West Virginia University cricketers spreading the word about the American College Cricket Nationals

Jasim Khan (Virginia Tech) said it well recently :
“we are not just players but ambassadors of our sport; so promote it !”

One of the duties of members of American College Cricket is to help raise the profile of the game and several of our new clubs’ trip to the Nationals earned them coverage by their college media.

West Virginia University
The West Virginia Mountaineers Cricket Club set up a stall to publicise their Nationals trip, and American College Cricket. They displayed cricket equipment and showed videos about the game to students. The major supporter of the team is Icore Infotech Inc. Below are more photos :

WVU Student Govt Association President-elect Ryan Campione (bottom with backpack) was among the many who stopped by

Colin Michael Jodah (10/01/1956 – 01/18/013), though legally blind, did the schedules for the 2010, 2011 & 2012 American College Cricket Spring Break Championships. Mammoth tasks, as we set a world record in 2010 by having 47 matches, then broke that record in 2011 by having 67 in 5 days !

The most ever for any cricket tournament in the world ! All of American College Cricket thanks Mike, elder brother of Lloyd, American College Cricket founder.

All matches on the schedule are shown as taking place on the 2 side-fields of the CBRP Cricket Stadium & 2 at Brian Piccolo Park- the actual Stadium matches will be picked from these and revealed later.

There are 4 Groups of 7. Each team plays 3 matches, within its Group & possibly outside. The Top 2 teams from each Group advance to the Elite 8 for the knockout stage. Advancing is based on POINTS.
http://americancollegecricket.com/2013/02/22/nationals-format-points-rosters-rules-fields-etc/
http://americancollegecricket.com/2012/10/02/reminders-for-all-players/

2012 MVP Sai Ramesh being interviewed by Daisy when he played for UCF in 2011

The Final Four & the Finals’ matches, on March 17, will be filmed & shown on TV Asia. TV Asia has broadcast 21 American College Cricket matches since Oct 2011.

Click here for SCHEDULE : done by Jamie Lloyd & CricHQ’s Competition Management
http://americancollegecricket.com/american-college-cricket-scores/ 

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As a boy,I played cricket every chance I got, mainly with my brothers, Michael & Ricky who were close to my age & later Errol, or with anyone, & even alone !…we played in the sunshine & in the dark….I wished I could get school credit for playing, but thought that was pure fantasy !  

Well, thanks to the work of Boston University Cricket Club President Hayat Khan students at BU can now get credit for learning & playing cricket !

Some months ago Hayat began the process of motivating the relevant college administrators to start such a class. He discussed the idea with American College Cricket President Lloyd Jodah, who gave Hayat a syllabus,& some suggestions. Nadir Budhwani, Phd had pioneered such a course  in 2005 at the University of Minnesota, which was continued by Charles Peterson.

In between doing his college work & exams, playing in the American College Cricket Regionals ( BU’s first match on TV), & getting the team ready for the Nationals, Hayat made a film & did the requisite presentations to get the course approved, then called Lloyd with the great news !

Here’s Hayat’s description of the class:

The class is called PDP GS 150 (GS for general sports). It’s a 1 credit class and it meets in the FitRec which is the Fitness and Recreation Center (the gym). It will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 am to 11 am. BU student Hayat Khan will be the instructor for the class.

Beginning-level course on the history and rules of cricket. Basic skills will be explored with an emphasis on mastering batting, bowling and fielding techniques. By the end of class, students should be familiar with the fundamentals of cricket and be able to participate in practice games. Equipment will be provided.

Hayat at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2011, teaching a boy how to hold a bat.

This class comes soon after BU put an exciting moving cricket graphic as their banner on the University Homepage !

A true American cricketer, Hayat Khan is the BU Cricket Club President & Captain, & has played in a number of American College Cricket National & Regional Championships. As a high school student he played in the PSAL and the NYPD youth cricket leagues, & one of the reasons he selected Boston University for college, was because he read about BU’s American College Cricket team.

The Boston University CC under then President Sumantro Das, & Captain Shilpin Makwana is one of the 5 pioneering pillars of American College Cricket that played the first Championship in 2009 and has played every tournament since. It was given the honor of being the first college team (vs Rutgers) to play at the CBRP Cricket Stadium (in 2010).

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New Zealand Cricket has taken the first steps to establish both on-line scoring and a database of cricket fans and players, with the selection of Wellington-based cricket technology company CricHQ to lead the project.

The technology improvements for NZC, which will be up and running from later this year, include the provision of on-line scoring of cricket matches utilising iPads, laptops, tablets and mobile phones as well as the management of cricket competitions at club level across the country.

The first phase of the project will see clubs based at all six Major Associations and 22 District Associations throughout New Zealand able to administer their live match scoring, competition scheduling, point tables, statistics, and player and fan databases on-line via the CricHQ platform.

NZC Chief Operating Officer Craig Presland said the partnership between NZC and CricHQ was great news for everyone involved in cricket around the country.
“CricHQ is going to make the administration, scheduling and analysis of games at all levels much easier for everyone from club managers and administrators, coaches, umpires and scorers, through to players and their families and supporters”.

CricHQ's Americas Manager Jamie Lloyd at a TV production meeting during the American College Cricket Mid Atlantic Regionals

Presland said the technology solution that Simon Baker and the team at CricHQ presented would be a big improvement on  the traditional paper score books.

CricHQ Chief Executive Simon Baker said,
“We’ve got some big partnerships in place overseas around competition management and player databases and now we are stoked to be working with NZC in our own backyard now too.”

American College Cricket used the CricHQ scoring app the 2012 American College Cricket National Championship then a partnership with CricHQ was announced in May 2012. Since then American College Cricket has played a significant role in the spread of the app across the USA & Canada, even introducing it to the PSAL (NYC) High School Cricket & the NYPD Cricket League, though they have not yet adopted it.

“With our college teams spread all over the USA & Canada, it was easy to see, when I was first introduced to CricHQ in late 2011,what it could do for American College Cricket. Consequently I’m not surprised that New Zealand Cricket would see the benefits of the CricHQ products” said Lloyd Jodah, American College Cricket President.

In March 2009 5 new college teams, with practically no practice playing together stepped out on cricket fields in Florida to compete for the Chanderpaul Trophy & a National title for the first time.

They earned a big story in the NY Times of March 24, 2009.
In 2011 for the 3rd American College Cricket Spring Break Championship, 30 teams competed in 5 days in a record 67 matches – the largest ever cricket tournament in the world !

For the 5th Championship, this year the limit was set at 24 teams but as American College Cricket President Lloyd Jodah said, “Because of the hard work it takes to get to the Nationals for these clubs, its difficult to say no, because at this stage of our development we want to encourage clubs.”

As a result 28 teams will compete & get the chance to play on TV Asia across USA & Canada, with Coca Cola as the major, and Dish Network the supporting sponsor.

UMBC                     University of Maryland Baltimore County
UPenn                    University of Pennsylvania
UB                           University of Buffalo
USF                         University of South Florida
FIU                         Florida International University
Auburn                  Auburn University
South Alabama  University of South Alabama
Memphis              University of Memphis  
CMU                      Carnegie Mellon University
MC                         Montgomery College                          
Harvard               Harvard Unniversity
Penn State          Penn State University
ASU                      Arkansas State University  
Texas A & M      Texas A & M University
Texas Tech        Texas Tech University
UH Cougars       University of Houston Cougars
UHCL Hawks     University of Houston Clearlake Hawks

Colin Michael Jodah, 1956 - 2013

Each year there will be clubs which don’t make it for a variety of reasons:- because they didn’t do the paperwork to keep their official status, or graduation has depleted a team, or a disciplinary issue, or lack of leadership, or inadequate strategic planning.

Each year there will be newcomers, ecstatic to be playing in the Nationals, & ready to kiss the ground when the step on the field, just like the first players did in 2009 !

So March 13 – 17, over 400 college students will have the best Spring Break of their lives, and give their all on the cricket fields of Florida – they’ll live out their fantasy of being a cricket star, & competing at a high level ! As Wayne State U’s Dhruv Pharmar said, “ I’ve been dreaming of this all my life …thank you for the opportunity.”

The 2013 American College Cricket Spring Break Championship will be dedicated to Colin Michael Jodah (brother of Lloyd) who was an important part of American College Cricket, behind the scenes. Among other things he did the schedule for the record setting 2010 & 2011 as well as the 2012 National Championships. He died Jan 18 at age 56.

Lloyd said, “My brother & I shared a lot,  most of our lives, cricket, music, our sense of humor and much more. I’ll really miss him.”

1. ROSTERS - Teams may include Undergrads, Masters & PhD students,with 2013 Graduates counting as ‘current students’. A maximum of 2 alumni may be in the playing XI (where school rules permit).

NO exceptions. An alumni is defined as someone who graduated from the college, not merely attended classes. All players must be verified by a College Official such as an Asst Director of Clubs Sports etc & emailed to Lloyd by Feb 28.

3. Each club must help build our, & your fanbase – amongst your fellow students,alumni & students associations – using Facebook, Twitter etc. Involve your College Media.

4. SHIRTS must be tucked in your pants, & RE-tucked in when it comes out, for ALL matches.

SPONSORS : Coca Cola as presenting, & Dish Network as supporting, are our major sponsors. Other sponsors of our teams & American College Cricket will be named in the lead up to March 13. 
    
PLAYING RULES : Standard ICC rules except for the following:

1. Balls pitched within 3 inches on the leg side will NOT be wides – giving bowlers more opportunities to vary their line & compel batsmen to play shots off the legs, & on the leg side. (practice accordingly).

2. A maximum of 6 fielders is permitted on any one side

http://americancollegecricket.com/2012/10/02/reminders-for-all-players/

FORMAT:
1. Each team will play at least 3 matches before the Knockout Playoffs .
2. Based on POINTS earned, the Quarter Finalists will be determined, & play the last match on
    Saturday.
3. The Semis & Finals will be played on Sunday & be filmed ball by ball by TV Asia, in HD, with commentary, slow motion replays, graphics etc. and shown across the USA & Canada.

POINTS :
When writing about the first American College Cricket Spring Break Championship in 2009 the New York Times said, “cricket has not even registered a pulse on the American sports scene”. The game was invisible.

American College Cricket deliberately set out to change that, and we have brought Mainstream media to the game like no one before or since. We pioneered the use of Social Media like Facebook & webstreaming – & we are happy to see other cricket in the USA following.

But we have a far way to go, so don’t just show up to play – promoting AmericanCollegeCricket.com  articles is your individual membership dues.

Our Points System was developed to encourage exciting spectator-friendly cricket on the field,and promotion of the game off the field –

Win = 7 pts
Run rate of 7.5 = 1 bonus pt
Run rate of 10 = 1 bonus pt (additional)
Losing all wickets results in a forfeiture of all Bonus pts.
Bowling a Team out = 1 bonus pt.
Loss = 1 pt

OFF THE FIELD PERFORMANCE
Teams promoting American College Cricket & your Club in the Media may earn Bonus Points:  for posting AmericanCollegeCricket.com articles on Facebook, Twitter Google + & other social media. 

2. for getting publicity in your student media or college website, or media outside of school,at Homecoming etc. If your team has a section on your school’s website, get AmericanCollegeCricket.com put as a link.

Engage the Student Associations, like the Desi, Caribbean SAs etc, & give them the info about your Club & American College Cricket  - using one group as an example: there are over 100,000 Indian International students in the USA, why is cricket not bigger ? Why is our FB fanpage not bigger ?

EVERY player, & member of your Club MUST “like” the AmericanCollegeCricket.com Fanpage on Facebook.

FIELDS – we will be playing at the CBRP Cricket Stadium & its 2 side-fields
http://www.broward.org/Parks/CentralBrowardRegionalPark/Pages/Default.aspx
and the 2 fields at Brian Piccolo Park
http://www.broward.org/Parks/BrianPiccoloPark/Pages/Default.aspx

The CBRP Stadium is turf, & the side fields are an artificial surface (better than concrete with carpet or matting).
Brian Piccolo has the same artificial pitch & the 2nd pitch can be used as turf or matting (to be decided).

NO SMOKING – at cricket fields by any member of the touring squad, NOR anywhere whilst in uniform.

LOGOS – no unauthorised logos on uniforms, helmets or equipment. Names of sponsors must be given to Lloyd, for approval & appropriate recognition.

PHOTOGRAPHERS : Action photographers are needed. Must have a long-lens camera.
Email Lloyd @ Dogevpr2@aim.com.

BANNERS : bring your college banners to put on the Stadium boundary fence – this is valuable TV advertising which will please your school, & help your club

VIDEO – if you record video of your trip (especially if its HD like with a Flip-video camera), we may use some for for our planned ½ hour American College Cricket shows on TV Asia later.

BEHAVIOR – its does not matter what team you are, if you do not obey the rules & behave ‘in the spirit of cricket’ ….penalties could be as severe as not allowing your team to play in future tournaments

NEW TEAMS : To begin a team or join American College Cricket, contact Lloyd Jodah.

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Photos are from 2011 National Championship

CricHQ, the world leaders in cricket technology is excited to announce the launch of its latest technology product – CricHQ TV. CricHQ’s vision is to create the worlds largest social cricketing network which includes players, coaches, administrators and of course cricket fans.

CricHQ is a cricket company that is focused on revolutionising the sport of cricket through the use of technology. CricHQ’s flagship product is the CricHQ scoring app.

American College Cricket adopted the scoring app in early 2012, for the National then later Regional Championships,and utilised it for the matches on TV Asia, contributing significantly to the
increasing popularity of the CricHQ scoring app in the USA. American College Cricket President Lloyd Jodah said, ‘The app was exactly what we were looking for from the beginning, & its  great particularly for our TV Asia matches – including the wagon wheels and other tools. Having CricHQ’s Americas Manager Jamie Lloyd working closely with us has been tremendous.”  

The app, which can be installed on both IOS and Android devices captures not only the fundamental details such as runs, wickets and dot balls, but also batting and bowling wagon wheels and bowlers pitch maps.

CricHQ Chief Executive Simon Baker says, “never before has there been a technology platform for
cricket that has delivered such in-depth functionality to such a broad range of cricketing interests on a global scale.”

Describing CricHQ TV Simon says, “This exclusive channel will follow the lives of pro cricketers as they play, train and travel. It will be a unique opportunity for fans to get close to the game’s biggest stars.”

In partnership with Google, CricHQ TV will feature a live internet broadcast aspect,
streaming  video footage to an audience of millions.  Content, uploaded by the players themselves, will be supported with statistics and data from CricHQ. Subscribers will also be able to upload their own video content. Broadcasts can be professionally produced or recorded directly from a smartphone or tablet and will be promoted through the CricHQ Social Network.

On the 18th of February CricHQ TV will launch with a series of Google Hangouts on Air titled “CricHQ Cricket Chat.” These live streamed events will take place after each of the One Day Internationals between New Zealand and England and will be available to be viewed on crichq.com. These On Air events will give players involved in the series the unique opportunity interact with their biggest fans via the Google Hangout technology. CricHQ Cricket Chat will involve ex-Black Caps now a leading cricket commentator Simon Doull as host.

To learn more about the upcoming CricHQ Cricket Chat series of Google hangouts On Air just click here: http://crichq.me/hangout

 The CricHQ scoring app will be used for all matches of the 2013 American College Cricket National Cahmpionship March 13-17, and Jamie Lloyd will be a featured ball by ball commentator on TV Asia’s broadcast in the USA & Canada.