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Finnish Bears squad selected for Spain T20I's this weekend

17/8/2019

Selectors name the Finnish Bears squad for the historic three-match T20I series to be played at Kerava National Ground 17th & 18th August.
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Nathan Collins, capt. (club SKK)
Vanraaj Singh Padhaal, vice (Empire CC)
Jonathan Scamans (Empire CC)
Peter Gallagher (SKK)
Aravind Kumar Mohan (Turku United CC)
Aniketh Pusthay (Helsinki CC)
Shoaib Tahir Qureshi (Southern Stars CC)
Tonmoy Saha (Bengal Tigers CC)
Amjad Sher (Empire CC)
Hariharan Dandapani (Turku United CC)
Nurul Huda Shipon (Bengal Tigers CC)
Maneesh Chauhan (Helsinki CC)
Sanju Shrestha (Nordic Warriors SC)
Abdul Ghafar (Empire CC)

Injury reserve players:
Areeb Abdul Quadir (SKK)
Mahesh Balasaheb Tambe (Empire CC)

BEARS SELECTIONS FOR WARM-UP T20 WITH SPAIN FRIDAY 16.8.2019

10/8/2019

The selectors have decided that Shoaib Tahir Qureshi will have the privilege to skipper the Bears side to play the 1st warm-up T20 against Spain on Friday starting at 5pm at Kerava NCG. Jonathan Scamans will be his vice captain and keeper.

The squad of players selected for Friday's match are:

1. Shoaib Tahir Qureshi (captain)
2. Jonathan Scamans (vice & wk)
3. Maneesh Chauhan
4. Khalid Khan
5. Mahesh Balasaheb Tambe
6. Muhammad Ziaur Rehman
7. Abdul Ghafar
8. Waqas Raja
9. Adnan Syed
10. Sanju Shrestha
11. Areeb Abdul Quadir
12. Aniketh Pusthay
13. Tonmoy Saha

Congratulations to all selected. First Bears cap will be presented to Khalid Khan and Abdul Ghafar on Friday.

Official selections for the T20I's will be announced shortly.
#GoBears #RoadToT20WC

Historical T20 Internationals fast approaching...

9/8/2019

FINNISH CRICKET HISTORY will be made in just over a week's time, when the Finnish national men's cricket team, the Bears, will play against Spanish national cricket team on 17th and 18th of August at Kerava National Cricket Ground.

Two Twenty20 International ICC ranking games will be played on Saturday, the first at 11:00-14:00 and the second 15:30-18:30; anyone interested in cricket is welcome to try out the great game between matches on the grass outfield at 14:00-15:00.

The 3rd T20I will be on Sunday 18th August at 11:00, following which the magnificant new trophy & medals will be presented to the winners of the 3-match series. This series represents the first time international cricket games of such standing being played in Finland!

Become a volunteer to help organize the event: https://www.hiiop100.fi/tehtavat/4075

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Suomen krikettimaajoukkue kohtaa Espanjan 17.8. Tule ja kannusta Suomi voittoon, sillä kyseessä T20 kriketin maaottelusarja ja taistelu tärkeistä kansainvälisistä ranking-pisteistä.

Keravan kansallinen krikettikenttä 17.8.

1. ottelu klo 11-14
Tutustu krikettiin (kaikille avoin kokeilumahdollisuus) klo 14-15
2. ottelu klo 15.30-18.30
3. ottelu su 18.8. klo 11-14

Ei pääsymaksua. Tervetuloa kannustamaan Karhut voittoon!

Vapaaehtoisia haetaan järjestelyavuksi - ilmoittaudu: https://www.hiiop100.fi/tehtavat/4075

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Bears XI named for 1st T20I v Denmark today

13/7/2019

A beautiful sunny morning in Svanholm Park is the magnficent scene set for the 1st T20I of this weekend in Copenhagen, where the Finnish Bears play the DCF T20 International XI.

Match will start at 11.00am local time (12:00 midday Finnish time)

The management team have named the following Bears XI:

Nathan Collins (c)
Vanraaj Padhaal (vc)
Aravind Kumar Mohan (wk)
Tonmoy Saha
Md Nurul Huda
Aniketh Pusthay
Hariharan Dandapani
Amjad Sher
Areeb Abdul Quadir
Shoaib Tahir Qureshi
Muhammad Ziaur Rehman

12th man Waqas Arif Raja

Also Cricket Finland's head umpire Sriharsha Kuchimanchi will be standing in his first T20I alongside DCF umpire Jesper Jensen.

Good luck to both sides today! #GoBears

Cricket World Cup live in Helsinki 14.7.2019

12/7/2019

Despite Australia losing today, there will still be a great opportunity to watch the ICC Cricket World Cup Final in Helsinki this Sunday July 14th with an Aussie flavour... :-)

The Aussie Bar in Kamppi, at Salomonkatu 5 will be showing the England v New Zealand final match on the big screen starting at 12:30pm sharp, so don't miss out and get yourself down to the climax of this mega event.

You will find all details of the bar here: https://aussiebar.net/helsinki/#Sport

#krikettiäkaikille

SM-viikko 2019 underway today - Live cricket on Finnish TV Sunday 7.7.

4/7/2019

Cricket Finland is proud to be a part of the Finnish NOC Multi-Sport event SM-viikko for the 4th year running, which kicks off today in Vantaa.

For those unaware of the competion concept, you will find a short summary in English here:
https://www.sm-viikko.fi/briefly-in-english/

The Finnish National Ten10 cricket championships will be played out during the coming 4 days and will conclude with the grand final on Sunday July 7th, starting at 16:15 local time. All games from Friday onwards will be played at the Tikkurila Sports Park on grass.

National broadcaster YLE will be filming the various sports across the whole event, which will finish with the Ten10 Cricket Finland live broadcast on YLE2 and YLE Areena. As the digital online version is not geo-blocked, so you can catch the cricket even without access to a TV screen! Link to the general digital page here: https://areena.yle.fi/tv/ohjelmat/urheilu - while you will find the broadcast on Sunday as “SM-viikko: Kriketti” via this programme link: https://areena.yle.fi/1-50115338

Tune in folks!! #krikettiäkaikille #SMviikko #Vantaa

Head Umpire appointment for the 2019 season

4/7/2019

Cricket Finland are immensely pleased to announce the full-time appointment of Sriharsha Kuchimanchi as head umpire until end-September 2019. Sriharsha will also be an active working member of our strategic softball cricket integration group, assisting Board member Yaseen Khan in delivering on our potential and helping local clubs to grow.

Sriharsha has been very active furthering his umpiring career in India and South Africa, along with heading our own Cricket Finland online umpire development programme since last being in Finland in 2018.

Please welcome Sriharsha on and off the field of play! Next up duties standing in SM-viikko Ten10 matches, followed almost immediately with umpiring in Denmark with the Finnish Bears 12-14th July!

Bears selections for T20 International weekend in Denmark

8/6/2019

The Finnish Bears Management group have made the following 16 selections for the official ICC T20 Internationals weekend in Copenhagen July 12th to 14th:

1. Nathan Collins - skipper (Club SKK)
2. Vanraaj Singh Padhaal - vice cap. (Empire)
3. Jonathan Scamans (Empire)
4. Muhammad Ziaur Rehman (GHCC)
5. Shoaib Tahir Qureshi (SSCC)
6. Adnan Syed (HCC)
7. Sanju Shrestha (NWSC)
8. Abdul Ghafar (Empire)
9. Amjad Sher (Empire)
10. Tonmoy Saha (BTCC)
11. Aniketh Pusthay (HCC)
12. Hariharan Dandapani (TUCC)
13. Maneesh Chauhan (HCC)
14. Aravind Kumar Mohan (TUCC)
15. Peter Gallagher (SKK)
16. Nurul Huda (BTCC)

Congratulations to the players selected, for what may well be a weekend of T20 matches against the AM European Champions following the World T20 regional finals later this month.

This is the first of two T20I weekends for the Finnish Bears this year, with Spain visiting Finland mid-August for a smash T20I long weekend at the Kerava National Cricket Ground! Welcome along!

Squads named for T20 Elite challenge matches on June 15th

31/5/2019

The two XI's to fight out Cricket Finland's BEST v BEST T20 Elite 1st round on June 15th at the Kerava National Cricket Ground have been selected.

This represents a great opportunity for some of the Finnish National Bears players on the fringe of selection to make a challenge and stake a claim to wear the coveted Bears shirt when Finland travels to play Denmark in our first T20I series of the summer 12-14th July.

So it should be a great day of cricket! Don't miss out on viewing by coming down to the ground with friends and family, or if not, then tune-in and subscribe to our live stream on Cricket Finland's dedicated YouTube channel!

The 2nd and deciding round of T20 Elite matches will take place on Saturday August 3rd.

Teams selected for T20 Elite challenge June 15th, 2019

AGM 2019 appoints new Board for 2019-2021 and approves Ops Plan 2019

9/4/2019

The 2019 Cricket Finland AGM held at the Olympic Committee Sporttitalo on Sunday 7th April appointed a new Board for the next 2-year cycle. Andrew Armitage was re-elected as Chairman, while Shahzad Choudhry was elected to a new position on the Board alongside Maneesh Chauhan, Nathan Collins, Yaseen Khan and Heikki Mahlamäki.

Exciting discussion took place about the global development strategy for cricket and how this will impact on activities of Cricket Finland and its clubs already in 2019 - with specifically women's & junior cricket as well as the integration of non-hard ball cricket being the highest priorities approved for everyone involved in cricket activities in Finland. A working group to coordinate non-hard ball cricket activities and tournaments within Cricket Finland structures was approved comprising Muhammad Ziaur Rehman, Gregory Motteram, Rakesh Satharasi and Mehran Murtaiz Amin.

The 2019 Operational Plan and vision for cricket in Finland can be seen in full here, in English as well as in Finnish; the annual 2019 budget was also approved and is shown below in Finnish.

Thanks again to all those that attended!

2019 Cricket Finland Operational Plan_eng
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2019 Krikettiliiton Toimintasuunnitelma
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2019 Krikettiliiton Talousarvio
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