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TV- Ohio State defeat Iowa & Iowa State, retain Gordon Gee Trophy ! Photos!

 The American College Cricket season began on TV Asia as 3 matches of the Mid West Regionals were televised, ball by ball, from the Ohio State University campus. Last Saturday, Oct 27 the Finals were televised, with commentary by Lloyd Jodah & Jamie Lloyd (from CricHQ & New Zealand) and...

U of Iowa Hawkeyes vs Ohio State Buckeyes ! TV Asia Sat Oct 19 at 7 pm !

University of Iowa Hawkeyes Tune to TV Asia at 7 pm on Saturday Oct 19 for the 2nd match of the American College Cricket season on TV !  An exciting Mid West regional Semi Final : Ohio state vs University of Iowa ! Ball by Ball on TV !  ...
Posted 19 Oct 2012 | CRICKET TV,NEWS,Ohio State Buckeyes,University of Iowa | 0 Comments

TV – John Bart King Award news !

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Posted 15 Jan 2012 | CRICKET TV,NEWS,University of Iowa | 0 Comments

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Anup Gandhi – a 2011 Club President of the Year !

Anup Gandhi has been President of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes Cricket Club these past 2 years partly because its difficult to find successors to take on the responsiblities of running a club in a university. It takes leadership skills and sometimes we have no clue what we can do, until we actually do it....
Posted 12 Jan 2012 | NEWS,University of Iowa | 0 Comments

The 2011 John Bart King Award winner is…….!

One problem with looking at the history of cricket in the USA and Canada, is its sad path. The first national sport in both countries, cricket somehow managed to almost disappear, leaving fossils like the dinosaurs. Few know that there is still a cricket pitch on one of George Washington’s...
Posted 27 Dec 2011 | NEWS,University of Iowa | 0 Comments

Iowa State Cyclones defeat Iowa Hawkeyes for Great Plains Ch’ship !

Though the University of Iowa belongs to the Big 10, and Iowa State University to the Big 12, the two universities have a strong rivalry in sports.   They compete annually  for the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series trophy, an athletic competition between the two schools. Sponsored by the Iowa Corn Growers...
Posted 04 Oct 2011 | Iowa State University,NEWS,Northwestern U,University of Iowa | 0 Comments

Iowa Hawkeyes host the Great Plains Championship ! Build it, they will come !

Iowa Hawkeyes in Florida at the national Championship  Travelling for hours was tough for colleges like University of Iowa and University of Minnesota (UMN), but they did, to play in the first Midwest, the equivalent of the Big 10, Championship last year September.  UMN also made the even longer trip to...

College Football Wk 3 – Ashton Kutcher, & how our colleges did !

In Week 3 Ashton Kutcher showed up to watch his Hawkeyes, even as his debut on “Two and a half men” grabbed record ratings !   Kutcher attended the University of Iowa before dropping out to be a model.   Our colleges continued our dominance by winning 19 games and only losing 6...
Posted 23 Sep 2011 | NEWS,OTHER STUFF,University of Iowa | 0 Comments

Register for Midwest, Great Plains & Northeast Championships now!

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...
Posted 24 Aug 2011 | NEWS,Ohio State Buckeyes,Purdue University,University of Iowa | 0 Comments

Iowa Hawkeyes Darren “Jonty Rhodes” Stortz pursues a Fielder’s Dreams !

At a quick glance one might think its Jonty Rhodes fielding at point, but this is the University of Iowa Hawkeyes Cricket team and the blond haired fielder is Darren Stortz, striving to emulate his favorite cricketer, Jonty Rhodes !   Darren Stortz is from Decorah, a small town in northeast Iowa, where his Mom and Dad still...
Posted 17 Jul 2011 | NEWS,University of Iowa | 3 Comments