CRICMAG
Issue: July 2018                                                              Vol: 3
Ramadan Tournament
18th May - 8th June
Sri Lanka Tour
8th Feb - 21st Feb
Youth Coaching


Ramadan Floodlights Tournament  2018


1Ramadan Tournament 3rd Edition of the Ramadan Tournament the first in KSA that is played with hardball and in floodlights. on matting.  This was first introduced in 2014  2nd edition in 2016 and now in 2018.   The format of the tournament was 6 an over and 8 teams took part n the tournament.  The tournament was played  as round robin, the top team qualified to final with Eliminitor round was played by the teams on 2nd and 3rd position. 2Fuchs Champs Tournament started on 18th May and concluded on 8th June, 2018.  . Final was played between FUCHS who was unbeaten in the round matches along with AR Sports who beat AXA Insurance to play the final on 8th June. FUCHS won the tournament in style to be unbeaten in the tournament and took the price money of SR 3000 ($800) and Runners-up SR2,000 ($533). 3Sponsors Thanks to the teams and the sponsors for the tournament that were FRiENdi Mobile, AXA Insurance, AR Sports, Al Kabeer, Al Rabie, Nestle, Top Events, Knowledge Core. Further to this the tournament was successful with the support of the Media Partners such as Takbeer News that showed the match live on Facebook page .  Thank you to Roze News, GEO News, ARY News, Hum News, 24 News, Urdupoint, Faseel Nama, Kashmir Express, Saudi Gazette, Al Bilad, Pak Forum. 


Chairman Knowledge Core and Group of Companies. 
Shahzad Alam Siddiqi 


Top Events Chairman Shahzad Alam Siddiqi assured his support for the cricket and sports and he was pleased to see the final. He said "I am very pleased with how the tournament has been conducted and would like to assure that in future also there will be tournaments by Royal Academy of Cricket and full support of the management is there to promote the sports in KSA.". Aamir Shahzad the Chairman of Royal Academy of Cricket who was not available but was in contact with Aasif Sheikh throughout the tournament also assured his full support.
AS Shirts AS shirts were presented to all the guests and Media partners by Shahzsd Alam Siddiqi as token of appreciation for their support for the tournament.  Aasif Sheikh the organiser of the tournament was pleased and thanked the guest who during the Ramadan were present to support and give time in the last 10 days of the tournament.  Aasif Sheikh also assured that more tournaments with new concepts will be introduced by Royal Academy like in this tournament Flashing bails were introduced for the first time in KSA.








Guest awarded AS Shirts Media and guests happy to receive the shirts of AS from Shazad Alam Siddiqi. This was the first time, when such act has been done and also special prices was given in the form on monetary value to the grounds man, who worked hard along with Aasif Sheikh to make sure that everything is started on the time and was available before and after the games.   


Best Bowler Fakhar Zamaan of AXA Insurance was the best bowler of the tournament as he took 10 wickets.   He was followed by Imtiaz Ahmed who took 9 wickets and Latafat also taking 9 wickets.  Bowling on batting where the bowl moved so the bowlers had to make sure they don't move too much to avoid getting it to be a wide ball.   Best Batsman Obaidullah Shafiq of FUCHS was the best batsman and he played well throughout the the tournament.  As most of the players play on cement wicket and when playing on matting they have to use the technique in order to make sure they are able to play well.  Using the feet is the key in this game as footwork is very important.  All-Rounder Imitiaz Ahmed of AR Sports was the best All-Rounder as he had 9 wickets and also scored 46 runs.  








FUCHS unbeaten in the tournament and won the price money of  SR 3,000 ($800) Malik Akbar manager was pleased with the efforts of the team and looking forward to be part of more tournaments  organised by Royal Academy of Cricket. 
FUCHS Champs  




Aasif Sheikh was on a 13 days tour to Sri Lanka, as he was selected by the Forty Club  in UK.    Tour was from 9th Feb until 21st Feb 2018
Sri Lanka Tour  


Mrs Susan & Colin Aasif Sheikh was long Level 2 umpire Colin and Mrs Susan as they were involved in commentary for the on-going match for Forty Club XL.  Aasif shared his views on the progress of the forty club and what they need to do to make sure they put a decent score on the board. Aasif was not out for 50 in the match and he helped the team win the match.
SL Journey Arrived in Colombo and travelled to Jaffnay and Kendy by train and bus which was very exciting journey. Made new friends along the tour and also enjoyed every single game that was played.  In total 8 games were played and Aasif Sheikh was the key player in 6 games and in 2 games, he was not able to hold his form


Aasif Sheikh was the top scorer in the 8 matches with 244 runs in 156 balls strike rate of 156.41 and was not out twice.  He scored 2 fifties with 33 fours and 9 massive sixes.
Aasif Sheikh  




288 runs Avg 40.67Aasif Sheikh played 8 games on the tour and he was part of every game with 15 players squad.  From the first match until the last game, his games was very impressive and Forty Club management was very pleased with his performance as Aasif played a key role.  Forty Club has been touring SL many times in the past but this was the first time that they won our of 6 games of 40 overs 4 and lost 2 T20 games.  In his 288 runs off 156 balls consited of 33 fours and 9 massive sixes with an strike rate of 156.41 and that included 2 not out fifties.
Boom Boom Aasif Sheikh was named as Boom Boom of Forty Club and who earned this title for his relability and with consistant batting in the matches. During the tour, Aasif Sheikh also made new firiends and it was an honor to sign autographs  and players taking selfies with him,












Youth  Coaching 
Parents vs Youth
Group
Youth Party
Mothers
Royal Academy of Cricket is working on youth from the ages on 7 years until 14 to develop their skills. Aasif Sheikh has been doing the coachin on number of kids from March 2017 until Match 2018.  There has been over 22 kids who have been on the program of coaching from basic training. 
Introduced having parents involved at the end of the month, where the paretns bring in one-dish and share with all other parents. This gives them all the chance to witness how their kids are progressing with the training and also it encourages the kids to perform better in front of their parents. This gives them the chance to be closer to their paretns which normally is not the case.




Number of events have taken place in Royal Academy of Crkcet and more to come within this year. Ramadan Floodlight Tournament was conculded on 8th June, Over 40 - had few matches and soon we will be forming a team to play with other cities having over 40 playersU16 and U19 trials are expected to take place on 6th July and U19 date to be announced. Senior team trials will be held in September Coaching camp will resume in July.
U16 Trial  
Up Coming Events
U16 Trials will be held in September when schools will reopen after the summer break.  The aim is to hunt for the talnet of youth and provide them the platform to show their talnet and have the chance to go further in the game they have the passion for.




BESTM E M O R I E S2018