Category: USA Cricket

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 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…

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…

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…

Deccan Hyderabad was in great form in the opening match of the 2023 MCL Chicago as they crushed Team USA by eight wickets at Warren cricket ground. Batting first USA made only 118/7 off their 14 overs and this represented a slide as they had an opening partnership of 55 between Mahammad Qureshi and Syed Hassan. The hard hitting Hassab made 46 off 31 balls while the patient Qureshi scored 15. Jubir Ahmed from Bangladesh made 14.  In response Deccan Hyderabad scored a powerful 118/2 off just 10.4 overs. Habib…

Major Cricket League Chicago begins on Friday with one match at the Warren cricket field.  Defending champions in the C90 format team USA led by Mahammad Qureshi will come up against Hyderabad Deccan Cricket Club at 3.30pm.  This format of 15 overs with all the over being bowled from one end was introduced last year by Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) and has been a tremendous success.  This time around four teams will again be vying for the title in Chicago with the USA team starting as favorites. Apart from the…