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USA Cricket: North West stuns New York to win 2011
USACA U-15 National Championship
by DreamCricket USA
Jul 22, 2011

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North West bowler Rutvij Bhises 5 for 12 fueled a dramatic turnaround for his side as they
defeated New York by five runs in the final of the 2011 USACA U-15 National Tournament on
Monday afternoon at Keney Park in Hartford, Connecticut. New York was 181 for 1 in 25 overs,
needing 39 to win with 10 overs remaining before Bhises medium pace sparked an incredible
collapse that resulted in New York being bowled out for 214 in the 35th over to give North West
their fourth consecutive U-15 national title.
I was always confident. I just told my boys to keep attacking and that the match is not over until
the last ball, said North West U-15 coach Raj Badadare. Once we got one wicket, we just
attacked. No one on the boundary, short cover, short midwicket. Fielding wise they got charged
up. We took three stunners, all diving catches. We were lucky enough to get Wilson. Had he
continued then it would have been a different story. This was an absolute thriller.
Randall Wilson opened the chase for New York and constructed a 167-run partnership for the
second wicket with Rafeek Nazeer. The two were on their way to ending North Wests streak of
consecutive titles at three until Bhise came on in the 27th over, the 10th bowler of the day used by
North West. Bhise ended the big partnership by getting rid of Nazeer for 59. In the 29th over, he
removed Wilson for 110 as momentum started swinging back North Wests way. In the 31st over,
New York continued their tailspin by losing three more wickets, two more for Bhise and the first of
three run outs.
Bhise completed his five wicket haul in the 33rd over but at the start of the 34th over, New York
still had a reasonable chance to win with three wickets in hand and eight runs needed to win in 12
balls. However, Vibhav Altekar conceded zero runs and two more wickets fell, one to the bowler
and another via a run out, as New Yorks hopes of winning were hanging on by a thread with Bhise
due to bowl the final over. Two balls later, Altekar effected the third run out of the innings to clinch



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North Wests fourth straight U-15 National Championship.
Last year, New York had a much more balanced side. This year they depended on the two
batsmen. Wilson played magnificently, there is no other way to say it, but the other batsmen gave
it up, said Badadare. Once wickets started falling it was a hard to believe kind of thing. New York,
I think they became overly defensive because its pretty clear when you have eight wickets in hand
you should attack. They came out defending every ball just trying to take singles when the whole
field was up.
North Wests win was set up in the first innings by a pair of half-centuries from openers Neil
Tagare and captain Dave Parikh. A year after striking 74 not out in the 2010 final against New York
in New Jersey, Parikh scored 61 in Connecticut as part of a 162-run opening stand. Tagare
finished with 88 before he was run out. North West eventually finished on 219 for 8 in their 35
overs which wound up being just enough in the end. Badadare says that his teams commitment to
training was what helped them win in the end.
We started conditioning two or three months back, said Badadare. We had programs for most of
the players. They were assigned to clubs in the leagues. Amit Buch was there for the last three
months so I had made a special request to have one day in a week for a coaching session for
these guys. [Former USA manager] Imran Khan helped us with some sessions.
It wasnt just batting and bowling skills but teambuilding because most of the players were new.
This team had nine or ten new players from last years team. The confidence level was low at the
start but the last practice session before we flew to Connecticut we were full of confidence. This
team was more balanced than last years team. We had no superstar, but everyone could chip in
when it was needed.
In the third place game, Atlantic defeated North East by seven wickets. North East was bowled out
for 68 in 23 overs before Atlantic chased the runs in 17.2 overs. South East defeated Central East
by six wickets to claim fifth place. Central East was bowled out for 47 in 22.5 overs with 23 of
those runs coming in extras. South East crossed the target in 16 overs. South West got their first
win of the tournament in the 7th place game, leaving Directors XI winless. Directors XI scored 68
before South West knocked off the runs in 11 overs for the loss of one wicket.
At the post-tournament awards ceremony, New Yorks Wilson was named Best Batsman on the
weekend after scoring 278 runs in four innings including two centuries and one half-century. North
Easts Akhil Girnikar was named Best Bowler after finishing with eight wickets in four games. North
Wests Vibhav Altekar was named Tournament MVP. Altekar made headlines on day two by
scoring a double-century against South West.
Top Tournament Performances
Centuries
R. Mogalayapalli, Central East 117 vs. Directors XI
V. Altekar, North West 202 vs. South West
K. Singh, North East 101 vs. Directors XI
R. Wilson, New York 105 vs. Directors XI, 110 vs. North West
Half-centuries
G. Makin, Central East 63 vs. Directors XI, 56 not out vs. North East
N. Tagare, North West 59 vs. South West, 88 vs. New York
J. Gobin, North East 57 not out vs. Directors XI, 71 vs. Central East
R. Wilson, New York 56 not out vs. Central East
R. Nazeer, New York 61 not out vs. Directors XI, 59 vs. North West
D. Parikh, North West 61 vs. New York
Five-wicket hauls
R. Persaud, New York 5 for 12 vs. Central East
R. Bhise, North West 5 for 12 vs. New York



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