Long Island City And Franklin D. Roosevelt Remains Undefeated

By Ricky Kissoon
Long Island City (10-0) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (9-0) continued with their undefeated streak during week seven of the NYC Public School Athletic Cricket League.  After last year’s “super over” (sudden death) championship match, it’s not surprising that both teams are unbeaten this year.  Are we going to see a repeat of last year’s final or will another school prevail?

Amarnauth Persaud continues to dominate the batting with a tally 630 runs and averaging 105. Photo by Shiek Mohamed

Lehman (6-3) and Clinton (7-2) have shown a great deal of improvement for the past two years after both teams defeated former PSAL champions, William Bryant HS (5-5) during the regular season.  Bryant then came back to thump Newcomers (7-4), while Bronx Science (2-8) fell five runs short of upsetting the inaugural champions.

Long Island City bounced back from a nail-biting finish against Lehman after they defeated top contender Martin Van Buren (7-3) twice within the same week, while Richmond Hill (9-1) handed John Adams (8-1) its first defeat of the season in a thriller at the famous Baisley Park South.  On the otherhand, Hillcrest (6-2) restricted the same Richmond Hill batsmen to 75 all out on May 1st.

One may think that Long Island City and Franklin D. Roosevelt would be favorites to go all the way, but it’s very difficult to predict the outcome of the playoffs with so many teams playing competitive cricket.

In Brooklyn, FDR continues to dominate the other Brooklyn teams as they improved to a 9-0 record, while Franklin K. Lane (5-6) and Prospect Heights (5-6) scrambled to secure a playoffs spot.

Top five leading run scorers:

Leading wicket taker: Taher Miah (24 wickets) – Dewitt Clinton

Five-Wicket Haul:  MUHAMMAD AWAIS – 5/10 (Midwood)

May 14th.
(1)  Long Island City vs. Martin Van Buren @ Baisley Park South
Long Island City – 222/6
REDWANUR KHAN – 75
SALAM SAJIB – 55
MD ISLAM – 38
AMARNAUTH PERSAUD – 2/44
ABHISHEK PATEL – 2/46

Martin Van Buren – 148/5
AMARNAUTH PERSAUD – 90
TAJINDER SINGH – 22
MD ISLAM – 3/23

(2) Richmond Hill vs. Jamaica @ Baisley Pond Park
Richmond Hill – 181/5
BRANDON BOODHOO – 55*
TREVIS ROSS – 38
TARIQ MAHMOOD – 1/22

Jamaica – 60 all out
SYED SHAHI PIR – 14
YASIN ARAFAT and CHANDRIKA HOOLAS – 3 wickets each

May 16th.
(1) Midwood vs. Prospect Heights @ Marine Park
Midwood – 157/5
TANVEER KHAN – 65*
MUHAMMAD AWAIS – 32
WARRELL BIGGS – 3/32

Prospect Heights – 67/9
WARRELL BIGGS – 22
MUHAMMAD AWAIS – 5/10 (five-wicket haul)

(2) Martin Van Buren vs. Long Island City @ Baisley Park South
Martin Van Buren – 110/8
TAJINDER SINGH – 23
AMARNAUTH PERSAUD – 22
TUFAYEL AHMED – 2/14

Long Island City – 112/7
AHMAD WYNE – 56*
SALAM SAJIB – 19
TAJINDER SINGH – 3/10

(3) Newcomers vs. William Bryant @ Baisley Pond Park
William Bryant – 176/5
AOWN IQBAL – 81*
MD NUMAN – 33
ASHFAQUR RAHMAN – 3/37

Newcomers – 83/9
TIPO SULTAN – 35
IKRAMULLAH KHAN – 4/8

May 17th.
(1) Dewitt Clinton vs. Bronx HS of Science @ Van Cortlandt Park
Clinton – 179/9
ASMAR KHAN – 32
SYED ISLAM – 30
PAVIL SABU – 2/27

Bronx HS of Science – 24 all out
PRASENJIT SAHA – 5
TAHER MIAH – 4/5

(2) Franklin D. Roosevelt vs. Abraham Lincoln @ Canarsie Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt – 119/4
ZAHIB TARIQ – 64*
FAHAD RIAZ – 2/13

Abraham Lincoln – 75 all out
AMRANUL HAQUE – 24
ANTU DAS – 3/15

(3) Franklin K. Lane vs. Lafayette Educational Complex @ Marine Park
Franklin K. Lane – 156/4
ALANDO SMITH – 56
WAYMON WOOLFORD – 46
WASEEM AKHTER – 1/9

Lafayette – 112/8
SHAHRYAR ASGHAR – 53
WAYMON WOOLFORD and WILLIS RAMDAS – 3 wickets each

(4) Jamaica vs. John Bowne @ Kissena Park 2
John Bowne – 104 all out
HAMAD HUSSAIN and ABHISHEK SATYAM – 25 runs each
AHM ANIK and TANBIR HUSSAIN – 2 wickets each

Jamaica – 84 all out
SYED SHAHI PIR – 35*
ABHISHEK SATYAM and GURSIMRANJ SINGH – 3 wickets each

(5) Queens HS of Teaching vs. Richmond Hill @ Baisley Pond Park
Queens HS of Teaching – 86/4
DEORAM PURAN – 31
HARMANJOT SINGH – 24
DHANRAJ HANSRAJ – 1/12

Richmond Hill – 88/2
RAFEEK NAZEER – 40*
DEORAM PURAN – 2/17

May 18th.
(1) Franklin K. Lane vs. Prospect Heights @ Canarsie Park
Franklin K. Lane – 95/6
WAYMON WOOLFORD – 24
ALEX CHATTERGOON – 22
MOHAMMED HUSSAIN – 3/19

Prospect Heights – 91/2
NAQUARN CHARLEMAGNE – 42*
WARRELL BIGGS – 26

(2) John Adams vs. Richmond Hill @ Baisley Park South
John Adams – 128/8
RANDALL WILSON – 43*
HARMANVEER SINGH – 32
TREVIS ROSS – 1/12

Richmond Hill – 129/5
DHANRAJ HANSRAJ – 25*
BRANDON BOODHOO – 24
TROY MARS – 3/19

(3) Queens HS of Teaching vs. Jamaica @ Kissena Park
Jamaica – 157/8
TANBIR HUSSAIN – 51
TARIQ MAHMOOD – 38
HARMANJOT SINGH – 3/15
DEORAM PURAN – 2/5

Queens HS of Teaching – 112/9
HARMANJOT SINGH – 27
SYED SHAHI PIR – 3/9
TARIQ MAHMOOD – 3/10

May 19th.
(1) Aviation vs. Stuyvesant @ Kissena Park 1
Stuyvesant – 89 all out
SAIM SIDDIQUI – 12
MUHAMMAD BILAL – 2/0

Aviation – 90/8
ROLEX KAPALI – 24
MARJANUL KARIM – 16
SHAHED HAQUE – 2/8

(2) Newcomers vs. Bronx HS of Science @ Kissena Park 2
Newcomers – 75 all out
AJMAL HUSSAIN – 15
PRASENJIT SAHA – 4/11

Bronx HS of Science – 70/7
PRASENJIT SAHA – 19
BASHIR ABDULLAH – 2/5
TIPO SULTAN – 2/7

(3) Sheepshead Bay vs. Brooklyn International @ Marine Park
Brooklyn International – 135/2
ABU SHARIF – 41
SYED FORHADUDDIN – 34

Sheepshead – 62/7
MOHAMMAD HUSSAIN – 19
ALI AHMED – 3/11