Penang
will once again this year participate in the Malaysian Cricket Association
(MCA) Fast Track State League. This tournament which is a two (2)
day innings format competition kicks off on 5 February 2017. It will change
to a 3 day innings format at the super league stage (upon qualification)
whereby only 2 top teams from each group will take part. Among the
participating teams are Selangor, Johor, Sarawak, Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, Negeri
Sembilan, Sabah and Penang. At the preliminary rounds stage, Penang will take
on Kuala Lumpur on 4-5 February 2017, Negeri Sembilan on 11 – 12
February and Sabah on 18-19 February 2017.
For this year, Penang Cricket Association has managed for
the first time to secure an official sponsor. The official sponsor is
Ming Engineering Plastic Sdn Bhd and this company has pledged to contribute
RM15,000 towards Penang State team’s participation in this Fast Track League.
This certainly goes a long way to enhance our participation & efforts to
strengthen our State team, which comprises mainly junior local Penang born
players.
Penang
will be skippered by the big hitting Pavithren Nadesan. The team will be
buoyed by current international players in the squad such as Kavintheran Kumar,
Keithan Goonasagaran, Varun Nadesh and ex-international, Darvin Muralitharan.
Penang have also secured the services of pacey, Ibrahim Hassan, whom is
presently a Maldivian national player.
Penang Cricket Association
25 January 2017
