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American diplomat turns umpire in Pakistan !
Like many Americans, Charles ‘Chuck’ Bennett knew nothing about cricket when he joined the US embassy six years ago. “How did you learn cricket and become an umpire and coach?” This is a question Chuck is commonly asked by people living in Islamabad. His reply shows his overwhelming passion for...
2 Guns’ Mark Wahlberg gets into Cricket ! Howzat Denzel ?
Mark Wahlberg just became our favorite Hollywood actor. Limacol Caribbean Premier League cricket officials have announced that American actor Mark Wahlberg has taken an equity interest in the Barbados Tridents team. “I’m excited to be a part of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League because I know cricket is huge in the Caribbean and...
Coming – American College Cricket World Championship !
American College Cricket and TV Asia last night made a major announcement. Speaking on TV Asia, about the All American Team, American College Cricket President Lloyd Jodah said that another major event is being planned, where top universities from around the world would compete for a Cricket Championship. TV Asia and...
All America First Team named !
An “All America” team is an honorary team from a college sport, composed of outstanding players – in other words, an all star team; & is referred to as “All Americans”. Here is our 2013 First Team – we named a squad of 16 : Rikin Parikh (UMBC) – Captain...
Video Highlights- 19 yr old Ashton Agar’s 98 on Test debut, Ashes !
Two other left handers come to mind, who made their Test debuts as bowlers, but went on to make their mark as batsmen. Sir Garfield Sobers became one of the greatest batsmen ever, and the greatest all rounder ever. Wasim Akram became the greatest left-arm pacer ever, & scored 3...
Plans for the CBRP Stadium – Good or Bad for Cricket ?
Recently a letter to the International Cricket Council (ICC) from Lauderhill’s Mayor Kaplan had the ‘cricket community’ in an agitated state,concerned they would ‘lose’ the Stadium. The Mayor expressed his worry (among other things) over the economic position of a facilty that his community had invested in. A rumor grew...
Registration for 2014 National Championship begins ! Presented by Coca Cola, with Dish !
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. In March 2010 American College Cricket became the first organisation in USA & Canada to webstream, when it streamed...
Tri-Series India,WI & Sri Lanka Broadcast Schedule on ESPN3 !
Since the T20 World Cup in 2012, Espn has partnered with American College Cricket to promote ESPN3’s broadcasts of major ICC tournaments, such as the recently concluded Champions Trophy, & the current Tri-Nations Tournament. “Its easy to understand that ESPN & American College Cricket working together to promote ESPN’s cricket...