May 4th / Membership 50 UP! / Cricket Festival Results & Livestream / England Tour Schedule

50 Up Membership HACC! / Livestream Cricket Festival  / England Tour 

Hi All,

Here's an update on cricket at Haverford...

Cricket Club Membership / Elections - We are up to over 50 alumni who have signed up!  Sandeep Poonen '96 was #50 :)  

I have spoken to Kamran about scheduling our first friendly matches this summer! 

We will announce and hold elections for officers next week, after the Cricket Festival is over.  Voting will close at midnight EST on Sunday May 12th. All those who have signed up  as HACC members as of Friday May 10th at 6:00 PM EST will  be eligible and receive information about how to vote.

Cricket Festival / Livestream - Haverford has played two matches so far, defeating the Royal Automobile Club on Thursday by 25 runs, but falling to Galacticos CC in the 17th over on Friday 114 to 113.   The remaining matches are:

Sat, 12:30, vs Honolulu (Livestream) 
Sat, 3:45, vs Amwell Valley  (Livestream TBD)
Sunday, 8:30, vs Buckeye (No Livestream)

You can catch the matches the Livestream or the saved recording at the Haverford XI Cricket channel on You Tube:

 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXu4viX0HH0g_eXrqB2Xydg

England Tour / Next Stop London! The itinerary and schedule of matches in England is as follows: 

Arrival May 21st - Departure May 30.  The team will be staying in Fulham.   

Matches are as follows: 
24th Royal Automobile Club (requests a re-match)
25th Royal Marines (requests a re-match)
26th MCC at Lord's
27th T20 / 2 matches Village Cricket (10 am)
29th Queens Household at Windsor Castle

Alumni Isfar Munir '18 and Paul Trapido '78 will be going to support the team and Livecast or record the matches.  Idris Ahmed, will also be traveling to London, and of course we hope any Alumni in the London area will join the team for the matches!