5 Nominees for Championship MVP named ! Clive Lloyd to select winner today !
There was great fielding,some magnificent bowling spells and lots of talented batting, but in the end we had to narrow it down to 5 nominees for the BIG League USA Award being given to the 2011 American College Cricket Spring Break Championship MVP .
The Championship MVP will leave for India on May 16th in time to see the Rajasthan Royals play Sachin Tendulkar and the Mumbai Indians, and spend 7-10 days. American College Cricket CEO Nino DiLoreto will travel with the MVP and use his Emmy Award winning experience to produce a documentary of the trip.
“The MVP will get the opportunity of being amongst cricket Icons such as Captain of the Royals Shane Warne, Shane Watson, India’s Batting Wall Rahul Dravid, Ross Taylor, Paul Collingwood and hostile fast bowler Shaun Tait and play in the nets with the Royal Rajasthan players, watch their matches live, and meet the co-owner Bollywood Celebrity, Mrs. Shilp Shetty Kundra.” said BIG League CEO Salman Ahmed.
They are alphabetically (by last name):
Adil Bhatti (Montgomery College)
Adrian Gordon (NYU-Polytechnic)
Ricky Nayyar (University of Florida)
Sunil Pathak (George Mason University)
Khushroo Wadia (York University)
Games against the “Special Guest” team Presentation College are not being considered.
This is being done by the Royals in showing their commitment to help develop cricket in North America with BIG League USA as one of their strategic partners.
“Clive Lloyd is one of the most successful captains in Test cricket history, and led the West Indies to 2 World Cup championships, and we are honored that he will be selecting the American College Cricket MVP,”
said Lloyd Jodah, founder and President of American College Cricket,
“This Award is one of the many ways College Cricket players will benefit from American College Cricket’s strategic partnership with BIG League USA.” said Lloyd Jodah, founder and President of American College Cricket,” there is so much more to come.”
Clive Lloyd is a member of the Advisory Board of BIG League USA and Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee.