East London Community Cricket Club

Player

Name

Team Role

Debut

Raymond Damaze (Club Captain)

Ray is ELCC’s captain for 2009.  Raised in Hackney but with St Lucian ancestry, Ray is part of a generation of young schoolboys who idolised the great West Indian cricketers of the 1970s and 1980s.  His nonchalant style while at the crease belies his ability as an astute tactician.  A useful medium pacer and occasional wicket keeper, the skipper seeks to lead by example.

Batting:

RH

Bowling:

Right Arm - Medium

Granville

Possibly the fittest member of the side, Granville is ELCC’s man of mystery.  No one is quite sure of his origins but he is a popular member of the team.  Granville is a nippy seam bowler and mature batsman.  He is quite possibly ELCC’s secret weapon, so the least said about him the better…

Batting:

RH

Bowling:

Right Arm - Medium

Rafique Ahmed (Vice Captain)

A bowler with genuine pace, Rafique proves that it’s not only youngsters who can bowl aggressively.  As a batsman he can be quite a handful when he gets his eye in.  Rafique has an astute cricketing mind and is among the senior players in the side.

Batting:

RH

Bowling:

Right Arm - Medium

Abu Choudhury (Treasurer)

A slow right arm bowler, Abu has mastery of all manner and variation of spin bowling. While his offbreaks can rip and fizz, his legbreaks are his biggest weapon. With his ability to make the ball dip prodigiously, on his day he is a dangerous foe for any level of batsmen. His own skills with the bat have steadily improved with greater emphasis on the cut shot a. Abu is a regular contributor to Cricinfo and Bangla Cricket.

Batting:

RH

Bowling:

Right Arm - Off Break 

June 2008

Mohit Gupta

Hailing from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. Mohit is a talented all-rounder, he can bowl fast and has a compact batting technique.  Mo is competitive and passionate about the game and has good tactical awareness.

Batting:

RH

Bowling:

Shakeel Ahmed

Another of ELCC’s young guns, Shakeel is a talented cricketer who exudes youthful exuberance.  He has a natural flair for batting and is a canny bowler.  Shakeel is still only a schoolboy but can mix it up with the best of them.  His cricketing hero is Shakib al Hasan.

Batting:

RH

Bowling:

Right Arm - Off Break

Iqbal Miah (Club Chairman)

Older and wiser than most, Iqbal is the club chairman and spends much of his spare time organising matches and practice sessions.  He is an adaptable batsman who bowls useful legspin.  With a profound knowledge of all things technical, Iqbal is also responsible for the flourishing ELCC website.

Batting:

RH

Bowling:

Right Arm - Leg Spin

Marcus Elwin

Tall and athletic, Marcus is a former goalkeeper who now aspires to do damage with the willow.  He strikes the ball hard and firm and has a sound technique.  He is also a useful bowler, capable of inducing genuine swing.

Batting:

RH

Bowling:

Right Arm - Medium

Abdul Muqaddim aka Maruf

Fearless with the blade, Maruf is the side’s up-and-coming allrounder.  An adversarial batsman, he is also a capable offspinner.  When not playing cricket, Maruf is up to all sorts, but he is also a keen student of the game.

Batting:

RH

Bowling:

Right Arm - Medium

Kamal Hussain

Kamal is one of the younger members of the team.  A tearaway fast bowler with zip and accuracy, he’s also an increasingly confident batsman.  Be careful with your cricket balls though, as Kamal is known to take balls home that he takes a fancy to!

Batting:

RH

Bowling:

Right Arm - Medium Fast

Rassel

Hailing from Bangladesh Rassel is ELCC’s mercurial dynamo.  Never one to shy away from a challenge, Rashal is an energetic batsman, an accurate bowler and a useful fielder. Rashal is often to be found working on his game in the Victoria Park nets and he will hope his hard work and dedication pays off next season.

Batting:

RH

Bowling:

Right Arm - Medium

Altaf

A precocious all-rounder with a good technical cricketing head. A fearless power player and when at the crease, one usually sees members of the crowd wearing safety helmets. He is currently undertaking his coaching and umpiring qualifications and when not playing he is busy selling cricketing gear at competitive prices.

Batting:

RH

Bowling:

Right Arm - Medium Fast

Syed

A very good all-rounder with a sound technical skill set. He is an orthodox old school cricketer, and his bowling is legendary in the VPCCL for striking fear in most batsmen because of his pinpoint accuracy and speed. 

RH

Bowling:

Right Arm - Medium Fast