Smart Choice Moosa Stadium is now an American College Cricket Home Stadium!
The latest exciting news for cricket in the USA is that the Smart Choice Moosa Stadium in Pearland, Texas will now be designated as an American College Cricket Home Stadium !
Smart Choice CEO Sakhi Muhammad, based in Houston and Lloyd Jodah based in NY, Founder & President of American College Cricket made the announcement today as a Christmas gift to American College Cricket players !
Lloyd said, “We’re getting fields on many campuses – an excellent way to increase the game’s visibility among college students, and we are now playing matches on campus in at least 13 colleges, often under floodlights. We have practice facilities, even indoor, in many more. However to have a top-class facility with turf wickets such as Smart Choice Moosa Stadium as our Home field is a fantastic opportunity which we greatly appreciate, and will make full use of.
Our colleges in that area will be able to schedule Home & Away matches at the Stadium an on-going basis .That’s our current Texas colleges like Texas A & M Aggies, Texas Tech Red Raiders, University of Texas Arlington Mavericks, University of Texas Longhorns, University of Texas Dallas Comets, the local ones like UHouston Cougars and UHouston Clearlake plus others in the South West Conference like Arkansas State Red Wolves and U of South Alabama Jaguars as well as any new teams. The Stadium will also be available for their practice sessions.
Since 2009 American College Cricket has kept the dream alive at the Central Broward Regional Park, supporting that Stadium, and now Sakhi Muhammad is creating an epicenter for cricket in the United States and we’re happy to support his vision and work.
Texas colleges are going to see a significantly larger influx of cricket playing STEM students so this is a huge win for the region !”
The Stadium’s TURF wicket and outfield is complete. There are practice wickets too. Stands, Dressing rooms, picnic areas are all being built. The Stadium is being built to the specifications needed for International Cricket Council certification as a venue for international cricket. Additionally 3 other turf wicket fields are being made right next to the Stadium, 2 of which may be ready for the American College Cricket South West Regionals in February.
American College Cricket clubs will have full use of the facilities for practice, and to play Home & Away matches vs other colleges. Amir Saddiqui,a certified cricket Coach who has worked as a Manager on American College Cricket National & South East Regional Championships since March 2011, will be the on-site Coach & Manager.
The Stadium was named to honor Sakhi Muhammad’s father.International Curator Sam Plumber, who built the Stadium’s pitches, will continue his excellent work preparing pitches to make any cricketer happy. .
The Smart Choice Moosa Stadium was set to be the host of the American College Cricket South West Championship recently, but because of rain this has been rescheduled (probably to February 2015).
PHOTOS by : Amir Saddiqui
