Cricket Finland

Anil Kumar "Sunny" Sood 

FCA is sad to announce the untimely death of ex-Finnish National team player Anil Kumar Sood, alias Sunny. Sunny sadly passed away on the morning of 15th January, 2010. He is survived by his wife and two children.
 
Sunny, as he was popularly known, represented Finland from 2000-2005. He was a hard hitting middle-order batsman and a very economical slow-medium bowler. His best batting performance was against Croatia in 2000 when he top scored with 64 runs. His best bowling performance was against Luxembourg in 2003, when he conceded only 4 runs in his 5 overs while taking 3 wickets.

He also captained Helsinki Cricket Club with distinction for many years employing his own brand of attacking and fun cricket, winning the Finnish league on numerous occasions. 

FCA shares the grief and the loss with his loved ones. 

RIP “Sunny” and long may we all cherish your memory both on and off the cricket field. 

Written by Andy on Wed, 20 Jan 2010

The 2009 - 2010 Indoor League kicks off this Friday evening, the 4th of December, with three matches at Merihaan Palloiluhalli.

The indoor League will be played throught the winter on Friday evenings in Merihaka. The fixture list as well as results and points table can be found on the Indoor League page on this website.

Written by Janne on Thu, 03 Dec 2009

Despite the wet weather conditions in the last 2 weeks, work is almost completed on phase 1 of the Kerava National Cricket Ground project. All the main parts of this first phase before winter have now been completed, except for the seeding of the outfield grass. Seeding has now been moved to April 2010, due to the inclement weather conditions. Most importantly of all, the underground preparation work went very well, with over 2 kilometres of irrigation piping now imbedded under the outfield. The key 30 metres of pitch foundations have also been laid and will settle over the winter before the new Notts wicket is laid in the spring. Some pictures of progress below...

Kerava ground --- pitch preparation (click to enlarge)
Kerava ground --- underground work (click to enlarge)
Kerava ground --- pre winter (click to enlarge)

Written by Andy on Mon, 19 Oct 2009

Bengal Tigers win the SM50/SM40 promotion/relegation playoff against VantaaSuperKing, so retain their place in the SM50 league next season. 

VantaaSuperKing will continue in the SM40 league.

Written by Janne on Sat, 19 Sep 2009

Helsinki CC win the 2009 SM50 Championship ahead of Espoo CC. The bronze medal goes to FinnPak

Vaasa CC win the SM40 championship, and are therefore promoted to SM50 in 2010.

Bengal Tigers (5th SM50) and VantaaSuperKing (2nd SM40) play off on Saturday 19th of September in Ruskeasuo for SM50/SM40 promotion/relegation. The winner of this match will play in SM50 next summer, and the loser in SM40.

Vantaa CC finish 6th in SM50, and are relegated to SM40.

The full results and point tables for each league can be viewed on their respective pages.

Written by Janne on Fri, 18 Sep 2009