Category: Over 50s Cricket

Over 50s Cricket World Cup – Team South Africa

Number	Surname	First Name	Club affiliation	Provincial teams represented	Batting Style	Bowling Style
1	Bing	Brad	Claremont CC	Western Province	Right-hand bat	Slow left-arm orthodox
2	Coller	Bernie	Cape Town CC	NA	Right-hand bat	Right-arm mediun
3	Craigen	Kevin	Potchefstroom CC	Free State	Left-hand bat	Slow left-arm orthodox
4	Duncan	David	Stanley CC	Eastern Province Courtly Districts	Right-hand bat	Right-arm mediun
5	Du Plessis	Paul	Scorpions CC	Northern Free State Coumy Districts	Right-hand bat	Slow left-arm orthodox
6	Fletcher	Mark	Diamond Diggers CC	Griqualand West	Right-hand bat	Wicketkeeper
7	Haswell	Mike	Alendo (Malawi)	Wales Minor Counties	Left-hand bat	left-arm medium
8	Koster	Ralph	SidburyCC	Griqualand West, Western Province	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium
9	Marx	Peter	Pine lands CC	NA	Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
10	McLean	Brian	Cowichan United	Eastern Province Coumy Districts	Left-hand bat	Right-arm slow
11	Meeser	Roy	Fish Hoek CC	Western Province	Right-hand bat	Wicketkeeper
12	Mellors	Carl	Cronkboune CC	Boland	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium
13	Milne	Kevin	HOGS CC	Free State	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium
14	Rippon	Warne	SidbuyCC	Border, Free State and Transvaal	Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
15	Ryall	Richie	Techs Mutual CC	Western Province	Right-hand bat	Wicketkeeper
16	van der Rheede	Riaan	Scorpions CC	SA Universities, WP Schools	Left-hand bat	Right-arm medium
Player/Manager	Moult	Roger	Cape Town CC	Border, Griqualand West	Right-hand bat	Right-arm slow
Coach	Thomson	Paul	Cape Town CC
Non-travelling reserves
1	Frasier	Iain
2	Bergins	Howie
3	Malamba	Rodney

Pakistan Veterans cricket team will be participating in the inaugural Over-50s Cricket World Cup to be held in Sydney from Nov 21-Dec 5. This was disclosed by Fawad Ijaz Khan, Chairman Pakistan Veterans Cricket Association here on Thursday.

Eight countries are participating in the Veterans World Cup including Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa, Sir Lanka, Canada and Wales. Each team will play seven matches on single league basis and top four will move to semifinals with the final set for Dec 5.

The Pakistan Veterans Over 50s team was finalized in a PVCA board of directors meeting simultaneously held on Wednesday in Karachi and Lahore through a video conference. Former Test player Ejaz Ahmed, who played 38 Tests and 32 ODIs for the country, has been named as captain of the team while former ODI Player Ghulam Ali will be the vice captain.

The team also includes two former ODI players Sajid Ali and Shahid Anwar. Former Test player Kabir Khan has been named as coach and Chief Executive PVCA Ashiq Hussain Qureshi will be the manager.

Squad: Ijaz Ahmed (Captain), Ghulam Ali (Vice Captain), Shahid Anwar, Ghaffar Kazmi, Dastgir Butt, Babar Altaf Butt, Malik Amir Tauseef,  Javed Hafeez, Imtiaz Tarar, Jaffar Qureshi, Asim Jah, Sagheer Abbas, Asif Hayat, Sajid Ali, Mazhar Hussain, Zafar Ali.

Officials: Ashiq Hussain Qureshi (Manager), Kabir Khan (Coach).

 

Source: Ijaz Ahmed to lead Pakistan in over-50s Veterans World Cup, September 14, 2018

We would like to announce the Welsh squad selected for the 2018 Over-50s Cricket World Cup, to represent Wales in the first over 50’s cricket World Cup, based in Sydney, Australia.

It will be a serious, competitive tournament involving teams from most of the Testplaying nations. This will be a great opportunity for the world’s best over 50’s cricketers to showcase their talents and compete for national glory!

The tournament will be held over a two-week period on some great Sydney grounds and will involve a round-robin system where each country plays each other, culminating in semi-finals and a grand finale.

Wales Over-50s has a Twitter account. It is: https://twitter.com/wales_over_50s?lang=en. They can be reached at @wales_over_50s.

The Squad

Jonny Jones	Skewen Cricket Club	Captain
Roy Emmott	Newport Fugitives Cricket Club	Vice-Captain
Steve Maddocks	Briton Ferry Steel Cricket Club
Paul Murphy	Usk Cricket Club
Lee Williams	Baglan Cricket Club
Arvind Aswani	Usk Cricket Club
Paul Donovon	Tata Steel Cricket Club
John Kenchington	Brecon Cricket Club
Chris Hudson	Dafen Cricket Club
Leighton O’Connor	Llechryd Cricket Club
Neal Williams	Cresselly Cricket Club
Ian Poole	Kilgetty Cricket Club
Adam Glaznieks	Swansea Civil Service Cricket Club
Mark Donovon	Tata Steel Cricket Club
Neil Williams	Pwllheli Cricket Club
Adrian Webber	Croesyceiliog Cricket Club
Mike Lloyd	Llangennych Cricket Club	Team Manager

 

England has named its touring party for the 2018 Over-50s Cricket World Cup in Sydney. It is a full group, including two managers, two umpires and a doctor. The playing squad itself is a formidable one, featuring many of the top players from the very strong over-50s county circuit in England.

They have also received much-appreciated sponsorship from JBS, Serious Cricket, Grey Nicholls and Smile Group Travel.

England’s first World Cup match is against Sri Lanka at Hurstville Oval on November 21.

Over-50s Cricket World Cup England Over-50s has a Twitter account. It is: https://twitter.com/CountiesEngland?lang=en. They can be reached at @countiesengland.

England Counties Preliminary Sydney World Cup Tour Party 2018:

Team manager, Peter Rider, England 50+
Assist manager, Ian Jones, England 50+
Scorer, Paul Bridge, England U 19’s
Doctor, Ian Bishop, Devon
Umpire, Stuart Aitken,Middx
Umpire, Raf Patel, Essex.

Captain, Gary Loveday Berks
V Capt, Stephen Foster,Yorks

Players: Kevin Bradley, Yorks
Neil Brathwaite,Essex
Neil Burns, Essex
Sean Cooper, Suffolk
Andy Davis, Berks
Raja Hayat, Leics
Mel Hussain, Essex
Mo Fayyaz, Essex
Simon Myles, Berks
Nick Newman, Leics
Calvin Priest, Shrops
Jason Robinson,Warws
Duncan Watson,Herts
Mark Wilson, Yorks
Standby:
Scott Stratton, Sussex
Julian Poulter, Surrey
Mo Shahzanar, Yorks
David Snelgrove,Lancs
John Courtney, Gloucester

Part Travel sponsor-JBS
Kit sponsor-Serious Cricket
Part sponsor-Grey Nicholls
Travel operator-Smile Group Travel.

New Zealand has named its 2018 Over-50s Cricket World Cup squad. With nine former first-class players and a number of senior club cricketers, this will be a team to watch.

The 16-man squad to compete in the Over-50s World Cup is as follows:

Nigel Fletcher (captain) (Auckland)
Dean Askew (Auckland)
Adrian Dale (Auckland)
Lincoln Doull (Hawkes Bay)
Peter Escott (Auckland)
Brent Fleming (Canterbury)
David Fulton (Manawatu)
Craig Gibb (Canterbury)
Mike Jamieson (Auckland)
Hamish Kember (Canterbury)
Robbie Kerr (Wellington)
David Leonard (Nelson)
Andrew Nuttall (Canterbury)
Martin Pennefather (Wanganui)
Richard Petrie (Wellington)
Mason Robinson (Nelson)

Officials:
Jim Morrison (Team Manager)
Nicki Cooke (Team Therapist)

The Canadian squad for the 2018 Over-50s Cricket World Cup in Sydney looks like a very good team, featuring at least 5 players with first-class and/or List-A experience.

Among these are Rohan Jayasekera, who played Test cricket for Sri Lanka; Brian Rajadurai, whose leg-breaks took almost 100 first-class and List-A wickets at an average of 25; and Farooq Kirmani, who has coached Canada and played first-class cricket in Pakistan.

Canada’s first match is against the hosts, Australia, at Drummoyne Oval on November 21.

Congratulations to all the players, and to Asad Khan and the Canadian Seniors Cricket Association for assembling the side – good luck for the tournament!

Canada’s Squad:

Reserves:

Support Staff:

Sri Lanka has announced its squad for the Over-50s World Cup. The side will be led by former Sri Lankan international Marlon von Hagt and contains a number of fit and experienced cricketers who will be familiar with local conditions.

The full squad is:

Marlon von Hagt (captain)
Kesara de Costa
Lalin de Silva
Duminda de Silva
Richie de Silva
Shane Fernando
Andre Gunasekere
Russell Ingram
Roshan Ismail
Maxwell Labrooy
Gavin Mallawaratchy
Haran Nagendran
Boyd Parsons
Janaka Rambukwella
Senarath Seneviratne
Shafeek Rahim

Source: Over-50s Cricket World Cup on Facebook

“On behalf of our Australian National O50s Selectors & Australian O50s Committee, we announce the 16 man Squad and 4 Reserves for the 2018 Over-50s Cricket World Cup in Sydney with the first match commencing on Wednesday 21 November.

The squad

The squad selected is:

Peter Solway	ACT (captain)
Trent Ryan	QLD (vice captain)
Bill Blair	VIC
Greg Briggs	NSW
Gavin Brown	QLD
Anthony Clark	NSW
Stephen Gollan	WA
Rowan Harry	NSW
Warwick Hayes	NSW
Darren Hill	VIC
Brad Mant	WA
Todd O’Keefe	NSW
Joe Santostefano	WA
Tim Sargent	SA
John Short	NSW
Darren Smith	NSW

Reserve Players:

Stuart Crisp	NSW
Craig Gislingham	VIC
Andrew Knight	QLD
Paul Nemes	ACT

Michael Van Zuyden from Victoria is appointed the Manager of the Squad.

Congratulations to all and our best wishes for what we expect to be 2 weeks of exciting competition.

Best regards
Mal Coleman
On behalf of
O50 Committee & Selectors”

Source: Over-50s Cricket World Cup on Facebook

Like to know a little more about the NSW lads playing for the side? Check out this news article at Veteran Cricket NSW: Meet Our Over 50s Nationals