I just read that should America become joint host with the West Indies in 2007, they are lilkly to play as well, but the really good part is this, guess where the games would be played.... Disney World.. Cricket's biggest event and we are all going to play in a theme park! :rolleyes:
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West Indies 2007 WC
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Rik
Cricketer Of The Year
All the fun of the fair there! (Forgetting of course that Disney World has no facilities for a cricket match)
Krkode, that might interist you! Also it might interist some of the Pakistanis, last time they came over they all went on a visit to the Blackpool Pleasure Beach and it had quite an effect, they came back and convincingly beat England in the 2nd Test...
Krkode, that might interist you! Also it might interist some of the Pakistanis, last time they came over they all went on a visit to the Blackpool Pleasure Beach and it had quite an effect, they came back and convincingly beat England in the 2nd Test...
V Reddy
International Debutant
Just started a thread on this one at Cricket Chat before i noticed this. I think it is a very very good move. I don't there will be a problem of match attendence as most Indians live in USA outside India than any other country and many Pakis and Banglas also. At first mostly the immigrants will see it but as time goes on the game will grow slowly. Also krkode , you said you hoped to play for USA then you better start playing for Clubs. Also read that USA ranked 15th and were 5th in the ICC trophy behind Holland,Namibia,Canada and Scotland. It may also be a 16 team WC with it divided into 4 groups as i heard Bacher advocating it.
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V Reddy
International Debutant
As you wish Rik. It was an article in BBC Sport couple of days back.
Cricket's next hot spot?
By Matt Majendie
BBC Sport
Cricket is making an impact in America
When the football World Cup was awarded to the United States in 1994, more than a few eyebrows were raised across the globe.
Football always has and still does hold a subsidiary place in the hearts of the sport-loving public of the USA.
Stranger still is the notion that America could host cricket matches in the 2007 World Cup.
USA in line for cricket World Cup
But delving deeper into cricket in the country - which is ranked 16th in the world by the ICC - makes it less unnatural.
The game across the Atlantic is steeped in a far lengthier history than some of the leading cricketing nations.
Settlers from England introduced the game to the country in the early 17th century, with John Adams, one of the country's founding fathers, said to be a keen cricketer.
Interest remained without totally taking root for the next two centuries, climaxing in arguably the country's greatest ever cricketing victory on 5 January 1888, when they toppled 2007 Cup hosts the West Indies.
Facts on American cricket
1. Founding father John Adams was one of the country's first cricketers
2. US team member Nezam Hafiz died in the 11 September atrocities
3. Disney World could host 2007 World Cup matches
4. America's greatest win was against the West Indies in 1888
5. America has only four real cricket pitches
But, as other cricket-playing nations moved toward being professional, US sides either remained amateur or were disbanded altogether.
The sport remains very much amateur to this day but is steadily spreading, with all the states playing the game.
And America's cricketing hot spots are said to be New York, New Jersey, California, Florida, Chicago and Texas.
In total there are 29 established leagues, 500 clubs and 10,000 players in America.
And cricket administrators are confident it is expanding all the time.
American authorities are working closely with the International Cricket Council to spread the game still further, with immigrants increasingly making up the majority of cricketers.
In their official mission statement, the United States of America Cricket Association said: "To promote the game of cricket at all levels in the US, develop national teams that will be competitive and succesful in international competitions and to become the symbol of excellence in sports throughout the world."
Test ambition
On recent form, America seem good enough to match the current World Cup minnows.
En route to winning the American Championships last year, they beat Canada by three wickets and the Canadians - notably John Davison - have recently impressed at the World Cup.
But the Americans are still a long way from ever being considered for Test status.
While there are 200 cricket wickets across the 52 states, most are matting or astro-turf and only four - all in California - are real grass.
Aside from spreading interest in the game at school level, the goals for the Americans are shorter term.
Over the next two years, USACA president-elect Ehsan Mani has targeted victory in the ICC World Series competition in 2004 and the ICC Trophy in 2005.
Longer term, the goal is simple - to qualify for the 2007 World Cup, especially as potential co-hosts.
Cricket's next hot spot?
By Matt Majendie
BBC Sport
Cricket is making an impact in America
When the football World Cup was awarded to the United States in 1994, more than a few eyebrows were raised across the globe.
Football always has and still does hold a subsidiary place in the hearts of the sport-loving public of the USA.
Stranger still is the notion that America could host cricket matches in the 2007 World Cup.
USA in line for cricket World Cup
But delving deeper into cricket in the country - which is ranked 16th in the world by the ICC - makes it less unnatural.
The game across the Atlantic is steeped in a far lengthier history than some of the leading cricketing nations.
Settlers from England introduced the game to the country in the early 17th century, with John Adams, one of the country's founding fathers, said to be a keen cricketer.
Interest remained without totally taking root for the next two centuries, climaxing in arguably the country's greatest ever cricketing victory on 5 January 1888, when they toppled 2007 Cup hosts the West Indies.
Facts on American cricket
1. Founding father John Adams was one of the country's first cricketers
2. US team member Nezam Hafiz died in the 11 September atrocities
3. Disney World could host 2007 World Cup matches
4. America's greatest win was against the West Indies in 1888
5. America has only four real cricket pitches
But, as other cricket-playing nations moved toward being professional, US sides either remained amateur or were disbanded altogether.
The sport remains very much amateur to this day but is steadily spreading, with all the states playing the game.
And America's cricketing hot spots are said to be New York, New Jersey, California, Florida, Chicago and Texas.
In total there are 29 established leagues, 500 clubs and 10,000 players in America.
And cricket administrators are confident it is expanding all the time.
American authorities are working closely with the International Cricket Council to spread the game still further, with immigrants increasingly making up the majority of cricketers.
In their official mission statement, the United States of America Cricket Association said: "To promote the game of cricket at all levels in the US, develop national teams that will be competitive and succesful in international competitions and to become the symbol of excellence in sports throughout the world."
Test ambition
On recent form, America seem good enough to match the current World Cup minnows.
En route to winning the American Championships last year, they beat Canada by three wickets and the Canadians - notably John Davison - have recently impressed at the World Cup.
But the Americans are still a long way from ever being considered for Test status.
While there are 200 cricket wickets across the 52 states, most are matting or astro-turf and only four - all in California - are real grass.
Aside from spreading interest in the game at school level, the goals for the Americans are shorter term.
Over the next two years, USACA president-elect Ehsan Mani has targeted victory in the ICC World Series competition in 2004 and the ICC Trophy in 2005.
Longer term, the goal is simple - to qualify for the 2007 World Cup, especially as potential co-hosts.
That maybe so, but In your opinion isn't that asking a bit much for teams to have to travel to the furthest possible area of the USA from their bases in the West Indies for a one off game, that's why they was talking about Disney World area, as it's about the closest point to the West Indies.krkode said:
Neil Pickup
Cricket Web Moderator
They can easily get a ground built by 2007!
Anyway, I think I'm right in saying that the USA captain is SFAF Bacchus, ex-West Indies, and he's about 50.
Right, let's see, the Top 16 in 2007
Seed 1
Australia
India
South Africa
England (OK, I'm optimistic, but it makes no difference to this)
Seed 2
New Zealand
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
West Indies (basically all the top Test sides in the top 2 pools)
Seed 3
Kenya
Zimbabwe
Bangladesh
Holland
Seed 4
Canada
Namibia
Scotland
Nepal
I know it's a wild one, but wait and see...
Could be interesting.
Anyway, I think I'm right in saying that the USA captain is SFAF Bacchus, ex-West Indies, and he's about 50.
Right, let's see, the Top 16 in 2007
Seed 1
Australia
India
South Africa
England (OK, I'm optimistic, but it makes no difference to this)
Seed 2
New Zealand
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
West Indies (basically all the top Test sides in the top 2 pools)
Seed 3
Kenya
Zimbabwe
Bangladesh
Holland
Seed 4
Canada
Namibia
Scotland
Nepal
I know it's a wild one, but wait and see...Could be interesting.
Mr Mxyzptlk
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Ummm...funding. Right now the WICB is in a massive debt!Neil Pickup said:
Bazza
International 12th Man
I have heard people suggesting Canada would be a better 'joint' host, and lets face it, they just played in their second world cup and would appear very likely at this stage to play in the next one also, unlike USA. Plus they already have 4 I think real pitches leftover from the ICC Trophy 2001.
krkode
State Captain
yeah, Canada has a ground at Toronto, which has hosted quite a few international games.
But then again, going back to what Rich said, it would be silly to move them all the way to the pacific for a couple of games when the major part of the world cup takes place in the West Indies.
Toronto is near the Pacific, right? :P
But then again, going back to what Rich said, it would be silly to move them all the way to the pacific for a couple of games when the major part of the world cup takes place in the West Indies.
Toronto is near the Pacific, right? :P