CCMC President David Mohammed delighted with Canada Over-60 championship win

President of the Cricket Canada Masters Council (CCMC), David Mohammed, is delighted with the Over-60 Canadian team having emerged champion at the recently concluded four-team 45-over tournament in Houston, USA.
Masters Cricket USA held the event, and Canada defeated USA by 52 runs, thanks to an impressive unbeaten 102 from middle-order batsman Mukesh Narula.
Canada took first strike at the invitation of USA, and rattled up a respectable 265-5 from 45 overs, while USA responded with 213 all out in the 42nd over.
Mohammed has said the over-60 guys showed a lot of commitment to their game, and deserved to be the winners at this inaugural tournament.
According to Mohammed, who led the Canadian Over-50 side, Narula batted superbly, and to register a century in the final was even more remarkable.
“I must congratulate Narula and the Canada Over-60 team for making us proud; they played well to the end,” Mohammed declared.

Apart from Narula’s outstanding batting display, Rohan Jayasekera hit 52, while Farrukh Kirmani chipped in with 46 not out, and 39 came from Allan DeSouza.
Seamer Dashrath Sarkhe claimed two wickets for 34 runs from his allotted nine overs bowling for the hosts.
When USA batted, Munzar Butt scored a fighting 54, while Dharmendra Patel and Wayne Copelall made 31 and 30 respectively. Krishna Ramnarine took three wickets for 30 runs off 8.3 overs to spearhead the bowling attack for the Canadians. DeSouza proved his all-round capability by snatching two for 35 off eight overs, while Kirmani, Guyanese Bertram Narain, Narula and Wilson Seenathsingh each captured a wicket.
The other two teams that took part in the competition were West Indies and the hosts fielding a second side. USA topped the points table by the conclusion of the preliminary round, with three victories from as many matches; while Canada came in second with two wins, and West Indies had only one victory. USA second X1 failed to win an encounter.
Mohammed also informed that the Canada Over-60 team would start preparing soon for a World Cup series to be staged in early September in Australia. He is also expressing confidence that Canada can make an impression there too. He mentioned that with the team triumphing at this Houston tournament, the members are more equipped to compete harder on the big stage.
A large number of top-nation cricketing teams are expected to participate in this tournament, including Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England, USA, West Indies and India.
Meanwhile, Mohammed reckoned that the Over-50 team was not fully prepared for its category, in which USA beat West Indies by 50 runs in the final to win the Over-50 division. Four teams also took part in that tournament.
Mohammed feels the guys lacked turf practice, and that was a huge disadvantage to them.
According to Mohammed, CCMC would continue to work assiduously to prepare itself for the future tournaments.