SCC president , Jon Newton has requested this information be passed to all players .<\/p>\n
They are looking for players who want to represent the Shanghai Dragons for<\/p>\n
The Opium Bowl \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Centaurs CC (HK) vs SCC Dragons: April 4th<\/sup> & 5th<\/sup> (Shanghai)<\/p>\n Secondly for players interested to tour to Japan to play<\/p>\n 1.\u00c2\u00a0One Day Internationals x 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c SCC Dragons vs Japan National XI: April 30th<\/sup> to May 4th<\/sup>\/5th <\/sup>(Tokyo to Mt. Fuji, Japan)<\/p>\n All Replies directly to \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0president@shanghaicricketclub.org<\/p>\n If you are interested please read on .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dear Club reps<\/p>\n \n Please forward this onto all your individual club members. Please instruct them to contact me directly on this email address for anyone who may be interested in playing the Centaurs CC here in Shanghai and also participating in the Japan tour to play against their National representative teams.<\/p>\n \n This year promises to be a cracker for the SCC both in terms of visiting clubs and some high profile tours away. So onto business we go \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n \n 1. <\/span><\/span><\/strong>The Opium Bowl \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Centaurs CC (HK) vs SCC Dragons: April 4th<\/sup> & 5th<\/sup> (Shanghai)<\/strong><\/p>\n \n This is a new fixture and a direct result of our hugely successful tour of Hong Kong last year in December. The Centaurs have booked their flights and are ready to take the Dragons on in a 50-over fixture on Saturday April 4th<\/sup>. They will also be a T20 clash on the Sunday from around 11am. As this is our first time ever to be hosting the Centaurs CC lets make sure we have a strong squad and also show them great hospitality on the Friday and Saturday nights that they are here. Please guys get back to me asap regarding this fixture so that we can finalise an XI for both Saturday and Sunday. The T20 on the Sunday is going to be a much more social event and the Centaurs have said that they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind playing against a social team that day.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 2. <\/span><\/span><\/strong>One Day Internationals x 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c SCC Dragons vs Japan National XI: April 30th<\/sup> to May 4th<\/sup>\/5th <\/sup>(Tokyo to Mt. Fuji, Japan)<\/strong><\/p>\n \n Please see the attachment here for full details. The sport\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s governing body in Japan, the JCA, were so impressed at how we hosted the Japanese Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s team last year at the Shanghai Sixes that they are returning the favour. It is not often that a sorry bunch of lads like us would get the opportunity to play a National XI but JCA has invited us to play 2 ODi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s against their National Mens XI just before they go off to World Cup qualifiers and also 2 ODI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s for the Pirates against the Ladies National Team and the U19 Development squad. Guys, this is truly a phenomenal opportunity and probably a tour that will happen only once in a lifetime. We will be playing at their national academy grounds at the foot of Mt. Fuji and all wives\/girlfriends are welcome too. The Pirates already have quite a few confirmed. The more of us from this group that can go, the better we will perform in what is envisioned to be a very high profile tour for the SCC. Its only 6 weeks away so please let me on this one quite urgently too.<\/p>\n \n Once again, we have an opportunity in 2009 to raise the SCC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s flag even higher than last year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s unprecedented achievements. Please let me know asap about the Centaurs CC weekend here in Shanghai and also the Japan tour after reading the attached document. Please let me know directly who is available for the fixtures and tours.<\/p>\n Here is the text from the document .<\/strong><\/p>\n Japan Tour \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Proposed Itinerary and Fact Sheet<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n April 30th<\/sup>Fly to Tokyo<\/span><\/p>\n April 30th<\/sup>Night out with JCA and member clubs representatives.<\/span><\/p>\n May 1st <\/sup> <\/span> <\/span> <\/span>Train to Fuji mid afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n May 2nd<\/sup> <\/span> <\/span>SCC Dragons v Japanese National Mens Team \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 50 over. <\/span><\/p>\n May 3rd<\/sup> <\/span> <\/span>SCC Mixed Team v Japanese U19 Team \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 20\/20 (longer format optional)<\/span><\/p>\n May 4th <\/span><\/sup> <\/span>SCC Pirates v Japanese National Womens Team \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 50 over. <\/span><\/p>\n SCC Dragons v Japanese National Mens Team \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 50 over. <\/span><\/p>\n (Day sponsored by Altech.) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n May 5th<\/sup> <\/span> <\/span>Return.<\/span><\/p>\n (note: possible to swap games on 3rd<\/sup> and 4th<\/sup> so to go back to Tokyo on 4th<\/sup> for R&R)<\/span><\/p>\n Transport:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Recommended to fly from Hongqiao to Haneda airport which is downtown Tokyo and not far from Tokyo Railway station. <\/span>Bullet train to Fuji is 3000 yen. Bus to ground from hotels in Fuji is 8000 yen for 20 seater. <\/span>Taxi 2000 yen for 4. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>Recommended Accommodation <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Tokyo: <\/span> <\/span>IBIS Roponggi. <\/span>(right beside by <\/span>Roponggi X)<\/span><\/p>\n Fuji: <\/span> <\/span>Option 1<\/span><\/p>\n Furuiya Ryokan, the Japanese style place that we use is 6,300 per<\/span><\/p>\n night including dinner and breakfast.<\/span><\/p>\n They’ve got a few single rooms but the rest are Tatami Mat rooms where<\/span><\/p>\n 2-4 people would share a small room and sleep on the floor.<\/span><\/p>\n