The Annual General Meeting of Cosmos Sports Club is planned for Saturday, February 13 2010.  All members are expected to attend. Date:  Saturday, February 13 2010 Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm Address:  38 Danube Drive

Match Report by Jon Page, The Brewmaster With the weather more like mid March & with heavy wet snow on the ground, Taverners won the toss & batted with the Lancers needing two subs for their late comers. Why people were late I shall never know as I made it in on time from Stonewall despite getting trapped behind a snowplow for a couple of miles on Hwy.7. It was obvious from the start that Sid & Mark intended to run on every shot, this produced a few run outs but also got the runs to pile up quickly. After 4 overs of this Sid called a halt as he was having difficulty sucking in air. They resumed for a while during the 6th & managed to put on 64 with Mark on 17. Dave & Anil continued in the same vein with a little less success but David made up for this with some well hit 4's. They ended their stint with 50 with Dave on 26.  Martin & Phil finished up the innings with Martin playing a restrained role but he must learn to ground his bat at the end of the run. Despite being run out several times the pair made 46 with Philip the 2nd highest scorer with 27.  Taverners score 167, quite a formidable total for 6 a side. The Lancers knew that they had to take chances to better the Taverners score & the openers Bobby & John did just that but in taking the chances they were run out too frequently ending with 34 of which John got just 9. The 2nd pair, Ossie & Rahul ran a lot less but still managed to beat the previous pair with Ossie getting 24 out of 40.  Needing some 14 runs an over the last pair tried to push the score but despite Keith getting 45 out of 47 with Joey playing his usual supporting role they were well short at the end.  After factoring in Taverners 17 wides Lancers made 138 a loss by 29. Interestingly there were only 2 outs that counted to the bowlers one for each side, the rest of the wickets fell to run outs. Taverners and Cosmos will be meeting again sometime in February for “The Bragging Bat Challenge”.

Cosmos decided to only enter a team in Division II of the MCA Six-a-Side competition.  Our performance in the recently completed Seven-a-Side was not exactly what we hoped for.  The Cosmos Lancers came out with a strong performance against Lions B, winning by 68 runs. Lancers skipper Bobby Persaud won the toss and inserted the Lions to bat.  With some tight bowling from Ossie Belle and Lennocks Castello the first pair of Lions, Lenny Premsukh and Nadir Hussain, could only muster 25 runs.  Lions captain Joe Marrast and birthday-boy Alexander Singh put up a good score of 34 thanks to some attractive stroke play from 15 year old Singh.  The final pair of Bowie Singh and Sam Kaidnath added 49 runs with somewhat frantic batting to take the Lions tally to a respectable 108 in their allotted 18 overs. Needing only 6 runs an over the Lancers first pair of John Ziesmann and Bobby Persaud punished the Lions bowling attack from the start, scoring at will.  With an opening stand of 69 runs, the Lancers were in full control.  Not to be out done the second pair of Rahul Chahar and Ossie Belle continued the melee by adding a 54-run partnership and thus overtaking the Lions score only after 12 overs.  With the target already surpassed the pair of Lennocks Castello and Keith Deonaraine batted without pressure.  They continue to tally up runs, with Castello unleashing some punishing straight drives off the bowling of Bowie Singh.  The final pair contributed a well batted 47-run partnership and a final score of 170.

Cosmos Sports Club will commence 2010 indoor training on Monday, January 18 at Rookies Baseball Experience.  Rookies is now operating at their new location, 1117 Empress Ave.  [map] All members are welcome to take part in this training on a weekly basis, every Monday 9-11pm. Our first game in the Six-a-Side League is on Sunday, January 17 at 4:00pm as Cosmos Lancers faces off against Lions II.  Game will be played at Wellington School.

A Canadian fan takes in the action as hosts New Zealand cruised to a victory in their first match, defeating Canada by nine wickets in Lincoln. Chasing Canada's meagre total of 128 all out in 29.3 overs, New Zealand reached the target in just the 20th over for the loss of one wicket. James Neesham top scored with 47 from just 20 balls and added an unbeaten 55 with the opener Harry Boam who made 29 from 54 balls. Boam and Tom Latham, the son of former international batsman Rod, had put on 75 for the opening wicket. Canada's effort with the bat, after they were put in, was forgettable with the No.8 Arsalan Qadir proving the most successful with 26 from 30 balls.They lost Hiral Patel earlier and then Doug Bracewell, son of former international Brendon, began with a double strike bowling his right-arm medium pace. Bracewell's figures of 3 for 31 from seven overs earned him the Man-of-the-Match award. Logan van Beek, the grandson of former West Indies and New Zealand Test wicketkeeper Sam Guillen, chipped in with three wickets as well. Scorecard Article sourced from CricInfo Image © Getty Images .

Canada pulled off a close win over Zimbabwe at the Village Green in Christchurch, defending a target of 201 by ten runs. At 129 for 3 after 34 overs Zimbabwe appeared on course for victory but Canada stunned them by taking the last six wickets for 62 runs. Andrew Lindsay's dismissal for 40 to the slow left-arm spin of Hiral Patel, who has played two ODIs for the senior side, was followed by the big wicket of Dean Mazhawidza, whose 75 had been a stand-out effort in an otherwise disappointing scorecard. Zain Mahmood, the new-ball bowler, returned to sniff out two wickets as Canada got their tournament campaign off to a winning start. Their innings had been carried to 210 by Usman Limbada, who made 90 from 114 balls against a disciplined Zimbabwean attack. Mazhawidza took four catches behind the stumps. Scorecard Article sourced from CricInfo

At Christ College, New Zealand, Canada recovered from 37 for 6 to add a veneer of respectability to their reply to South Africa's 247 for 6 from 50 overs. A 75-run partnership between Asif Manijra (30) and Hamza Tariq (55*) allowed Canada to finish on 154 for 9 from its 50 overs to lose by 94 runs. South Africa's total had been boosted by the openers, who got into the forties, and Cody Chetty (54). Parth Desai (2 for 40) achieved Canada's best return. scorecard

Winnipeg Cricketer Harpreet Manes Singh is in New Zealand with Team Canada for the 2010 ICC Under-19 World Cup.  Harpreet is the only Manitoban on the Canadian squad. He was a recipient of the 2008 Damian Mills Junior Cricket Award.  We congratulate Harpreet and wish him all the best in New Zealand. Canada will play two warm up matches on January 11th and 12th against South Africa and Hong Kong, respectively.  Canada's first World Cup game is on January 15 against Zimbabwe at Christchurch. You may follow the tournament from the official website by clicking here.

Merry Christmas | Joyeux Noel | Bada Din Mubarak Ho | Nathar Puthu | Varuda Valthukkal | The members of Cosmos Sports Club wishes all of you the very best for the holidays. Merry Christmas | Joyeux Noel | Bada Din Mubarak Ho | Nathar Puthu | Varuda Valthukkal | The members of Cosmos Sports Club wishes all of you the very best for the holidays.

Keith Deonaraine, Cosmos Captain, and John Ziesmann are selected to be part of the MCA Selects squad this weekend.  This team will be playing against the MCA Indoor 7-a-side League Champions, The Winnipeg Juniors Cricket Club on Sunday, December 20th at Burton Cummings Community Centre.  Game is scheduled to be played between 3:00-5:00pm. Congratulation Keith and John - have a great game. Other members of the MCA Selects Team are: Kamta Singh, Handell Baptiste, Jose Thomas, Ronald Singh, Jatinder Matharu, Manoj Chaudri.

Congratulations to John Ziesmann on being the best bowler in the 2009 Manitoba Cricket Association 7-a-Side competition.  Bowling 26 over in 6 matches John snagged 15 wickets, that's more than one wicket every two overs.  Other notable bowling performances comes from Keith Deonaraine and Rahul Chahar both taking 9 wickets.

We are happy to launch our new website.  After many months of the old site being somewhat stagnant it is our pleasure to welcome you to this new, much improved site.  Over the next few weeks the new site will be updated to contain all the historical information and will be updated on a regular basis to keep you informed about our club and Manitoba Cricket. We are still working on the Gallery section, in the near future it will be updated with pictures from our 2009 season and will also contain pictures from previous years.

Cosmos Sports Club will be wrapping up our 32nd Season of cricket in Manitoba with a club dinner and awards evening on Saturday, November 28th. The event will be at Samosa Crown Restaurant on Keewatin Avenue.  It will be a great evening with current members, alumni, friends and family.

With the summer season completed Cosmos will be bidding farewell to some of our members. Maninder Singh will be leaving for the school year to attend Carlton University in Ottawa.  He will be returning to Winnipeg in the spring and will be back on the field with Cosmos for the 2010 season.  Vice-Captain Sunny Mangat will soon be calling Vancouver home.  Paul Ziesmann has already moved to Calgary and is now settled there. We wish Maninder, Sunny and Paul all the best in their new homes. ...

On father’s day 2009 both of our teams were in action and we intended to make it a special day. An invitation went out to all members to come out with their family. Both teams were treated to delicious sandwiches for lunch, which were provided by Mrs. James (Keith’s Mom), she was celebrating her 86th birthday. The teams were lead by Alex Ashwell in the singing of happy birthday. After the games we gathered for a wonderful father’s day dinner provided by the Gazze family and friends. The dinner comprised of delightful curries and barbeque. The celebration continued well into the evening until the rain forced the party to stop