Move over APL, here comes the USAPL

The American Premier League seems to have run into difficulties (and not just because of its shocking website), but any American-based Twenty20 fans need not despair, for the USACA (the USA Cricket Association, the official body in the States which is affiliated to the ICC) has put out a Request for Proposals from interested parties [...]

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American Premier League update

It seems a slightly amateurish website hasn’t hindered the fledgling American Premier League from attracting players. Although the ICC has deemed the competition ‘unauthorised’ and the ECB has discouraged county players from taking part, the likes of Astle, Gillespie, Hick and Hollioake. Whether or not October in New York will be a little too cold [...]

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An American Premier League?

Inzamam ul-Haq could be amongst a host of Lahore Badshahs players about to take a bite of the Big Apple (or rather the big APL) as Jay Mir of the American Sports & Entertainment Group (me neither) plans an ‘American Premier League‘ Twenty20 tournament based at a converted baseball field in New York. The last [...]

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