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2023 Edition Of PSAL Final Slated For Baisley Pond Park

New York News Sam Soopersaud June 12, 2023

By Sam SooppersaudCricket fans, set aside this date, mark your calendar and make a reservation in your appointment book. Tell the roofer and the gardener to suspend the work for another day. The reason: you have to go and watch an important cricket game. The day is Saturday, June... Read more

New York High School Cricket Tournament Resumes

New York News Sam Soopersaud March 29, 2022

By Sam SooppersaudThe Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) will resume its annual cricket tournament among 30 high schools in Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx, and Brooklyn, beginning April 1, 2022. The program administered by the PSAL in conjunction with the New York City Department of Education started in 2009. Over... Read more

John Adams Are PSAL 2018 Cricket Champions

New York News Sam Soopersaud June 25, 2018

On Saturday, June 16, 2018 cricket fans in attendance at the Roy Sweeney Cricket Oval, Gateway Park, in Brooklyn. New York, watching the finals of the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) cricket tournament

2017 NYMWIA T20 Tournament Continues This Weekend

New York News Sam Soopersaud October 5, 2017

By Sam Sooppersaud Cricket fans, the summer may be over, fall may be here with the nice hot days of summer behind us, with the chilly breeze cutting through our bodies, once in a while. But, despite these drawbacks, you do not have to starve yourselves of watching some... Read more

Cricket Hall Of Fame’s Induction Ceremony A Big Hit

News October 6, 2016

This year’s (2016) Cricket Hall of Fame’s Induction Ceremony proved to be one of the most exciting and according to many of the attendees should be a very memorable day for the institution.

Women’s Power Still Alive

News September 12, 2016

Saturday, October 1, 2016 will be a very historic day for the State of Connecticut. In honor of the Cricket Hall of Fame’s 35th anniversary, the day will be declared “Cricket Hall of Fame’s Day”

Dujon And Shepherd Top 2016 Class of Inductees

News August 19, 2016

Former West Indies cricket team’s star wicket-keeper Jeffrey Dujon and all-rounder John Shepherd top this year’s class of inductees into the Cricket Hall of Fame. They will be joined by five other local individuals: Roselyn Emmanuel, Ivy Mahabir, P. K. Guha, New York Public Schools Athletic League’s administrators Lorna Austin and Bassett Thompson

Thirty Four NYC High Schools To Compete In 2016 Season

New York News Sam Soopersaud March 29, 2016 0

I ended the last article I wrote on the 2015 PSAL Varsity cricket with the sentence: “See you next year at PSAL cricket”. (PSAL.org, 6/16/2015). I made these comments in the article I wrote on the Finals of the 2015 New York City Public Schools Athletic League

Kumaran Thirunavukkarasu To Coach USA Under-19 Team

News June 8, 2015 0

USACA has announced the support staff for the ICC Americas U19 Division 1 Championship to be staged in Bermuda from July 4th – 13th, 2015.

QUCA Saturday Coaching Program Underway

New York News Sam Soopersaud May 4, 2015 0

By Sam Sooppersaud A couple of years ago, the President of the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA), Mr. Gladstone Dainty, published an article in which he openly said that the only way cricket can become a mainstream sport in America is if we can get the native... Read more