Cricket at the 2005 Maccabiah Games
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The cricket
tournament at the 2005 Maccabiah Games
started on July 10. Cricket had not been an event at the Maccabiah since the 1997 Maccabiah
, and for the first time was played both as a senior tournament as well as a youth (under-18) tournament. ICC
CEO
, Malcolm Speed
, paid a special visit to Israel
to watch the games.
The senior tournament was won by South Africa
.
Gold Medal –
Adam Bacher
Marius Barnett
Jeremy Bayer
David Bernstein
Ryan Maron
Jason Kupritz
David Lever
Michael Lewus
Steven Liebrecht
Craig Lyons
Ryan Eisenhammer
Wayne Myers
Mark Ostrofsky
Jonny Schwartz
Coach: Steven Romberg
Silver Medal –
Jonathan Weinstock
Daniel Kave
Daniel Onas
David Harris
Jeremy Weiss
Jonty Rosenthal
Garry Litinsky
David Gelbart
Marc Lipsitz
Jared Raleigh
Daniel Svirskis
Dylan Weiner
Bronze Medal –
Darren Gerard
Jeremy Mordrick
Michael Jacobs
Daniel Becker
Laurence Bensusan
Danny Caro
Andrew Daniels
Eddie Davis
Gavin Diamond
Alex Haffner
Richard Reggel
Martin Smulovich
Saul Weitzman
Manager: Nigel Rothband
Coach: Sacha Hatteea
The stadium capacities shown are all seated capacities.
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
tournament at the 2005 Maccabiah Games
2005 Maccabiah Games
The 2005 Maccabiah Games were the 17th incarnation of the 'Jewish Olympics.' They attracted the largest attendance of any Maccabiah Games to date, including more than 900 representatives from the United States, almost 500 from Australia, and more than 2,000 from Israel, bringing the total...
started on July 10. Cricket had not been an event at the Maccabiah since the 1997 Maccabiah
1997 Maccabiah Games
The 1997 Maccabiah Games are remembered for being marred by a bridge collapse that killed several participants.The 15th Maccabiah had more than 5,000 athletes from 53 countries competing in 36 sports....
, and for the first time was played both as a senior tournament as well as a youth (under-18) tournament. ICC
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
CEO
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
, Malcolm Speed
Malcolm Speed
Malcolm Walter Speed is an Australian businessman and the former CEO of the International Cricket Council.Before he entered the world of cricket, he was a barrister in Melbourne. He was originally the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Cricket Board from 1997 until in 2001, he took up the...
, paid a special visit to Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
to watch the games.
The senior tournament was won by South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
.
Medal winners
Gold Medal – Adam Bacher
Adam Bacher
Adam Marc Bacher is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler...
Marius Barnett
Jeremy Bayer
David Bernstein
Ryan Maron
Jason Kupritz
David Lever
Michael Lewus
Steven Liebrecht
Craig Lyons
Ryan Eisenhammer
Wayne Myers
Mark Ostrofsky
Jonny Schwartz
Coach: Steven Romberg
Silver Medal – Jonathan Weinstock
Daniel Kave
Daniel Onas
David Harris
Jeremy Weiss
Jonty Rosenthal
Garry Litinsky
David Gelbart
Marc Lipsitz
Jared Raleigh
Daniel Svirskis
Dylan Weiner
Bronze Medal – Darren Gerard
Darren Gerard
Darren Charles Gerard is an English cricketer who represented the Oxford University in University matches against Cambridge University in 2004 and 2006. In the 2004 contest at Lord's he took 5/29 as Oxford won by eight wickets...
Jeremy Mordrick
Michael Jacobs
Daniel Becker
Laurence Bensusan
Danny Caro
Andrew Daniels
Andrew Daniels
Andrew David Daniels is an English cricketer. Daniels is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break and who can field as a wicketkeeper...
Eddie Davis
Gavin Diamond
Alex Haffner
Richard Reggel
Martin Smulovich
Saul Weitzman
Manager: Nigel Rothband
Coach: Sacha Hatteea
Venues
Two venues in Israel were selected to host the matches.The stadium capacities shown are all seated capacities.
| City | Stadium | Capacity | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashdod | Unknown | 2,000 | Group matches & Final |
| Hadar Yosef Hadar Yosef Hadar Yosef is a residential neighborhood of Tel Aviv, Israel, in the northeastern part of the city. The neighborhood is located near the National Sport Center – Tel Aviv.... |
Unknown | 1,000 | Group matches |
Group stage
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | T | L | NR | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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