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11th US Open 2019: A Highly Entertaining Edition
The 11th US Open turned out to be an entertaining tournament with the unpredictable weather hitting Florida with inconsistent rain throughout its duration; having 28 teams participating this year in a span of 4 days seemed to be a great challenge for CCUSA with 70% of rain predicted the same week. However, CCUSA pulled off this tournament by braving the storm and organizing the matches as planned. Following were the 28 teams that took part in the tournament: The matches were held in 7 different cricket grounds including the Central…
West Indians Skerritt, Mamchan honoured
PLANTATION/FL -USA: Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Ricky Skerritt and West Indian journalist/commentator Vinode Mamchan were honoured recently by Cricket Council USA for their contribution to cricket. At a gala affair hosted by CCUSA on December 18 at the Hilton hotel in Fort Lauderdale the duo came in for high praise by CCUSA for their work in developing the game. Skerritt a former manager of the West Indies cricket team took over the reigns of Cricket West Indies CWI last year. The former government minister in St. Kitts was praised…
CCUSA Celebrates its 20 Years Anniversary, a glimmering affair
December 18, 2019 marked an exciting occasion for CCUSA as the organization celebrated its 20 years anniversary with a banquet dinner featuring VIP guests. The event was held at the Double Tree, Hilton Hotel in Fort Lauderdale. Interestingly, the following day CCUSA kicked off with the 11th edition of its highly renowned US Open T-20 cricket tournament officially sanctioned by the ICC and attended by Mr. Andrew, the anticorruption officer at the ICC. The evening started with the vocals of highly talented singer: Bianca Sperduti who entertained the audience with…
KRCA wins US Open U17 Title
The Kumar Rampat Cricket Academy (KRCA) did T&T proud after they won the 2019 Under-17 US Open T20 title at the Central Broward Regional Stadium in Fort Lauderdale on Monday. They defeated the Ontario Reds, Canada to wrest the trophy from them. The Ontario Reds were the U-17 Champions in the 2018 US Open. The tournament is an eleven year old one organized by Maq Qureshi to provide a platform for cricket lovers of North America. The tournament has grown to the point of having teams from all over the…
World lauds Qureshi over Cricket Efforts
VINODE MAMCHAN (MAQ TV) Chairman of Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) Mahammad Qureshi has received praises from players and officials around the world for his efforts at developing cricket in the United States. CCUSA recently celebrated their 20th anniversary at a glitzy banquet at the Hilton Double Tree in Fort Lauderdale. Leading the chorus of praises for Qureshi was president of Cricket West Indies CWI Ricky Skerrit. According to Skerrit ;”It is clear that Maq has done a lot for cricket in these parts and we praise him for his efforts.…
Cavaliers romp to US Open title
Stewart the hero as Somerset cops US Open title VINODE MAMCHAN Former Trinidad and Tobago Red Force player Navin Stewart turned in a man of the match performance to lead his team Somerset Cavaliers to the 2019 US Open T20 title at the Central Broward Regional Stadium in Lauderdale. Stewart grabbed 3/11 to restrict the Atlanta Fire to 103/8 batting first. Top scoring for Atlanta Fire was former West Indies player Ricardo Powell who made 24. Also among the runs for them were Antain Steph 23 and Raunaq Sharma 22.…
Qureshi stars for Multan Sultan
All-rounder Zishawn Qureshi was in fine form on day two of the 2019 US Open T20 tournament with both bat and ball Playing at the Maq cricket stadium in Boca he got runs and took wickets leading his team to two victories. Florida International batting first made 76/6 in their 10 overs with Qureshi taking 2/18. Multan in reply scored 77/2 off 5.5 over with Qureshi getting 21 off 11 balls with four fours and Zishawn Ashraf 30 off 12 with two fours and two sixes. In the second game…
All set for successful US Open T20
LAUDERHILL/USA – With just hours to go before the start of the 2019 US Open T20 tournament officials are reporting that all is well and ready to go. Wednesday evening tournament director Shah Zafar met with the captains from the teams to bring them up to scratch as far as the regulations are concerned to ensure that the tournament runs off smoothly. Also on hand was a representative from the International Cricket Council ICC who also spoke to the players setting out the guidelines for a corruption free tournament. Muhammad…
CCUSA celebrates 20 years
MARGATE/FL – USA: Cricket Council USA will celebrate 20 years of cricket promotions in the United States, next Wednesday with a gala banquet dinner at the Hilton Double Tree Hotel in Fort Lauderdale. CCUSA came about after a conversation between friends Mahammad Qureshi and Amin Markatia. They both came from Pakistan many decades ago and after studying in the US, they settled and started to play cricket in South Florida. This was not enough for these two guys who were very fond of the sport. They decided to start promoting…