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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:15 pm 
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Was not aware of the burgeoning Cricket scene in the USA

Election dispute forces U.S. out of tourney
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LONDON -- The United States was tossed out of an international cricket tournament after an election dispute left the Americans unable to decide on a team.

The International Cricket Council on Monday replaced the United States with the Cayman Islands in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

The action follows a March election at the U.S. Amateur Cricket Association in which two factions claimed leadership.

"We are not able to wait any longer, as it is necessary to finalize details of the competing teams," ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said.

Regional qualifying in the Intercontinental Cup is Aug. 27-Sept. 2 in Toronto. The winner of a series featuring Bermuda, Canada and the Cayman Islands advances to the semifinals and final beginning Oct. 23 in Namibia.

The tournament is for countries just below the level of the world's 10 test-playing nations, led by Australia, England, India, Pakistan and South Africa.

In a letter to the USACA, Speed wrote: "The ICC has been extremely patient in seeking to enable the two parties to agree on a team. It is very disappointing for all concerned that you have not been able to agree on the final composition of the team."

The USACA says about 10,000 players -- primarily expatriates from south Asia and the Caribbean -- compete in weekend games in the United States, mostly in California, Florida and around East Coast cities.

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anything less. maybe we've taken up cricket because baseball got un-olympicized?


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HaqDiesel Wrote:
anything less. maybe we've taken up cricket because baseball got un-olympicized?


doubt it; the whole thing was tongue in cheek

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[guess]The are probably mostly immigrants from the commonwealth who have nationalized (word choice?).[/guess]


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[guess]The are probably mostly immigrants from the commonwealth who have nationalized (word choice?).[/guess]

Read the last paragraph of the article.


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doppelganger hoochie-mama Wrote:
Read the last paragraph of the article.

I HAVE NO TIME FOR THIS!!!!


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10,000 out of about 300 million. Whooopdeedooooo. There's probabaly that many competitive croquet players. Yes, they exist. I'm not one, but I scoffed at one at a party once.


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Yeah but cricket is big in many other countries, and croquet isn't


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anything else, would be uncivilised



the funny thing is, in actuality cricket players are the biggest derro's in all of sports.


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