Alright folks, today I wanted to find out exactly which teams played in that ECS T10 Cyprus tournament back in 2021. Kept seeing snippets online, wanted the whole picture.
Started with the Obvious Search
Hopped onto my laptop around coffee time, you know? Typed something like “ECS Cyprus T10 2021 teams” into the search bar. Got flooded, man. Tour promotions, old news articles, some sketchy betting sites – total mess. Felt like digging through a junk drawer. Most stuff was vague, just mentioning the league existed.
Hitting the Tournament Source Directly
Remembered the ECS folks usually run their own site, right? Dug deeper trying to find their page specifically for the Cyprus 2021 stuff. Took a few tries ’cause their site structure ain’t always obvious. Finally landed on what looked like the official archive section or maybe an old results page. Bingo! Found a list, but it wasn’t pretty – just names in a big block text, no formatting.
Writing it Down and Sorting the Chaos
Grabbed my trusty notepad app. Started copying names down as I spotted them:
- Nicosia Tigers Fighters
- Limassol Zalmi (weird name, right?)
- Sri Lankan Lions Cyprus (guess where they’re from!)
- Punjabi Lions (another Lions? Okay then)
- Black Caps
- Amdocs (Like, the company? Yep, apparently!)
- Riyaan Cricket Warriors
- Napa Royal Kings
That made eight teams. Had to double-check that original source block because it was getting confusing. Sorted them into this list above to make it clear for myself.
Figuring Out Who to Watch (The Key Players)
Now, the post title promised key players too. My original find didn’t have those, damn shame. Had to head back to the search results, focusing on match reports or summaries from that year. Slowly pieced together some standout names everyone seemed to talk about:
- Zeeshan Sarwar from Nicosia Tigers – dude apparently hit the ball hard.
- Mangala Gunasekara for Sri Lankan Lions – saw his name pop up a lot scoring runs.
- Mehran Khan from Riyaan Warriors – kept taking wickets.
- This guy Tejwinder Singh for Punjabi Lions? Looked nifty with both bat and ball.
- Heard some buzz about Rafiullah (for Limassol Zalmi?) & Gurpreet Singh (for Black Caps) bowling quick too.
Took some cross-referencing different match reports to confirm these were the main guys folks pointed to.
Wrapping it Up and Feeling Annoyed
So yeah, finally had the complete team list and some key players identified. Took way longer than it should’ve, honestly. The official stuff was buried, and pulling out player highlights needed actual detective work looking at old scores and reports. What the heck happened with organizing that info properly, right? Anyway, that was the journey. Glad I stuck with it, but man, the state of cricket archives sometimes…
