Registration for 2015 National Championship Begins !

The 2014 American College Cricket Nationals was broadcast Live on ESPN & TV Asia

In March 2014 American College Cricket & TV Asia became the first cricket in America broadcast on ESPN when USF defeated Auburn to win the Chanderpaul Trophy and the National Championship. It was also the 36th American College Cricket match televised by TV Asia in the USA & Canada.

Registration for the 2015 American College Cricket National Championship is now open to American College Cricket member colleges. Email Lloyd at Dogevpr2@aim.com. Twenty four (24) colleges will be selected to play for the Shiv Chanderpaul Trophy.

If you’d like to start a cricket club in your college, email Lloyd.There may be 2 “Wildcard” spots for new teams, based on certain criteria, in the National Championship.

The 6th American College Cricket National Championship will take place March 11 to 15, near Ft Lauderdale at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium and Brian Picolo Park. As usual teams will have the beaches of Ft Lauderdale, and the bright lights of South Beach & Miami to hold team strategy & motivational meetings.

American College Cricket has been leading the game’s impact in the USA since 2009. The NY Times coverage of the first American College Cricket Championship in March 2009 was the most shared Times article of that week, & led to the Times doing regular articles on international cricket ever since. ESPN showed interest in broadcasting the Championship from 2009, and American College Cricket President Lloyd Jodah finally agreed in 2014. Commentators on the historic first ESPN broadcast were Lloyd Jodah, David Sentance, Jamie Paul Lloyd, Josh McLean & Vivek Jayaram.

In March 2010 American College Cricket became the first organisation in USA & Canada to webstream, when it streamed the Semis & Finals of the 2010 National Championship (with 4 cameras, close ups & commentators). The Championship itself set a record for the largest cricket tournament ever – 47 games in 4 days. No one else has done a professional stream in the US.

York College, UMBC, University of South Florida & York University were the teams on that first web stream. In March 2011 American College Cricket streamed 6 more games, and the Championship had 67 matches in 5 days !

In October 2011 American College Cricket became the first in USA & Canada, to TELEVISE cricket, when its exclusive broadcast partner TV Asia televised SIX (6) games, the Semis & Finals of the Northeast & Mid Atlantic regionals in NYC. Rutgers, NYU-Poly, Ryerson U, NJIT, Penn State, York College & UMBC were the pioneering teams.

March 2012 the Semis & Finals of the American College Cricket National Championship was televised from the CBRP Cricket Stadium in Florida, & a full season was broadcast by TV Asia from Oct through Dec 2012, followed by the 2013 & 24 Nationals final four & Finals. TV Asia has since televised 36 American College Cricket matches.

Another huge first was Coca Cola & Dish Network becoming sponsors of American College Cricket in 2012 – the first major American companies to become involved in USA domestic cricket. To be a sponsor of American College Cricket, year round & for our Championships, contact Lloyd Jodah, email-Dogevpr2@aim.com.

Since 2012 CricHQ has provided groundbreaking scoring, competition & statistical tools which are now spreading all over North America.
Since 2009 the ACC National Championship has been the Crown Jewel of the ICC ODI-Certified Central Broward Regional Park (CBRP) Cricket Stadium, putting the Stadium on worldwide webstreams, TV in Canada & US and ESPN, and 2015 will continue the annual tradition.

We were part of the historic Cricket Exhibition at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown & partnered with ESPN in promoting their cricket broadcasts, beginning with the 2012 T20 World Cup. We have been covered by the New York Times, Washington Post, Canada’s Globe & Mail, LA Daily News, NY Daily News,Sun Sentinel, Voice of America & countless college media.