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…
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…
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…
MARGATE/FL – USA: Chairman of Cricket Council USA (CCUSA), Mahammad Qureshi says that the US Open T20 tournament is his gift to the people of America and he hopes it goes a long way in helping the young cricketers in the country. “It gives me great pleasure to welcome everyone to the eleventh edition of the US Open T20 tournament, which promises to be the best of the lot. I had a vision 11 years ago to play T20 cricket here in the United States and went about organizing this…
ARGATE/FL – USA: The US Open T20 tournament is the talk of the town these days as the 11th edition of the popular tournament approaches. Chairman of CCUSA, Mahammad Qureshi says that all is coming into place nicely. “We are very happy with the work done so far in terms of preparations for this tournament. We have a number of teams that are already putting their squads together and looking to get the best personnel on board so that they have a good chance at winning the trophy and US$50,000…
Along with staging numerous cricket tournaments in 2012 as depicted from the summary below, one of the main highlights of 2012 was the inclusion of Shoaib Akhtar in US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament. Shoaib Akhtar hails from Pakistan. He is the fastest bowler in the world. He has played all formats of cricket representing his country Pakistan successfully in a 14 year long career that started in November 1997 in test format leading to debut for One Day Internationals three months later in the same year. Furthermore, CCUSA’s Chairman: MAQ…
MARGATE/FL – USA: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has given the green light for the upcoming US Open T20 tournament which is carded to take place at the Central Broward Cricket Stadium in Sunrise, Fort Lauderdale. This according to the vice-chairman of Cricket Council USA (CCUSA), Amin Markatia. He said: “The ICC has again approved the US Open T20 tournament and this is fantastic news on the heals of the tournament. CCUSA has always complied with all ICC regulations and we are very happy that they have given the green…
In 2013, CCUSA successfully conducted 10 different tournaments across USA. The largest night cricket tournament titled: BROWARD COUNTY MAQT20 NIGHT LEAGUE was a 15 weeks long cricket season whereas the Futuretech Atlanta Open 2013 had 12 teams with the tournament’s winning prize being a whopping USD 26000. It was held from 5th April to 7th, 2013. The winner was US Tigers Cricket Club respectively. Moving on, the Dallas MAQ T20 TOURNAMENT had 16 teams in total and was held from 4th July till 7th July, 2013. The winning prize was…
SUNRISE/FL – USA: A total of 27 teams will vie for the coveted 2019 US Open T20 title from December 19 to 22. On Tuesday, Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) hosted a team draft as there were too many registrants that came forward. The executive of CCUSA headed by Mahammad Qureshi had to sit and carefully go through all 84 teams before settling on the final 27 that will take the field at the Central Broward Regional Cricket Stadium. At the draft held at Joy’s Roti Delight in Sunrise, owners of…
The 2014 US Open Cricket took place in Miami and was won by team US Tigers. It turned out to be a highly entertaining and intense T-20 tournament played in North America. In total, 20 teams participated in the tournament. The tournament had players from various countries like Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, India and the Caribbean. The prize money for the tournament was USD 100,000. On the success of CCUSA’s efforts in promoting T-20 cricket in the US, MAQ commented the following exclusively to Khaleej Times: “Our efforts…