American Cricket Conference (ACC) - Chicago, Midwest, US Cricket League

Mr. Dependable Fawad Agha (35) and Haris Imtiaz (35) produced an effortless innings which helped Villa Park become 2011 ACC Division I CHAMPIONS. Villa Park started the pursuit of 131 on the wrong foot as Zeyad Imtiaz (9) and Arif Hockla (2) were dismissed early leaving Villa Park reeling at 12/2. Mr. Dependable once again walked in to save the day and produced an 80+ run partnership with Haris Imtiaz. Bashir Iqbal (13*) and Captain Uzair Ali (16*) then dispatched some monstrous hits to take Villa Park home with 3.3 overs and 6 wickets in hand.

Earlier Haris Imtiaz (2) and Ahmad Bakhshi (1) rattled Anjuman's top order with some dangerous swing and fierce pace. Haris claimed the big guns Ehsaan and Abdul Behlim while Ahmad bowled with immaculate accuracy and extreme pace and conceded only 13 runs in his 6 overs. Zeyad Imtiaz (2) then spun the middle order and claimed the prize wicket of Ayaz Patel, while Bashir Iqbal (2) helped in bundling Anjuman out for a less than competitive 130.

Villa Park started the season with a traditional loss, but picked up the steam as they went on to become the highest run scoring team (2872) of Division I in 2011. Their bowlers also bowled a mammonth 511 overs (most overs by any team) while conceding only 4.54 runs per over, the lowest by any team of Division I in 2011. Villa Park beat every team besides one, and marched to the title with authority. It was a remarkable season for Villa park as they played 70% of their matches without some key players, yet every time they played as a team to stay the most successful team of Division I in 2011 and claimed Division Leader title by a significant margin in the process as well.

Congratulations to Villa Park for a well deserved CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE!!! Go Villa Park!!!