SKOKIE/ CHICAGO – USA: King Cobra’s defeated Green Mamba in the finals of the 2019 Chicago Cup after a brilliant 99 from Jay Desai. The classy right-hander was in perfect form and was harsh on all the bowlers. Chasing 143 runs to win the trophy, King Cobra reached their target at 144 for one in 16.1 overs. Desai in his brutal display needed just 54 balls and ended the match with a massive six down the ground. He slapped three fours and 10 sixes. With Mahammad Qureshi offering $50 for…
SKOKIE/CHICAGO- USA: All-rounder Zishawn Qureshi showed that the experience gained at the recent Global T20 in Canada did not go to waste, as he impressed at the 2019 Chicago Cup. His best performance in the tournament was 4/25 playing for Green Mamba against Pythons at Washington Park. Using his guile to good effect he was able to cripple the Pythons’ batting and lead his team to victory. In the game, two brilliant catches were nabbed by the chairman of Cricket Council USA, Mahammad Qureshi. One in particular to gave Zishawn…
MARGATE/FL – USA: In a historic move, Island TV will show the popular US Open T20 tournament this year. Chairman of Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) Mahammad Qureshi and Fred Bilard inked a deal whereby Island TV will take the coverage to 17 countries, 16 in the Caribbean and one in America. The 16 Caribbean countries include Barbados, Jamaica, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Antigua, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Turks and Caicos, Cayman Islands, Dominica, St. Vincent, Anguilla, Bahamas and the Virgin Islands. The production will be done by the experienced staff of…
MARGATE/FL – USA: With just days to go before the start of the 2019 Chicago Cup excitement is mounting among players of the eight teams. The tournament bowls off in earnest on Saturday at Washington Park in Chicago at 10 am with four matches taking place simultaneously. The official opening will take place at 9 am at the Park with officials meeting the players. President of Midwest Cricket Council (MCC) Shiraz Najam says that all is in place for the opening of the ninth edition. “We have worked hard over…
MARGATE/FL – USA: Cricket in the Atlanta area will receive a major boost with the news that businessman C.K. Yau is about to become the licensing owner for the Atlanta Griffin cricket team, that will participate at the 11th Edition of the popular US Open T20 tournament. Yau of Chinese descent will be making history by becoming the first team owner with such background. He is from Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. is a well-respected businessman and the news of his arrival into the sphere of cricket was greeted with great…
Photo credit: Peter Della Penna USA Women need to finish in the top two at the eight-team tournament to advance to the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia. By DreamCricket staff The USA Women’s journey toward the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia continues later this month with today’s announcement of the tournament draw for the 2019 Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in Scotland. The USA Women have been paired with Scotland, Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea in their half of the draw for the tournament…
Photo credit: Usman Shuja/Umesh Kukreti Former USA wicketkeeper-batsman Rahul Kukreti (pictured second from left with former USA teammates Sushil Nadkarni, Aditya Thyagarajan and Usman Shuja), who represented the country in ICC tournament play from 2004 to 2008, has passed away at age 43 after a battle with a rare form of cancer. By Peter Della Penna (Twitter @PeterDellaPenna) Rahul Kukreti, who represented USA on two overseas tours between 2004 and 2008, has passed away at the age of 43. Kukreti, who lived in the Dallas, Texas area since migrating to the…
Photo credit: Peter Della Penna Bermuda captain Terryn Fray celebrates after running out Monank Patel on a day when Fray led his side to a stunning upset of USA. By Peter Della Penna in Bermuda Sussex star allrounder Delray Rawlins made a spectacular return to his native Bermuda, top-scoring with 63 before taking 1 for 26 – including the prized scalp of Timroy Allen at the death – and two catches in a stunning all-round performance to help Bermuda upset USA by six runs at White Hill Field on Sunday…
MARGATE: FL/USA – Vice president of operations at Cricket Council USA (CCUSA), Sofian Qamar is happy with preparations for the upcoming US Open T20 tournament thus far. Qamar, who has been working tirelessly since the end of the last US Open to prepare for this year’s tournament has been looking at all aspects of hosting and is happy with the current status. “Work for the US Open T20 begins the next day after one ends. We have been working all the while and I am confident that we will have…
Fort Lauderdale, USA – India defeated the world champions West Indies by four wickets in the first match of the MyTeam11 series at the Central Broward Regional Park in Fort Lauderdale, America. The Indian bowlers were brilliant on the day as they restricted the West Indies to 95 for nine off 20 overs and although their batting stuttered they came home at 96 for six to win by four wickets with 16 balls to spare. The target of 96 runs was never going to be enough to trouble the powerful…