[BYU 14]

Cricket is as obscure a sport as it gets in the USA and not that I will be able to change that, but I at least hope to make people realize the sport is played here and not just in India, England, Pakistan, Australia, etc. Team USA will play in the World Cricket league 3, which is the 4th tier down (7 tiers total) under Championship and divisions 1 and 2. Other countries in our league are Italy, Oman, Tanzania, Nepal and Denmark, which tells you just how bad of shape USA Cricket is in.

First up I select the 16 member national team out of 51 hopefuls, most of which are naturalized US citizens from Cricket hotbeds, who aren’t good enough to play national or domestic Cricket in their home countries.

Meet the team
First 11 (Name, position, birth country, age)
Steven Taylor – Wicket keeper, USA, 19: Our young captain is our most skilled batsman rated 48
Steve Massiah – Mid/cover, West Indies, 33: Overall rated 37 batter
Aditya Mishra – Slip/Bowler, India, 31: Overall rated 36 batter, bowling spinner, nothing special
Rashard Marshall – Utility, USA, 30: Overall rated 38 batter, power potential
Orlando Baker – Utility/Wicket keeper, USA, 33: Overall rated 38 batter, defensive liability
Barrington Bartley – Slip/Bowler, West Indies, 32: Overall rated 36 batter and 35 as a slow bowler
Timroy Allen – Boundary/Bowler, West Indies, 26: Overall rated 35 batter, fast bowler rated 35
Ryan Corns – Mid/covers/Bowler, South Africa, 22: Overall rated 34 as both a batter and slow bowler
Neil McGarrell – Mid/covers/Bowler, West Indies, 40: Rated 32 as a batter, but 43 as a slow bowler
Elmore Hutchinson – Boundary/Bowler, West Indies: Rated 25 as a batter, 40 fast bowler
Muhammad Ghous – Bowler, Pakistan, 22: Horrible batter at 18, best bowler 42 rated spinner

Reserves
Akeem Dodson – Wicket Keeper, USA, 25: Batter 33
Andy Mohammed – Utility, West Indies, 22: Batter 31
Timothy Surujbally – Boundary/Bowler, West Indies, 28: Batter 32, Spin Bowler 25
Imran Awan – Boundary/Bowler, USA, 33: Batter16, Fast Bowler 34
Danial Ahmed – Boundary/Bowler, Pakistan, 28: Batter 14, Slow Bowler 37

First order of business is a 2 match twenty20 tour of Ireland, a division 1 side. We will get mauled, but it will let me see what I have and get us some experience heading into our league play.