KRIKET membuat penampilan pertama dalam Sukan SEA 2017 dan penantian lama itu berakhir dengan bermulanya saingan hari pertama pada Khamis (17 Ogos) di Kinrara Oval di Bandar Kinrara.
Myanmar dan Thailand – dua pasukan baru dalam kriket — membuka tirai acara sukan kriket pada jam 8 pagi diikuti perlawanan Singapura-Indonesia 4 petang. Malaysia akan beraksi pada Jumaat (18 Ogos) bertemu Thailand pukul 9 pagi.
Satu lagi negara yang baru dalam sukan kriket pada sukan dwi-tahunan ini ialah Vietnam yang sudah pun kagum dengan kemudahan di Kinrara Oval.
Persatuan Kriket Malaysia telah meletakkan sasaran pingat emas bagi acara 50 overs lelaki dan T20 dan ia merupakan sasaran realistik berdasarkan pencapaian sukan itu.
Bagaimanapun, perkara yang sama juga boleh diperkatakan mengenai pencapaian rekod Singapura. Ia bukan lagi rahsia bahawa buruan emas ialah antara kedua-dua buah negara yang dipisahkan oleh Selat Tebrau itu.
Acara T20 wanita yang bermula Ogos 21 akan menyaksikan Malaysia, Singapura, Thailand, Indonesia dan Myanmar merebut pingat emas manakala acara lelaki bermula Ogos 26.
Pasukan Lelaki Malaysia 50-overs: Abdul Rashid Ahad; Ahmad Faiz, Derek Michael, Dhivendran Mogan, Fikri Makram, Norwira Zazmie Abd Halim, Mohd Anwar Arudin, Mohd Shafiq Sharif, Mohd Shukri.Rahim, Mohd Suharril Fetri, Muhamad Syahadat, Anwar A.Rahman, Muhammad Wafiq Irfan, Pavandeep Singh, Virandeep Singh.
Pasukan T20: Ahmad Faiz, Aminudin Ramly, Derek Michael, Dhivendran Mogan, Mohd Anwar Arudin, Mohd Shafiq Sharif, Shukri Rahim, Mohd Suharril Fetri, Syahadat Ramli, Anwar A Rahman, Muhammad Fitri, Muhammad Wafiq Iran, Sivanantha, Syed Aziz, Virandeep Singh.
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THE long wait for cricket’s debut showpiece in the 29th edition of the SEA Games 2017 gets underway on Thursday (Aug 17) with the men’s 50 overs competition at the Kinrara Oval in Bandar Kinrara.
Myanmar and Thailand – two new kids on the block – open the Games cricket fixtures with the first match on Thursday (17 Aug) (8.0am) followed by the Singapore-Indonesia tie (4pm). The Malaysians go into action on Friday against Thailand (9am).
An additional new comer to the world of cricket in the biennial Games is Vietnam, who is already awed by the top class facilities at the Kinrara Oval.
Malaysian Cricket Association’s target of gold medals in the men’s 50 overs and T20 is a realistic figure owing to the country’s proud history of the game introduced by our colonial masters’ decades ago.
However, the same can be said of Singapore’s flourishing record and it is no secret that the contest for gold medals is going to be an affair between both traditional cricket-playing nations.
The women’s T20 event which starts on Aug 21 will see Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Myanmar vie for the gold medal whilst the men’s event kicks off on Aug 26.
Malaysia’s Men’s 50-overs Team: Abdul Rashid Ahad; Ahmad Faiz, Derek Michael, Dhivendran Mogan, Fikri Makram, Norwira Zazmie Abd Halim, Mohd Anwar Arudin, Mohd Shafiq Sharif, Mohd Shukri.Rahim, Mohd Suharril Fetri, Muhamad Syahadat, Anwar A.Rahman, Muhammad Wafiq Irfan, Pavandeep Singh, Virandeep Singh.
T20 Team: Ahmad Faiz, Aminudin Ramly, Derek Michael, Dhivendran Mogan, Mohd Anwar Arudin, Mohd Shafiq Sharif, Shukri Rahim, Mohd Suharril Fetri, Syahadat Ramli, Anwar A Rahman, Muhammad Fitri, Muhammad Wafiq Iran, Sivanantha, Syed Aziz, Virandeep Singh.
