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Bart King
Thu, August 15 2019
History of cricket in the USA: The empire’s favourite sport was once in its biggest colony
Since it predates baseball, cricket was once the national game of the United States of America.
Wed, August 02 2017
Making (Cricket in) America Great Again – Part 2: Building a sustainable future
USA is producing some excellent Under-19 cricketers. Last month they narrowly lost out to Canada for a place in the Under-19 World Cup to be held in 2019.
Wed, August 02 2017
Making (Cricket in) America Great Again, Part 1 or 2: Glorious past to uncertain future
Since 2005, one controversy after another rocked the sport in the USA, with USACA being suspended from the ICC in 2005 and then again in 2015, before finally being expelled in 2017.
Thu, July 13 2017
Alphabetical XI Appendix: The small-sample Side
CricketCountry Historian Arunabha Sengupta has now formed a XI out of the men who were dropped from Alphabetical XI because they did not play too many Test matches.
Wed, October 19 2016
Bart King: 16 facts about the greatest cricketer from USA
Don Bradman called Bart King “America’s greatest cricketing son.”
Fri, July 03 2015
Can America be the ‘Land of Opportunity’ for cricket?
Will the ‘Gentleman’s Game’ finally be embraced by the baseball-loving Americans?
Tue, June 28 2016
Bart King: American cricketing great, one of the best fast bowlers of all time
Representing Philadelphia, the legendary Bart King scalped an incredible 415 wickets in just 65 matches in First-Class cricket.
Mon, April 25 2016
A Shakespearean XI: Cricketers who share names with the Bard’s creations
A list of cricketers who shared names with William Shakespeare's creations.