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CCUSA founder Mahammad Qureshi to receive CHOF Lifetime Achievement Award The Cricket Hall of Fame will celebrate its 40th Anniversary in 2021 at its Annual Induction Ceremony, which is scheduled for Saturday, October 2, 2021, from 7 p.m. until 2 a.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Boca Raton, Florida. A highlight of the ceremony will be the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to Mahammad Qureshi, founder of Cricket Council USA, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the development and growth of the sport in the U.S. To celebrate…

HYDERABAD/PAKISTAN: After a successful run in Hafizabad recently, Major Cricket League Pakistan has decided to take the league to Hyderabad where the second edition of the tournament will be played from August 26 to 29 at the impressive Niaz Stadium. Again six franchise teams will be vying for honours at this tournament and they are Hyderabad Jaguars, Hafizabad Stallions, Islamabad Tigers, Lahore Lions, Faisalabad Bears and Karachi Sharks. Lahore Lions are the defending champions and will be looking to keep their title. The Jaguars are a new team and will…

Highly respected chairman of Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) Mahammad Qureshi says he is in full support of the USA Cricket Minor League but is calling for the authorities to ensure there is more action on turf pitches. “We welcome this initiative of the Minor League and is in full support of it. We think that it will benefit cricket in America because more and more players will get to play the game at a good level. The more cricket the players get in, the better for them and we will…

ORLANDO/FL – USA: The third round match of the USA Cricket Minor League clash between Florida Beamers and Orlando Galaxy at the Silver Stars ground in Orlando was called off because of a dangerous pitch by umpires. After just nine balls the matting was uprooted leaving the umpires no choice but to call off the game as they deemed the conditions too dangerous for play. At the time, United States batsman Monank Patel was batting on two with the Beamers 2/2. Beamers had lost skipper Zishawn Qureshi for a first…

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BOCA RATON/FL – USA: Experienced and veteran cricketer Nasir Charlie has been appointed head coach of the Florida Beamers for the upcoming USA Cricket Minor League tournament. Charlie will work with a number of young promising players from the franchise and will be hoping to take them to another level when it comes to the 2021 tournament. Charlie a leg-break and googly bowler has been in around US cricket for decades and has a sound knowledge of many players whom his franchise will battle against. Florida Beamers marquee player Zishawn…

CHATHAM/NORTH CAROLINA – USA: The sod turning ceremony for the construction of the North Carolina Cricket Stadium in the United States took place on Saturday at the 242 Coleridge Road, Silver City North Carolina. The massive project which will be undertaken by the Maq Group of Companies and Samp Army Cricket Club will see the construction of two cricket fields which will assist with the development of the game in that region. On Saturday there was also the official opening of the Indoor Cricket Centre which will help players fine…

A USA Cricket 50 Over Men’s Selection and Training Camp is underway in Los Angeles, with the first two practice matches completed on Thursday and Friday. Los Angeles was preferred as the logical venue given the Camp was organized to immediately follow the recently concluded LA Open, with the majority of players having taken part in that event and were able to stay on. The Camp is scheduled to continue for another 5 days, with three more inter-camp 50 Over matches being played at Woodley Park, LA on Sunday 11th,…

HAFIZABAD/PUNJAB – PAKISTAN: Former Pakistan Test batsman Shoaib Mohammad will make his announcement soon on the top 14 players from the recently concluded Major Cricket League (MCL) tournament which took place in Hafizabad, Pakistan. The tournament which was won by the Lahore Lions franchise brought to the fore many promising cricketers who caught the eye during the tournament. Mahammad Qureshi, the American businessman who was the driving force behind this tournament had asked Mohammad, the former Test batsman to be the chief selector for this tournament. Mohammad,  travelled to Hafizabad and…