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Congratulations to Mr. Aslam! zine publication. 21 IN MEMORIAM In our fourth year, we hope to bring Recently, American Cricketer was invit- BOB MAHABIR more league cricket from around the ed to an event at the Myers Park Coun- country. We would also like to encour- try Club held by the British American 22 LEGEND age league competition with grand fi- Business Council. There members of the SUNIL GAVASKAR nal matches played at different venues Charlotte International Cricket Club had around the U.S. a discussion of revamping their presti- 24 CRICKET EVENTS gious annual tournament. Imagine the top teams in the respective 29 STICKEY WICKET leagues competing in Broward Region- However, at a hefty cost of $80,000 Mr. al Park to determine the best team in Stephen Rose and his teammates are the U.S. seeking help from the community to make it possible to rebuild their cricket Cricket With the blessing of USACA, and some ground. The Charlotte International funding, this can be made possible as Cricket Club is also member of the Mid 9 UMPIRING an annual event, which will stimulate Atlantic Cricket Conference. We would THE FIELDER the growth of cricket in USA. like to wish much success to the growth and development of cricket in this re- PROFESSIONAL CRICKET I would like to encourage the various gion. 10 USACA SECRETARY OUTLINES STATUS IN leagues to send us a response of such “WHAT’S HAPPENING?” and event. Furthermore, it can be devel- Mo Ally - Publisher oped where the winning team can win [email protected] 14 ICC TO PUMP $300 MILLION US DOLLARS INTO THE WORLDWIDE DEVELOPMENT OF CRICKET BELOW FULL MEMBERS REGIONAL CRICKET Letter From The Editor 8 MID ATLANTIC CRICKET CONFERENCE Putting this is- South Carolina. Charlotte is the largest sue had a special and most accessible city between Wash- 15 ATLANTA - FROM COACH’S DIARY meaning for me ington, D.C. and Dallas, TX. Owing to while we toured its mid-Atlantic location, getting to Char- 28 SCCA - WHITHER CRICKET IN THE UNITED STATES? my home state of lotte is easy from anywhere in the coun- 11 YOUTH CRICKET North Carolina as try or world, garnering its nickname the A BIT OF GOOGLY IN TUSTIN well as the states “International Gateway to the South”. of South Caro- 25 WOMEN’S CRICKET lina, Virginia and More than 55 percent of the country’s ENGLAND WOMEN HEAD TO SHENLEY Georgia in the population lives within a two hour flight name of cricket. It was amazing to me of Charlotte, North Carolina and 6 mil- 27 PHYSICAL FITNESS that in my 20 year absence cricket is lion people live within a 100-mile radius. INTEGRATED CARDIO-RESPIRATORY TRAINING being played as much as it is in all of Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, these areas. the national hub of US Airways, carries INTERNATIONAL CRICKET on average more than 500 flights a day 20 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TEAM PRESENTED WITH We feature several articles and pho- and has more flights per capita than any EXQUISITE STANFORD 20/20 CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS tos on the Charlotte area and thanks other airport in the nation. to VisitCharlotte.com we secured the 30 STANFORD SUPERSTARS COMMENCE beautiful shot of downtown Charlotte Close to home cricket is being played at TRAINING CAMP and a few facts in case you’re not fa- the Gastonia Lakhany Cricket Grounds miliar with the area. and Reedy Creek Park in Charlotte. SOUTH ASIAN CORNER Thanks to the Mid Atlantic Cricket 31 CRICKET GETS ITS CHAMPIONS TWENTY20 LEAGUE According to VisitCharlotte.com the Conference and the Memorial Weekend Charlotte region is composed of 16 Cricket Festival in Charlotte cricketers 32 TWENTY20 IS CRICKET counties, including two counties in and cricket fans are getting a taste of South Carolina, with the city of Char- cricket southern style. 33 COACHING lotte serving as the hub. Located in the PLAYING LEG SPIN heart of the Southeast, Charlotte lies Deborah Ally - Editor within the southern Piedmont of North [email protected] Carolina along the state’s border with 4 AMERICAN CRICKETER SUMMER ISSUE 2008 Scope Cover Story See the wood for the trees in North Carolina Cricket David Sentance Park, North Carolina State University and trees stood like sentinels at the bowlers Climax. end. Bowlers bowled from just one end on this converted soccer field made from In South Carolina’s capital there are a clearing in the woods. two teams at Columbia which play on a flex wicket. Robert Strauss, a chemical Onto the clearing marched the MOCC engineer from England attracted to the comprising all South Indian members David Sentance area by the rayon textile industry in who looked distinctly different but about 1960, recalled making five hundred mile the same age. Drive shots dominated the It was a cool 70 degrees with a little of trips to play cricket in Williamsburg long outfield grass though there was the the humidity characteristic of the region when playing for the local MCC against occasional tickle to leg. In what seemed when my trusty Victoria Cricket Club William and Mary College and the British a flash amid all the generous hospitality, (California) tour mate Martin Vann turned Commonwealth Cricket Club which the HOCC are all out for 155 in 33 overs. into Reedy Park in Mecklenburg County with its close affiliations to the British Runs were spread equally amongst the 11 15 miles outside Charlotte where he Embassy located in Washington DC, with no ducks for the newest team in the invited me to watch a match between the helped organize the Yorkshire County Mid Atlantic Cricket Conference. International Cricket Club (IOCC) and Cricket Club tour of the United States in Morrisville Cricket Club (MOCC). 1963 captained by Brian Close. After a short break the IOCC went into bat. Host teams are not required to serve Morrisville, home to the research triangle The historic connection of cricket in lunch in the MACC which keeps its team area in North Carolina, has attracted Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia dues to $350 a team. This frugal approach enough electrical engineers from South remains palpable despite the evolution to the game has helped it spread in the Indian to form the nucleus of three teams of baseball in the cockpit area of the Carolinas three centuries after Lieutenant since 1997.