BOCA RATON/FL – USA: Chairman of Cricket Council (CCUSA) Mahmmad Qureshi starred with both bat and ball, as the first day of Maq Cricket59 to be played in the United States came off as a tremendous success. A good turn out was evident at the Maq Cricket Stadium in Boca Raton to witness the Maq Cricket59, which is a 59-ball encounter. Two matches were played on the day and Qureshi had scores of 44 and 18 and also grabbed two wickets for just 13 runs. In the first game of…
MARGATE/ USA: The popular Maq Cricket59 comes to America on Sunday with an exhibition match to be held at the MAQ Cricket Stadium in Boca Raton. The Maq Cricket59 made its debut in November 2019 at the Carib Lumber Ball Park in St. Maarten. The tournament was a success with Pelicans winning the first title. The Maq Cricket59 an idea conceptualized by cricket administrator Mahammad Qureshi is a 59-ball match with the first ball being a ‘free hit’. In the inaugural tournament, this created tremendous excitement as batsmen took a…
VINODE MAMCHAN Santa Claus came disguised as the US Open T20 cricket tournament for businesses in Fort Lauderdale as they received a welcome boost just ahead of Christmas with the staging of the tournament in Sunrise at the Central Broward Regional Cricket Stadium. Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) led by Mahammad Qureshi staged their 11th edition of the tournament and speaking to business people in the area they were really grateful for the business drummed up during the period. Sheila Swah Gowkeran owner of the popular Joy’s Roti Delight said that…
In line with its vision to develop cricket in the US, CCUSA organized the Youth US Open Cricket 2019 from 21st to 23rd December, 2019. The total number of teams participating in the tournament were 4 in U-17 category and 5 in U-15 category; namely Ontario Greens U-17, Kumar Rampat Cricket Academy U-17, Ontario Reds U-17, Presentation College U-17, Central Zonal Council U-15, AK Cricket Academy U-15, Woodland Cricket Club U-15, Guyana Floodlight U-15. For the U-15 category, woodland cricket club U-15 (WCC) faced Central Zonal Council U-15 (CZC) in…
By Staff Reporter BOCA RATON/FL – USA: The very popular MAQ T10 tournament will be played in April this year at the Central Broward Regional Cricket Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.This is the news coming to hand from chairman of Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) Mahammad Qureshi on Wednesday.He declared that the third edition of the MAQ T10 USA Nationals will take place from April 17 to 19. This tournament comes on the heels of the very popular US Open T20 tournament that was played in December last year. According to Qureshi…
The 11th US Open turned out to be an entertaining tournament with the unpredictable weather hitting Florida with inconsistent rain throughout its duration; having 28 teams participating this year in a span of 4 days seemed to be a great challenge for CCUSA with 70% of rain predicted the same week. However, CCUSA pulled off this tournament by braving the storm and organizing the matches as planned. Following were the 28 teams that took part in the tournament: The matches were held in 7 different cricket grounds including the Central…
PLANTATION/FL -USA: Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Ricky Skerritt and West Indian journalist/commentator Vinode Mamchan were honoured recently by Cricket Council USA for their contribution to cricket. At a gala affair hosted by CCUSA on December 18 at the Hilton hotel in Fort Lauderdale the duo came in for high praise by CCUSA for their work in developing the game. Skerritt a former manager of the West Indies cricket team took over the reigns of Cricket West Indies CWI last year. The former government minister in St. Kitts was praised…
December 18, 2019 marked an exciting occasion for CCUSA as the organization celebrated its 20 years anniversary with a banquet dinner featuring VIP guests. The event was held at the Double Tree, Hilton Hotel in Fort Lauderdale. Interestingly, the following day CCUSA kicked off with the 11th edition of its highly renowned US Open T-20 cricket tournament officially sanctioned by the ICC and attended by Mr. Andrew, the anticorruption officer at the ICC. The evening started with the vocals of highly talented singer: Bianca Sperduti who entertained the audience with…
The Kumar Rampat Cricket Academy (KRCA) did T&T proud after they won the 2019 Under-17 US Open T20 title at the Central Broward Regional Stadium in Fort Lauderdale on Monday. They defeated the Ontario Reds, Canada to wrest the trophy from them. The Ontario Reds were the U-17 Champions in the 2018 US Open. The tournament is an eleven year old one organized by Maq Qureshi to provide a platform for cricket lovers of North America. The tournament has grown to the point of having teams from all over the…