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What’s inside the most dangerous weapon in sports ?

Up to the late 1970s cricketers did not use helmets to protect our heads but covered our groin with “cups” – a revealing order of priorities !   Thankfully we have the full array of protective gear now, & helmets are mandatory in American College Cricket against fast bowlers, because a...

Chanderpaul’s son scores 4 centuries in England ! & Plays vs Dad !

17 year old Tagenarine Brandon Chanderpaul, son of Shiv Chanderpaul just returned to Guyana after playing in England for the past 2 months. The left-handed Brandon (as he’s called by teammates) scored 761 runs for Stainsby Hall Cricket Club from 16 limited over games. The next highest scorer for the...

Our Century Makers, 2009 to 2013 !

The highest score in American College Cricket, from March 2009 to now, is by all rounder Adrian Gordon (NYU-Poly) who smashed 145* at the 2011 American College Cricket National Championship in Florida ! Adrian spent last summer playing in England, was offered an opportunity to play in Australia, but chose to play in...

ESPN & American College Cricket partner to promote Champions Trophy broadcasts !

ESPN is again partnering with American College Cricket, to promote ESPN3 ‘s coverage of the 2013 Champions Trophy from June 6 to 23,as it did for the 2012 T20 World Cup, and 2012 Champions League tournaments. “Its easy to understand that ESPN & American College Cricket working together to promote ESPN’s cricket broadcasts...

Special Historical Venue for Ivy League Championship !

The Philadelphia Cricket Club (PCC), the oldest country club in the US, was founded in 1854  by University of Pennsylvania grad Rotch Wistar. Ivy League schools founded some of the earliest sports teams in America, cricket teams – University of Pennsylvania in 1842, Princeton in 1857 and Harvard in 1868....

Dates for the 2013 Regional & Ivy League Championships !

Congratulations to all our graduates – the degrees you leave with, and the skills you developed as cricketers will help you greatly in life. As Joseph O’Neill said in “Netherland” :—- “For what is an innings if not a singular opportunity to face down, by dint of effort, skill and...

Will the Bronx get its first Champion? DeWitt Clinton leads High School League!

Dewitt Clinton High School led the NYC PSAL High school Cricket League standings after Week 6, and is raising the hopes that the Bronx could get its first NYC high school cricket Champion ! And this is shortly after the Bronx made tthe NY Times and World News by opening...

The Coca Cola ‘Small World Machine’ !

Raman Rana (University at Buffalo) bowling at the 2013 National Championship in Florida Back in 1971 they taught “the world to sing”, now Presenting Sponsor of American College Cricket, Coca Cola’s new ‘machine’  is getting a lot of reaction – as seen in this video from Coca Cola and all over Facebook.  From Coke’s website...

2 more centuries,3 undefeated teams in NYC High School league 5th wk!

Clinton’s Syed Islam (112) and Wingate’s Kevin Evariste (106*) scored centuries in the 5th week of the PSAL High School cricket season, and Brooklyn International’s Akash Chowdhury took the first hat-trick of the 2013 season. 3 teams are undefeated, including 2010 Champions William Bryant High School Top High schools William...

National Championship Awards !

The Crichq scoring app & Competition module which American College Cricket introduced on a large scale to cricket in the USA & Canada back in 2012 gives every stat imaginable, to satisfy any cricketer’s appetite. All of the following information has been available since March 18, but we’re highlighting the...