Category: USA Cricket

Ramadhan cricket a big hit

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MARGATE/FL – USA: Cricketers in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area always anxiously look forward to the fasting month of Ramadhan but not only for fasting. There is something that he dear to them around the period of fasting and this is the Maq Ramadhan cricket tournament. http://ccusa.info/schedule – Ball by Ball Match Results Imagine starting a match at 1 am in the morning. After breaking the fast and praying, the players jump into their cricket gear to play the sport they love right on the grounds of the masjid. They play…

Major investment by CCUSA

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MARGATE/FL – USA: Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) is making yet another major investment into the development of cricket in the United States by hosting the 2019 USA League Championship T20 tournament in Chicago from July 4 to 7. This was disclosed by chairman of CCUSA, Mahammad Qureshi on Monday. He said that this current investment will be in the region of $100,000. This comes just weeks after Qureshi and CCUSA forked out $70,000 to host the USA Nationals MaqT10 tournament in Fort Lauderdale. At the upcoming league championship the different…

Here comes USA League Championship

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MARGATE/FL – USA: Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) has done it again, bringing on yet another tournament in the United States. This time chairman of CCUSA Mahammad Qureshi in collaboration with president of the Midwest Cricket League Shiraz Najam have decided to bring on stream the USA League MaqT20 championship. This tournament which will pit the best players from around the country, representing their leagues and will be played at the Maq Stadium in Chicago from July 4 to 7.

Qureshi announced on CPL draft

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MARGATE/FL – USA: All rounder Zishawn Qureshi has been announced on the 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 draft. Qureshi is one of 13 players from America who have registered in the draft and will be available for any of the six franchises when the draft takes place later this month in London. Qureshi recently led the US All Stars to the USA Nationals T10 title. Included in the draft is the popular Ali Khan who was a standout player for the champions Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) last year…

Lady Cricketers Headed To Atlanta, Georgia

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By John L. Aaron The 7th Annual Georgia Women Cricket Association (GWCA) Women’s MAQ T20 Cricket Tournament is all set for Atlanta, Georgia this Memorial Day Weekend. The two-day – May 25-26 – tournament will see six teams in contention for the 2019 championship title. Defending champions Atlanta Pearls will join the West Portland S.C. from Jamaica, Tampa Sunrisers C.C., Triangle Cricket League Women Top Guns C.C., Lady Strykers C.C., and the last tournament’s runner-up Atlantis Cricket Club – NY, in the premier USA women’s tournament. The teams will feature…

Qureshi gives US All-Stars T10 title

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SUNRISE/FL – USA: All rounder Zishawn Qureshi stepped up to the plate to lead the US All-Stars to the 2019 MaqT10 USA Championship title with a comprehensive 71-run victory over the Tampa Legends at the Central Broward Regional Stadium in Lauderhill on Sunday. With the legendary big hitter Rizwan Cheema falling early, Qureshi who captained the team stepped forward to ensure that Tampa did not take control. He slammed four sixes, including one that sailed into the South East Stand, as he got 35 off 19 balls to repair the…

US All Stars into semis

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SUNRISE/FL – USA: Rizwan Cheema continued his prolific form with the bat on Saturday against the Ottawa Bulls as he took the US All Stars into the semi-finals of the MaqT10 USA Nationals at the Central Broward Regional Park. Cheema was brilliant in striking his third half century as he took his team to 128 for three of 10 overs. Cheema scored 58 off 20 balls and got his half century off 16 balls. The mighty Canadian struck five fours and five sixes in his knock. Whilst he was at…

Cheema bangs 122no in T10

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SUNRISE/FL – USA: Canadian standout Rizwan Cheema was in brilliant form on Sunday, smashing an unbeaten 122 to lead his team the US All-Stars into the finals of the MaqT10 tournament at the Central Broward Regional Park in Fort Lauderdale. The right-hander brought up his half-century off just 14 balls, missing the record for the fastest created by Mohammad Shehzad from Afghanistan. He then motored on to his century off 32 balls – six more than the record of 26 balls created by Pakistan’s Babar Azam. He cracked 15 sixes…

Teja pulls Tigers through

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SUNRISE/FL – USA: Tampa Tigers are through to the quarter-finals of the MaqT10 USA Nationals after their seven-wicket victory over the Chicago Catchers at the Central Broward Regional Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. Catchers with a top score of 25 from Shiraz Najam, 20 from Timmy Surujbally and 16 from CCUSA chairman Maq Qureshi, reached 88 for six off their 10 overs. Their bowlers then brought them back into the contest and Tigers needed 31 runs from the last three overs. It went down to the last over with nine runs…

Tampa whips South India

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SUNRISE/FL – USA: Tampa Legends easily defeated South India by nine wickets as matches in the MaqT10 USA Nationals was played on Friday at the Central Broward Regional Park. Batting first, South India made 62 for five in a match reduced to eight overs per side. Vasu Muli was the main scorer with 26 for South India. In response, Tampa Legends led by an unbeaten 29 from Babar Arshad and 22 from Dundae Nathaniel rushed to 68 for one off just five overs.   MAQT10 SCORES South India 62/5 (8)…