The commencement of the 85th season of the Brooklyn Cricket League (BCL), saw former Guyanese national youth cricketer, Royston Alkins, producing a fine all-round performance to lead Diplomats Sports Club past Middlesex Cricket Club by six wickets on Sunday last. The contest, which was played at Marine Park, saw... Read more
By Sham Ali(Celebrating 42nd Anniversary – Match #1171):- Wow, it feels like life again! Catches falling, batsman blazing away, same old umpire frets. Cricket is actually playing, albeit, under a new covid19 normal. It is a marked contrast from the end of the 2019 season, and the doom, gloom... Read more
By Sham Ali (Cosmos)Nathan Henderson, a cheerful, unwavering, man crammed many a contrasting lives into his 70 years, died on February 7, 2021 in New York. His long record of service to cricket gave him an identity and ultimately a deserving recognition in the New York Region, notably the... Read more
Audrey Moore: First Female Elected to NCCA Board
NewsNorth West February 3, 2021
Congratulations to Audrey Moore on being elected the first-ever woman on the Northern California Cricket Association’s (NCCA) Board of Directors. It is historic as it follows the traditionally male-dominated structure of the NCCA and the sport in the USA. Audrey’s six-year involvement with cricket started when she was still... Read more
USA Cricket announced its Women’s U19 Training Group yesterday and Maryland led the way, with over 25% of the national list coming from the state. More dramatically, nearly all players selected from the entire Eastern United States are from Maryland, home to less than 2% of the US population.... Read more
By Sham Ali (Cosmos Cricket Club)With bated breath we waited after we heard the news that “Slugger” had taken ill. Instinctively, we are burdened with that feeling of breathless anticipation as we silently ask in an impassioned appeal to the Almighty that he would ‘stroke the winning run’ like... Read more
Atlantis Cricket Club: NY, now entering its fifty-fifth year as a cricket club in the New York metropolitan area, is also well-known for its community-based initiatives outside the sport of cricket. In recent years the club’s name has become synonymous with its tag-line – “Atlantis…more than just cricket!” This... Read more
Ms. Stephanie Power, an Atlantis Cricket Club – NY 2012 International Cricket Honoree and Laventille East/Morvant, Trinidad & Tobago resident, was instrumental in obtaining forty (40) electronic tablets for school-age children from five schools in the Laventile East/Morvant district. The five schools include Malick Girls’ R.C., Morvant New Government,... Read more
Richmond Hill Liberty Cricket Club (RHLCC) is the New York National Cricket League (NYNCL), 2020, 30-Overs champions. RHLCC defeated Everest/ACS (E/ACS) in the final played on Sunday, October 18th at the Baisley Pond Park at 150th Street. Dino Chooweenam, Altaaf Habibulla, and Neive McNally led the individual performances for... Read more
The 2020 Annual General Meeting and Election of Officers saw a change in the leadership at the top of the Metro League, as Dervon “Dunga” Wallace
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