England Tour 2023 set, includes Ashes plus Guest Team for Nationals!
American College Cricket Tour to UK 2023 Outline
American College Cricket will tour the UK in the summer of 2023. Originally planned for 2020, it will be a mix of current drawn from the 2023 Nationals, and some alumni..
The tour provides a great opportunity to showcase the success of the organisation which started & grew the game to over 100 Universities in USA & Canada. It will provide a unique experience for the players.
The Tour Manager is Jim White, highly experienced sports professional in England, who has had a relationship with American College Cricket since the beginning. It is in conjunction with the National Counties Cricket Association (which used to be the Minor Counties Cricket Association), a part of the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
The plans include fixtures against a National Counties XI, some of the National Counties, first class Universities plus visits to iconic venues, including attending an Ashes Test match to begin, and an England v Ireland Test at Lords to end the Tour. Venues to include the Nursery Ground at Lords, Wormsley, The Parks and Windsor Castle. Sky and cricket media are expected to provide top media coverage, and a Documentary done.
Additionally a National Counties under 23 team is expected to play in the 2023 American College Cricket National Championship as Special Guests prior to the England Tour.
Dates19th June – 29th June
American College Cricket has been the leader in cricket in USA, for example it was the first to livestream cricket in USA in March 2010, the first to put the game on TV in 2011 (10 years before USA Cricket), the only one to put the game on ESPN, in March 2014 and since 2016 has had a TV Agreement with SONY. In March 2020 American College Cricket was set to be broadcast on SONYLIV in India but the lockdown shut that down.
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