The New York Cricket Academy is scheduled to kick-off its Inaugural Twenty/20 Cricket Tournament on Saturday, July 13th, at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. All matches will be scheduled only on Saturdays, and all teams/players participating in the various leagues are welcomed to participate in order to improve the standard of cricket played in the New York Tristate area. Matches will be played on a round-robin format during the months of July and August. The top four teams will advance to the playoffs to compete for NY Cricket Academy Inaugural T20 Cup and the prize money.
The Academy will only accept eight team applications for this tournament, but will consider other applications for the 2014 cricket season. An entry fee is required to participate, but the Champions will receive “monetary incentives” from various sponsors. Businesses/Individuals interested in a sponsorship package should contact [email protected] to inquire about the different sponsorship deals that the Academy’s has to offer.
The Academy plans on co-sponsoring a team each year to participate in the US Cricket Open, which is usually held during December in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The U.S. Cricket Open is the annual open-formatted cricket tournament sponsored by Cricket Council USA (CCUSA), a leading sports and entertainment management company, in the sunny, tropical setting of South Florida. This year an estimate of 32 teams are expected to participate in the $100,000 US seven-day Twenty/20 tournament.
