Taiwan Southerners Cricket Club

Taiwan Daredevils warm up in style for Formosa Cup

tsccadmin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:51:46 +0000

Big things are expected of the Taiwan Daredevils Cricket Club (previously TSCC) this season and yesterday in Chiayi City the Daredevils were not in the mood for taking it lightly on their opponents, the Pakistan Badshows, who knocked them out in the semi-final of the Chunghwa Cup in the two clubs’ previous meeting.

The Daredevils won the toss in the first 15 overs game and openers Graham Terblanche and skipper Duane Christie fell cheaply from good bowling by Zaheer Amazhid and Touseef Ashraf.

The Daredevils’ start went from bad to worse when Jared Painter (2) missed a straight one from Mujahid Mohammad.

Chairman of the Daredevils did not disappoint with the bat, making a vital 44 not out, with good support from new star Campbell Burns (31). Jeff Black provided some impetus to the innings with a quick-fire 21.

Mohammad was the pick of the bowlers with 1-for-7 in two overs as the Daredevils reached 131-for-5 in 15 overs.

The Badshaws set off like a train with 40 for no loss coming off the five power-play overs. The Daredevils were missing star Fielder Eben Haarhoff, but it did not seem to effect the Daredevils’ moral.

The Badshaws were well placed at 75-for-3 in the 10th over, but tight bowling from Terblanche with 1-for-16 in three overs and James Daly 2-for-15 in two overs put the brakes on the scoring.

Sixteen runs were needed from the final over, but only eight runs were conceded, leaving the Badshaws 123-for-5 in 15 overs, handing the match to the Daredevils by eight runs.

The second game was an 18 over affair with the Badshaws batting first.

Thirteen-year-old Daly took 3-for-18 in three overs. He bowled with control and looks a super prospect for the future.

The Badshaws managed 111 all out with only Imran Syed making 24. Herc Malan, 2-for-24 from two overs, and Terblanche, 2-for-17 from three overs, bowled well.

The Daredevils lost opener Christie early and were in slight trouble at 10-for-2. Terblanche (54) and Daly (19) steadied the ship with the Daredevils cruising at 112-for-4 in 13.2 overs.

Middle-order batsman Justin Lambie hit the biggest six of the day to finish off the victory in style with 40 balls remaining.

The Daredevils welcome back Caleb Kenyon and Haarrhoff for the Formosa Cup, with the team looking serious contenders in this year’s cup.

TAIWAN DAREDEVILS CRICKET CLUB EASILY WIN INVITATIONAL TROPHY IN OPENING GAMES OF THE SEASON!

tsccadmin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:49:47 +0000

On paper the two best cricket teams on the island met today in Chiayi county
at the Taibao Pro ground. Taiwan Daredevils Cricket Club ( formerly Taiwan
Southerners C.C) claimed a big upset by beating top team PCCT in the
invitational trophy in Chiayi County.

Daredevils won the toss in the 25th over competition and elected to bat,
captain Duane Christie and Graham Terblanche got them off to a good start by
putting 50 on for the first wicket.A mini collapse set in, but Roy Horgan 66
in 38 balls and Jeff Black 48 from 29 balls helped the Daredevils reach 196
for 9 in 25 overs. Shoaib Meer was the pick of the PCCT bowlers with 3 for
40 in 5 overs.

The target always seemed too much for PCCT, when opening bowler Jared
Painter tore into the PCCT order, leaving them reeling at 13 for 3 in 3
overs, Things went from bad to worse and were in direstraits at 55 for 8 but
Daredevils took the foot off the gas. Tailenders (Ninad khan made 36 and
Sanjeev Kumar 30 not out) as PCCT ended on 120 all out. Pick of the bowlers
were Sydney 2nd grade cricketer Jared Painter 4 for 26 in 3.3 overs and
Terblanche 3 for 26 in 4 overs.

Earlier, PCCT beat Taiwan Daredevils by 6 runs in the twenty / 20 friendly
match. PCCT 150 for 6 ( Mujahid 77 not out Amjad 22) Jared Painter 3 for 11
in 4 overs. In reply Taiwan Daredevils made 147 all out ( Mike O’Callaghan
36) Sanjeev Kumar was the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 17 in 4 overs.

The game was a promotion day for cricket in Taiwan as Chinese Taipei Cricket
Association tries to introduce cricket to government officials.

The next competition will be the formosa cup on Oct. 1st / 2nd in Chiayi.

Uncle Paul’s Swan Song

tsccadmin — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:40:11 +0000

Uncle Paul’s Swan Song
The PCCT Chunghua season ending tournament also saw the end of my (henceforth referred to as Uncle Paul) cricket here in Taiwan. Kings Formosa CC (KFCc) has one of the strongest squads for some time and were very upbeat about their chances in a trophy that they morally held after last year’s unusual conclusion to the tournament. Unfortunately their optimism was short-lived as a determined and disciplined ICC beat them in the first game.
The game kicked off on a hot and sunny morning. KFCc captain Salim won the toss and elected to bowl. Things got off to a good start with Salim (1/10 from 3) setting up Alok with two outswingers followed by a ball speared in at the stumps to bowl him for a duck. In strode Anant Patel whose 17 off 23 balls was the backbone of the ICC innings. He and Ritish Shah struggled against the KFCc bowlers but was the assistance of top scoring Extras kept the score ticking over whilst preserving their wicket. In fact Ritish did not get out but “declared” (16 off 19) in the ninth over when he got a little bogged down late in the innings(?!). Patel had fallen in the previous over with the score on 45. This brought the talented Sandeep Patel and Nirav Shah together looking to accelerate the score but alas it did not eventuate Shah ran himself out and then elder statesman Sanjay fell first ball to leave ICC at 4 for 50 off 9 over with Heinrich Northnagel still to bowl. Dispite his 4 for 11 off 3 overs KFCc proved to be a bowler short and a late surge from ICC led by Vishwas got to 89 at the end of their 15 overs. Ric finished with 1/22 from 3, Jay 0/14 from 3 and Ashish and Sachin shared the other three overs for 28. 18 wides and a few give-away runs would prove costly.
A target of 90 at 6 runs an over looked fairly straight forward but the up and down wicket suited the accurate and disciplined ICC attack. Paul Spencer got a little bogged down and then was run out by the spritely ICC keeper. Timmy Chang (8 off 12), Sachin (2 off 7) and returning superstar Charl Esterhuizen (17 off 27) all struggled to get the bowlers away and KFCc were only scoring at 4 runs an over. In Charl’s defense he had drunk a lot of something that eventually disagreed with him. He even went to the atrocious port-a-loo to have a little sickie (a truly formidable effort). Northnagel followed up his great bowling effort to score 29 in 24 balls to give Formosa a sniff but the last over dawned with 17 needed to win. Skipper Salim skied the first ball and was caught which brought Uncle Paul on strike. He brought about a glimmer of hope by hitting his first ball for six (for the first time in his 4 decade long career) but Vishnas followed up with three very decent balls to leave the veteran needing to hit the last ball for six to tie. A shortish low ball eluded Turner’s flailing bat and bowled him giving ICC their first (and well-deserved) first win over KFCc in a tournament.
A glum Formosa squad watched our southern friends make fairly short work of new side Thomas’ CC and then squeak home against ICC after Duane Christie and Graham Terblanche got them off to a flyer with 78 off 7. The Herculean tactical blunder to not use Eben Haarhof more prominently almost proved costly for one of the tournament favourites.
TSCC had their third game in a row against KFCc in the late afternoon. The formidable pairing of Christie and Terblanche strode out confident after two big games. That did not last long. After a good over from Salim the Northnagel show started again. He made the best two opening batsmen in the country look very shaky. He induced a gloved hook which was dropped by a flopping Uncle Paul down the leg side and beat the bat monotonously. He would have been dangerous with lesser batsmen.
After 4 overs TSCC were 13 without loss including a maiden from the big South African quicky. Christie mauled Salim’s next over and with Terblanche chiming in they added 19 to the total. But Northnagel bowled Terblache (7 from 9) at the end of the next over conceding only one run. Northnagel finished with 3 overs and took 1 for 3. The question was whether the other bowlers could keep up the pressure. Ric McGrail answered with an emphatic yes with his first ball removing Christie who hit a towering catch to the skipper who took a good catch. New Zealander Jeff Black and the Chairman, Andrew Carrick, then set about setting a competitive total. Scoring at 10 runs an over the score mounted quickly. Black was dismissed in the 14th over, smashing a flat catch out to Timmy Chang off Jay Magar, for 39 off 31 balls. Alan from the Scunners joined the Chairman and then kept things going finishing on 117 for 3 with Alan on 7 from 4 and Carrick 24 from 15.
On a dodgy track against good bowling 117 was going to be tough but Uncle Paul and Chang were determined to get things off to a steady start and see out Black. With a few fours and aggressive running between the wickets things were going along nicely and after 8 overs the score was 56. Close to the required rate and no wickets down. Productive overs from Chad and Christie got the score over 80 in the 10th over before Uncle Paul’s legs stopped working trying to sneak a second and he was run out for 45 off 38. Chang followed in the next over for 29 off 30 with the score on 86. That left 32 to win in just under 4 overs. Black removed McGrail in the same over and Christie bounced back to remove Magar and bowl TSCC to victory. Things went from bad to worse as Roy removed Northnagel and with the ball jumping and running the FCC innings faltered and failed finishing 16 runs short and pretty much putting them out of contention although mathematics suggested otherwise.
The final game of the day saw KFCc play TCC and our friends Thomas and Srini. Salim won the toss again but this time elected to bat. In a relatively uneventful innings KFCc made 110 for five with a couple of late run outs. Uncle Paul made 38 off 37, Esterhuizen 17 off 15, Salim 11 off 13, Chang 8 off 10 and Northnagel got a shooter to bowl him for 6 off 9. Twenty nine extras helped the total. In response TCC limped to 82 for 7 off their 15 with Magar taking 2 for 17, Northnagel 1 for 7 both off 3 overs. Salim, Ashish and McGrail bowled tightly without reward. The highlight (or perhaps lowlight) was the four fairly inept run outs, something TCC need to work on for them to become more competitive.
Stuff happened on Sunday but I wasn’t there so I will leave it to others to comment on it.
So my final article would not be complete without some goodbyes and some philosophising.
Can I first thank my teammates for three fun years of cricket, less successful of late but the opportunity to play with such a great group of gentlemen has been a privilege. I will always remember the early days with Heinrich and Charl bowling really quick and scaring the ….. out of all but Duane and very few others. I still call for a ‘social’ tournament so that great guys like PW, Grant and Lex can be out there getting a bat and a bowl. Had I had more time I would have loved to organise a tournament of this nature.
I would like to express how much I have enjoyed playing against TSCC, especially over the last two seasons. Games are always competitive but played in excellent spirit by decent blokes. To my number one fan, thank you. I have only had two fans in my life whom I have not been related to. The other was a 14 year old hottie when I was seventeen and that was very short lived. It has been a great honour. And avoiding Groot Kont’s sledging was a great relief. By the way – my daughter is still in hiding somewhere in Europe.
To Prem for all his work to keep Formosa running , my two captains Charl and Salim, thank you for all your hard work. Also to Mujahid, Ali, Sanjay and the other captains/presidents who work so hard to keep the competitions running.
Special thanks go to Andy Carrick for all his work. I hope that one day his dream of a Taiwanese international team will come true. I suspect it may be a woman’s/girl’s team with the number of daughters around the place.
To Grant Dexter without whose efforts certainly FCC and possible the whole competition would not run, at least it would not run as smoothly. Without the likes of Grant, Andy and the others many of us would not be able to front up and have a great time without lifting a finger ourselves.
To umpires – although I have done my share of whinging let us reflect on their performance and decide whether the quality of the cricket we play is so much better, if not worse, than the quality of the umpiring. I have thought about and decided I make more mistakes in a day than any of the umpires. Thank you to the likes of Khalid and Marc who spent all weekend in the last tournament out in the sun when the rest of us had breaks.
A word of advice to those who are starting to say you are getting too old for cricket/bowling. If you think you are too old in your thirties please remember that you are old for a lot longer than you are young and don’t give up too early. If I can take up keeping at 45 anyone can. It has been a pleasure, at my age, to play against cricketers of the calibre of Shezad, Thomas, Duane, Jeff and Graham.
All the best to everyone. I look forward to following your exploits over the internet from Brunei over the forthcoming years.
The PCCT Chunghua season ending tournament also saw the end of my (henceforth referred to as Uncle Paul) cricket here in Taiwan. Kings Formosa CC (KFCc) has one of the strongest squads for some time and were very upbeat about their chances in a trophy that they morally held after last year’s unusual conclusion to the tournament. Unfortunately their optimism was short-lived as a determined and disciplined ICC beat them in the first game.
The game kicked off on a hot and sunny morning. KFCc captain Salim won the toss and elected to bowl. Things got off to a good start with Salim (1/10 from 3) setting up Alok with two outswingers followed by a ball speared in at the stumps to bowl him for a duck. In strode Anant Patel whose 17 off 23 balls was the backbone of the ICC innings. He and Ritish Shah struggled against the KFCc bowlers but was the assistance of top scoring Extras kept the score ticking over whilst preserving their wicket. In fact Ritish did not get out but “declared” (16 off 19) in the ninth over when he got a little bogged down late in the innings(?!). Patel had fallen in the previous over with the score on 45. This brought the talented Sandeep Patel and Nirav Shah together looking to accelerate the score but alas it did not eventuate Shah ran himself out and then elder statesman Sanjay fell first ball to leave ICC at 4 for 50 off 9 over with Heinrich Northnagel still to bowl. Dispite his 4 for 11 off 3 overs KFCc proved to be a bowler short and a late surge from ICC led by Vishwas got to 89 at the end of their 15 overs. Ric finished with 1/22 from 3, Jay 0/14 from 3 and Ashish and Sachin shared the other three overs for 28. 18 wides and a few give-away runs would prove costly.
A target of 90 at 6 runs an over looked fairly straight forward but the up and down wicket suited the accurate and disciplined ICC attack. Paul Spencer got a little bogged down and then was run out by the spritely ICC keeper. Timmy Chang (8 off 12), Sachin (2 off 7) and returning superstar Charl Esterhuizen (17 off 27) all struggled to get the bowlers away and KFCc were only scoring at 4 runs an over. In Charl’s defense he had drunk a lot of something that eventually disagreed with him. He even went to the atrocious port-a-loo to have a little sickie (a truly formidable effort). Northnagel followed up his great bowling effort to score 29 in 24 balls to give Formosa a sniff but the last over dawned with 17 needed to win. Skipper Salim skied the first ball and was caught which brought Uncle Paul on strike. He brought about a glimmer of hope by hitting his first ball for six (for the first time in his 4 decade long career) but Vishnas followed up with three very decent balls to leave the veteran needing to hit the last ball for six to tie. A shortish low ball eluded Turner’s flailing bat and bowled him giving ICC their first (and well-deserved) first win over KFCc in a tournament.
A glum Formosa squad watched our southern friends make fairly short work of new side Thomas’ CC and then squeak home against ICC after Duane Christie and Graham Terblanche got them off to a flyer with 78 off 7. The Herculean tactical blunder to not use Eben Haarhof more prominently almost proved costly for one of the tournament favourites.
TSCC had their third game in a row against KFCc in the late afternoon. The formidable pairing of Christie and Terblanche strode out confident after two big games. That did not last long. After a good over from Salim the Northnagel show started again. He made the best two opening batsmen in the country look very shaky. He induced a gloved hook which was dropped by a flopping Uncle Paul down the leg side and beat the bat monotonously. He would have been dangerous with lesser batsmen.
After 4 overs TSCC were 13 without loss including a maiden from the big South African quicky. Christie mauled Salim’s next over and with Terblanche chiming in they added 19 to the total. But Northnagel bowled Terblache (7 from 9) at the end of the next over conceding only one run. Northnagel finished with 3 overs and took 1 for 3. The question was whether the other bowlers could keep up the pressure. Ric McGrail answered with an emphatic yes with his first ball removing Christie who hit a towering catch to the skipper who took a good catch. New Zealander Jeff Black and the Chairman, Andrew Carrick, then set about setting a competitive total. Scoring at 10 runs an over the score mounted quickly. Black was dismissed in the 14th over, smashing a flat catch out to Timmy Chang off Jay Magar, for 39 off 31 balls. Alan from the Scunners joined the Chairman and then kept things going finishing on 117 for 3 with Alan on 7 from 4 and Carrick 24 from 15.
On a dodgy track against good bowling 117 was going to be tough but Uncle Paul and Chang were determined to get things off to a steady start and see out Black. With a few fours and aggressive running between the wickets things were going along nicely and after 8 overs the score was 56. Close to the required rate and no wickets down. Productive overs from Chad and Christie got the score over 80 in the 10th over before Uncle Paul’s legs stopped working trying to sneak a second and he was run out for 45 off 38. Chang followed in the next over for 29 off 30 with the score on 86. That left 32 to win in just under 4 overs. Black removed McGrail in the same over and Christie bounced back to remove Magar and bowl TSCC to victory. Things went from bad to worse as Roy removed Northnagel and with the ball jumping and running the FCC innings faltered and failed finishing 16 runs short and pretty much putting them out of contention although mathematics suggested otherwise.
The final game of the day saw KFCc play TCC and our friends Thomas and Srini. Salim won the toss again but this time elected to bat. In a relatively uneventful innings KFCc made 110 for five with a couple of late run outs. Uncle Paul made 38 off 37, Esterhuizen 17 off 15, Salim 11 off 13, Chang 8 off 10 and Northnagel got a shooter to bowl him for 6 off 9. Twenty nine extras helped the total. In response TCC limped to 82 for 7 off their 15 with Magar taking 2 for 17, Northnagel 1 for 7 both off 3 overs. Salim, Ashish and McGrail bowled tightly without reward. The highlight (or perhaps lowlight) was the four fairly inept run outs, something TCC need to work on for them to become more competitive.
Stuff happened on Sunday but I wasn’t there so I will leave it to others to comment on it.
So my final article would not be complete without some goodbyes and some philosophising.
Can I first thank my teammates for three fun years of cricket, less successful of late but the opportunity to play with such a great group of gentlemen has been a privilege. I will always remember the early days with Heinrich and Charl bowling really quick and scaring the ….. out of all but Duane and very few others. I still call for a ‘social’ tournament so that great guys like PW, Grant and Lex can be out there getting a bat and a bowl. Had I had more time I would have loved to organise a tournament of this nature.
I would like to express how much I have enjoyed playing against TSCC, especially over the last two seasons. Games are always competitive but played in excellent spirit by decent blokes. To my number one fan, thank you. I have only had two fans in my life whom I have not been related to. The other was a 14 year old hottie when I was seventeen and that was very short lived. It has been a great honour. And avoiding Groot Kont’s sledging was a great relief. By the way – my daughter is still in hiding somewhere in Europe.
To Prem for all his work to keep Formosa running , my two captains Charl and Salim, thank you for all your hard work. Also to Mujahid, Ali, Sanjay and the other captains/presidents who work so hard to keep the competitions running.
Special thanks go to Andy Carrick for all his work. I hope that one day his dream of a Taiwanese international team will come true. I suspect it may be a woman’s/girl’s team with the number of daughters around the place.
To Grant Dexter without whose efforts certainly FCC and possible the whole competition would not run, at least it would not run as smoothly. Without the likes of Grant, Andy and the others many of us would not be able to front up and have a great time without lifting a finger ourselves.
To umpires – although I have done my share of whinging let us reflect on their performance and decide whether the quality of the cricket we play is so much better, if not worse, than the quality of the umpiring. I have thought about and decided I make more mistakes in a day than any of the umpires. Thank you to the likes of Khalid and Marc who spent all weekend in the last tournament out in the sun when the rest of us had breaks.
A word of advice to those who are starting to say you are getting too old for cricket/bowling. If you think you are too old in your thirties please remember that you are old for a lot longer than you are young and don’t give up too early. If I can take up keeping at 45 anyone can. It has been a pleasure, at my age, to play against cricketers of the calibre of Shezad, Thomas, Duane, Jeff and Graham.
All the best to everyone. I look forward to following your exploits over the internet from Brunei over the forthcoming years.

TSCC season ends on a low

kylemullaney — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:08:20 +0000

TSCC season ends on a low after semi-final defeat to Badshaws in Taiwan’s biggest tournament of the year

After such a good start to season of 2010/11 TSCC only have the Taiwan sixes champions trophy in the trophy cabinet this year. A team with a lot of talent on and off the field as Graham Terblanche showed by adding a new member to the squad which he picked up in Carnegies! She’s an American/Chinese girl called “Dick” Tracy. It wasn’t to help Terblanche as he went for a duck on the Sunday game leaving pressure on the middle order!

A certain man from “down under” was certainly shaking his head in despair as TSCC collapsed to a weak looking Badshaws side Mr. Painter’s words of “Only wives should be allowed at any game.” will seriously have to be taken into consideration!
TSCC only just managed to scrape a side for this year’s PCCT Chunghwa to tournament, thanks to the help of three Scunners, Kris, Alan & Chad, who all came in handy at certain times in the game and off!

First game, TSCC v Taiwan Cricket Club (Thomas’s mob)

TSCC chose to bat making 146 for 7 in the allotted 15 overs. Terblanche 45 and Christie 63 set up the tone for a big total. Thomas’s eleven weren’t really in the chase until Scunner man Belling tried to give them a chance by bowling his only over of the weekend for 25 runs. Jeff Black was tidy with 1 for 5 overs and Graham Terblanche bowled well at the death with 3 for 15.

Game 2 TSCC v Arch rivals FCC

TSCC won the toss and decided to bat again. FCC had quick bowler Henry bowling with line and length making it difficult for the openers.
With both openers back in the hut. It was left to Black and Carrick to steady the ship making a respectable total of 117 for 3 in 15 overs. Henry bowling tight with 3 for 1 in 3 overs. FCC got off to a marvelous start with Paul Turner turning back the years making 46 but with his departure the panic set in, leaving the “Chokers” 17 runs short of their target. The return of Black and Terblanche kept the runs to a minimum after 39 from the last 5 overs looked to be in their grasp!
Game 3 TSCC v ICC

TSCC looked very relaxed now knowing that a place in the semi finals looked to be assured. TSCC batted first with Skipper Christie mixing up the order slightly even though a “win” was always in the back of our minds! TSCC set off like a train with Ex. International Terblanche smacking ICC all around the park. At one stage it was 77 for no wicket in 7 overs. Terblanche departed for 41 in 23 balls and soon after Christie was gone for 33 and very quickly it was 99 all out. With ICC already celebrating a victory! Best bowler was Nirav Shah with 6 for 11 in 3 overs. ( Better watch him next time! )

It was a tense ICC reply as the whole game “heated up” in many ways and TSCC were also reminded by FCC & ICC that it was a must win game so that they had any chance of making the semis. It looked like TSCC were doomed this time with only 12 needed from 2 overs. It went from bad to worse when “Alan Cooke” let one through his legs on the boundary, four runs were needed from five balls but Terblanche had another plan as he made two brilliant runs outs. Man of the Match Terblanche was now cock-a-hoop and couldn’t wait to party at Carnegies.
ICC made 98 for 9 in replay Roy Horgan 2 for 19 and Christie 1 for 14 were best of the bowlers.

Semi-final June 19th. Scheduled start 11:20 am, TSCC v Badshaws

Play finally got underway around 1:00pm with TSCC electing to bat. Graham Terblanche was promoted so he could impress Tracy but as usual when woman come to the games some lads don’t play as well! Only a slight mini partnership with Black and Carrick helped TSCC make 106 all out in 20 overs. Badshaws also found the wicket hard to play on but eventually made the target with 4 wkts to spare in 17 overs. Horgan bowled well taking 2 for 16 in 4 overs.

PCCT easily won the final by beating a tired looking Badshaws.

PCCT have dominated the 2010/11 season this year and look a formidable outfit. TSCC seem to match them on paper but can’t get past the post.
TSCC will be looking to hold onto the Cricket sixes trophy next season and will be hoping to strengthen the side so that all major trophies are won next season.
Skipper Christies position could be in doubt if he doesn’t produce trophies in the main form of the game as finishing “Runners up” is not what TSCC want in the 2011/2012 season.

TSCC AGM will take place in July/Aug in Tainan with Mr. Haarhoff organizing “ The Rock” as the venue. Hope to see all members there.

On a final note, TSCC members wish Uncle Paul Turner of FCC all the best in his new destination. It was a pleasure playing cricket against you, Paul.

TAIWAN SOUTHERNERS WARM UP FOR CHUNGWA PCCT TROPHY WITH TWO CRUSHING VICTORIES

tsccadmin — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:46:58 +0000

TSCC took on the Pakistan Badshaws on Sunday, June 12^th at Shin Min baseball grounds on a hot and Steamy morning. Two 15 over games were scheduled in Preparation for the Chunghwa PCCT cup.

Badshaws were put into bat making only 100 for 3 15 overs with Shoaib Tanweer making 29 and Roshan 37.

James Daly was the pick of the bowlers taking 2 for 9 in 3 overs.Newcomer Calib Kenyon bowled with pace for TSCC.

New Opener Eben Haarhoff looked very determined supporting his new TSCC haircut making a quick fire 13. He was well supported by Duane Christie 49 in 34 balls as TSCC Cruised to victory in 13. 1overs. In the 2^nd game Badshaws decided to bat first again making an improved score of 123 for 5 in 15 overs, Calib Kenyon was the pick of the bowlers with 2 for 14 in 3overs. Backed up well by Spinner Herc Malan 1 for 17 and Jeff Black 1 for 13.

It looks like TSCC may have to turn to their Veteran Spinner Carrick for Taipei as Malan is on ”baby duty”! TSCC Stormed to victory with Jeff Black 52 from 37 balls(retired) and then left it to the return of Mike O’Callaghan to knock the winning runs with 10 not out as TSCC finally knocked off the runs in 14.1overs with 8 wickets to spare.

TSCC welcome the Scunners to their team this weekend as they play as a combined side in Taipei .