Sheesh Mahal Cricket Tournament
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The Sheesh Mahal Cricket Tournament is India's oldest summer cricket
tournament and in its hey day was a most prestigious one which attracted teams from all parts of India.
A bubbling youth and a cricket maniac rolled in one, M.Askari Hasan in 1951 thought cricket confined to winter months was not enough. To satiate his thirst for more cricket and an extended cricket season he stumbled upon the idea of organising a cricket tournament in summers. He made a small beginning but met with instant success when within a few years, teams from Kanpur and adjoining districts started vying for participating in this Sheesh Mahal Summer Cricket Tournament.
The first name that comes to mind is of late Lallan Sahib who rendered such singular assistance to M.Askari Hasan that it would be fair to say that but for the yoeman services of late Lallan Sahib, Askari Hasan's job would indeed have been hazardous. Lallan Sahib prepared the pitches, spread and marked the malting, in vogue then and consequently for matches to start at 6 a.m. his day began at 3 a.m.!
As the tournament started attracting more and more teams, its requirements grew and Askari Hasan was indeed lucky as his bunch of friends came handy and turned out to be devoted and selfless. Among the earliest was late A. L. Bose to whom the credit goes for mooting the idea of bringing out a tournament Souvenir which might fetch some funds, through advertisements.
Askari Hasan's service in the U. P Civil Secretariate was a great boon for the success of the tournament. The senior officers took keen interest, encouraged, and patronized in all possible ways and this patronage continues to be forthcoming even to this day although so many of them have retired. The Secretariate also proved to be a very fertile institution which provided a set of exceedingly sincere, devoted and selfless assisting hands to the tournament helping it to flourish and bloom in what it is today.
The first tournament was organized way back in 1951.
It was the dream of M.Askari Hasan a passionate cricket enthusiast of Lucknow
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Man of the Match 1988
Vikas Seth. Playing from Green Park Cricket association team was adjusted Man of the Match for taking 6 wickets for 20 runs in 5 overs and scoring 32 not out.
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 and in its hey day was a most prestigious one which attracted teams from all parts of India.
A bubbling youth and a cricket maniac rolled in one, M.Askari Hasan in 1951 thought cricket confined to winter months was not enough. To satiate his thirst for more cricket and an extended cricket season he stumbled upon the idea of organising a cricket tournament in summers. He made a small beginning but met with instant success when within a few years, teams from Kanpur and adjoining districts started vying for participating in this Sheesh Mahal Summer Cricket Tournament.
The first name that comes to mind is of late Lallan Sahib who rendered such singular assistance to M.Askari Hasan that it would be fair to say that but for the yoeman services of late Lallan Sahib, Askari Hasan's job would indeed have been hazardous. Lallan Sahib prepared the pitches, spread and marked the malting, in vogue then and consequently for matches to start at 6 a.m. his day began at 3 a.m.!
As the tournament started attracting more and more teams, its requirements grew and Askari Hasan was indeed lucky as his bunch of friends came handy and turned out to be devoted and selfless. Among the earliest was late A. L. Bose to whom the credit goes for mooting the idea of bringing out a tournament Souvenir which might fetch some funds, through advertisements.
Askari Hasan's service in the U. P Civil Secretariate was a great boon for the success of the tournament. The senior officers took keen interest, encouraged, and patronized in all possible ways and this patronage continues to be forthcoming even to this day although so many of them have retired. The Secretariate also proved to be a very fertile institution which provided a set of exceedingly sincere, devoted and selfless assisting hands to the tournament helping it to flourish and bloom in what it is today.
The first tournament was organized way back in 1951.
It was the dream of M.Askari Hasan a passionate cricket enthusiast of Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
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Man of the Match 1988
Vikas Seth. Playing from Green Park Cricket association team was adjusted Man of the Match for taking 6 wickets for 20 runs in 5 overs and scoring 32 not out.