USA Cricket


USA Cricket is the governing body of cricket in the United States, as an Associate Member of the International Cricket Council.
USA Cricket operates all of the United States national representative cricket sides, including the United States national team, the United States women's national cricket team and youth sides as well.
The body was unveiled on September 24, 2017 as a proposed successor to the United States of America Cricket Association, which had been expelled from the ICC in June 2017 due to governance issues. It officially received ICC associate membership in January 2019.

History

In June 2017, the ICC voted to expel the USACA from the ICC, due to issues with governance of the sport in the United States, with control of the United States national team handed over to ICC Americas until a new board was formed.
On September 24, 2017, USA Cricket was announced as a new proposed sanctioning body, including a logo unveiled by Denver-based group Adrenalin. The new body stated that its goal was to help build popularity for the game among a "mainstream" audience, with project manager Eric Parthen describing it was a "fresh start" that would "celebrate the past and look to the future".
USA Cricket elected its first independent board in mid-2018. In November 2018, USA Cricket put out a request for proposals surrounding the establishment of a domestic Twenty20 league by 2021, with goals to "engage existing fans and grow new ones to support the bullish vision this Board has for cricket in the US", and "support the sustainable development of cricketing infrastructure across the United States". In January 2019, USA Cricket was officially approved by the ICC as its 105th associate member.
In May 2019, USA Cricket announced that it had accepted a bid by American Cricket Enterprises for a $1 billion investment in its proposed T20 league; ACE's partners include Satyan Gajwani and Vineet Jain of The Times Group, and Willow TV founders Sameer Mehta and Vijay Srinivasan. ACE will provide investments for the league, facilities, and support of the U.S. national teams.