Different forms of cricket......

Here's an article I wrote about a few of the different forms of cricket............
http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Are-the-Different-Forms-of-Cricket?&id=6681479

3rd Edition T20 US Cricket open

In just 26 days.......Who else can't wait for this event?  Here's the details:


Starts on December First at different locales in South Florida (Lauderhill, Broward, Sunrise and Miramar). 

Semifinals will be on Sunday, December 4th. 

There will be live coverage of the event on CMC/Caribvision as well as streamed on the web. 
I will update information as I receive more:)

Top 3 reasons to add cricket to your list of hobbies.....

Number 1 -  It's the 2nd most popular sport in the world!
Number 2 - There are so many different types of cricket, there has to be 1 for you!
and Number 3 - Cricket is the only sport that can last for 5 days......why rush a good thing?

 

 

US Women's Cricket Team.....

In November, the women's US team will play in the World Cup Qualifiers.......

Here's their schedule (per USACA website) http://www.usaca.org/fixtures/International.html

We will be following the team and there scores here on The Cricket Spot Blog!


Women's Bangladesh Tour Schedule

Tue, Nov 15, 2011		USA	vs		South Africa
Thu, Nov 17, 2011		USA	vs		Netherlands
Fri, Nov 18, 2011		USA	vs		Zimbabwe
Sun, Nov 20, 2011		Sri Lanka	vs		USA

Cricket for Dummies

For anyone who is a cricket fan but not 100% sure about the game I found this great site http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/cricket-for-dummies-cheat-sheet.html

To start here is a field position guide from the site

Fielding Positions in the Game of Cricket

Don’t know your deep fine leg from your silly mid off? Never fear. This diagram shows you all the commonly used fielding positions in cricket. The figure assumes that a right-handed batsman is standing at the opposite end of the pitch from the bowler.

Biggest 6 ever hit youtube video

Wow -- In case you want to revisit this  http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=Ci7QiTLY54s