Volume 1 March 15, 2011 Issue 20

Mehul Dave, Captain of Vijayta CC and SCCA

Editorial – Same Wine in different Bottle

Unpredictable POMMIES

CHOKERS Beat JOKERS

Is Dhoni’s Honeymoon over?

Player Profile – Mehul Dave

Winter League
EDITORIAL

SAME WINE IN A DIFFERENT BOTTLE?

This is the question on everybody’s lips when you walk around Woodley
Park these days. May not be said in so many words but in summary
this has been the question widely debated. SCCA elected its 2011
Executive in December 2010 and now we are end of March 2011. Full
three months have elapsed and no tangible progress could be seen. The
new Executive had a promising start but, unfortunately, that’s where it appears to
have ended. The writer is reminded of a saying ‘Promises are meant to be kept and
not be implemented’. How true this statement is when it comes to SCCA’s new
executive. May be it is wrong to say new executive, because the President and one
of its vice-Presidents are not new. They were in the Executive last term. Two out
of Five are from the past year. That makes the above heading more appropriate!
Not only have they not made tangible progress but they seem to make the past
executive look more efficient!

Major issues that needed immediate attention were the nets and the pitch (wickets)
on which the league games were to be played.

When you walk around Woodley Park, now-a-days, everyone is questioning about
the condition of the two nets. SCCA Executive, though elected in December 2010 for
the term beginning January 1, 2011, has not done any improvement to the nets
except partially filling up the pot hole near the bowlers’ run up area. The direction
of the mat on eastern side of the net was switched in that the batting area no longer
shows the wear and tear. Though the change is cosmetic in nature, it appears to be
a welcome change for the die-hard cricketers who are keen on having a practice
session.

The net per se is in a deplorable condition in that there is no safe place for anyone
to stand and witness the practice session without the ball coming out of the nets and
hitting you. ESPN-2 staff (camera crew and the journalists) was at Woodley
recently to cover USA cricket with emphasis on Woodley. The pictures that were
taken by them, particularly the two nets present a sad picture of SCCA’s
administration. Cameraman was afraid to take pictures from behind the nets for
the ball could come through the torn net and damage his camera.
It is understood that the Board in its January meeting had approved a budget for
fixing the nets with a deadline to complete the assignment by end-February. It is
end-March now and the league season as scheduled is to start in a couple of weeks
(Hopefully!). Nothing has been done to improve the nets or the mat. So far no
grounds man has been hired to maintain the wickets. It is anybody’s guess as to how
the league will be played in a couple of weeks.

Assuming a grounds man is hired, at this late stage, what can he do within such a
short time between now and the start of the league?

It is reliably learnt that putting concrete all the way (including the bowlers’ run up
area) is being considered as an option. It appears that this requires permission from
the City’s Recreation & Parks Department. Apparently this process takes time.
Under the circumstances, it would have been wiser to maintain the existing
facilities by fixing whatever needs to be fixed and work on the long term project
(Obtaining City’s permit, laying concrete, etc.) for the future. It is also reliably
learnt that the City, as an alternative to laying concrete, offered to maintain the
existing net practice area. This seems to be a better and viable solution, in that
City, with their resources could bring in dirt periodically (may be once a month),
put it in the run up area and roll it. SCCA, while working on the laying of concrete,
as a long term project, should take up on City’s offer to immediately solve the
problem of net practice.

This new committee ventured on the project of the top two divisions of SCCA
playing their games in colored uniform. They should have done more research into
it than jumping the gun. Our contacts in Central Zone of USACA league just
informed me that they had tried this and dropped it as most of their 12th man
(substitute) fielding were not in approved colors (mostly used whites). This became
an eye-sore to both the organizers and the audience resulting in their dispensing
with this experiment once and for all.

In SCCA’s own backyard, Southern California Winter Cricket League is doing a

wonderful job. It is growing in strength year by year. Organizer of the Winter
League survives only on sponsors. It is high time SCCA learns some pointers from
other successful organizations to be independent in resources and the
administration. So far, this executive is at least showing symptoms of working as a
team. It is hoped that they bring in necessary and useful improvements in its
administration of cricket in this part of the world!
 UNPREDICTABLE POMMIES!
Dr. V.V. Giri

To the delirium of a nation and the despair of England's increasingly grumpy cricketers, Bangladesh conjured a
famous victory that throws Group B wide open yet again.

One day, they lose the match to Ireland. Next day they chase 330 plus runs and ‘tie’ the game against India.
They beat the strong South African side in a low scoring match, next match they succumb to one of the weakest
side, Bangladesh. That’s English team for you.

The players are very inconsistent and erratic in nature. There is no game plan and the batsmen play
irresponsible shots at wrong time and get out. The bowlers bowl without discipline and they always bowl
against the field set by their captain.

In the five matches they played so far, they have dropped countless catches, conceded abnormal wide balls and
sometimes they played like a school team. They can’t blame anyone else for their misery.

A breathtaking ninth-wicket partnership between Mahmudullah, the coolest man in Chittagong on Friday night,
and Shafiul Islam, bold and nerveless in a crisis, saw Bangladesh home. They added 58 to snatch back a game
that the home side had dominated for most of the day, but that seemed to be lurching back towards England
when Bangladesh lost five wickets for 14 runs in mid-innings.

Even so England, having lost the toss, had only themselves to blame. For periods they fought tenaciously in the
field, where they were compelled to defend an inadequate total of 225. Ajmal Shahzad popped up everywhere,
bowling a poor first spell, running out Imrul Kayes with a brilliant throw, then producing three superb deliveries
to right-handed batsmen. At least he was not lacking energy; nor was Eoin Morgan, England's savior when they
were batting. It may be no coincidence that England's liveliest players were not much involved in the Ashes
campaign.

England was at their most capricious here. In the field their ill-temper was reflected by Swann, snatching his
cap from the umpire Daryl Harper, after remonstrating with the Australian on several occasions. It was not
Harper's fault that Swann was compelled to bowl with a wet ball.

It may be a nonsense that one side is able to bowl with a dry ball and the other with a wet one in a contest of
this importance. But the financial lure of floodlit cricket far exceeds any urge for a fair contest in the minds of
the modern cricket administrator.

The English team, which has played all but one of their group matches, now stares at a must-win situation
against the West Indies who have six points with one more match in hand against India.

In case of Bangladesh, though they have one point less (4) than England, their chances for a quarterfinal spot
look brighter with two matches in hand against the Netherlands and South Africa. This means that Bangladesh
can go past England on points if they manage to beat the Dutch and England lose to the Windies.

That in all probability will bring the curtains down on England's World Cup dream.
 CHOKERS beat JOKERS!
Dr. V.V. Giri

What would you call the bunch of players who, from 267 for one in 39.4 overs, crumble like a pack of cards to
296 all out in 48.4 overs? Yes, they are nothing but Jokers!

South Africans have the habit of losing from good position during such close games and hence nick named,”
Chokers”, surprisingly proved otherwise this time.

In the important group B match of this World Cup, the Chokers beat the Jokers by 3 wickets with 2 balls to
spare.

Many former cricketers have come out with different reasons for this humiliating defeat. They blame the lower
order batsmen, bowlers and fielders. In cricket it is quite common that due to pressure factor, various
unexpected things happen. So I won’t totally blame the individual players.

Media and the captain blame Yuvraj, Pathan, Munaf & Nehra for messing up the match. What really puzzles me
is, nobody is blaming the ‘poor’ or literally ‘no home work’ done by the Indian think tank. You have the main
coach plus a crowd of support staff in the form of batting, bowling and fielding coaches.

They have all the time and facilities in the world to have a clear idea about the performances of our own players
as well as the opponents. It is very easy to gauge the abilities and habits of different players, make a proper
homework and execute the same in the matches.

There were many faults made by the Indian players. The middle order batsmen threw their wickets during
batting ‘power play’, the tail failed to stay at the wicket till 50 overs, Gambir dropped a sitter, Raina / Zaheer
missed a run out and the bowlers erred in line and length. All these things happen to every team and are part of
the game.

In my opinion, the major mistakes made by the Indian team in the SA match were,

1. Wrong team ‘eleven’ selection – playing 3 medium pacers and only one spinner, when SA themselves
bowled with four spinners.
2. Wrong timing of choosing batting ‘power play’. India should have taken the ‘Power Play’ when Sehwag
was batting if not, towards the end.
3. Sending Yusuf during power play when Dale Steyn & Morkel were operating.
4. Dhoni’s wrong choice of bowling of 49th and 50th over. When Munaf bowled the 48th over and was
comfortably played by the SA batsmen, Harbhajan should have bowled the 49th over and the best bowler in
the side Zaheer should have bowled the 50th over. The coach could have communicated this to Dhoni
through a substitute.
5. Batsmen were not coached how to play during ‘power plays’. When you take batting ‘power play’ and
promote Yusuf to number four, he assumes his duty is to hit the ball as we have 8 more wickets.
6. Bowlers were clueless to bowl the slog overs and ‘power play’ overs.
7. Why captain and the coach are reluctant to play Aswin in spite of failures of other spinners and fast bowlers
appears to be a mystery.
For all these major mistakes, you have to blame the coach and the captain and not the players. These mistakes
are not made for the first time. Dhoni and Kirstein have been repeatedly committing the same all the time
(even in the match against England) which makes me wonder whether these two are aware of the word ‘Home
Work’. In international cricket, coaches do ‘perfect home work’ and they have the complete horoscope of all the
players.

Shockingly Dhoni has become very stubborn and adamant. He has his whims and fancies and he does his own
things. He never consults Sachin or any other seniors during crisis or making an important decision. If credit is
given to Dhoni for all the matches he won, then certainly he should take the blame for the losses.

People must realize that Dhoni was lucky to win whatever ODIs India won earlier. For the tests, he must be
extremely grateful to the five seniors (Kumble, Ganguly, Dravid, Laxman and Tendulkar) for lifting India to
number one position in the ICC test ranking and the last three–for maintaining it.

I wonder whether coach Kirstein is doing justice to his job. When the laziest player in the Indian side Gambir
praises Gary to the maximum, I can understand what is going on with the Indian team. Kirstein is happy to be
friendly with the boys without troubling them. Unfortunately Board also wants a ‘Rubber stamp’ coach who
does not interfere in BCCI’s coach related decisions.

Gary is responsible for making the tail bat well (by giving tough practice sessions), improvement of fielding,
bowling technique during slog overs (no Indian bowlers bowl Yorkers), running between the wickets, batting
during power plays, besides making captaincy decisions.

I think what the Indian team need is a “whip” in the form of tough coach and management. I feel it is time to
stop this nonsense of ‘Nice coach’ theory and bring “Result oriented” coaches like Greg Chappell. Who else can
I think of, except the man who brought the “winning habit” to the Indian team – Dada!
 IS DHONI’S HONEYMOON OVER?
Prakash Krishnagiri

In the good old days, the captain had the final say in the Playing XI and decided on strategies on the field; be it
the batting order, field placements or the bowling changes. In modern day cricket the role of the captain has
changed dramatically in the game of cricket

Things are different now-a-days. The playing XI is no longer a prerogative of the captain of the Team. The
Captain deliberates the issue with his Vice-Captain, Coach and in some cases, few senior members of the Team
before deciding on the inclusion and/or exclusion of a Player.

The Strategies and game plan are discussed in the Team meeting and a role is defined for each player. Every
Captain has more than a Plan while taking the field. The decision to shift Plans is taken on the field depending
on the match situation. Though it might look as if the Captain is making those changes spontaneously, it
normally is a result of few consultations with the team ‘Think Tank’ either in-between overs or during drinks
breaks.

The role of the captain in modern-day cricket is only that he is an executor of the plans. His role also involves
man-management and motivation of the Players. A role perfectly executed by the Prince of Calcutta, Sourav
Ganguly. Very seldom you see captains taking a gamble by making a change or two in the bowling based on
their instincts. The key word here is ‘chance’ as this might or might not work. The modern-day captain can
only be praised for his excellent implementation skills rather than real captaincy skills.

The Indian Captain M.S. Dhoni has never impressed me as a Wicket-keeper or as a Captain. He was tagged as
the Indian Version of Adam Gilchrist for his batting prowess. His wicket-keeping has improved a bit but still
technically falling way short of international standards.

He was lucky to have been made the captain of the Indian team after Anil Kumble. With seniors and Legends
in the team, you really don’t need a good captain to lead the side. Sachin, Sehwag, Dravid, Ganguly, Laxman
and Zaheer do not need a captain to tell them what to do. They are all very senior and experienced when
compared to Dhoni. That is why Dhoni has been more successful in Test Cricket. The seniors know their roles
and have perfect understanding and reading of the match situation. The real test for Dhoni, the Captain, comes
only in the ODIs where he is leading a side consists predominantly of players Junior to him.

Ricky Ponting is going through the same. He was talked about as one of the Best Captains of Australia. To
lead an Australian side consisting of Langer, Hayden, Martin, Warne, Mc Grath, Gilchrist, Lehman and
Gillespie you don’t need any captaincy skills. For this side, which was at the peak, I would argue that you
actually needed a captain only to go and flip the coin at the toss.

The Captain only needs to be lucky to win the important toss and his players perform well on a given day. That
is where Ponting and Dhoni came out on top all these days. Once these two are presented with a young side,
their ability to lead a side is under the scanner and they stand exposed.

The experts on the TV Channels might not agree with these known facts. They are all former international
players and they know this too well; but their job as Commentator or Expert will not allow them to say what
they really want to say. An outspoken commentator is yet to take a microphone. Leading a younger side calls
for inter-personal skills, (otherwise known as man-management), providing guidance and motivation where
necessary.

Dhoni, looks adamant at times. His weakness to lead a side consisting of seniors has been his problem right
from the day he was appointed Captain of the Indian team. He was always finding excuses not to include
seniors in his team. He was always saying ‘young legs’ are needed, etc. See what he made the Board to do –
get rid of Ganguli, Laxman and Dravid to a certain extent from his team.

The persistence with Chawla despite criticisms in the Indian side is a classic example. He wanted him in the
side and therefore he now desperately wants Chawla to succeed to support his decision. Let us leave the ‘ifs’
and ‘buts’ on the Team changes. Dhoni has been very vocal in his criticism on the Indian Fielding. Why has he
decided, time and again, to repeat the same in all the post-match press conferences? The TV Commentators
appreciate him for being man-enough to admit the teams fielding deficiencies. In full honesty, the teams
fielding in this world cup has been far better when compared to the recent past.

Highlighting the Field lapses, time and again is like trying to put the blame of the poor performance on the
Fielding. This may also be a ploy of Dhoni to get rid of seniors and replace them with young legs without
experience and maturity. Indian Strength has been the batting and they failed us in 3 of the 5 games played so
far. Our bowling should have been competitive enough to defend a 300+ total against England. The main
cause for the loss against the South Africans was not the poor last over bowled by Ashish Nehra but the poor
batting from the last 8 Indian batsmen. In a tight game, small fielding lapses look big. But not to forget, these
games were made tight either by poor batting or poor bowling. It is our own doing. Dhoni makes swift dives
to make up for his lack of footwork and wicket-keeping skills. These more often look very spectacular for the
shutter boxes. This exempts him from criticism on the fielding aspect.

Even if we are to forgive him for his fielding comments in the public, the comment he made about the Indian
batting in the Presentation party and the Post-match Conference after the loss against South Africa is
unpardonable. Dhoni implied that his batsmen were playing for the Gallery and not for the Team/Country.
This statement in public is not going to make the dressing room a happy place. Such comments should be made
in the Team meetings so that the message is loud and clear to the Batsmen. To talk it out in the public does not
display any man management skills of Dhoni.

Experts talk about Indian Dressing room atmosphere being so good. The Dressing room atmosphere of any
winning team will be great. How you pull up after a loss in the dressing room is the most important factor. To
vent it out in the public will only distance Dhoni from his players, including his close ones.

After this comment, I am doubtful if the dressing room atmosphere will be the same. Dhoni has never answered
or talked about his own batting or wicket-keeping performances. If he is man-enough, as portrayed by the
experts, he should have been critical about himself first. His inability to play with the tail and his willingness to
stay in the non-strikers end watching reckless shots being played at the other end are all issues that he needs to
address. In the same situation, Lakshman would have not only shielded the tail but would have constantly
encouraged them to hold on.

The Adam Gilchrist of India is now playing more like Rahul Dravid. His performance in the last year and a half
has been very average. It has been a dozen innings since he had his last half-century and around 26 innings
since he hit a hundred. His last hundred was scored in Jan 2010 against Bangladesh in Dhaka. In his last 10
ODIs he has scored 12 n.o., 19 n.o, 34, 31, DNB, 5, 2, 5, 38 and 25.

I don’t think the same scores would have been good enough for any other Batsman to remain in the Indian
Side. We have plenty of examples of good Indian batsmen shown the door after few poor performances.
Dhoni’s place in the Team is questionable. He is first a player then a Captain. As a player he has not
performed consistently enough in Tests and ODI. There is so much hype made about his Captaincy,
Temperament and being cool headed. We need the Captain of the Team to perform first as a Player.

If his mistakes in Team Selection, Bowling Changes and Fielding Placements continue, it would be difficult for
Dhoni to continue as Captain. If his batting also deserts him, then it won’t be long before Dhoni is sent back to
Domestic Cricket to get back his rhythm. Dada and Sehwag were sent back to regain form and they came back
stronger.

This World Cup performance of India might decide the fate of Dhoni. For now, it seems the Honeymoon for
Dhoni is almost over and the real testing life begins.
PLAYER PROFILE

MEHUL DAVE
Mehul Dineshkumar Dave, the most experienced Cricketer, right now in the
SCCA. Mehul was born in Baroda, India on November 15, 1976. Mehul like
most other youngsters growing up India, fell in love with the game and started
making inroads at a very young age.

The traditional route for any young cricketer to make it big is to first start playing
for the local clubs followed by getting selected in their local associations’ Under-16
or Under-19 side and move up gradually. Mehul was no exception and followed
this route.

Mehul started playing cricket at the age of 10. He started practicing hard to impress
the selectors for a place in the Under-16 Camp. When he was hardly 14 years of age, he got selected for the
Under-16 Camp as an all-rounder and had the opportunity of being coached by the former Indian Captain
Dattajirao Krishnarao Gaekwad, father of former Indian Opener Anshuman Gaekwad.

Impressed with Mehul’s abilities D.K. Gaekwad selected him to play for Baroda State Under-16 side when
Mehul was only 14 years. He did not disappoint the Coach and went on to make his maiden hundred that
season. Mehul continued to perform consistently till the Under-19 levels of cricket.

His skills were noticed and he was selected to attend the Indian national Camp in Bangalore. On completion of
the Camp, he was handed his Baroda Ranji Cap and played his first game against Gujarat. He continued to play
for Baroda for a year and a half.

Politics is dominant in many walks of life. Cricket is no different. Call it fate, destiny or lack of will-power to
stand against politics, Mehul moved out of Baroda to Canada. He played in Canada for a year and then moved
to the United States for higher studies.

With a broken heart (due to politics interrupting his cricketing

career) and burning desire and passion for the game still alive,
he started playing again. He started his cricketing career in the
USA by appearing in North-West Region and then moved to
the South West Region.

He started playing SCCA League first for the United Cricket

Club and then moved to Vijayta Cricket Club. He is currently
the captain of Vijayta Cricket Club and the South-West
Region. He has been a prolific scorer in the SCCA League
and the National Championships.
Though he has gone down in pace, his nagging line and length halts the opponents scoring rate. His
understanding of the match situation is phenomenal and amply displays the same in all the games that he plays.

Talking to our Editor Mr. Rao, Mehul answered a few questions posed to him.

KC Rao: What motivated you to select cricket when other games, such as tennis, soccer, etc., were there?
Mehul: The main reason for me getting into cricket was my father who loved the game and when he first took
me to watch a game, I fell in love with the game.

KC Rao: What was your expectation of cricket standards in USA prior to your move to USA? What did you
find the standard of cricket actually was?
Mehul: I did not expect the level of cricket in USA as high as any Test playing nation because cricket is not a
very popular game her. However lately the level is surely rising and I see a good future and level of
competition arriving in US.

KC Rao: Which was your outstanding performance, both in bowling and batting in the local (SCCA) league?
Where does the Play off championship win of SCCA Division I of 2010 stand in your cricketing career?
Mehul: My best performance in bowling was when I took 6 for 12 against International in 2008 and a match
winning unbeaten 112 against Pasadena in the same year. Apart from that I have been the most economical
bowler in SCCA for past four years which I think is considerably outstanding achievement as it has never been
done by any bowler in SCCA. SCCA Division I playoff championship surely has a significance in career, might
not be the most important but surely a memory which will never erase from my mind.

Mehul owes his success to his father who initiated him to play cricket and his family who encouraged him all
the way.

Weekend Cricket management and the readers congratulate Mehul Dave on his achievement and wish him all
the best in his future endeavours!
 SO. CALIFORNIA WINTER CRICKET LEAGUE
The following are the results of the Regular Season Games of the ongoing Southern California Winter Cricket
League:

Warriors Beat Star by 51 Runs

Warriors 124 all out in 19.2 Overs (Nick Kapadia 28, Krunal Patel 2 for 26)
Star 73 all out in 16 Overs (Satvinder Singh 26, Andy Kapadia 3 for 3, Randeep Arora 3 for 12)

Star Beat Dolphins by 2 wickets

Dolphins 98 for 9 in 20 Overs (Nagraj Inamati 28, Paul Fradd 26, Jagtinder Ghotra 2 for 23, Yogesh Sitapara 2
for 16, Krunal Patel 2 for 14)
Star 100 for 8 in 19 Overs (Krunal Patel 27, Madhu Katikithala 2 for 23, Nagaraj Inamati 3 for 14)

Friends Beat Torrance by 101 Runs

Friends 175 for 6 in 20 Overs (Asif Abba Ali 98, Ajay Garyali 3 for 29)
Torrance 75 all out in 15.2 Overs (Hari Srinivas 21, Raj Singh 20, Fahmeed Khan 2 for 15, Shayan Adbul
Ghani 3 for 18)

Kings11 Beat Culver City by 48 Runs

Kings11 131 for 6 in 20 Overs (Gunjan Patel 36, Suketu Parikh 24, Zair Daud 3 for 22)
Culver City 83 all out in 19.2 Overs (Nandakishore Krishna 2 for 12, Mayank Patel 4 for 19)

Transformers Beat USC by 4 Wickets

USC 117 for 7 in 20 Overs (Tarun Tyagi 36, Asad Khan 2 for 18, Abhemanyu Raj 3 for 19)
Transformers 120 for 6 in 19 Overs (Abhishek Pawar 53, Asad Khan 20 not out)

LA Slammers Beat Dolphins by 3 wickets

Dolphins 111 for 7 in 20 Overs (Praveenkumar Devarajan 40, Juanyd Bandav 21, Brandon Rodriquez 2 for 14)
LA Slammers 112 for 7 in 19.5 Overs (Lokesh Dhar 31, Vishal Dhiman 22, Madhu Katikithala 2 for 21, Junayd
Bandav 2 for 12)
Friends Beat CSULB-Deccan by 8 wickets

CSULB-Deccan 102 for 6 in 20 Overs (Manan Choksi 40, Nishant Patel 32, Shayan Abdul Ghani 3 for 11,
Shahzad Memon 2 for 5)
Friends 103 for 2 in 15 Overs (Rashid Zia 48 not out)

Hollywood AS Beat LA Slammers by 19 Runs

Hollywood AS 129 for 8 in 20 Overs (Fabian Irani 30, Satish Balu 27, Nafi Newaj 2 for 20)
LA Slammers 110 all out 19 Overs (Kenny Thomas 2 for 17, Delan Bastain 2 for 8, Sunil Kumar 3 for 21)

In the last two weeks CSUF and USC have forfeited 2 games each.

CSUF Titans forfeited their game against Friends

CSUF Titans forfeited their game against Torrance
USC forfeited their game against CSULB-Deccan
USC forfeited their game against Friends

Play-off results

IE beat Star by 3 Wickets

Star 84 all out in 17.2 Overs (Ishan Patel 4 for 18, Priyank Patel 2 for 21)
IE 87 for 7 in 12.2 Overs (Nandish Patel 20, Satvinder Singh 2 for 17, Manoj Sukumaran 2 for 5)

Culver City Beat Kings11 by 5 Wickets

Kings11 96 all out in 18.4 Overs (Nikesh Ahir 27, Muffidkhan Pathan 3 for 14, Saad Yusuf 3 for 17, Ayez
Shaikh 2 for 16)
Culver City 99 for 6 in 16 Overs (Mayank Patel 2 for 16, Mahesh Ahir 2 for 8)

Warriors Beat Dolphins by 41 Runs

Warriors 102 for 8 in 20 Overs (Trevine Felsinger 30, Madhu Katikithala 3 for 11)
Dolphins 61 all out in 16.2 Overs (Praveenkumar Devarajan 21, Pawan Daruri 2 for 13, Kartik Nuggehalli 3 for
13)
The Semifinals line-up is as follows and it will be held on 19th March 2011

Marina Vista Park – 10:00 AM – Division A - Friends Vs Transformers

Marina Vista Park – 01:00 PM – Division A - Torrance Vs CSULB-Deccan
Carson – 10:00 AM – Division B - Warriors Vs Hollywood AS
Carson – 01:00 PM – Division B - IE Vs Culver City

The winners of the Division-B Semi-finals will play their final game on Sunday the 20th of March 2011 at 10:00
AM at Marine Vista Park, Long Beach.

The Winners of Division-A Semi-finals will play their final game on Sunday the 20th of March 2011 at 01:00
PM at Marine Vista Park, Long Beach.