TORONTO, Canada — Despite losing the services of former West Indies One-day middle-order batsman Royston Crandon and national fast bowler Trevon Garraway, four-time defending champions Hawaiian Arctic Cricket Club (HACC) have made an enterprising start to the 2014 Scarborough Cricket Association (SCA) Premier division tournament.

HACC, who are seeking an unprecedented fifth consecutive title in the 50-over competition, are well on their way to achieving their goal having won six games on a trot, including the last one against Victoria Park, played at L’Amaroeux Park here on Sunday.
Crandon, who played several matches for HACC last season, is on contract with Elite Club Vikings while Garaway, who participated in one of the six games, is now with Victoria Park in the Toronto and District League but may still be able to don HACC colours in some games.
The predominantly Guyanese club started the 2014 campaign with a 30-run victory over Deccan Hawks after being bowled out for 193. Brothers Hemnarine and Harrinarine Chattergoon led the way with 56 and 54 respectively.
Deccan Hawks were limited to 163 all out with L. Monasar claiming four for 34 and Zaheer Allard three for 16.
Game number two saw HACC skittling out Kokuvil for 82 and hitting off the runs in quick time with Harrinarine Chattergoon again among the runs with an unbeaten half-century. Mahadeo Moonasar was the chief wrecker for HACC with six for 17.
An attacking 102 from Azhad Amidon and an unbeaten 82 from Reyaz Prahalad along with 36 from Zaheer piloted HACC to a commanding 303 for six in their allotted 50 overs against EastWest who could only muster 106 all out when they batted. Moonasar was again among the wickets, bagging four for 35 while Zaheer took three for 21.
HACC went even better in their next game, slamming 391 for four when their 50 overs expired against Techie XI. Zaheer Allard blasted 122, Harrinarince Chattergoon 55, former national wicketkeeper Azib Ali Haniff 44 and Prahalad 38.
Garraway, in his lone match to date, took four for 20 while Chattergoon returned to pick up two for three.
In a low-scoring affair, HACC had to pull out all the stops to get past Bawa XI in a nerve-racking encounter played last Saturday at the Ellesemere ground. Set a paltry 111 for victory, HACC were in dire straits at 27 for five but rallied to win through an inspirational unbeaten 57 from Rishi Samuel.
In the bowling department, there were three wickets each for skipper Hemnarine Chattergoon, Moonasar and Munaf Khan.
And in their most recent game, HACC dismissed Victoria Park for 114 before rushing to 118 for three. Prahalad struck 49 and Azhad Amidon 24 while the wickets were shared by captain Chattergoon, Hanif, Shiwram and Zaheer with two each.
HACC, however, did not fare so well in their lone T20 game of the season, going down to Bawa in a high-scoring affair, played at Ellesemere.
Taking first strike, HACC reached 178 for four in what seemed a winning score with Matthew Feancis clobbering 53 not out and Iqbal Rahaman 33. Bawa raced to the target in 18 overs, losing six wickets in the process.
The club’s reign of successes in finals started in 2010 when they defeated Panoli Cricket Club and this was followed by triumphs over EastWest XI in 2011, Victoria Park in 2012 and Bawa XI in 2013.
Long-standing president Archie Mohan is quite confident that HACC will once again be crowned champions pointing out prior to the start of the season that success has been attained through hard work and determination and once the players maintain the same attitude there’s no reason why they should not continue their winning ways.
At last year’s SCA presentation ceremony, HACC took the lion’s share of awards which included the Frank Faubert Trophy, sponsored by Shiv Persaud of Primerica, for winning the Premier League and also copped the Speedway Motors-sponsored trophy for being the Conference One champions.
Written By Frederick  Halley