{"id":17963,"date":"2022-01-13T20:58:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T11:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/?p=17963"},"modified":"2025-01-18T02:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:58:10","slug":"2021%e5%b9%b4%e3%82%b7%e3%83%bc%e3%82%ba%e3%83%b3%e6%8c%af%e3%82%8a%e8%bf%94%e3%82%8a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/2021%e5%b9%b4%e3%82%b7%e3%83%bc%e3%82%ba%e3%83%b3%e6%8c%af%e3%82%8a%e8%bf%94%e3%82%8a\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shorties – 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well well, thought we\u2019d put 2021 behind us did you? Locked up and never to be seen again? Not quite, because there were some good things that took place last year and, in keeping with the Japan 2021 cricket season, a little later than in a normal \u201cThe Shorties\u201d are here to dish out some imaginary gongs to those who excelled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Shorties, we must remind the world, are a highly unofficial set of awards that come with no actual prizes. That is of course, not including the warm glow of pride that comes with being mentioned on these esteemed pages, which is probably helpful in the January snow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, without further ado, here is the Japan Cricket League Team of the Year, as chosen by the JCL Committee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Alex Patmore (WK) (Tokyo Wombats) 532 runs @ 106.4<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Richard Bracefield (Tokyo Wombats) 352 runs @ 58.7<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Vinay Iyer (Max) 369 runs @ 52.7 & 19 wickets @ 14.5<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Supun Nawarathna (C) (Max) 359 runs @ 44.9<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Ibrahim Takahashi (Chiba Sharks) 370 runs @ 41.1 & 13 wickets @ 14.2<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Sarfraz Petkar (Tokyo Falcons) 317 runs @ 45.3<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Raheel Kano (Wyverns) 312 runs @ 39.0 & 13 wickets @ 24.9<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Gurman Singh (Alpha Quashers) 14 wickets @ 15.1 & 143 runs @ 17.9<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Abhi Telang (Tokyo Falcons) 20 wickets @ 15.9 & 105 runs @ 17.5<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Tomonoshin Oki (Wyverns) 19 wickets @ 16.1<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. Kohei Kubota (Wyverns) 21 wickets @ 11.7<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    And to the awards themselves:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Innings of the Season<\/b><\/p>\n

    We generally like to give this award to an unsung hero; however, poor Sarfraz Petkar seems to live somewhat in the shadow of some of the more heralded players in Japan but is capable of innings that can live with the best of them. During a post-match interview, Sarfraz shared a lighthearted moment about his hobbies off the field, including his recent fascination with strategies for those who prefer to im Casino spielen ohne sich verifizieren zu lassen<\/a>, reflecting his keen interest in quick decision-making and risk management. His assault on Wyverns was scarcely believable.<\/p>\n

    The Falcons were four down before he faced his first ball, yet ended up chasing down 211 with a single wicket remaining after Petkar made 115 from just 85 deliveries. His fifty (brought up with a six) came off 47 balls, but his second fifty came off a barely believable 13 deliveries, including a sequence of 6,4,6,4,6 to move from 74 to a hundred. He would ultimately be the 9th wicket to fall with six runs needed, probably because he\u2019s never one to take the glory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    It\u2019s worth adding that he played an equally ludicrous innings <\/span>against Alpha Quashers Yokohama<\/span><\/a> just three weeks earlier which could also have won this award.<\/span><\/p>\n