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Lone Star Athletics
The Lone Star Athletics (previously the Austin Athletics) are an American professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that compete in Minor League Cricket (MiLC). The team is based in Houston, Texas. It was formed in 2020 as part of 24 original teams to compete in Minor League Cricket. The franchise is owned by Kuldeep Patel and Sakhi Muhammad. The team's home ground is Moosa Stadium, located in Pearland, Texas. Team captain Sidhesh Pathare helms captaincy duties, while Shayan Jahangir stands by as vice-captain. Captain Nitish Kumar and American cricketer Laksh Parikh lead the bowling and batting leaderboards with 407 runs and 20 wickets respectively. Franchise history Background Talks of an American Twenty20 league started in November 2018 just before USA Cricket became the new governing body of cricket in the United States. In May 2021, USA Cricket announced they had accepted a bid by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) for a US$1 billion investment covering the league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minor League Cricket
Minor League Cricket (branded as the Toyota Minor League Cricket Championship presented by Sling TV for sponsorship reasons, and sometimes shortened to MiLC) is an American Twenty20 cricket developmental league for Major League Cricket which completed its first season in 2021, after it was delayed from a mid-to-late 2020 start due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It consists of 26 teams from four regions. The league began its regional draft process in late-August 2020, and a series of exhibition games in September 2020. The draft for the league began on June 4, 2021. The Strikers won the inaugural finals against the New Jersey Stallions by 6 Wicket#Winning by number of wickets, wickets, with the Thunderbolts winning the 2022 finals against the Atlanta Fire by 10 runs. History Talks of an American Twenty20 league started in November 2018 just before USA Cricket became the new governing body of cricket in the United States. In May 2021, USA Cricket announced they had accepted a bid by A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medium Pace
Fast bowling (also referred to as pace bowling) is one of two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket, the other being spin bowling. Practitioners of pace bowling are usually known as ''fast'' bowlers, ''quicks'', or ''pacemen''. They can also be referred to as a ''seam'' bowler, a ''swing'' bowler or a ''fast bowler who can swing it'' to reflect the predominant characteristic of their deliveries. Strictly speaking, a pure swing bowler does not need to have a high degree of pace, though dedicated medium-pace swing bowlers are rarely seen at Test level in modern times. The aim of pace bowling is to deliver the ball in such a fashion as to cause the batsman to make a mistake. The bowler achieves this by making the hard cricket ball deviate from a predictable, linear trajectory at a sufficiently high speed that limits the time the batsman has to compensate for it. For deviation caused by the ball's stitching (the seam), the ball bounces off the pitch and deflects eith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jahmar Hamilton
Jahmar Neville Hamilton (born 22 September 1990) is an Anguillan cricketer. He plays as wicket-keeper and is part of the Leeward Islands cricket team. He made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in August 2019. Domestic career He made his Twenty20 debut for the Anguilla cricket team against Grenada at the 2007/08 Stanford 20/20 Tournament in Antigua., and his first class debut for the Leeward Islands in February 2008 against Barbados. In 2013, Hamilton was included in the Antigua Hawksbills squad for the inaugural season of the Twenty20 Caribbean Premier League. He was the top run-scorer for the Leeward Islands in the 2016-17 Regional Four Day Competition, and the only player in the team to score multiple centuries in the tournament. International career In May 2018, he was named in the West Indies' Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka, but he did not play. In August 2018, he was included in the West Indies' Test squad for the series agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Bowling
Fast bowling (also referred to as pace bowling) is one of two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket, the other being spin bowling. Practitioners of pace bowling are usually known as ''fast'' bowlers, ''quicks'', or ''pacemen''. They can also be referred to as a ''seam'' bowler, a ''swing'' bowler or a ''fast bowler who can swing it'' to reflect the predominant characteristic of their deliveries. Strictly speaking, a pure swing bowler does not need to have a high degree of pace, though dedicated medium-pace swing bowlers are rarely seen at Test level in modern times. The aim of pace bowling is to deliver the ball in such a fashion as to cause the batsman to make a mistake. The bowler achieves this by making the hard cricket ball deviate from a predictable, linear trajectory at a sufficiently high speed that limits the time the batsman has to compensate for it. For deviation caused by the ball's stitching (the seam), the ball bounces off the pitch and deflects eith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derval Green
Derval Charles Green (born 4 December 1988) is a Jamaican cricketer who has played for the Jamaica national side in West Indian domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler. Green was born in Trelawny Parish. He made his List A debut for Jamaica during the 2014–15 Regional Super50, against the Leeward Islands. Green played in all four of his team's matches in the competition, and took six wickets, making him Jamaica's equal leading wicket-taker with Nikita Miller, David Bernard, and Damion Jacobs. His best figures were 3/65 from ten overs, taken against Trinidad and Tobago. He made his first-class debut for Jamaica in the 2016–17 Regional Four Day Competition on 11 November 2016. In June 2018, he was named in the Cricket West Indies B Team squad for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament. He made his Twenty20 debut on 12 September 2019, for the Jamaica Tallawahs, in the 2019 Caribbean Premier League. The following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Minor League Cricket Season
The 2022 Minor League Cricket season (branded as the 2022 Toyota Minor League Cricket championship presented by Sunoco for sponsorship reasons and sometimes shortened to 2022 MiLC) will be the second season of Minor League Cricket, established by USA Cricket (USAC) and Major League Cricket (MLC) in 2019. Toyota returned from the previous season as title sponsor, with Sunoco tapped as the Official Fuel and Convenience Store of MiLC. The season is set to be hosted over 26 venues across the United States, from June 25 to August 28. The Silicon Valley Strikers The Silicon Valley Strikers are an American professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that compete in Minor League Cricket (MiLC). The team is based in Silicon Valley, California. It was formed in 2020 as part of 24 original teams to compete i ... are the defending champions. Teams For this season, the Chicago Catchers and the Atlanta Param Veers franchises were replaced by the Chicago Tigers and the Atlanta Lightning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India Today
''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' launched a new online opinion-orientated site called the ''DailyO''. History ''India Today'' was established in 1975 by Vidya Vilas Purie (owner of Thompson Press), with his daughter Madhu Trehan as its editor and his son Aroon Purie as its publisher.Bhandare, Namita"70's: The decade of innocence".''Hindustan Times''. Retrieved 29 July 2012. At present, ''India Today'' is also published in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S .... The India Today news channel was launched on 22 May 2015. In October 2017, Aroon P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silicon Valley Strikers
The Silicon Valley Strikers are an American professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that compete in Minor League Cricket (MiLC). The team is based in Silicon Valley, California. It was formed in 2020 as part of 24 original teams to compete in Minor League Cricket. The franchise is owned by Stanford Strikers LLC. The team's home ground is Morgan Hills Outdoor Sports Complex, located in Morgan Hill, California. Pranay Suri was named as captain for the 2023 Minor league season, replacing Unmukt Chand. The current leading run-scorer is Unmukt Chand, with the highest wicket-taker being Pranay Suri. Franchise history Background Talks of an American Twenty20 league started in November 2018 just before USA Cricket became the new governing body of cricket in the United States. In May 2021, USA Cricket announced they had accepted a bid by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) for a US$1 billion investment covering the league and other investments benefitting the U.S. national team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston Hurricanes (cricket)
The Houston Hurricanes are an American professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that compete in Minor League Cricket (MiLC). The team is based in Houston, Texas. It was formed in 2020 as part of 24 original teams to compete in Minor League Cricket. The franchise is owned by Tanweer Ahmed and Mangesh Chaudhari. The team's home ground is Prairie View Cricket Complex, located in Prairie View, Texas. Usman Rafiq was named as captain, while Willem Ludick was named as vice-captain for the team. The current leading run-scorer is Willem Ludick, with the highest wicket-taker being Karthik Gattepalli. Franchise history Background Talks of an American Twenty20 league started in November 2018 just before USA Cricket became the new governing body of cricket in the Cricket in the United States, United States. In May 2021, USA Cricket announced they had accepted a bid by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) for a US dollar, US$1 billion investment covering the league and other investmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Diego Surf Riders
The San Diego Surf Riders are an American professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in Minor League Cricket (MiLC). The team is based in San Diego, California. It was formed in 2020 as part of 24 original teams to compete in Minor League Cricket. The team is co-owned by Rajinder Ghai, Gangaram Singh, Sanjit Menezes, Jimmy Anklesaria, and Ram Madabushi. The team's home ground is Canyonside Park, located in San Diego's Rancho Peñasquitos neighborhood. Marty Kain is helming captaincy duties, with American cricketer Mrunal Patel helming vice-captain duties. Americans Sri Krishna A and Timil Patel lead the batting and bowling leaderboards for the team with 344 runs and 18 wickets. Franchise history Background Talks of an American Twenty20 league started in November 2018 just before USA Cricket became the new governing body of cricket in the United States. In May 2021, USA Cricket announced they had accepted a bid by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SoCal Lashings
The SoCal Lashings, also known as the Los Angeles Lashings, are an American professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in Minor League Cricket (MiLC) and other T20 Cricket tournaments across the USA. The team's home base is in Los Angeles. Lashings was named in 2020 as part of the 24 original teams to compete in Minor League Cricket USA. The franchise is co-owned by Abhimanyu Rajp and Deepak Gosain. The team's current home ground is the Leo Magnus Cricket Complex, located in the neighborhood of Van Nuys, Los Angeles. Dale Phillips currently helms responsibility as captain, with Elmore Hutchinson standing by as vice-captain. Franchise history Background Talks of an American Twenty20 league started in November 2018 just before USA Cricket became the new governing body of cricket in the United States. In May 2021, USA Cricket announced they had accepted a bid by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) for a US$1 billion investment covering the league and other inve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
