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CCUSA loses a stalwart

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BOCA RATON/FL – USA: Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) was thrown into mourning early Sunday morning October 8 by the passing of executive member Aijaz Qureshi. The elder in the Qureshi family was the bigger brother of chairman of CCUSA Mahammad Qureshi and had left Karachi Pakistan and settled into Boca Raton for the past few decades.  Aijaz was ailing for a while and although he put up a brave fight he succumbed on Saturday. He leaves to mourn his wife as well as his children Tania, Sana and Yasir.  Maq Qureshi said of…

CCUSA to host Legends tournament in Grenada

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Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) will host a Legends cricket tournament in Grenada from November 4 to 11 at the National Stadium. That’s according to news coming from CCUSA’s headquarters in Margate, Florida.  The tournament which is for players over 50 will see five teams battling for the first prize. There will be four teams from over the world, flying into beautiful Grenada with one local team participating . The team will also be sponsored by CCUSA. The format of the tournament will be a round-robin one, at the end of…

Qureshi honored by Indian Group

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MARGATE/FL – USA: Businessman and cricket administrator Mahammad Qureshi has been honored for his contribution towards building the society by The Indian Cultural Committee (ICC) of Tampa. Qureshi came to the United States decades ago and has made a name for himself in both business and sporting administration. He has spent millions of dollars into the development of cricket and many from the Indian diaspora has benefitted from this. The ICC in Tampa recognized his efforts and honored him at their recent function. The humble Qureshi said his work is…

Colombo weather: These teams will play final if remaining Asia Cup matches are washed out

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The Super 4 matches of the ongoing Asia Cup 2023 are currently surrounded by uncertainty due to the bad weather and prediction of rain in the next 15 days in Colombo, Sri Lanka.  On top of that, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has announced to keep all the matches in Colombo despite knowing that the weather will disrupt the matches. Keeping that in view, if the remaining Super 4 matches are washed out, Pakistan — which defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets on Wednesday — will qualify for the final with four…

Dubai Legends Cup Sept 26

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The inaugural Dubai Legends Cup will take place from September 26 to October 1 at the Ocean cricket ground in Dubai from September 26 to October 1. This is the news coming from Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) the organisers of the tournament. The tournament will see four teams vying for the title namely UAE, USA, Pakistan and West Indies. The matches will be played as 20 over games and is expected to create tremendous excitement. The West Indies team having won the Legends World Cup back to back in 2021…

Deccans win Chicago MCL

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Hyderabad Deccans dethroned defending champions Team USA to capture the 2023 Chicago MCL title on Sunday evening at Warren Park. Batting first USA made 104/5 off their allotted 14 overs. They were in early trouble at 46/5 but Morshed Kalam and Mahammad Qureshi came together to add an unbeaten 58 runs for the sixth wicket that allowed them to go past the 100-run mark. Kalam made 43 not out off 37 balls, while Qureshi scored 24 not out off 19 deliveries. The best of the bowlers for Deccans was Salman…

Qureshi humbles Catchers

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Mahammad Qureshi was in fine form for Team USA scoring an unbeaten 42 against the Chicago Catchers to take them to the finals of the 2023 MCL Chicago at the Warren Park in Chicago. Needing a win to make it to the finals the defending champions defeated Catchers by nine wickets to book a place against Hyderabad Deccans.  Batting first Chicago made 85/8 off their allotted 15 overs with leg spinner Rizwan Mohammed taking 2/9 and off spinner Syed Hasan 2/16.  Qureshi opening the batting then went to work and…

Deccan clips Catchers

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Deccan Chargers remained unbeaten at the end of day two of Chicago MCL at Warren Park in Chicago clipping Catchers by four rubs. With the win Deccan is now leading standings going into the final day’s play Sunday. Deccan batted first against a powerful Catchers team and rattled up an impressive 174/8 with Habeeb Adnan getting an explosive 80. He faced only  Chicago facing a tall order got 82 from Mujeeb Ahmed and 24 not out from Zuhair Khan. They came close but in the end fell short by four…

USA rebounds with win

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Defending champions of the MCL Chicago Team USA rebounded nicely when they defeated Noor by 25 runs in their second game of the tournament at Warren Park in Chicago on Saturday. Batting first Morshed Kalam slammed 50 and Jubir Ahmed 41 took USA to 151/5 off their allotted 15 overs. Also getting runs was Salman Hekim who made 36 opening the batting. Ahzar Ali Syed took 2/28. When Noor batted they struggled and got to only 126/7 in the end. Abdul Khan made 38 and Dawood Basharat 20. The pick…

Lalla smashes 125 not out

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Opening batsman Hanif Lalla was the star of the show for Chicago Catchers as they defeated Noor by seven runs in a high scoring encounter at Warren Park on Chicago. Lalla struck 13 sixes and six fours off 55 balls to take his team to 184/2 off their allotted 15 overs in their 2023 Chicago MCL Cup match against Noor. Noor in response made a gallant attempt to get the runs but fell short at 177/6 – losing the match by 7 runs. Getting runs for Noor were Mauzam Shah…