United Cricket Club (Counties Manukau) Incorporated News story


"THE WEAPON" CHALLENGE SEASON-OPENER FOR CRUSADERS & MARAUDERS

17 Oct 2012

Counties Manukau Cricket Association (CMCA) has ensured that all three of the United Cricket Club senior grade teams will be in action at their makeshift homeground for the season, McLennan Park, Papakura in their respective season-openers on Saturday, 27th October 2012.

The Buy Right Cars Senior A start-off against Waiuku Senior A at the A1 at 12:00 noon & an hour later, the club's two Reserves teams, the Harxin Corpn Crusaders & the Discount Panel & Paint Marauders will renew their on-field rivalry at A2 in the first of the four challenge matches for "The Weapon" for the 2012-13 season. The Deepak Bhakoo-led Crusaders have had a firm grip over "The Weapon" in its innaugural 2011-12 season, staying unbeaten against the Mighty Marauders, but 2012-13 could provide the highly-experienced Marauders with their best chance to wrest the coveted prize from the Crusaders, comprising mostly of inexperienced players (some new to senior cricket) & missing some key players from the last season. Interesting times lie ahead for the two teams, as after the season-opener on 27th October, they will get three more opportunities (1st December, 19th January & 23rd February) to assert themselves against each-other. The competition Grand Final on 23rd March will be what both teams will have their eyes set on for a possible fifth clash of the season. The other two matches on the opening day of the six-team One Day Competition are:
Manukau CC vs Waiuku CC 1 (War Memorial Park A4)
Pukekohe Metro CC vs Waiuku CC 2 (Rosa Birch A1).

The two most noteworthy features of the Reserves competition for 2012-13 are:
1).    No Twenty20 competition
2).    Last two Round Robin rounds to be played over two consecutive days (Round 19 on Saturday, 16th March 2013 & Round 20 on Sunday, 17th March 2013).

The complete 2012-13 draw for the Crusaders can be accessed by clicking here & the Marauders draw can be accessed by clicking here or by looking under the "Fixtures" tab on the website & selecting the relevant team. The draws will also be posted on the club's two Facebook pages ("General" & "Members Only") soon.

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