BDCA Held its AGM

Brunei Darussalam Cricket Association held its Annual general Meeting 2010 on the 24th May 2010. All the member clubs attended the meeting.

Country Development Officer of Asian Cricket Council Visited Brunei

Md. Aminul Islam, CDO of ACC visited the country from 20-24 February 2010 to conduct a training camp for the U16 Cricket Team who will be participating in the ACC U16 Challenge Cup to be held in Malaysia in July 2010 and also a coaching refresher course for the local coaches and the future potential coaches.

He expressed his satisfaction over the development activities in Brunei Darussalam.

"One thing I noticed about Bruneians is that they are very soft spoken and friendly. These are qualities of a gentleman and cricket is a gentleman's game. This is why I believe that Brunei can cope with the game faster than other countries," said Md Aminul Islam.

He also said, "What Brunei needs is more good cricket fields in order to be a strong competitor as currently the sport is gaining in popularity in many Asean countries."

BDCA Held Its Annual Get-together cum Prize Presentation Ceremony

Brunei Darussalam Cricket Association (BDCA) held its annual get-together cum prize presentation ceremony at the Millenium Fastfood and Restaurant on the 21st February 2010. It was the second time that the BDCA had held such event.

During the function prizes were presented to the winners and runners-up of the NurEWC Cricket League 2009, NurEWC T12 Cricket Tournament and the NurEWC T20 Cricket Tournament. The recepients of the prizes were:

1. NurEWC Cricket League 2009 - RBYC (champion) and Batu Satu (Runnerup)
2. NurEWC T12 Cricket Tournament 2009 - JCC and Batu Satu (Joint Champions)
3. NurEWC T20 Cricket Tournament 2009 - JCC and RBYC (Joint Champions)

The function was attended by players and officials from cricket clubs in Brunei and the guest of honour Hj Abdul Wahab Hj Tengah, the BDCA president, was present to hand over the prizes.

The sponsor for 2009 cricket season, Mr. Sujit Ghosh, Managing Director of NurEWC, was also present during the event.

The finals of Inter-Primary Schools Cricket Trophy 2009 was held on the 30th November 2009 at the Ong Sum Ping Cricket Ground, Bandar Seri Begawan. The competition was played with T12 format.

SR NAR Menunggol lifted the trophy for 2009 by beating SR Rambae by 23 runs. SR NAR Menunggol won the toss and elected to first and they scored 60 for 4 in their allotted 12 overs. In reply, SR Rambae could only managed to score 37 by losing 8 wickets.

The prizes were distributed by the guest of honor, Yang Mulia Aidin bin Haji Abu Bakar, the senior officer from the Ministry of Education, Brunei Darussalam.

Earlier, SR NAR Menunggol and SR Rambae beat SR Beribi and SR Serasa respectively in the semi-finals.

BDCA Conducted a Short Management Course cum Workshop

BDCA conducted a short management course cum workshop from the 23-25 November 2009 for the board members and the administrative officers. It was the first endeavor of such activity for BDCA. All the board members and its demonstrative officers attended the workshop.

The short course cum the workshop included the following topics:

• Professional management practices in cricket
• Relationship between cricket management and cricket administration
• Relationship between cricket development and good governances
• ICC/ACC compliance requirements for national body (BDCA)
• Critical analysis of strategic plan of BDCA for 2010 and beyond
• Development of umpires, coaches and players
o ACC guideline
o BDCA pathway
• Marketing and funding of cricket in Brunei

It was facilitated by the CEO of BDCA, Mr. Manzur Ahmed.

ACC CDO, Mr. Aminul Islam, visited Brunei

The ACC Development Office, Mr. Aminul Islam, visited Brunei from the 16th to 19th October 2009. During his visit, he conducted a special camp for Under-19 cricket team that will take part in the forthcoming ACC U19 Challenge Cup to be held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from the 9th to 18th December 2009.

Mr. Aminul expressed his satisfaction in the progress of the players, particularly the locals.

He also discussed with the management personnel of BDCA on the several issues related to the cricket development programs in the country.

T20 Trophy 2009

The T20 Trophy 2009 kicked off on the 4th October 2009 with two games played at Ong Sum Ping Cricket Ground.

Match 1: RBYC vs. TCT (4th oct)

The first game was played between Royal Brunei Yacht Club (RBYC) cricket team and Tunkuling Cricket Team (TCT). TCT won the toss and elected to field in a rain-hit delayed match. The match was reduced to 15 overs each innings. RBYC posted 152 for 5. The opening, Raja-Samnad, pair was the key for RBYC as they scored 42 and 35 respectively.

In reply, TCT came close to run chase. They were at par with RBYC upto 13th over - RBYC were 117 and TCT were 114 at this stage - but TCT lost the grip henceforth. At the end, TCT could only manage 129 for 5. Sreejith of TCT thrilled all with a brilliant unbeaten 57.

RBYC won by 23 runs.

Match 2: JCC vs. Menglait (4th oct)

In the second match, JCC beat Menglait by a huge margin of 44 runs.

JCC won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 156 for 7. The opener Gopi made a brilliant 49 and set a strong foundation for JCC. In the middle, Gurulal hammered a quick 45 to post team total to 156.

In reply, Menglait were bowled out for 112 in 20 overs. Fahid and Waheed top scored for Menglait with 21 and 16 runs respectively.

BDCA Introduces T12 Cricket

Jerudong Cricket Team (JCT) and Batu Satu were declared joint-champions after the final match of the PKNBD T12 cricket tournament 2009 was abandoned due to bad weather.

It was the first time that the Brunei Darussalam Cricket Association has organised the tournament using a format of cricket known as T12 which is an improvised version of the popular T20 or Twenty20.

JCT scored 147 for six wickets in 12 overs to beat Manggis, who managed 121 for seven wickets in 12 overs and reach the championship round.

Batu Satu, on the other hand, scored 156 for four wickets in 12 overs to prevail over Brunei Rockers who scored 123 for five wickets in 12 overs.

Six teams, including Menglait Cricket Team and Tungku Link Cricket team, joined the inagural staging of the tournament.

"I thought that it was a very successful event as it was exciting and thrilling. Nobody knew who was going to win until the final two overs in the match as the results can change even if a team were leading by 30 runs," said Manzur Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer of PKNBD.

"This can also be more attractive to people who are interested in the sport as it is a shorter version of the game as. It is also good for junior players as it allowed everyone to participate," he added.

This new format of cricket (T12) was an experiment by BDCA with a whole new ball game, an enhancement of the T20 to make it further exciting. Each innings lasts about 45 minutes only.
The game was played with traditional one-day rules, with some exceptions.
1. There are 12 overs only per side.
2. Each team is comprised of 10 players.
a. Each team nominates 5 batsmen and 4 bowlers (out of 10 players) who bat top of the order (i.e. first 4) and bowl first 8 overs respectively.
3. Each bowler is restricted to maximum of 2 overs.
4. A batsman retires after scoring 24 runs. However, he can bat again if the team loses all of its 9 wickets within the stipulated 12 overs.
5. Double the run scored is recorded if they come from the inverted-V (as shown below) zone.

b. Each batsman of a team faces ONE ball each (each bowler bowls only one ball). The second team bats next. The team scoring higher in the tie-match wins the game.
c. If it is again a tie, another set of 2 players is nominated and conducted as in section 8b.
d. This will continue until a result is obtained.

Few of the Highlights of the T12 Tournament 2009 were:

• Highest score by any team: 160 runs
• Minimum score by any team: 91 runs
• Maximum runs conceded in a over: 38 runs
• Minimum runs conceded by a bowler: 2 runs
• Highest number of wickets by a bowler: 3 wickets
• Average score in the tournament: 130 runs per innings
• Average number of wickets fell: 6 wickets per innings