Players and supporters of the Owen Graham memorial youth cricket tournament pose for a photo.
The 2015 Owen Graham memorial youth cricket tournament sponsored by ThinkPalm Technologies, that was played in the San Francisco Bay Area, California over the Labor Day long weekend of September 5, 6 & 7, 2015 was a resounding success.
The youth tournament was conducted by the newly formed Owen Graham Cricket Club (OGCC) and it was great to see youth from across the length and breadth of the bay area, regardless of their affiliations to the various cricket academies in the area, come together to honor their departed coach Owen Graham who trained most of these young cricketers. There were 4 u19 teams (2 visiting and 2 local) in the under-19 category and 3 u15 teams (all local) in the under-15 age category.
The tournament was conducted in two age categories, Under-19 and Under-15. OGCC had announced open online registrations for both age categories and more than 70 local youth had registered for the same and as many as 62 of them ended up playing in the tournament along with the youth from the two visiting U19 teams from Los Angeles (SoCal Youth) & Dallas, Texas (United Youth Tigers). 85 youth cricketers participated in the 3 day tournament and it just goes to show the amount of interest in youth cricket there is in America in general.
OGCC would like to thank the SoCal Youth (Los Angeles) Manager Pradeep Patel and Coach Mumtaz Yusuf and the United Youth Tigers (Dallas) Manager Pradeep Mainker and his parents support group and coach Thiru Kumaran for bringing their well-trained youth to the tournament and we are hopeful that we will have their repeat participation as well as a few more teams from around the country in the future editions of the OG Youth tournament.
OGCC would also like to thank all our tournament sponsors for stepping up for such a wonderful cause and we hope to have you partner with us in the future as well. We would like to thank the Team managers, namely Rajesh Suthar (OG Reds), Andrew Healy (OG Blues), Jagat Singh (OG Broncos), Ravi Guddanti (OG Mustangs) and Dashrath Sankhe (OG Colts) and thank all the parent managers who went beyond the call of duty in assisting us.
Under-19 champions, Owen Graham Reds team.
Tournament Results:
Under-19:
Owen Graham ThinkPalm Technologies Under-19 Champions: OG Reds
Owen Graham ThinkPalm Technologies Under-19 runners-up: SoCal Youth, Los Angeles
Best Batsman: Vibhav Altekar, OG Reds (208 runs)
Best Bowler : Gaurav Patankar, OG Reds (9 wkts)
Best Fielders: Evin H. (LA) / Abhishek K. (OG Reds)
Most Valuable player: Neil Tagare, OG Reds (173 runs, gave great starts to his team in all the games)
Under-15:
Owen Graham ThinkPalm Technologies Under-15 Champions: OG Broncos
Owen Graham ThinkPalm Technologies Under-19 runners-up: OG Colts
Best Batsman: Ved Patel, OG Colts
Best Bowler : Rajat Sood, OG Broncos
Best Fielders: Hari Nair / Rohith B., OG Colts
Most Valuable player: Aman Rao, OG Broncos
The following are the results of the matches & the pictures from all 3 days:
Day 1 – Saturday September 5th, 2015
Under-15 – OG Mustangs lost to OG Broncos at Seabreeze Park, Union City (35 overs max)
OG Mustangs 131 all out in 28.3 overs (Suprav G. 25, Rahul J. 17, extras 62, Jack M. 3/5, Dalip/Anish/Aman/Vivek/Mandeep/Rajat 1 wkt each)
OG Broncos 132/3 in 29.1 overs (Vatsal V. 23, Rajat 19*, Tajinder S. 16, Aman R. 13, Suprav/Jay 1 wkt each)
Man of the Match: Rajat Sood
Under-19 – OG Reds beat United Youth Tigers, Dallas at Wilson Field, Santa Clara (50 overs max)
OG Reds 310/7 in 50 overs (Vibhav A. 130, Neil T. 63, Maulin V. 51, extras 32, Ayush 3/29, Karthik G. 2 wkts, Aditya 1 wkt)
United Youth Tigers, Dallas 151 all out in 33.2 overs (Samad A. 81, Gaurav P. 3/35, Vibhav 2 wkts, Nikhil/Rudrik/Mohak 1 wkt each)
Man of the Match: Vibhav Altekar
Under-19 – OG Blues lost to SoCal Youth, Los Angeles @ Bracher field, Santa Clara (50 overs max)
SoCal Youth 150 all out in 36.2 overs (Abhi T. 29, extras 57, Ruthvik C. 3/27, Chris/Sohan 2 wkts each, Jwal/Srihari 1 wkt each)
OG Blues 120 all out in 39.5 overs (Rohan K. 43, Jwal S. 13, extras 28, Sahaj/Sahil 3 wkts each, Evan 2 wkts, Nihar 1 wkt)
Man of the Match: Rohan Khasgiwala
Under-15 champions, Owen Graham Broncos team.
Day 2 – Sunday September 6th, 2015
Under-15 – OG Mustangs lost to OG Colts @ Seabreeze Park, Union City (35 overs max)
OG Mustangs 129 all out in 34.5 overs (Niraj B. 20, Arnav K. 20, Suprav G. 18, extras 41, Rohith B. 3/22, Hari N. 2/12, Ved/Anuvrat 1 wkt each)
OG Colts 130/3 in 29.2 overs (Ved P. 50*, Medhansh U. 25*, Kanish 15*, extras 30, Suprav 2/15, Jay 1/15)
Man of the Match: Ved Patel
Under-19 – OG Reds beat SoCal Youth, Los Angeles @ Wilson Field, Santa Clara (50 overs max)
OG Reds 278/8 in 50 overs (Neil T. 81, Mohak B. 82, Rudrik 44, Evin/Andrew/Sahil 2 wkts each, Dasith 1 wkt)
SoCal Youth, Los Angeles 140 all out in 46.4 overs (Sahil P. 37, Ali I. 34, , Gaurav 4/35, Vibhav 3/19, Mohak/Maulin 1 wkt each)
Man of the Match: Mohak Buch
Under-19 – OG Blues lose to United Youth Tigers, Dallas @ Bracher field, Santa Clara (50 overs max)
OG Blues 203 all out in 42 overs (Ruthvik C. 62, Brahmam C. 38, Aravind P. 30, extras 28, Karthik L. 5/43, Keshav 2 wkts, Ashwin/Aditya/Karthik G 1 wkt each)
United Youth Tigers, Dallas 204/5 in 44.2 overs (Keshav P. 58, Samad 24, Ruthvik C. 3 wkts, Aravind P. 2 wkts)
Man of the Match: Keshav P.
Day 3 – Monday September 7th, 2015
Under-15 Finals – OG Broncos beat OG Colts @ Dilworth School, San Jose(30 overs max)
OG Colts 103 all out in 30 overs (Darsh T. 10, Medhansh U. 10, extras 56, Rajat S. 3/8, Dalip S. Aman/Varun 1 wkt each, 2 run outs)
OG Broncos 104/6 in 29.4 overs (Aman R. 40, Tajinder 15, Mandeep 11*, extras 24, Kanish B 2/24, Hari/Akhil 1 wkt each, 2 run outs)
Man of the Match : Aman Rao
OG Broncos are the Under-15 Champions
Under-19 Finals – OG Reds victorious over SoCal Youth, Los Angeles @ Bracher Field, Santa Clara(30 overs max)
SoCal Youth, Los Angeles 142/9 in 30 overs (Sahaj P. 33, Ali I. 18, Rudrik 3/24, Gaurav 2/35, Nikhil/Vibhav/Athindriya 1 wkt each)
OG Reds 144/2 in 26 overs (Vibhav A. 61*, Mohak 31*, Neil T. 29, Sahil 1 wkt)
Man of the Match: Vibhav Altekar
OG Reds are the Under-19 Champions
Under-19 (3rd & 4th place) – OG Blues defeated United Youth Tigers, Dallas @ Seabreeze Park, Union City(20 overs max)
OG Blues 166/5 in 20 overs (Srihari D. 63, Brahmam C. 62, Karthik G. 2 wkts each, Keshav/Samad 1 wkt each)
United Youth Tigers, Dallas 94 all out in 18 overs (Vivek 44, Brahmam 3 wkts, Sohan/Aravind 2 wkts each, Ruthvik/Chris 1 wkt each)
Man of the Match : Brahmam Chunduri
Photos of the tournament can be found on Facebook.
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