By VINODE MAMCHAN All rounder Zishawn Qureshi was at the top of his game as he returned a man of the match performance to lead the US All Stars to a comprehensive eight–wicket victory over the Punjab Blues in their third match of the US Open T20 tournament at the Central Broward Regional Park in Fort Lauderdale, Thursday. Chasing 92 runs to win the match, the All Stars fired to victory with the aggressive Qureshi hitting an unbeaten 42. Earlier he took a wicket and also a fine catch as…
By VINODE MAMCHAN T&T off-spinner Jon Russ Jaggessar starred for his team the US All Stars as they easily won their opening match of the 2013 US Open T20 tournament at the Central Broward Regional Park in Fort Lauderdale. Jaggessar who played for the winning St. Kitts/Nevis Patriots took 3/12 as the Brampton Pacers made 165/7 and All Stars responded with 168/2 with four balls to spare. Another Trinidadian Jason Mohammed scored an aggressive 40 and South African Jacobus Pienaar made 43 not out to hurry the win. Earlier, it was…
By VINODE MAMCHAN One evening in the nineties as he and his best buddy Amin Markatia sat and reminisced about their cricket days in Pakistan, Mahammad Ahmed Qureshi decided that enough was enough and that he was going to start up a cricket league right here in the United States. If he could not go to cricket, he was going to bring cricket to himself and so many of the Asian diaspora who were longing for some action. When Qureshi and Markatia spoke about cricket, it connected them to their…
The 2021 US Open T20 tournament has been fully sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and USA Cricket (USAC). The official news came to hand yesterday when USAC published on their website that the tournament has been sanctioned. This is a massive relief for international players who would not have been able to participate in the tournament if it was not sanctioned by the ICC. Their respective cricket boards would have granted them No Objection Certificates (NOC) to play at the tournament granted it was sanctioned by the world…
By VINODE MAMCHAN Two very competitive groups have been formed for this year’s US Open T20 cricket tournament which bowls off on December 6 at the Central Broward Regional Park in Fort Lauderdale, USA. A total of 10 teams will be vying for US$100,000 in prizes and this time around there is an increased number of foreign professionals coming on board which will lend to an even greater quality of cricket. The committee set up by ruling body Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) have been meeting for a while and after…
By VINODE MAMCHAN At the end of a disappointing International Cricket Council (ICC) World T20 campaign in the United Arab Emirates, West Indies captain Kieron Pollard made a call for a second regional T20 tournament in addition to the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 so that more players can be unearthed. His thinking was along similar lines to the concept of the Stanford T20 tournament which brought many new players to the fore. The CPL because of its competitive nature brings only the same cadre of top players every year…
By VINODE MAMCHAN President of Cricket West Indies (CWI) Ricky Skerritt has labelled chairman of Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) as ‘the action man’ when it comes to getting cricket played. Qureshi and his association CCUSA will be hosting their 13th annual US Open T20 tournament at the Central Broward Regional Park in Fort Lauderdale. Skerritt endorsed the valiant efforts of Qureshi in promoting cricket in the USA, and welcomed the ongoing opportunity for West Indian players to participate in the well-established annual tournament. The well respected Skerritt said: “I want…
By VINODE MAMCHAN Covid 19 has put cricket around the world in a spin and the story is even worse in Trinidad and Tobago where there has been no cricket but national team action for over a year. Cricketers in the twin Island Republic have been frustrated at not having a chance to play the sport they love. They have been looking at every opportunity overseas to get in some action as they look to continue their development. A golden opportunity has presented itself through the US Open T20 tournament…
By VINODE MAMCHAN Chairman of Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) Mahammad Qureshi has come out in praise of former CEO of USA Cricket Iain Higgins for his efforts to bring World Cup cricket to America. The International Cricket Council (ICC) at their annual general meeting in Dubai this week announced that USA Cricket and Cricket West Indies (CWI) will jointly host the 2024 World Cup. Qureshi, who has done a lot for the development of cricket in the United States, said he was thrilled by the fact that the tournament is…
The host nations for every major ICC men’s limited overs event between 2024 and 2031 have been confirmed. In June 2024, the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will go somewhere it has never been before, with USA hosting the event alongside the West Indies, which staged the tournament in 2010. Eight months later, in February 2025, Pakistan will host the Men’s Champions Trophy. It will be the first major global cricket tournament played in Pakistan since 1996 when it hosted the Men’s Cricket World Cup alongside India and Sri Lanka.…