Comments on: Americans hope to qualify for the 2011 cricket world cup

By: scorpicity

scorpicity — Sat, 24 May 2008 04:12:07 +0000

Soulberry… apparently your friend is right as they were banned for these stupid political infighting by these factions. Stanford eying the US market is interesting. maybe he has plans to start an independent all-american league.

By: Soulberry

Soulberry — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:48:16 +0000

An American friend of Indian origin who has been a cricket enthusiast for four decades at least, and residing in America for the past three decades, was telling me that the American cricket association scene was bad. Every time I broached the topic, he has been pessimistic about various factions coming together and has even been dismissive.

It is said, Stanford is eyeing that market with an intention of consolidating it under himself.

By: scorpicity

scorpicity — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:56:42 +0000

Cheers som… have added you

By: scorpicity

scorpicity — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:53:15 +0000

Avnish… the rule as I remember it is a maximum of 2 players to represent a country after residing for 4 years in that country. I do not know if it has been revised over the years. This rule is potentially silly because if there is a case of an Indian or Pakistani student who studies there for 3 years and works for 1 year, he becomes eligible to play, even though he is not a citizen.

Teams like the US and Norway mostly comprise of the immigrants with little or no local lads. So there is an argument that cricket is actually not spreading as one would believe. The only positive is the hope that it rubs on to the locals when some media attention comes through with maybe a couple of big wins… cheers

By: Som

Som — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:11:31 +0000

Scorpi, adding you in my blogroll. Mind adding mine?

By: Avnish Anand

Avnish Anand — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:14:07 +0000

Dude what is the ICC rule on number of non-citizens in the playing eleven? Wasnt there a rule which turned UAE from heroes to zeroes. If not, the americans could definitely entice some good players. Would be interesting to see the Americans following and the Indians (read BCCI) calling the shots for once

By: scorpicity

scorpicity — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:50:12 +0000

Absolutely NC… the best cheerleaders may be in the offering… On the team, it is led by a west Indian. There are quite a few there.

By: scorpicity

scorpicity — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:48:44 +0000

let’s see how it all pans out… cheers SP

By: Naked Cricket

Naked Cricket — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:45:45 +0000

scorpi, the us, eh? can see all them 7 footers from the windies signing up.
on a serious note, at least the cheerleaders will be in good hands.

By: Straight Point

Straight Point — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:53:22 +0000

…adding to that…

if any other country find real pace prospects…they will bomb them again for hiding ‘weapon of mass destruction’