Chance for cricketers from South Asian community to represent their country in Melbourne Renegades Champions League

The Champions League will feature Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal and Bangladesh teams. Trials will be held at the MCG on October 29th.

Source: Melbourne Renegades

Cricketers of South Asian heritage based in Australia have an opportunity to represent their respective countries on the field as Big Bash franchise Melbourne Renegades join hands with Cricket Victoria to organise a new competition.

Melbourne Renegades Champions League will feature Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal and Bangladesh teams in a competition that aims to inspire the next generation of South Asian communities in Victoria.

Hussain Hanif, Multicultural Participation Officer for Cricket Victoria, believes this competition will bring the best South Asian cricketers in Victoria on one platform.

We want to increase the percentage of South Asian cricketers, who progress from recreational cricket to professional cricket in Australia

“The aim of the competition is to integrate the South Asian communities by promoting different local community leagues to work together under the Harmony In Cricket Association,” Mr Hanif said in a statement.

Source: Melbourne Renegades

“We want to increase the percentage of South Asian cricketers, who progress from recreational cricket to professional cricket in Australia, and also to showcase the young talented South Asian players and match officials residing here.”

Event Format

As many as 50 players will be selected per nation to attend trials at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on October 29th. Of them, 15 will be selected to represent their country of origin.

The games will be played over three weeks with each team playing two games in a day. The top two teams will then qualify for the finals. The games will be played on the following dates:

• November 12^th, 2017 from 9am to 5pm
• November 19^th, 2017 from 9am to 5pm
• December 3^rd, 2017 from 9am to 1pm

The Grand Final will be played on 10^th December, 2017 at the Melbourne Renegades Family Day in Geelong.

Source: Melbourne Renegades

Post-Competition Development

The excitement doesn’t end here. The best cricketer from each team will then be selected to represent Melbourne Renegades in a series against Sydney Thunder in February.

Registration

Interested players can follow the link and fill out their details. The submissions will close at midday on 16^th October, 2017

https://cricketvictoria.wufoo.eu/forms/z1ua2xsn1gz69a3/

For any questions, you can contact Hussain Hanif at [e-mail]

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