The Advocate reported that a children's league was launched in Stamford, CT.  

In Stamford, Kiani joined adult leagues, but it
was only recently — when the city installed an artificial turf field
marked for cricket in Lione Park — that he decided to establish a
children's league for his son and others in the community.

"I saw that Stamford made a nice field, so I said, 'Why not take advantage of it?' " Kiani said.

Shortly after the city opened the new field in June, Kiani and his friends founded the Stamford

Islamic Center Cricket League. 

Members
of the Stamford Freedom and Stamford Warriors youth cricket teams pose
on the cricket pitch in Lione Park in Stamford on Saturday. (Chris
Preovolos/Staff photo)

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Jacqueline Tsai of Annenberg TV News shot a documentary on cricket recently and wrote an article to go with it.  Have a read!   And give this crisp documentary a view!

Cricket is almost a borderline obsession for many people who play it.
Tarun Sandhu, the vice-captain of the team, said some of the USC
players have skipped tests in order to prepare for a match over the
weekend.  David Stoll stopped flying his plane because of cricket.

The Article: http://www.atvn.org/closeup/index.php/full_text/cricket_more_than_just_a_game/

The Video: http://www.atvn.org/closeup/index.php/pageone/jacquelinetsai/project1/

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In an article that appeared in the Associated Press of Pakistan website, Nabeel Ahmed is quoted as saying:

PCB is always looking for neutral
venues for their series with other countries, I think it is in the best
interest of PCB to develop a relationship with USACA more that any
other full member board. PCB had an opportunity to bring Pakistan New
Zealand series to USA. However,in future USACA will welcome to hold
such international events."

Nabeel Ahmed also told APP that USACA is keen to "to seek technical
support from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and other test playing
countries boards to evolve a system to establish its cricket under a
solid base at various levels to eventually attain test status."

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Well, not exactly.  But it made the online edition of the Wall Street Journal when Amar Shah wrote about how "cricket is quickly becoming an American sport."   Amar says he knows of "American-born kids who can simultaneously tell you Derek Jeter's batting average and Sachin Tendulkar's run rate. They, of course, prefer Tendulkar."

Read the full article here.   If that doesn't work, cut and paste the attached link and you will get to the article one way or the other.

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A man who tried to rob a Bee Gee's gas station and store in Bay Minette (Alabama) this weekend with a toy gun was run off by a worker wielding a cricket bat, Baldwin County investigators said. 

"After noticing that the suspect's gun had an orange tip at the end of the barrel, the employee grabbed a cricket bat and the suspect … fled the store without getting any money," Gaull said in a written statement.

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USA's Car and Driver compares the Jaguar 510 horse power XFR to a Jamaican fast bowler.

"On the surface, its elegant and refined. Yet it also has 510 horsepower capable of tearing the tail loose at a twitch of the stability-control button. Its a lugubrious Jamaican fast bowler whos your best friend until he takes to the field and tries to knock your head off."

"..under this veneer of gentility, cricket is a vicious game in which bowlers (theyre called pitchers in baseball) try to maim batsmen with 5.5-ounce balls made of compressed leather and cork and wool that are hurled at up to 90 mph."

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Click on image below to see Americans Romeno and Cameron show off their skills  at DreamCricket indoor nets.

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