Cricket Council USA: determined to promote men’s and women’s cricket in the US

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Cricket in the US is still a developing sport, but has come a long way with a growing participation pool in the country, thanks to the efforts of sport organizations like the Cricket Council USA. In its efforts to promote cricket, CCUSA has successfully established a highly renowned cricket tournament which is the US Open T-20 Cricket that provides opportunity to cricketers worldwide of all levels to play cricket in the US. Its dedication and determination to develop the participation pool and hence the sport itself is proven by the…

Silicon Valley X Factors stint at the 11th US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament

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Silicon Valley X Factors squad: Narsingh Deonarine, ROHIT RAM KUMAR, IAN NAIDOO, MOHIT G, Anshul Singh, PRANAY SURI, ABBAS JAFFARI, VINAY SURI, RAHUL JARIWALA, SHANTANU DIVEKAR, Anirudh srinivisan, JERMAINE LEVINE, Srinivas Raghavan. Silicon Valley X Factors had a tough run at the 11th US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament as they ended up losing all the three matches. In the first match against GA Spartanz, Silicion Valley X Factors lost the toss and had to bat first. In ten overs, Silicon Valley made 100 runs with the loss of 8 wickets at a run-rate of 10.00. For Silicon Valley X Factors, Rohit Ram…

Still room for Women cricketers

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BOCA RATON/FL – USA: the Inaugural Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) Women’s Cricket59 tournament will be played from March 13 to 15 at the Maq Cricket Stadium in Boca Raton, USA and there is still room for cricketers to register and become part of what is expected to be a historic event. Checks with CCUSA officials reveal that there is still time for entire teams and even individuals to register to be part of the tournament. Sofian Qamar operations manager at CCUSA explains: “We still have time for players and teams…

Qureshi hailed as great visionary

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PORT OF SPAIN: TT – President of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board Azim Bassarath has hailed chairman of Cricket Council USA CCUSA as a great visionary. Bassarath said: ” I have sit from afar and notice the good work done by this gentleman. A number of our cricketers here in Trinidad and Tobago and the West Indies as a whole have benefitted from Mr. Qureshi’s generosity. We are very grateful for all the help he has brought our way.” Bassarath who is also a director on the West Indies…

Myrtle Grove Miami CC at the 11th US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament

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Myrtle Grove Miami CC had a decent show at the 11th US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament 2019. Out of three games the team won two matches. In the first match against Chicago Catchers, Myrtle Grove Miami CC won the toss and chose to field first. They restricted Chicago Catchers to 75 runs in 10 overs clinching 4 wickets. In reply, Myrtle Grove Miami CC chased the target in 8.5 overs with the loss of 3 wickets. Steven Taylor shined for Myrtle Grove as he scored 44 runs in just 27…

Tigers Cricket Club at the 11th edition of US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament

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Tigers Cricket Club squad: LESLIE DANIEL, VIJAY BALAGOPALA, Praveen Borra, NASEER KHAN, RAJESH CHAVALI, SACHIN CHAUDARY, Ashman Cook, Maqsud Indawala, KHAZA , Bheeshma Kommuju, Prahlad Madabhushi, Manav P Tigers Cricket Club had a tough time at the 11th US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament as they could not manage to win a single game out of the three matches. In the first match against one of the strongest teams in the tournament, Somerset Cavaliers, Tigers Cricket Club lost the toss and was invited to bat first. Tigers managed to put up a total of 82 runs with the loss of 5 wickets in…

Massive response to Women”s Cricket59

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BOCA RATON/FL – USA: Within days of opening registration for the Women’s Cricket59 tournament Cricket Council USA is reporting that there has been massive interest shown from female cricketers not only from the USA but all over the world. Chairman of CCUSA Mahammad Qureshi is very happy with the response. “We have gotten interest from as far away as Pakistan with female teams interested in playing in our tournament. There has also been a lot of interest shown from the West Indies where there are a number of really good…

Faislabad falcons’ stint at the 11th US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament

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Faislabad Falcons comprised of first-class cricketers from around the world namely: Shaheer Hassan, Ashhar Mehdi, Fahad Babar, ALI SAMAD, Junaid Siddiqui, RUMMAN RAEES, Talha Mohsin, Amin Gilani, NAJAM BAKHSHI, Phani Teja, Ali Faruqui, Mohammad Chowdhury. Their performance at the 11th US Open Cricket was entertaining for the spectators; below is a summary of their overall performance at the tournament. In their first match Faislabad Falcons faced Ohio Falcons. Winning the toss first, Faislabad chose to field first. In ten overs, Ohio Falcons were restricted to 72 runs with the loss of 6 wickets. The target of 73 runs did not seem…

A glimpse into Smashers performance at the 11th edition of US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament

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Team SMASHERS: Umer Farooq, Salik Iqbal, Abdullah Syed, Raj H Bhavsar, Jasdeep Singh, Neal Patel, RAYMOND RAMRATTAN, Rizwan Mazhar, HAMZA BANGASH, USMAN SHAHID, RAJA ZAMAN, Kapil Khanna Team Smashers had a decent spell at the 11th US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament; overall, out of four matches they won two. Facing Chicago Catchers first, Team Smashers won their first match by 6 wickets. Winning the toss they chose to field first, restricting Chicago Catchers to 109 runs with the loss of 6 wickets in 10 overs. Team Smashers chased the target comfortably in 9 overs with the loss of only 4 wickets. In…

Women to cash in for Champions league

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BOCA RATON/FL – USA: The inaugural Cricket59 Women’s Champions League will take place from March 13 to 15 at the Maq Cricket Stadium in Boca and there will be cash prizes totaling $2000 on offer. Chief accountant at Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) Samantha Qureshi said this was a great time for women’s cricket in the United States and she is urging all women teams and even individual players to get registered on cricket59.com to be eligible to play in the tournament. “We have decided to host this tournament in order to lift…