In a sunny weekend after nine consecutive rainy days in our “Corridor of Sunshine”, we had the second stage of the National Men’s Cricket Championship!

In this stage we have the participation of six teams, four competing for the John Landers Shield: Brasília Cricket, Minas Gerais Cricket Club, São Paulo Cricket Club and Carioca Cricket Club Lions and two teams playing only the second stage: Carioca Cricket Club Tigers and São Paulo Brás.

This is the last official men’s championship before the SAC, which will be played in Lima, Peru, in October.

Below are the results of the games:

Match 1 SPCC v MGCC –

Scorecard here 20190907-MGCC-Sao Paulo Cricket Club
Sao Paulo Cricket Club won by 5 wickets

Match 2 CCCT v SP Brás –

Scorecard here 20190907-CCC Tigers-Sao Paulo Bras
Sao Paulo Bras won by 7 races

Match 3 CCCL v BC –

Scorecard here 20190907-CCC Lions-Brasilia Male Cricket
Brasilia Cricket Male won by 2 wickets

Match 4 CCCL v MGCC –

Scorecard here 20190907-MGCC-CCC Lions
MGCC won by 6 races

Game 5 CCCT v SPCC –

Scorecard here 20190907-Sao Paulo Cricket Club-CCC Tigers
Sao Paulo Cricket Club won by 8 wickets

Match 6 BC v SP Brás –

Scorecard here 20190907-Brasilia Men’s Cricket-Sao Paulo Bras
Sao Paulo Bras won by 6 wickets

Game 7 CCCT v MGCC –

Scorecard here 20190908-CCC Tigers-MGCC
MGCC won by 52 races

Game 8 SPCC v BC –

Scorecard here 20190908-Brasilia Cricket for Men-Sao Paulo Cricket Club
Sao Paulo Cricket Club won by 60 races

Match 9 CCCL v SP Brás –

Scorecard here 20190908-Sao Paulo Bras-CCC Lions
Sao Paulo Bras won by 49 races

Final
After three victories in the qualifying games, São Paulo Cricket Club secured another year with John Landers Shield and played against São Paulo Brás for the final of the second stage of the National Championship, the Biotreat Cup.

Final SPCC v SP Brás
Scorecard here 20190908-Sao Paulo Bras-Sao Paulo Cricket Club (Final)
Sao Paulo Bras won the Biotreat Cup by 7 runs

Individual Results

Best Batsmen:
1. Greigor Caisley – SPCC: 173 races
2. Ismar Ullah – SP Brás: 117 races
3. Zia Khan – SPCC: 117 races
4. Richard Greenup – MGCC: 112 races
5. Naveed Iqbal – SP Brás: 95 races
6. Mohammad Ilyas – SP Brás: 78 races
7. Nick Ellerby – CCCL: 77 races
8. Sifat Ullah – SP Brás: 74 races
9. Dan Marland – CCCL: 70 races
10. Richard Avery – MGCC: 59 races

Best Bowlers:

1. Sifat Ullah – SP Brás: 10 wickets
2. Andrew Crawford -MGCC: 7 wickets
3. Mohammad Ilyas – SP Brás: 7 wickets
4. Ayush Shah – SPCC: 6 wickets
5. Faridullah Arabzada – SP Brás: 6 wickets
6. Ajheet Jhamnani – SPCC: 5 wickets
7. Fayad Ayub – BC: 5 wickets
8. Rafi Khan – CCCL: 5 wickets
9. Richard Avery – MGCC: 5 wickets