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St. John’s Seek Player/Coach for 2006 Season
9/17/05
St. John's Cricket Club (established in 1908), the oldest and most awarded club in the Calgary & District Cricket league, is seeking a player/coach for the 2006 Cricket Season.
We are currently accepting applications from England, Australia, Sri Lanka, India, the West Indies, and other parts of Canada. The successful candidate will have represented their respective Country, County, and/or State and will hold a Level II or III cricket coaching certification. Accommodation will be provided as compensation as well as aid in finding work in Calgary.
Calgary is positioned as the gateway to Canada’s rocky mountains. It is a booming city with low taxation, a high quality of life, and a population of just under 1 million people. Considered an oil town in the 70’s and 80’s, Calgary continues to boast thriving Oil and Gas a IT industries as well as leading centres for Hi-Tech and Bio-Tech research and manufacturing. Calgary is also noted for having a booming housing market with no shortage of work for skilled tradesman.
Interested applicants will forward their cover letter, and both cricket and professional or trade resumes to sjcc@dot5media.com.
St. John’s Win 7th Provincial Championship
9/20/04
The ACA league champions were also crowned on Saturday
as St. John's romped to a 6 wicket win over Greenfield CC (Edmonton). Greenfield, filling in for Edmonton Champions Edmonton Cricket Club, batted first and put up an imposing total of 213 from 46 overs. Although St. John's was hampered by the loss of several key bowlers, the Greenfield batsmen batted with purpose and a middle order partnership of 100 runs helped set the table. In response St. John's managed to hang onto their wickets and Rajesh Patel (70)with a gritty half-century, batted with Dimantha DeSilva (36) and Sumit Thapliyal (27) to see St. John's to the total with 10 overs to spare. After their big win against United, St. John's were able to add a second trophy to this years haul.
 
St. John’s Crush United on Road to Premier Division Championship
9/14/04
It wasn't the classic heavyweight duel that many had expected. When the dust settled, St. John's became the C&DCL's 3rd league champion in as many seasons with a 136 run victory over United. Batting first under beautiful conditions, Khalid Aziz (2-72) picked up the opening wicket over Dexter Ramoutar to put St. John's on the defensive. Jay Jayasinghe (64) and Keshav Prasad (28) then put together a 100 run partnership that steadied the ship and set the platform for a middle order onslaught from Sumit Thapliyal (73). Thapliyal, who had struggled early on escaped a scare, before getting down to business with some meaty blows from both ends. United looked ready to pounce when a double strike by Basheer Islam (2-27) removed Jayasinghe and Prasad, but Thapliyal and Rajesh Patel dug in and made a stand. Hylton Osborne (3-56) was again United's danger man with the ball and picked up the key wicket of Rajesh Patel (30) to keep United in the game. Injured, he bowled 10 overs on the trot grabbing Thapliyal's and Dev Sharma's (17) wickets also. The last over also proved costly as Rathan Moorthy (13*) and Easan Sinnathamby (15*) smashed 22 runs to see the team to 300.
Chasing 300 is never easy but Nabeel Khan (11), promoted to kick-start the innings, plundered Sumit Thapliyal for some quick runs to get the ball rolling, before succumbing to Dev Sharma (2-19). From there on, United were pegged back every time they got something going. Charanjiv Dhami (28) hung around for a while but was undone by Easan Sinnathamby (3-35). Aziz Chaudhary (18) made a good start to his innings but fell victim to Rajesh Patel (1-19). As he did against Cavaliers, Basheer Islam (30) again attempted a late inning rescue and along with Imran Asif (32) gave St. John's some frights but with the required run rate growing, Islam had to take chances and holed out to Dimantha DeSilva to end the match..
St. John's are the 2004 Nolan Cup Champions and will take on Edmonton CC next Saturday at Riley Park. A return to championship form and their 10th championship since 1956, which is first on the all time list. United, although disappointed with the loss should be proud of a fantastic season that saw them fight St. John’s to the wire and pick up the Club Championship title along the way. scorecard
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