Surges by Ryerson University, the Gators and the Buckeyes mean huge changes in the Power Rankings, with more likely as the Trojans,T-Birds, UC Davis Aggies and UC Riverside battle for the West Coast Championship this weekend.

For the national championship taking place March 13 – 18, 2012 in Florida, TV Asia will televise possibly 6 matches, including definitely the Semis and the Finals from the American College Cricket Spring Break Championship.

Additionally TV coverage and reporting will be done by TV Asia of all of the other 60 plus games, as well as leading up to March.

Register before DEC 10, and pay a lower registration. Teams entering between Dec 10 and final deadline Jan 31 will pay a higher registration fee.

CONTACT Lloyd Jodah to register. EMAIL : Dogevpr2@aim.com, Phone # 646 515 0712

If you’d like to establish a club in your school, contact Lloyd Jodah, President of American College Cricket.

RANKINGS Nov 24:

1. Ohio State University – Buckeyes
2. University of Florida – Gators
3. Ryerson University – Rams
4- Rutgers – Scarlet Knights
5- Auburn – Tigers
6- University of Southern Cal – Trojans
7- George Mason Patriots
8- University of Pennsylvania
9- Texas A & M – Aggies
10- Texas Tech – Red Raiders
11- North Carolina State – Wolfpack
12- York University – Lions, 2010 Champions,Chanderpaul Trophy winner
13- University of South Florida – Bulls
14- University of Iowa – Hawkeyes
15- York College – Cardinals
16- NYU-Polytechnic – Violets
17- Montomery College – Knights
18- Carnegie Mellon – Tartans
19- Thunderbird School of Global Management – T-Birds
20- NJ Institute of Technology – Highlanders
21- University of Maryland-Baltimore County – Retreivers
22- Cleveland State – Vikings
23- Iowa State – Cyclons
24- Purdue – Boilermakers
25- Penn State – Nittany Lions
26- Boston University – Terriers
27- Florida Atlantic – Seminoles
28- University of Houston – Cougars
29- College of Wooster – Fighting Scots
30- George Washington U – Colonials
31- University of Buffalo – Buffalo Bulls
32- Virginia Tech – Hokies
33- Indiana University – Hoosiers

Power Rankings are based on :

1. Off the Field Performance – such as promotion of American College Cricket on Facebook,Google Plus,Twitter etc, elevation of the your Club’s profile in school & media, increased financial support of your school, better facilities such as a cricket field etc.
2. Recent performances
3. Regional championship participation
4. National championship particpation & performances

A team, led by Kalpesh Patel (UM,Columbia) is currently working on a more detailed matrix for Rankings-based on the above 4 criteria,which will be sent to all Club Presidents soon.
by Lloyd Jodah

2010 winner of the Gordon Gee Trophy Purdue, fresh from their win over Indiana University, came into the American College Cricket Midwest Championship with a formidable record as the top cricket club in the Big 10.

 

It’s autumn, the leaves are evolving into dazzling hues, the winds blow a bit chilly and in the Heartland of America college cricket teams take the field to battle ! 

The old custom of cricket sweaters, which originated in the English weather, achieve a new relevance in American College Cricket season – only now it may be hoodies ! 

It may be in the 50′s some days, but the 50′s the batsman is focused on is his own half century of runs ! 

Saturday, Oct 1st, gameday, there will be matches in Ohio and Iowa, with many Big 10 colleges competing  - with national rankings, and 2 Championships, the Midwest and Great Plains, at stake ! 

The Buckeyes open their campaign against newcomer University of Buffalo, hoping to keep the Gordon Gee Trophy at Ohio State. Defending Champion Purdue want to win here to regain their top 10 ranking – which they lost after not making it to the nationals. 

American College Cricket pioneer school Carnegie Mellon has a tough schedule taking on Purdue and Penn State. The Nittany Lions have some new blood eager to take the Gordon Gee Trophy back to Paterno country – Joe Paterno has been coaching there so long he might actually have been around when Philadelphia had one of the strongest cricket teams in the world (in the 1880′s & 18890′s).

 New team Iowa State, will face the Hawkeyes and the Minnesota Gophers. The Gophers have been getting stronger each since beginning in 2010.   

The guys from Buffalo, and Iowa State are dark horses, whilst University of Iowa showed flashes of strength at the 2011 American College Cricket Spring Break Championship. 

Cleveland State Vikings had their first tournament at the nationals, and have been practising hard since for this regional. 

Ohio State University President Gordon Gee (who is also a member of the American College Cricket Advisory Board) is expected to attend the finals on Sunday. 

by Lloyd Jodah

Oct 1,Saturday : Minnesota vs Iowa State,Cleveland State vs Buffalo,Carnegie vs Penn State, Iowa vs Iowa State, Purdue vs Carnegie, Ohio State vs Buffalo

SCHEDULE for SATURDAY OCT 1  – Start 8 am.

OSU Buckeyes' Cheerleaders, at the 2010 American College Cricket Midwest Championship

FIELD 2 – Semis 

FINALS – on campus, on Ohio State University cricket field

 by Lloyd Jodah

American College Cricket teams may officially begin registration for the Midwest, Northeast and the Great Plains regional Championships.
The dates are:

Midwest - Oct 1 & 2, in Ohio. Champion – Purdue University
- will be played in and around the OSU campus for the Gordon Gee Trophy.Gordon Gee is President of Ohio State University, and on the Advisory Board of American College Cricket.

Great Plains – Oct 1 & 2 in Iowa
- will be played on the University of Iowa campus

Northeast – Oct 8 & 9 in NYC. 2010 Champion – Rutgers University
- will be played in NYC

Registrations must be emailed by Club Presidents to Lloyd Jodah, American College Cricket President – Dogevpr2@aim.com.
Please cc your Club Executive, including the Secretary, Treasurer and Captain.

Participation in the regional Championships is a pre-requisite for the nationals, the 2012 American College Cricket Spring Break Championship. The top teams will qualify for the nationals, to be held at the ICC ODI Certified Cricket Stadium in Ft Lauderdale.

Filming of our TV show – the “American College Cricket TV Show” will be done during the regional Championships, and will feature players.

For players wishing to begin a team at your college, in the USA and Canada, contact Lloyd Jodah.

STANDARD PROCEEDURES: As in all our Championships since 2009 the following rules apply for teams :

1. Team Composition : Students of the college only – though a maximum of 2 alumnus are allowed in the playing XI *
Students can be Undergrad, Grad, PhD & post-Doctoral Fellow.
Each team must have a minimum of 3 Undergrad students (except Thunderbird, a Grad school).

2. your club must be a Club Sport, or the process begun. If it is not, contact Lloyd Jodah for guidance

3. PROMOTION : without promotion of the game it would be “invisible cricket” with no value. As always American College Cricket is focused on making cricket visible in the college and mainstream media – all players, all teams are expected to do their part.

*except where school rules do not permit.

The Ohio State University Cricket has announced its team for the 2011 American College Cricket Spring Break Championship. “The squad was selected after a 3 months long coaching camp,” according to Club Advisor Suresh Babu.

Deepak Sridhar – Captain – Batsman
Romel Somavat – All-rounder
Uddyalok Banerjee – Batsman
Anupam Vivek – Bowler
Ashok Kumar Das – Bowler
Amritesh Rai – Batsman
Anoop Gunturi – All-rounder
Arun Muthuchelvan – Bowler
Neeraj Agarwal – Keeper/Batsman
Jaskaran Singh – All-rounder
Saurabh Sedha – Batsman
Kaustabh Dixit – All-rounder
Kislaya Kanan – All-rounder
Ashesh Mehta – Bowler
Viral Patel – Bowler

The team includes Romel Somavat, one of the 5 College Cricket Players of 2010, who had 2 scintillating innings of 97 and 55* at the Midwest Championship, and freshman star Kislaya Kanan.

By some measures, “Ohio State U is the largest research-university campus in the country — we think in the world,” says Leslie Wexner, the billionaire retailer who chairs the university’s board of trustees. “It is a very big, very powerful organization.” OSU’s annual budget is $ 4.2 Billion and it is one of the biggest sports names in the world (it is usually one of the top-ranked college football teams and is currently ranked # 1 in NCAA Basketball). OSU President E Gordon Gee is on the Advisory Board of American College Cricket.

On Sept 26 President Gee attended the first American College Cricket Midwest Championship which included a number of Big 10 colleges, and said “It’s great to see Big 10 schools competing in another sport – cricket, and its an honor to have the Trophy bear my name.” Each year the Champions of the Midwest Championships will be awarded the E Gordon Gee Trophy.

Romel Somavat,Deepak Sridhar and the Club played a major role in organizing the 2010 Midwest Championship. Additionally OSU Cricket has over the past 10 years campaigned against one of the biggest difficulties facing American cricket players – the length of the grass on is on campus field. Last year it was successful in getting the grass cut to a more acceptable length, though it’s still too long. OSU is one of the few schools that currently provides its cricket team with an on campus field.

Mayor Of Lauderhill Richard Kaplan, a University of Michigan Wolverine alumni, will no doubt show up at the Championship as he did last year, to root against the Ohio State Buckeyes.

The Ohio State Cricket team in 2010

OSU President E Gordon Gee with Nino DiLoreto,VP American College Cricket

President of Ohio State University E Gordon Gee is now on the Advisory Board of American College Cricket.

Gee worked for Chief Justice Warren Burger of the U.S. Supreme Court after clerking under Chief Justice David T. Lewis of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.

In November 2009 Time magazine featured E Gordon Gee in its “Top 10 Universities Presidents” and said:

“Gee’s power is evident in his $4.35 billion budget — bigger, he notes, than the budget of the state of Delaware — and the outsize role his institution plays in the state’s economy. Gee presides over some 40,000 employees, one of the state’s largest and best hospitals, a major hive of research, a small-business incubator, a hugely popular sports-entertainment empire, a large portfolio of real estate (including a small city’s worth of housing units) and a network operations reaching into nearly every community in the state.

By some measures, “Ohio State U is the largest research-university campus in the country — we think in the world,” says Leslie Wexner, the billionaire retailer who chairs the university’s board of trustees. “It is a very big, very powerful organization. Gordon understands the potential influence his job entails.”

Time said “A poll….found that he could easily be elected governor in a state that calls itself the Cradle of Presidents.” “He’s an exceptional leader,” Governor Ted Strickland said.

On Sept 26 President Gee attended the first American College Cricket Midwest Championship which included a number of Big 10 colleges, and said “It’s great to see Big 10 schools competing in another sport – cricket, and its an honor to have the Trophy bear my name.” Each year the Champions of the Midwest Championships will be awarded the E Gordon Gee Trophy.

American College Cricket President Lloyd Jodah said “The breath and scope of OSU President E Gordon Gee vision and accomplishments is extraordinary. Gee is an innovative leader whom American College Cricket is immensely pleased to be associated with as we work to bring cricket -the original American college sport -back into the USA mainstream.”

At age 37 Dr Gee became President of West Virginia University (1981-85), followed by the University of Colorado (1985-90), Ohio State University (1990-97), Brown University (1998-2000) and Vanderbilt University (2001 -2007). At Vanderbilt he raised $1.25 billion while increasing the number of applicants and their quality based on SAT scores, before he returned to OSU in 2008.

President Gee with Romel Somavat OSU

Purdue University Cricket Club - Midwest Champions

Big 10 Rivals Ohio State University and Purdue University clashed this weekend -in cricket. In an exciting match on the OSU cricket field,on the Buckeyes’ campus the 2 high octane teams got to the Finals with sparkling displays of batting,bowling and fielding.

Cricket clubs from Ohio State University, Purdue University,Michigan State University, College of Wooster, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Iowa, and Indiana University battled at Emerald Fields and Rhodes Park in Columbus,Ohio and finally on the Buckeyes campus’ cricket field to determine the 2 Finalists.

E. Gordon Gee,President of Ohio State University,was present Sunday after watching the Buckeyes decimate Easter Michigan in the football game on Saturday. The Champions of the American College Cricket Midwest Championship, which included 5 Big 10 schools, would receive the “E. Gordon Gee Trophy”. President Gee said it was “an honor to have the trophy carry my name”.

Wooster vs Michigan State
Fighting Scots, Wooster lost all their wickets for 97 runs – not a big score, in 19.5 overs. Michigan State played calmly and took the win against Wooster , scoring 98 for the loss of only 2 wickets after 17 overs. Kashi scored 37 not out in 39 balls.

University of Iowa vs Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Mellow showed their bowling strength – getting Iowa out for only 81. The Hawkeyes retaliated by having Carnegie Mellon reeling at 34 for 5 after 10 overs then bowled out Carnegie Mellon for 62 ! Iowa won !

Carnegie Mellon vs Wooster:
Carnegie Mellon & College of Wooster took the field in another installment of their rivalry begun in 2009.Carnegie Mellon scored 135 in their 20 overs.

A good total, but reachable by the Wooster team, but CMU bowled out Wooster for 98 ! Carnegie Mellon University – one of the pioneering American College Cricket teams of 2009, when it was led by Atishe Chordia – won by 37 runs !

Ohio State vs Indiana University
Led by their Captain Romel Somavat, the Buckeyes stormed to a victory against the Indiana University Cricket Club ! First the Hoosiers were bowled out for 97 runs, in 19.5 overs. Then Somavat blasted 55 not out,off just 30 balls. Manan contributed 28* in 32 balls as OSU got the win in just 10.2 overs !

Iowa vs Purdue :
The Hawkeyes won the toss and elected to field .Their decision looked like a good one when they got the Purdue Captain early .However, with Srikar, Faraz Arif handled the bowlers elegantly scoring runs in singles first and opening up later. At the 10 over mark it was 60 for1 wicket. Faraz then took took apart the Iowa bowling attack .

Faraz fell after a well made 67 in the 16th over with Purdue’s score on 112 – caught at long on. With 4 overs to go, Srikar smashed the score to 154 in 20 overs,remaining not out on 55.

Iowa began well scoring 22 off their first three overs, but then Purdue struck back led by their experienced bowlers – Saumyang and Adeel. Getting the Iowa Captain first, they slowly choked out the middle order. Iowa kept fighting and reached a score of 64 after 10 overs, but having lost 5 wickets, the chase was going to be tough. Having sniffed victory, Purdue spinners quickly moved in for the kill getting Iowa all out for 71.

Indiana University vs Purdue :
Faraz Arif Iyoob started from where he left off in the previous match scoring runs at will. Indiana University struck back dismissing Saumyang with a good catch at point. Bharath and Satadru played good supporting roles, but it was one-man show as Faraz took the opposition bowlers to the cleaners reaching 50 in the 7th over. He kept going reaching 116 in 14 overs- with team score on 154 when he took himself out of the game to rest before the big final.

Mihir picked up the mantle from Faraz and scored 54 effortlessly in 27 balls to take the team score to 226 in 20 overs. and a seat in the finals secured. As usual for the Boilermakers there was good bowling from Abhijeet, Abhisek and Adeel restricting Indiana to a score of 91/9 in 20 overs and Purdue steamrolled into the finals of first Midwest College cricket championship.

Michigan State vs Ohio State: Michigan State Cricket Club won the toss and sent OSU into bat. After 5 overs Buckeyes were 37 without loss. The in form Romel Somavat going strong. After 10 overs Ohio State CC was 77 with no wickets lost !
After 15 overs Somavat had hit 7 sixes ! OSU were now 153 for 1 wicket ! They went on to score 204 for 5 in 20 overs. Somavat missed a century when he got out for a smashing 97 (7 sixes,5 fours) !

Having to make 205 runs to win, Michigan State struggled and were 46 for 4 after 10 overs, then all out for 109! Buckeyes through to the Finals, to face Purdue !

FINALS – Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Purdue Boilermakers Having already made it to the finals, Purdue witnessed Ohio decimate Michigan State University in the virtual semi-final to set up a clash with its long time rivals. Purdue started well with Adeel getting the first breakthrough. Then Purdue’s electric fielding resulted in two more quick wickets – Abhijeet scoring a direct hit from mid-off and then taking a well judged catch. With OSU captain Somavat somavat still standing things could have changed – But Prashanth came up with a brilliant diving catch at point to dismiss Somavat and OSU was reeling at 28/5 after 8 overs. A fightback from Rohit and Anupam led the OSU recovery, but four wickets by Abhijeet ensured that OSU were allout for 96 in 20 overs.

Chasing 97, Purdue were dealt a big blow in the very first over with the centurion of previous game Faraz runout on 1. Saumyang was dismissed by Somavat who then took another , leaving the match in balance with Purdue at 43/3 after 9 overs.

A good partnership between Srikar and Mihir took Purdue to 82/3 in 15 overs when Srikar fell. Mihir remained unbeaten and ensured that Purdue won the E. Gordon Gee Trophy and emerged as the champions of the first American College Cricket Midwest Championship.

As OSU President E Gordon Gee said, “It’s great to have Big 10 schools competing in another sport-cricket “..

Romel Somavat OSU was declared the Championship MVP for his batting,bowling and captaincy, receiving the BIG League USA Award.