The United States National Cricket Team

Cricket is the second most popular sport in the world. However, in the United States we are far from that statistic. It seems recently there has been a growing popularity of cricket, especially at the youth and college level, which is promising. Yet still, we are going to need some star players at the professional level to help get us to that goal, I'd like to discuss the United States Cricket National Team and a few key players.

The present United States cricket team consists of the following players; Steve Massiah, Aditya Mishra, Sudesh Dhaniram, Glen Hall, Rashard Marshall, Lennox Cush, Sushil Nadkarni, Aditya Thyagarajan, Carl Wright, Timroy Allen, Orlando Baker, Kevin Darlington, Imran Awan, Usman Shuja, and Saurabh Verma. The most recent squad played in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 qualifier. In that tournament there were eight teams competing. In that tournament the United States only won one match, against Scotland. Carl Da Costa Wright was the top player of the match with 62 runs.

The current US team captain is Steve Massiah. He has been playing for the United States since 2000 and has an impressive record. His One Day International (or ODI) batting average is 11.5 and his first class cricket batting average is 40. In List A cricket he has a bowling average of 20.37 and over 500 runs. We look forward to seeing what the future holds for this star.

Another key player is Lennox Cush. Cush made his first United States appearance in 2006 in the ICC Americas championship. He has a decent batting average for all forms of cricket and has over 1200 runs scored in First class cricket. In Twenty20 cricket he has below a 20 bowling average. We expect great things from him in the next 2 to 5 years for team USA.

The next player I want to discuss is Orlando Baker. Baker is the newest member of the team. He joined United States Cricket in 2008 where he debut his career as the second highest run scorer in the tournament. I think there's a bright future for United States cricketing for Baker.

The United States has a long way to go to start making cricket headlines. However, I think we have started a new upward trend to hopefully winning some International tournaments and reviving the sport. Hopefully these three players and their predecessors can help bring that dream to fruition.

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