keighley RZM CC, collecting his highest batting average award in the Premier Section. 
Right : Zeeshan Qasim, Keighley RZM CC, collecting his highest bowling average award in the Premier Section.

 
Left : Istikhar Hussain, Heaton Park CC, collecting his individual batting award in the Premier Section.
Right : Asif Mir and Waseem Rafiq, Bradford Moor YSA CC, collecting thier highest partnership awards in the Premier Section.

 
Left : Abid Awan, Bradford Moor YSA CC, collecting his highest wicker taker award in the Premier Section.
Right : Ehsan Butt, Darulshafa CC, collecting one of many trophies in Section A -
 Highest Batting Average Award, Individual Batting Award, Highest Partnership Award &
Highest Run Maker.

 
Left : Mujahid Haq, Darulshafa CC, collecting his Highest Bowling Average Award in Section A.
Right : Amjad Malik, Karmand CC, collecting his Fielding Award in Section A.

 
Left : Ishfaq Khan, Little Horton CC, collecting his Individual Bowling Award in Section A.
Right : Talat Butt, Joint Best Umpire Award

Above : Abdul Aziz, Joint Best Umpire Award

29th October 2009
Annual Awards Ceremony
The annual awards ceremony will be held at Habibs Restaurant, Leeds Old Road, Bradford 3 on Sunday, 8th November at 2.00pm.  The league completed its 30th year and to celebrate this milestone the committee has agreed to provided 1 complimentary ticket for every two.  Member clubs have already paid for 2 tickets and will be receiving their third ticket at no additional cost. Tickets will be posted out next week, if you wish to request additional tickets please text Basharat to confirm numbers by Wednesday, 4th November at the latest.  Please find below this year averages:

averages 2009.xls (Excel file)
averages 2009.pdf (Acrobat File)

22nd September 2009
League Averages.
Club averages are due on the 5th October 2009.  To submit your club's averages please complete the performa below and email back before the deadline or hand in at the general meeting to be held on the 5th October 2009 at Karmand Community Centre, Barkerend Road, Bradford.  The meeting will commence at 7.00pm.

club average  2009.xls

14th September 2009
League Fixture
The committee unanimously agreed to cancel all Premier Section fixtures which were due to take place on the 20th September 2009.  The tables will remain as at the 13th September 2009.

13th September 2009
League Fixtures
The relegation for the bottom two is confirmed as both Attock WB and Heaton Park win in today's fixtures.  Attock WB chased Bradford Moor's score of 157 with the loss of 6 wickets to take full six points, whilst Heaton Park beat Shimla by six wickets chasing a target of 154. Key Performance from Mushtaq Ahmed (68no) (left) and Mohammed Saghir (40no) helped reach the target with an over spare.  Mohammed Irfan bowled (5 - 36) (right) well to restrict Shimla to 154.
The committee will decide tomorrow the motion of cancelling next weeks fixtures due to the possibility of Eid-ul-fitr being celebrated next Sunday.  The website will be updated by 7.00pm to confirm the decision.



6th September 2009
League Fixtures
West Bowling still have an outside chance of avoiding relegation.  West Bowling beat Heaton Park by 1 run to secure 6 points.  Both Attock WB and Heaton Park need to only secure 1 point in their last two games to miss out on relegation into Section A.
 
1st September 2009
Darulshafa 8 a side Competition - 31st August 2009
Keighley RZM CC win the competition for the second time and at the same time break one of the oldest records set by the mighty Shabab in 1986.  Shabab won all three competitions - League Champions, Cup and then the six a side (now the eight a side) in 1986 and Keighley RZM is now the second team to hold the same record. Although there are three more fixtures before the end of the season Keighley RZM are crown champions for the second year running and also have completed a triple - champions in 2006, 2008 and 2009. 
The Darulshafa 8 a side competition was again a success with over 200 spectators and an electrifying atmosphere, the final lived up the quality of the matches played throughout the day.  Shimla had the narrowest win to get to the final, they beat Little Horton by just 2 runs and then Attock WB by 3 runs to get to the final, whilst Keighley won by 8 runs with Heaton Park and an easy win against Darulshafa.  Keighley won the toss and decide to bat first they lost two early wicket but did recover to reach 94 runs in their 8 overs.  Shimla start with a slow run rate but accelerated at the final four over to leave them requiring 27 runs of the last two overs, Shimla got 12 runs in the 7th over and were left with 15 runs in the last over.  The game went to the last ball with Shimla requiring 4 runs to win but only managed 1 run.

Keighley RZM Cricket club - Darulshafa 8 a side Competition winners 2009

Zeeshan Qasim, Captain of Keighley RZM CC collecting his winners trophy
from Mazhar Rana, Cup Sponsor

21st August 2009
Darulshafa 8 a side Competition - 31st August 2009
The Draws for the competition can be found below:

Pitch 1  – Manningham Mill Cricket Club, Scotchman Road, Bradford 9

Pitch 2 – Great Horton Church Cricket Club, Allerton Road, Bradford 8

 The final will be played at Manningham Mills Cricket Club and will commence at 5.00pm

Basic rules of the eight a side competition.

• Maximum of 8 overs per team
• 2 overs per bowler
• if scores are level then they team losing least number of wicket will win, if this is also the same then the team will the highest score at the end of the penultimate over of one of the teams will determine the winner.
• Delivers down the leg and above head height will be called wide.
• Deliveries balled above waist without pitching will be no ball.
• A FREE hit will be allowed for NO BALLS.
• Bowlers run up limited to maximum of 15 yards
• Last man DOES NOT bat on.
• A new ball (Solly or Taurus balls) must be provided at the beginning of the competition for each team to be used through all stages of the competition.  Replacement balls (for balls lost during the game) must be provided by the teams.
• All players participating must be registered with the club they intend to play for and team can field a different side for each match.

General Information
There will be NO change for the competition, but if teams fail to participate in the competition then a broken engagement fine of £100.00 may apply.
For the competition to finish in good light it is important to turn up 15 minutes before your start time is give on the schedule.  If teams do not turn up before the start time then the match will be awarded to the opposition.

Home Team Teas:
Due to the month of Ramadan home clubs will not be responsible for arranging teas other then for some umpires.

Number of overs
As agreed at the last AGM, member clubs can play 30 overs during the last four weeks of the season.  Although the minimum can be 25 it is recommended to play 30 overs which allows an extra 30 minutes if the match was affected by rain.

Umpires Appointments
Now available to download in members area.

18th August 2009
Darulshafa 8 a side Tournament
The knockout competition will take place on Bank Holiday Monday, 31st August 2009 at Great Horton Church Cricket Club and Manningham CC.  Draws will be made available rather today.
 
17th August 2009
Taurus Cup Final
What an exciting game for a final with over 200+ spectators who enjoyed every minute and most stay until the end of the game. Keighley won the toss and elected to bat first on a wet wicket and openers Nasar Kamal and Gulsheraz Ahmed went in to bat with a mission which was to score as many runs as possible in the first 10 overs to dominate the game by putting pressure on Shimlas. 

Keighley Innings:
5th Over : The plan was affective until they lost their first wicket on 22 runs, Nasar Kamal tried to pull a short ball of Mahmood Azam but was caught at square leg by Khurrum Maqsood. 
6th over : Keighley lost another wicket on 26 this time it was their Captain, Masood Ahmed who was out without troubling the scorers this time to Khurrum Maqsood and caught by Murtaza Basit.
7th Over : Gulsheraz Ahmed was caught out behind the stumps on 18, Keighley looked to be in trouble and now under pressure with the superb bowling of the quickie Mahmood Azam who was firing on all cylinders.
9th Over : That man Mahmood Azam does it again, this time taking the wicket of Nijat Ahmed (0) with a caught and bowl dismissal.
20th Over : Both Shaid Nadeem and Yasir Ali took the score up to 79 but Yasir was bowled out on 23 by Nabbil Khan which lifted the Shimlas player as the pressure was back on Keighley.
23rd Over : Nadeem Mohammed (6) hit the first 6 of the innings but his innings was short lived as he was caught by Murtaza Basit of the bowling of Mahmood Rasool.  At this stage Keighley were 86 for 6.
29th Over: A partnership of 29 between Omar Khitab and Shaid Nadeem (the backbone of Keighley batting) took them to 115 when Omar Khitab (19) was caught out by Nahim Ashraf of the bowling of the Skipper Kez Ahmed.
30th Over: Four runs later Keighley Lost Shaid Nadeem (25) and it seemed difficult that they would bat the overs out as they were now relying on their bowlers.
35th Over : The Skipper of Shimlas, Kez Ahmed strikes again, this time the hard hitting Zeeshan Qasim (5) who was caught out brilliantly by Mahmood Azam at Long on.  Mahmood Azam had to travel quiet a distance to take the catch inches away form the boundary line.
39th Over : Nasar Jamal (10) and Mahir Ali (14no) batted well to take Keighley score to 151, as Mahmood Azam put an end to Keighley's innings.  Mahmood Azam finished of with impressive figure of 38 - 4. 

 

Shimla Batting:
Shimla plan was to stay on the wicket and push the runs and not to rush as they only needed 3.36 runs per over.  Gharib Razzaq and Khurrum Maqsood played steady in the first 3 overs.

4th Over : Nadeem Mohammed trapped Gharib Razzaq leg before who only managed 1 run.
5th Over : Nasar Jamal bowled Khurrum Maqsood  on the first delivery and then got the prize wicket of Murtaza Basit on his firth delivery who looked dangerous as he scored 6 runs of just 3 deliveries.
16th Over : Captain Kez and Arun Bala steaded the innings for Shimla and took the score to 36 before losing their captain, Kez Ahmed he was caught out brilliantly by Nijat Khan just millimetre of the ground, the celebration of the catch was ecstatic.
32nd Over : The game turned in favour of Shimla with a superb innings of Nahim Ashraf who's performance has been under par for most of the season.  His partnership with Arun Bala took them to 88 and Keighley were quiet and under pressure until the third ball of Mahir Ali's over when he took the wicket of Nahim Ashraf caught by the keeper and the game swung back in Keighley favour.
34th Over : Mahir ali struck again this time with the wicket of Raqeeb Younis who was caught behind.  Shimla were now 90 for 6 and the task to reach Keighley's total now seem impossible but there was still hope as Arun Bala who held the innings together for Shimla was still at the crease but need to take charge.
38th Over : Nasar Jamal struck for the third time to take the wicket of Waleed Ditta caught brilliantly by Yasar Ali.
39th Over : Zeeshan Qasim took his second wicket of the match this time of Arun Bala (35) who was bowled out and Keighley knew that the victory was in sight and they were into the tail of Shimla batting with the score at 109 for 7.
40th over : There was a suicidel mix up between Mahmood Azam and Nabbil Khan which left Mohammed Azam stranded in the middle and a simple run out for Keighley to take the 8th wicket.
41st Over :  The wickets kept coming for Keighley and Shimla sensed that the challenged of getting the score was no out of reach.  Zeeshan Qasim got his third wicket and Final wicket of Shimla and the Keighley RZM CC celebrations started.

Taurus Cup Champions 2009 - Keighley RZM Cricket Club


Back from left: Rishab Jain, Naheem Malik (Coach), Nasar Kamal, Nadeem Mohammed,
Zeeshan Qasim, Toj Panesar - TSP Sports, Mahir Ali, Nasar Jamal, Nijat Khan
Front from left : Shaid Nadeem Yasar Ali, Gulsheraz Ahmed, Masood Ahmed (Captain),
Omar Khitab and Aftab Ahmed.

Captain of Keighley RZM CC, Masood Ahmed collecting the winner trophy
from the cup sponsor, Toj Panesar.

Man of the Match, Nasar Jamal collecting his trophy from the cup sponsor.

Saturday, 15th August 2009
Section A Championship
The championship of Section A may be determined by the runs average at the end of the next weeks final fixtures.  Darulshafa have a superior runs average then Friends and will be crowned as Section A champions at the end of the season regardless of the outcome of their final fixture with Friends.  The difference between the two teams make it impossible for Friends to close the gap when they play the final fixture next week.  Darulshafa have a net average of 15.33 per wicket and Friends average is 4.06 per wicket.  Friends still have a chance for promotion into the Premier Section and will need an outright win to secure their place.  For full details....run rate average - Frds v Darulshafa 2009.xls

Sunday, 9nd August 2009
League Fixtures
Keighley RZM continue winning, today was their 12 win in a row and it seems that no team can stop them from winning the title with a clean sheet.   Keighley beat Heaton Park by 52 runs in today's fixture.  Shimla also had a convincing win over Bradford Moor, Shimla batted first and set a target of 294 - 8 with contributions from G Razak (56*) and B Murtaza (132).  Bradford Moor were all bowled out for 163 with the key bowling performance from A Bala (4-25).  West Bowling lost to Sheffield Alliance today and need to win all last three games to avoid relegation.  In Section A Darulshafa have secured themselves a place in the Premier Section today but would prefer to take the title.  Darulshafa play Friends next week who need to win to gain promotion.  Run rate for the clubs will be available before next weeks fixture if the two clubs end up with the same number of outright wins to decide the championship if Darulshafa lose.

Sunday, 2nd August 2009
League Fixtures
The promotion spot in Section A opens up again with Friends losing their first game of the season against the new member Asian Lions who seem to surprise teams, first by beating Little Horton and now Friends.  Darulshafa now 6 points clear with just two more games to go.  Little Horton are now in with a chance but they also need to win both and hope the Darulshafa beat Friends in the last fixture.  Shaan now have a chance to gain promotion but they need to win both games and hope that Little Horton and Friends lose one game out of the two.  In the Premier Section the race is to survive relegation Sheffield Friends will be relegated and it does not look good for West Bowling or Attock WB, but with another 4/5 games to go it can be any of the teams at the foot of the tables.  The Championship is more or less decided as Keighley RZM have a 26 point lead and only need to win one more game.
 
Sunday, 26th July 2009
League Fixtures
With just 3 remaining fixtures in Section A both Friends and Darulshafa remain undefeated and play each other on the last fixture of the season which should be the decider, however if both teams remain unbeaten and the last fixture is not played due to weather then it will go on the run rate average to decide the championship in Section A.  Darul shafa beat Little Horton by 67 runs with key performance with the bat from A Akram (66) and N Khan with the ball (4 - 38).  Little Horton  are still with an outside chance of claiming promotion into the Premier Section if Darulshafa or Friends lose a game and drop 1 point.  Friends had a very comfortable win over Leeds Star, Friends won by 5 wicket chasing a target of 168.  The two low scoring games played in the Premier Section to complete were between, Chach and Bradford, Chach batted first and were all bowled out for 119 and Bradford Moor chased the score with the loss of 2 wickets.  The other game between Attock WB And West Bowling, West Bowling batted first and were bowled out for just 77 runs in return Attock chased the score in just 11 over with the loss of 1 wicket.  Shimla chance of closing the gap with Keighley was dampened by the weather, Shimla batted first and were restricted to 152 in their 45 overs with good disciplined bowling lead by the Captain, Masood Ahmed and Mahir Ali (4 - 28) (right).  Keighley were 30-0 when the rain came and it was not possible to continue.  Keighley RZM are also likely to be crowned Champions on the 23rd August if the win the next three games.
 
Sunday, 19th July 2009
League Fixtures
The forecasted rain threaten but lucky most of the game did complete, In the Premier Section Keighley scored a colossal 296 for 9 with a century from Gulsheraz Ahmed (123)(right), in response Bradford Moor were all bowled out for 151, contribution with the ball from Nijat Ahmed (4 - 29)(right).  The close game of the day was between Alliance Darnall and Heaton Park, Alliance Darnall batted first and set a target of 180, throughout the innings of Heaton park the game swung in favour of both teams until the last over when 6 were required, Heaton lost  two wickets and on the last ball needed 2 to win, an excellent game by the wicket keeping won the game for Alliance Darnall by 1 run.

Wednesday, 15th July 2009
Taurus Cricket Balls
As you will be aware the league allowed all clubs to use up their old stock of cricket balls since the start of the season.  As we have now played over half of the matches it was only appropriate for the league committee to agree that from this Sunday, 19th July 2009 only Taurus cricket balls will be used.  The concerns raised by member clubs has also been acknowledge and a new supply of league bagde cricket ball will be available from next week, please contact Taurus sports to acquire a supply of cricket balls.  Contact details of Taurus can be found in the league handbook.

Monday, 13th July 2009
Taurus Cup - Semi Finals
Both games played today were one sided affair.  Keighley won toss and elected to bat first, most of the batter contributed to the score with N Kamal (50) being the main batter to take the total to 218 - 8, in return West Bowling lost wicket early and never recovered with outstanding performance from Z Qasim (6 for 15 runs).  West bowling were all bowled out for just 78 runs.  In the other semi final Shimla trashed Heaton Park by 224 runs, Shimla batted first and racked up 288 before they were all bowled out in the final over, the key performance came form K Maqsood (125).  Heaton Park struggled from the beginning and were all bowled out for just 64 runs with key performance form M Azam (5 - 28).

League Fixture
The exciting match of the day was between Little Horton and Asian Lions, Little Horton batted first and set a target of 232-8 with performances with the bat from M Majid (56), W Anjum (50), I Khan (44) in response Asian lions chased the score requiring 7 runs of the last over with only one wicket in hand, Ahsan Mohammed finished in style by hitting a six to win the game for Asian lions. Asian Lions batting performances came from H. Farooq (62)(left), S. Razaq (49) (Right), and A Shah (39).
 
 

Sunday, 12th July 2009
Taurus Cup - Semi Finals
The Semi finals of the Taurus Cup competition will take place tomorrow, Monday 13th July 2009 at 1.30pm:

Keighley RZM cc  V  West Bowling CC - Saltaire Cricket Club, Roberts Park, Shipley
Umpires - Mohammed Nazir and Nazam Khan

Heaton Park CC  V  Shimla CC - Rawdon Meadows, Apperley Bridge, Bradford
Umpires - Talat Butt and Frank Barnett

 
Sunday, 5th July 2009
Both Sheffield Alliance and West Bowling had a surprise results, Sheffield Alliance beat Bradford Moor by 3 wickets with contributions from Swap nil  (69) and J Castle (57).  Bradford Moor batted first and set a target of 163 before they were all bowled out, K Rehman (59) and F Maqsood (44) both help Bradford Moor reach a responsible target. Sheffield Alliance chased the score with 3 wicket in hand.  West Bowling managed to chase  a target of 226 with the key performance for B Butt (77) who lead them to victory over Shimla by 4 wickets. Keighley had an easy games against Chach, Chach batted first and were all bowled out for 132.  Chach did manage to get 6 Keighley wickets before losing by 4 wickets, G Ahmed (46) (right) and M Nadeem (4-10) (right) provided some resistance to put Keighley in the driving seat.  The close contest of the day was between Darnall Alliance and Kashmir, Darnall batted first and scored 204 with contribution with the bat from T Afzal (70), Kashmir managed the score with just 1 wicket to spare and S Rashid (45) gave them hope of a victory.
Darulshafa racked up another big total against Shaan, Darulshafa batted first and scored 356-5 with performances from M Haq (57), W Akhtar (122), T Arshad (50), A Akram (46) in return Shaan were all bowled out for 230 M Qiaser (56).  Little Horton had an easy game against Azad who won by 5 wickets.  Asian Lions lost to Lahore by 7 wickets as did Leeds Starr who lost by 6 wickets against Shaheen.  Friends won by just 2 wickets against Karmand.

Sunday, 28th June 2009
Certainly a well improved season and that's just the weather.  Another fantastic day for cricket with some high scoring games.  Keighley scored 255 for 8 with contributions from G Ahmed (Below)(58) and Z Qasim (Right) (40), in response Attock WB only managed 137 before they were all bowled out with best bowling figures of the match by N Jamal (Left) (5 -20).  Bradford Moor scored 309 for 7 with contributions from B Ijaz (131), S Ahmed (53) and A Rashid (44), Heaton Park were all bowled out for 145, contribution with the ball from A Awan (4 -26).  Kashmir and Shimla both won to maintain the positions in the tables. Asian Lions secured their second win of the season by beating Azad by 25 runs.  Asian Lions batted first and set a target of 201, Azad were on course to win but the excellent bowling by A Hanif (4 - 10) won the match when he took the last four wickets in just 3 overs. The thrilling match between Little Horton and Friends, Friends batted first and scored 255 for 9, with key contributions form M Zahid (49) and A Ali (40).  Little Horton were under no pressure and managed to chase the score with the loss of just 3 wickets with contribution form C Kumar (45) and N Bhatti (100no).  Leeds star had their first win of the season, they beat Karmand by 5 wickets with contributions from U Farooq (78no), M Iqbal (54), M Asif (43).  Shaan beat Lahore by 60 runs and Darulshafa beat Shaheen by just 21 runs.

Saturday, 27th June 2009
Taurus Cup Quarter Finals
The remaining quarter finals have been re-arranged.  Alliance Darnall will play Shimla on Monday, 29th June 2009 in Sheffield at Handsworth CC.  The match will start at 12.00 noon. The other remaining match between Bradford Moor and Keighley RZM will be played on the 6th July 2009 at Eshlot CC, will start at 1.30pm.

Tuesday, 16th June 2009
League Fixtures
Excellent day for cricket and the results of Sunday illustrate the outstanding standard of cricket.  Keighley RZM scored a colossal 358 for 8 with a unbeaten century by Shivraj Singh (120no) and the hard hitting form Omar Khitab (52).  In response Alliance Darnall finished with 228 all out, Keighley bowler M Ali ended up with 4 - 49 to steer his club to a comfortable victory.  Attock also won comfortably in the local derby against Chach, Attock scored 272 for 5 with the key performance coming from M Sayed (134no) with a unbeaten century and S Zaman (50).  The remaining three games were all won by the team batting second, Bradford Moor beat Sheffield Frds by 7 wicket with contribution with the bat coming from B Ijaz (71no), Heaton Park beat West Bowling by 6 wickets and had three batter Z Yousaf (66), M Adil (49) and A Saeed 47no) that took them to a comfortable win and Kashmir won by 7 wickets.  The crunch game in Section A was between Asian Lions and Leeds Star who tied with both teams on 201 all out. Little Horton won very comfortable by setting a target of 341 against Shaheen who only managed 157 before being bowled out.  Shaan also had an outstanding day with the bat they scored 296 for 6 with contributions from S Raz (69), I Aziz (60no), S Riaz (49), I Javed (42) in return Karmand scored 230 before being bowled out, S Khan (80) was the only batter who contributed with the bat.

Sunday, 14th June 2009
Taurus Cup Quarter Finals
If you get the time to come away from the 20/20 world cup, come and support the teams at the following venues.

Alliance Darnall  v  Shimla - Sheffield United, Sheffield
Lahore  v  Heaton Park - Saltaire CC, Shipley
Shaheen  v  West Bowling - Heckmondwike CC, Heckmondwike
Bradford Moor  v  Keighley RZM - Esholt CC, Shipley

Tuesday, 9th June 2009
Special Meeting and Appeal Council meeting
For legal reason the committee agreed to postpone the scheduled meetings until the completion of the Police investigation.   Member clubs will be informed when the committee agrees to set the new dates.
 
Monday, 8th June 2009
League Results.
Only three out of the 10 fixture were affected by the poor spell of weather, but those that got to play did have some very interested results.  Kashmir closed the gap with Keighley whose match was rain affected.  Shimla beat Chach to also close the gap between the top three teams.  For Shimla contribution from W Hussain (45) and K Ahmed (7 - 21) help secure victory over Chach who were all bowled out for 100. In Section A Friends game was also affected by the rain and second place Little Horton secured a 6 point win over Karmand and closed the gap. Azad continue to surprise they beat Leeds Star by 99 runs to move into joint 4 place.  Darulshafa lost against Lahore who set a target of 214, but managed 171 with the only contribution coming from A Akram (50).  
 
Saturday (Midday), 6th June 2009
Committee Decision - Committee Meeting held on 4th June 2009
For several years the league committee has been clear on its disciplinary policy and has had a zero tolerance towards ill discipline.  At the pre season general meeting held in April 2009 the committee issued disciplinary guidance to all the member clubs to highlight the four levels of discipline that players may face if reported to the committee. 

After two separate meetings to investigate the report from the umpire regarding the incident at the game between Sheffield Alliance CC and Shimla CC on the 31^st May 2009 the committee was unanimous in its decision.   

The committee decision on Thursdays meeting was as follows: 
Four players were reported to the committee by the umpire of which 1 player received a life ban from all cricket, 2 players received 5 years ban from all cricket and the fourth player received 3 years ban with a further 2 years suspended ban from all cricket.  The committee also unanimously agreed to put forward a proposal to its members to terminate the membership of Shimla Cricket Club (one of the oldest members in the league) on eight grounds from immediate effect. In accordance with the leagues constitution (Rule 5a) a Special Meeting has been called on Tuesday, 9^th June 2009.
 
All the player bans will come into effect from Saturday (midday), 13^th June 2009, unless an appeal is lodged within the next seven days from today in which case the suspensions will be deferred until the outcome of the appeal council.  A provisional date has been arranged for Tuesday, 16^th June 2009. 

In a separate incident involving one of the four players the appeal council met on Wednesday, 3^rd June 2009 and upheld the committee decision.  Waleed Ditta will serve a four week ban from all cricket from today (Midday) until the 4^th July 2009 (Midday) (inclusive).  The appropriate authorities will be informed of the decision.

Wednesday, 3rd June 2009
Sheffield Alliance  v  Shimla - 31st May 2009
The executive Committee met yesterday to discuss an incident at the above fixture on the 31^st May 2009. Both clubs were invited to provide evidence regarding the incident and the players mentioned in the umpires report and the club representative were given opportunity to state their case to the committee.  A decision will be reached on Thursday when the committee reconvenes.
The committee's decision will be made available on the website once the appropriate club has been informed.

Sunday, 31st May 2009
League Results
What an excellent day for cricket, the scores in most games speak volume in term of the standard of cricket played within the league.  The game between Bradford Moor and Alliance Darnall had over 670 runs in 90 overs.  Bradford Moor batted first and scored 342 for 4, Alliance Darnall did not heeled under the pressure and went for the chase, they ended up just 10 runs short finishing their innings on 332 for 7.  Another upset in the Premier Section today, Kashmir were beaten by Attock WB who have struggled to win before today's fixture. The result now puts Keighley RZM in first place.
In Section A Asian lions had a best day with the bat they scored 214 with the loss of 9 wicket, contribution came from Sajid Razaq (right) who was unbeaten on 80, but Section A leaders Friends chased the score with 6 overs spare and won by 5 wickets.  Further update will be available on Monday.

Sunday, 24th May 2009
League Fixtures
With a glorious day for cricket after a complete wash out last week.  All top three teams won to maintain their position in the Premier Section.   Alliance Darnall had a relevant easy game against Attock WB who were all bowled out for just 99 runs.  The match winning performance came from Lal Fraz (left) with the ball (4 -23). Sheffield Alliance continue to surprise with another win this time against West Bowling who have lost 4 of the first six games.  Kashmir also had a easy game with Chach, Kashmir balled Chach out for just 92 runs and chased the score with 7 wicket spare.  The game between Shimla and Bradford Moor went to the last over.  Key performance from Raqeeb (78no) and W Hussain (68) helped Shimla set a target of 224 - 5.  In response Bradford Moor gave a good chase but fell short by 18 runs.  The match between Heaton Park and Keighley also went to the last few overs.  Heaton Park batted first and set a target of 182 with key performance from M Saghir (50) and N Khan (52).  Keighley run chase was fast at first but the wicket of G Ahmed (52) (left) and the second bowling change soon put the pressure back on Keighley.  The unbeaten innings of skipper M Ahmed (51no) (right) took Keighley to victory. In Section A Friends have built up a 10 point lead at a very early stage of the season which has not been seen for sometime.  They beat Leeds Star by 100 runs with key performance coming from M Ibrahim (66) M Zahid (47) and A Ajmal (43) with the bat and with the ball M Majid took his first 5 wickets of the season with 5 - 27.  The high run scoring game between Little Horton and Darulshafa so many balls being lost but Darulshafa fell 13 agonising runs short of Little Horton's total of 271. Both Shaan and Karmand won easily and the closest finish was between Shaheen and Lahore.  Shaheen chased the score of Lahore and won by 2 wickets.

Sunday, 17th May 2009
League Fixtures
The recent change to constitution in particular rule 14d has had impact.  Most members travelled to the grounds to decide the outcome of today's fixtures rather than looking out for three games being cancelled.  Some matches did start but due to the heavy rain forecasting in the late afternoon it was not possible to complete the fixture.  The best performance came from the match between Chach and Heaton Park.  The match was reduced to 27 overs when the final interruption came, Chach finished on 135 for 6. 
Ahmed Saeed (left) finished his spell of 5 wickets for 29 runs. In the process he also caught 3 out of the four dismissal of his own bowling.  His bowling figures but Heaton Park in a good position for the run chase but wit was not to be as the heavens open and Great Horton was under water by 5.00pm.

Sunday, 10th May 2009
League Fixtures
As rule 14d does mot apply all games that took place today have been awarded appropriate points. The top of the table match between Shimla and Keighley end up as a comfortable win for Keighley.  Masood Ahmed (Left) hit 51 to help his club Keighley to a 46 run victory over Shimla

 

Wednesday, 6th May 2009.
Bradford Umpire Appointments
Download the appointments from the member Area.

Tuesday, 5th May 2009
New Service
From next week the league website can include individual player achievements.  Simply take your photograph during or at the end of the match and send by text or email it to Basharat with details of your full name, club name and batting score or/and bowling figures.  Photographs of player will only be included on the website if you score more than 50 runs or you take 5 or more wickets.
 
Monday, 4th May 2009
Not the best day for cricket this season, however all games did complete with some matches being reduced to 25 overs to ensure completion of the fixture.  Little Horton lost to Shaheen by 4 wickets.  Little Horton batted first and scored 149 runs of 25 overs.  Shaheen got off to a good start with 92 runs for just 2 wicket in the first 12 over.  Little Horton got 2 quick wicket to put them back in the game, but Shaheen continued to score runs at an easy rate and score the last run in the 23rd overs. Chach and Attock WB both won comfortably to take them into the next round.
 
Sunday, 3rd May 2009
League Fixtures
Shimla continue their form with another win and maintain the top spot in the Premier Section with Kashmir in close second place.  West Bowling lost by just 1 wicket with a low scoring game with Kashmir.  Bradford Moor fell 26 runs short of Keighley target of 242.  Heaton Park pulled of a surprised win at Phoenix and beat Alliance Darnall by 3 wicket chasing Darnall's target of 202.  Sheffield Alliance beat Attock WB  by 10 wicket at home. 
In Section A newcomer Asian Lions claim their first win in the league, they beat Lahore by 5 wickets with a unbeaten performance from H Farooq (56no), Friends win their 3rd consecutive game and maintain the top spot in Section A for the third week running.
 
Wednesday, 29th April 2009
Taurus Sports Cup Competition.
The committee members have agreed to allow some fixture that are scheduled to be played on the 25th May now to be played on the 4th May subject to both teams agreeing to change the fixture date.  This would only applies to team who both have byes in the Preliminary round.  The arranging of the ground is still the responsibility of the home team.  If teams agree to the arrangement they must contact the appropriate umpires secretary to notify them of the change.

Sunday, 26th April 2009
Yet another gorgeous day for cricket with some excellent results.  New member Asian Lions are finding it tough in Section A, they were well beaten by Azad who have straighten their team this year to ensure that they avoid the bottom of the table.  Shimla won 2 out of 2 to take the early lead in  the Premier Section whilst in Section A Friends , Darulshsfa and Karmand are joint leaders.  Lets hope for the same weather next week and we may have a very exciting season ahead of us.  The highest total of the day was set by Heaton Park who notched up 312 runs with the highest individual performance from I Hussain (146).

Friday, 24th April 2009
Umpires Fixtures
Now available in the members page to download.

Monday 20th April 2009
League Fixture
We could not have predicted a better start then yesterday, its unfortunately that we lost out in hosting the IPL in England as the spell of poor weather in this country played a part in the decision process but who could have predicted the rain in South Africa.  Enough about other leagues we had some very exciting games yesterday,  Kashmir played Alliance Darnall away yesterday, Darnall won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 253 all out with contribution from Shakeel Ahmed ( 46) and Mohammed Banaris (40). Kashmir started well and contributions from I Zohar (102) and S Latif (70) help them to get near their total.  Kashmir lost I Zohar on the penultimate over which left them with 2 new batters, Kashmir needed 3 runs of the last delivery and only managed 1 and lost the game by 2 runs. New comers Asian Lions got a socking welcome from Darulshafa, Darulshafa hit 275 with contributions from  A Akram (103), A Ejaz (42) T Arshad (75) and bowled Asian Lions for just 115 runs.

Sunday 19th April 2009
League Fixtures
Due to technical reason we are unable to post today's results onto the website.  We are confident that the results will be available by tomorrow evening.  Email alerts will be sent to those members on the mailing list when the website has been update.  If you wish to add your name to the mailing list please email me on bhussain@blueyonder.co.uk to be included.  Please accept our apology for the delay in bring the results to you.

Tuesday, 14th April 2009
Umpire Appointments
To check who your umpire is for this coming Sunday please download the umpires appointment list from the members area.  The umpire meeting will be held next Tuesday and a further list of umpires appointments will be available after next Tuesday.  If member clubs experience an problems with the appointment please contact Mohammed Nazir for Bradford, Mohammed Banaris for Sheffield and Rasab Khan for Dewsbury.

Tuesday, 7th April 2009
League General Meeting
Minutes of last weeks meeting now available on the Members Area page.

Tuesday, 24th March 2009
General Meeting
The next General Meeting has been arranged for Tuesday, 31st March 2009 at 7.00pm.  the meeting will be held at Karmand Community Centre, Barkerend Road, Bradford 3.  The agenda for the meeting is available below:

agenda 2009.doc (Word File)
agenda 2009.pdf (Acrobat reader)

Wednesday, 18th March 2009
New Club Website
Asian Lions CC the new members of the league this year launch their website.  Follow the links page to log onto the clubs website.

Saturday, 7th March 2009
New Club Website
Both Sheffield Alliance CC and Attock West Bowling CC launch their new website.  Follow the Links page to log onto the clubs website.
 
Wednesday, 18th February 2009
League Fixtures.
Due to a very high demand for preferred home games it has not been possible to arrange every game as required.  Download the 2009 fixtures below:

fixtures 2009.doc - Word file
fixtures 2009.pdf - Acrobat reader file

Sunday, 15th February 2009.
League Fixtures.
Due to a last minute decision by Eastern Friends and the new member Asian Lions to merge into one club it has been necessary to arrange new fixtures for Section B, unfortunately as some teams share grounds with clubs in Section A it has not been possible to upload the completed fixtures for Section A as there is likely to be some minor changes.  League fixtures will now be available tomorrow late evening.  Member clubs on alert emails will be informed when the fixtures are upload and text messaging will also be used to notify when fixtures are available.
Cup fixture have been posted, click on fixture and then cup fixtures.  A new player registration form have also been made available.

Wednesday, 4th February 2009
Executive Committee Meeting, held on 3rd February 2009.
At the executive meeting held yesterday the committee agreed to consolidate the league into two sections to maintain the standard of cricket played in the league.  The argument in favour of the consolidation was clear from the tables standing in season 2008 in all three sections and also the impact of the poor weather over the past two years.  The merging into two sections of 11 teams will allow completion of 20 fixtures in each section with the league season being extended by one week in September and one of the cup fixtures being played on the late May day bank holiday.  To find out which teams have been promoted into the new Premier Section click on league tables 2009.  Relegation and promotion changes will need to be agreed at the April general meeting for season 2010.

The committee has awarded the cricket balls tender to Taurus Sports at a reduced cost of £9.00 per ball to the teams, teams will be allowed to use their previous season stock early in the season.  As always we will request that the supplier contacts each club of the opening times of the shop with directions.  Taurus Sports have also agreed to sponsor the cup competition for the coming season.

A new sponsor has also been arranged for the Umpires.  Premier Accident Management UK will sponsor the umpires coats for the coming season.

The committee is current working towards securing a new league sponsor, but if anyone wishes to express their interest for this prestigious opportunity please email bhussain@blueyonder.co.uk.
 

  
Left : Mohammed Amir Majid, Vice Chairman presenting Taj Butt with a trophy for his recognition of services to the league over the past 18 years.
Right : the newly elected executive committee and Taj Butt who will Chair the Appeal Council Hearings.

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