USA cricket on the verge of a funding announcement

Sunday, November 7th, 2010

Now, you can get all the USA Cricket updates via Facebook .   Also follow us on Twitter via @dreamcricket At the USACA Annual General Meeting in Dallas in April, Don Lockerbie, CEO, said that his goal was for USACA to attain an annual budget of $3 to $5 million for 2011 and an even larger amount the year after.  When asked where the money was going to come from, Lockerbie said that the worldwide tender attracted 106 expressions of interest and 42 serious proposals from 16 countries.  Of those, he said that nine proposals were short-listed and two programs were "currently being considered."  It was said that a deal was in legal review and felt that USACA could potentially make an announcement within days. At first, these pronouncements led to a lot of hope.   For a while, it appeared that the USACA machinery was producing results.  Pearls Cup, the historic first international T20 series between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, was successfully conducted despite its share of nay-sayers.   For the first time, a major international event was imagined and executed in USA.  Some months later, when USA reached Division 3, it helped to re-energize the troops. But as days turned to weeks and then months, and nothing more was heard about the commercial deal, the hope dwindled.   Positive news dried up and selection woes and accusations of favoritism once again came to the fore.  Poorly organized domestic tournaments and constant changes to tournament schedules did nothing to enhance USACA's reputation.  And the political tension surrounding the suspension of Western Region's representative only helped to add to the distrust.  The commercial deal is once again a hot topic and the person that should get credit for it is Ahmed Jeddy.  In an interview with DreamCricket.com last week, Jeddy attributed the lack of progress in his region to lack of funding and to a lack of support from his team.  “When we had the USACA Western Conference in Houston two years ago, I singlehandedly went out and contributed a lot of funds to stage the tournament

Sai Sitaram Ramesh cracks 3rd big ton in 2010 SFCA Simms Cup.

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

By Ricardo Inniss Sai Sitaram Ramesh is used to getting massive scores.   A former India U-19 player, he played TNCA Division 1 for Sanmar Chemplast and has also represented India Delhi at the U-16 level and was South Zone University Captain in India.

Western Region and SCCA squads announced for matches against MCC

Monday, March 15th, 2010

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Team USA’s Ryan Corns takes top individual award at ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifier

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

By Peter Della Penna   At the conclusion of the ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifier in Toronto on Sunday night, there were a number of acknowledgments made and people recognized for contributions made throughout the two-week event at an end of tournament banquet. However, no greater contribution was made to any team than USA’s Ryan Corns.

MCC once again wins Central East Regional Tournament.

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Midwest Cricket Conference:  Winner of the USACA Central East Regional Tournament (July 18-19, 2009) By Sadiq Yusuf The annual Central-East Regional cricket tournament – an inter-league championship, and the single most important cricketing tourney across the entire midwestern states (Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, Kansas), was played at the Washington Park grounds in Chicago this year. And, for the second consecutive year, the Midwest Cricket Conference beat Chicago-based International Cricket Management League in the finals, making it back-to-back titles for this 50-team league. Last season MCC had won the title with relative ease in Detroit, winning the finals by almost 200 runs.This year, however, in a tournament MCC hosted and one which was played on their home ground, the final turned into quite an exciting contest before the superior depth of MCC prevailed.

Lycans are NYPD Cricket 2009 Champions

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Article by Lloyd Jodah;  Photo Credits  P.O. John DeMarco, NYPD Community Affairs Bureau.   Police cars and vans were everywhere as Police Commissioner Ray Kelly appeared – but it was all good, he was here to spin the toss to begin the 2nd NYPD Cricket Championship Finals.  Started in 2008 as a NYPD Community Affairs initiative to reach out to young men aged 15 to 19, the league is a resounding success for the NYPD and New York City – not to forget American cricket