Sandals applaud Qureshi

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MARGATE/FL – USA: Cricket West Indies (CWI) major sponsors Sandals Resorts Limited has praised the efforts of administrator Mahammad Qureshi for his great work in building the game in America. Sunil Ramdeen the public relations manager of the popular company said Qureshi has been a great pillar on which American cricket was built and is now standing on. According to Ramdeen: “I met Maq a couple of years ago and was blown away by his dedication to building the sport of cricket. I remember the day I met him it…

Owners snapping up US Open teams

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MARGATE/FL – USA: Team owners are lining up to take ownership of US Open T20 teams because of the equity that the brand has built up. The 12th Edition of the popular T20 league will take place from the 16 to 20 of December at the Central Broward Regional Park. So far five teams have been snapped up with still another nine months to go to the start of the tournament. Successful Atlanta businessman CK Yaw has taken ownership of the Atlanta Griffin cricket team. The team played at the…

Women’s Cricket59 postponed

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MARGATE/FL – USA: The inaugural Women’s Cricket59 has been postponed due to Cricket Council USA’s CCUSA commitment to media work with the Pakistan Superleague. The tournament which was supposed to be played at the Maq Stadium in Boca from March 13 to 15 has been put to a date to be announced, as a last-minute decision to pump media resources into then PSL will leave CCUSA short-handed for the tournament. Looking forward to the staging of the tournament was chairman of CCUSA Mahammad Qureshi. “We want to make sure this…

NISARG PATEL’S BOWLING ACTION FOUND TO BE ILLEGAL BY ICC

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that an independent assessment has found the bowling action of Nisarg Patel of the United States to be illegal and, as such he has has been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect. Patel was reported following the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 fixture between Oman and USA in Kathmandu, Nepal on 11 February 2020. The assessment was carried out by an Expert Panel in accordance with clause 4.7 of the ICC Illegal Bowling Regulations and has concluded that…

Cricket 59 Women’s Champion League postponed to August, 2020

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Cricket Council USA recently postponed the Cricket 59 Women’s Champion League which was scheduled to take place from March 13th to March 15th, 2020 and will now be held in the month of August 2020. The main reason for postponing the league is that CCUSA wants more teams in the tournament to  have competitive cricket and provide the women cricketers’ from different countries a good platform in the US to play cricket and also promote it. The league’s social media platforms titled Cricket 59 women will be updated accordingly for…

Calling all T10 teams

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MARGATE/FL -USA: With just weeks to go before the 2020 USA MAQT10 tournament Cricket Council USA is calling all teams interested in playing in the tournament to register so that all can be put in place for them for the start of the tournament. Chairman of CCUSA Mahammad Qureshi has revealed that the tournament dates are from April 17 to 19 and it carries a total prize of $5,000. This tournament which is in it’s fourth year has attracted a lot of attention in the past with the fast play…

Exciting news in 2020 for US cricket

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MARGATE/FL – USA: Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) is announcing that 2020 will be a marquee year in their history. Last December the cricket body celebrated its 20th anniversary at a gala affair in Sunrise, FL. In celebration of this CCUSA is rolling out eight tournaments this year. The first comes up in a couple of weeks’ time when they host the Women’s Cricket59 tournament in Boca at the Maq Cricket Stadium. After this, there will be the USA Nationals MaqT10 tournament which will be played in April. After this, there…

Still room for more teams at women cricket

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BOCA RATON/FL -USA: There is still time to register your women’s team for the Cricket59 tournament that is coming up next month in Boca Raton, USA. Chairman of CCUSA Mahammad Qureshi has made it clear that registration is still open for both teams and individuals for the tournament that will be played from March 13 to 15 at the Maq Cricket Stadium in Boca. Whilst we would have liked all teams to have been in the system already we are still leaving registration open for a bit longer. We have…

Excitement grows as women tournament approaches

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MARGATE/FL -USA: With just a couple weeks to go before the start of the 2020 Women’s Cricket59 tournament in Fort Lauderdale excitement is growing among the cricket population. At this present time a number of players are finalising their travel arrangements to fly into the City for the matches. The tournament takes place from March 13 to 15 at the Maq Cricket Stadium in Boca. Chairman of parent body Cricket Council USA CCUSA Mahammad Qureshi is happy with the preparations so far and looking forward to a bumper tournament. “It…

Zeeshan Ashraf at the 11th US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament

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Renowned cricketer Zeeshan Ashraf from Pakistan is a first-class cricketer aged 27 who was part of the 11th US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament and represented Multan Sultans- US All Stars Team. Here is a look at his performance at the US Open 2019: In the first match against Florida International, opening the innings for Multan Sultans-US All Stars, Zeeshan scored a great knock of 30 runs off 12 deliveries including 2 fours and 2 sixe; his strike-rate was 250. His innings helped Multan Sultans-US All Stars build a good opening…