Millenium Philadelphia Cricket Festival
Philadelphia, PA
May 4-May 7, 2000
Commonwealth C.C Touring team
13 member squad (in alphabetical order):
Chico Khan
Ghazanfer Baig
Ketan Patel (Captain)
Mark Wright
Peter Sobha
Ravi Ramachandran
Sanjay Subbanna
Satish Kumar
Soumendra Basu
Shailesh Naidu
Umair Siddiqui
Vijay Devadass
Wayne Tworetzky
Summary
Games played by Commonwealth C.C Touring XI: 5
Won : 3
Lost: 2
Day 1: May 4, 2000, Game 1
Opponents: Lloyd's of London
Played at Merion CC
Result: Lloyd's of London won by 18 runs
Toss: Lloyd's of London
Scores
Lloyd's of London : 155 for 4 in 25 overs
Commonwealth C.C Touring XI: 137 all out in 24.3 overs
Highlights
Lloyd's of London
*R. Clarke 50 retired,
J. Beslee 50 retired
J. Tipper 2 for 17
D. Garrett 3 for 9
R. Dwyer 2 for 17
Commonwealth C.C Touring X1
Vijay Devadass 37 (36)
Umair Siddiqui 30 (15)
Vijay Devadass 2 for 22
Peter Sobha 2 for 17
Day 2: May 5, 2000, Game 1
Opponents: Philadelphia Cricket Club
Played at Philadelphia CC
Result: Commonwealth C.C Touring X1 won by 172 runs
Toss: Philadelphia Cricket Club
Scores
Commonwealth C.C Touring XI: 195 for 3 wickets in 25 overs
Philadelphia Cricket Club : 23 all out in 10.2 overs
Highlights
Commonwealth C.C Touring X1
Mark Wright 51 retired
Shailesh Naidu 48
Ghazanfer Baig 28 not out
Ghazanfer Baig 4 for 6
Umair Siddiqui 2 for 6
Philadelphia Cricket Club
Findley 1 for 26
Ian 1 for 36
Day 2: May 5, 2000, Game 2
Opponents: British Officers Cricket Club
Played at Philadelphia CC
Result: Commonwealth C.C Touring X1 won by 13 runs
Toss: British Officers Cricket Club
Guest Player for BOCC: Gary Kirsten from South Africa
Scores
Commonwealth C.C Touring XI: 118 for 6 wickets in 25 overs
British Officers Cricket Club : 105 all out in 24.3 overs
Highlights
Commonwealth C.C Touring X1
Satish Kumar 18 (47)
Umair Siddiqui 49 (33)
Chico Khan 18 (28)
Satish Kumar 1 for 22 (Gary Kirsten)
Vijay Devadass 3 for 19
Soumendra Basu 3 for 14
British Officers Cricket Club
Gary Kirsten 13
M. Sidda 18
Z. Abdullah 17
Gary Kirsten 1 for 8
Ahmed 3 for 13
Day 3: May 6, 2000, Game 4
Opponents: Germantown Cricket Club
Played at Germantown CC
Result: Commonwealth C.C Touring X1 won by 5 wickets
Toss: Germantown Cricket Club
Scores
Germantown Cricket Club : 97 all out in 24.4 overs
Commonwealth C.C Touring XI: 100 for 5 wickets in 19.2 overs
Highlights
Germantown Cricket Club
Markar 42 not out
Mirza 14
Vinit 2 for 29
Commonwealth C.C Touring X1
Satish Kumar 33
Soumendra Basu 17
Ketan Patel 3 for 13
Satish Kumar 3 for 8
Day 4: May 7, 2000, Game 4
Opponents: Marin County Cricket Club
Played at Cope Field, Haverford College
Result: Marin County Cricket Club won by 120 runs
Toss: Marin County Cricket Club
Guest Player for Marin County: Dale Benkensteinfrom South Africa
Scores
Marin County Cricket Club : 255 for 7 wickets in 25 overs
Commonwealth C.C Touring XI: 135 for 7 wickets in 25 overs
Highlights
Marin County Cricket Club
Dale Benkenstein 55 retired, 99 not out
S. Speak 50 retired
A. Khan 50 retired
Commonwealth C.C Touring X1
Umair Siddiqui 50 retired
Peter Sobha 3 for 61
Sanjay Subbanna 2 for 30
Finals
Marin County Cricket Club, California vs. Free Foresters, England
Tournament won by Marin County Cricket Club, CA