By John L. AaronThe Georgia Women Cricket Association’s 10th Annual Atlanta Women’s T20 Cricket Tournament, held over this past Memorial Day Weekend in the Peach State, provided yet another opportunity for women cricketers in the USA to bring greater awareness of the sport and female participation to a sports-crazy... Read more
By John Aaron Westbury Cricket Club vs. Villagers Sports ClubWestbury Won by 46 RunsThe most anticipated match of last weekend was the Westbury vs. Villagers at Westbury High School on Long Island. Winning the toss, Villagers elected to bowl on a pitch favored with much better weather than Brooklyn... Read more
Runs and Wickets Star in Round 6 Fixture
John AaronNews July 2, 2023
By John L. AaronAs the New York Metropolitan Cricket League’s Clement “Busta” Lawrence Premier 40-overs 2023 season nears the halfway mark, players continue to star with both bat and ball. As always in cricket, wickets follow runs because batting comes before wickets. The battle between the prognosticators of willow... Read more
Richard Allen Tops Charts Again, while Atlantis Bounces Back Big
John AaronNew YorkNews June 17, 2023
By John L. Aaron Westbury Sports Club vs. Island Wide Cricket ClubWestbury won by 392 runsThe Metropolitan Cricket League’s Brian Lara look-alike Richard Allen continued his rampage against the league’s bowlers as the fourth round of league matches got underway last Sunday in New York. Westbury hosted Island Wide... Read more
Centurions 3, Fivers 1 In Round 3
John AaronNews June 8, 2023
By John L. Aaron Villagers Cricket Club vs. Lucas Sports ClubLucas Shut Out from Entering the VillageWinning the toss and opting to bat first, Villagers posted 318 and lost eight wickets in the allotted 40 overs. The runs came from the bats of Michael Frew, 73 not out off... Read more
By John L. AaronThe New York Metropolitan Cricket League’s (MCL) 2023 season got off to a flying start with both bat and ball on Sunday, May 7, in the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. The Clement “Busta” Lawrence Premier 40-Overs competition saw Lucas Cricket Club hosting Westbury Cricket Club... Read more
Westbury Buries Atlantis Down South
John AaronNew YorkNews July 30, 2022
By John L. AaronIt was a takedown of sorts last Sunday at 88th Street and Seaview Avenue in Canarsie, Brooklyn, as Westbury Cricket Club pushed Atlantis Cricket Club – NY southwards on the Metropolitan League’s points table. With the resumption of the league’s Clement “Buster” Lawrence 40-Overs Premier League... Read more
By John L. AaronVillagers Sports Club, last Sunday, ran Atlantis Cricket Club – NY out of the Roy Sweeney T20 Challenge Cup, defeating the boys in green by six wickets. Coincidentally, the Roy Sweeney Cricket Oval was the scene of the onslaught as Villagers won the toss and invited... Read more
Sheffield Shell Shocks Atlantis
John AaronNew YorkNews July 16, 2022
By John L. AaronThe Roy Sweeney Cricket Oval in Brooklyn, NY, was the less than epic battle center, as Sheffield Cricket Club empowered a shell-shocking over Atlantis Cricket Club – NY last Sunday, July 10, 2022. Sheffield featured its recently promoted ‘military commanders’ Trevon Griffith, Christopher Barnwell, and Asad... Read more
Atlantis Bees Swarm Staten Island
John AaronNew YorkNews July 3, 2022
By John L. AaronIt was like a swarm of bees descending upon eleven men on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere, as Atlantis Cricket Club – NY stung a hapless Staten Island Cricket Club last Sunday at Idlewild Cricket Ground in Queens, NY in the New York... Read more
