Stars, Stripes and Stumps

Cricket is not alien to thankless jobs

Perhaps the player one learnt the most from at the National championship was former West Indies Test cricketer Neil McGarrell, the captain of the Atlantic Region

I often sit in front of my computer, watching the cricket streaming over the internet and wonder whom these players would be equivalent to, in American sports

It’s hard not to think that when Warney retired from Test cricket, the spirit of Australia’s team left with him

It would seem natural, that when those observers arrive on the US shores, they pounce on the chance to drive the seasoned ball to the boundary or grab the opportunity to swing it away from the batsmen

There are several advantages and disadvantages to playing cricket in Seattle

By Gregory Uzelac

It was recently reported that a deal between Neo Cricket and Comcast means that cricket will now be available on cable in the USA

Every now and then, I get an e-mail from someone asking me to write an article about their club

The cricket season in the Northern half of the Eastern sea board is wrapping up for the decade

In Chicago in early 2002, some members of the Midwest Cricket Conference decided that one 40-over game per week, on either Saturday or Sunday, wasn't sufficient cricket

Two weeks ago, my blogging colleague Samarth Shah dedicated a post to the Woodley fields in Los Angeles

It is said that wicketkeeping and umpiring are the most thankless tasks in cricket

The other day, my wife and I were tolerating the latest shock from the Transformers trilogy within the comfort of our living room, when it struck me

It strikes me as odd that the US National Championships, which should be the pinnacle of the season, are held six to seven weeks after the regular season has ended in most local leagues in the US

The incident triggered some memories for me as I thought about the times I’ve been on a field when an injury has occurred and how people reacted

Much like my childhood, my current existence in New York is largely spent wondering why the mere existence of three professional indoor-cricket nets within a 50-mile radius is not enough for my cricket buddies to plan their life around net sessions

I first played at Woodley Park in 2001, when I was working as a summer intern programmer in a suburb of Los Angeles

People often ask me why I show up to cover cricket matches wearing a kangaroo skin Outback hat