Greater Richmond CC and Raleigh CC reach final

First ever final appearance for RCC

This is the second time that GRCC has made the final of the MACC league. It made the final in 1999 (then the league was called IACC - India Association Cricket Club) when it lost to HPCC at home

# 5 Raleigh Cricket Club vs. #2 Greater Richmond Cricket Club

Venue: Richmond Cricket Ground
Date: Saturday, October 1, 2005

Umpires: Ron Knight & Fergus Robertson

Quarterfinal #3

Sunday, September 18, 2005
#6 Pakistan Assoc. CC vs. #3 Carolina CC
Shiloh Cricket Ground
Umpires: Fergus Robertson & DCC

Perennial power Carolina Cricket Club scored a massive 232 runs. Albeit they were cruising to victory with a Ford Taurus! But, PACC was driving a Ferrari! They stunned CCC. PACC avenges last year's pre quarter final defeat as they chased Carolina's massive total to seal the deal for "Final Four"

Result: PACC won the game by 5 wickets
Toss: CCC won and elected to bat
CCC scored 232 for 9 wickets in 30 overs
Yogi 44. Arun 46
Murtaza 3/37, Jansher 2/36
PACC 237 for 5 wickets in 27.1 overs
Imran 60, Nasir 53, Jansher 46
Fabian 2/28 , Arun 0/50

Man of the Match: Jansher 46 runs, 2 wickets, 1 catch

Quarterfinal #1

So much for hurricane Cordel of COCC. It was much like a drizzle! Lions won by 7 wkts.

Sunday, September 18, 2005
#9 Columbia CC vs. #1 Charlotte Lions
Gastonia Cricket Ground
Umpires: SCCA & GCC (Rafi bhai)

Quarterfinal #2

Sunday, September 18, 2005
#7 Triangle CC vs. #2 Greater Richmond CC
Richmond Cricket Ground
Umpires Provided By Teams: PCC & OCC

Result: GRCC won by 34 runs [Scorecard & Report]

Toss: GRCC won and elected to bat

GRCC: 172 for 9 in 30 overs
Shastry 59 n.o, R. Khanna 26
Nataraj 5/28

TCC: 138 all out in 25.3 overs
Charan 50 n.o
Milon 2/18, Ramesh 2/19, Raj 0/12

Man of the match: Shas: for his brilliant 59 n.o... (coming in at 39 for
3, he played a patient and responsible knock to help GRCC reach 172.)
Also for his brilliant keeping (2 catches, 1 stumping and 2 runouts!! )

Quarterfinal #4

Saturday, September 17, 2005
#5 Raleigh CC vs. #4 Mecklenburg CC
Gastonia Cricket Ground
Umpires: Ron Knight & HPCC

Raleigh won by 7 wickets. Highest scores on both teams were wide deliveries. Incredible!

First Round Playoff Results

2005 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE & RULES

Here are the winners of regular season trophies

Top Team: Charlotte Lions with 68 points

Top Batsman: Vinay S. Swaminathan of NCSU with 476 runs

Top Bowlers: Aravind Narayanan of TCC and Ashutosh of ROCC with 26
wickets each.

Top Fielder: Imran Khan of PACC with 12 catches or stumps

NOTE: Records are counted only if they were posted in this website.
No Run Out was counted in Top Fielder's dismissals.
All winners: Please notify the league President and the Secretary with correct spelling of your full names, so that your names can be engraved on the trophies. Also, please be present at the Finals to receive your trophies.

Congratulations to all winners

Data compiled by Shami (High Point CC)