New Jersey Stallions (cricket)
The New Jersey Stallions are an American professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in Minor League Cricket (MiLC). The team is based in Somerset, New Jersey. It was formed in 2020 as part of 24 original teams to compete in Minor League Cricket.[1] The team is co-owned by businessmen Venu Palaparthi and Ravikumar Suri.[1]
| League | Minor League Cricket | |
|---|---|---|
| Conference | Eastern Division (Atlantic Conference) | |
| Personnel | ||
| Captain | Jasdeep Singh | |
| Owner | Venu Palaparthi | |
| Chief executive | Ravikumar Suri | |
| Team information | ||
| City | Somerset, New Jersey | |
| Colours | Purple, and Red. | |
| Founded | 2020 | |
| Home ground | Howe Athletic Complex, New Jersey | |
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The team's home ground is Howe Athletics Complex in Somerset.[2] Jasdeep Singh took the helm as captain, with ex-South African player Justin Dill the vice-captain.[3]
Americans Saiteja Mukkamala and Stephen Wiig lead the batting and bowling leaderboards for the team with 367 runs and 27 wickets.[4][5]
Franchise history edit
Background edit
Talks of an American Twenty20 league started in November 2018 just before USA Cricket became the new governing body of cricket in the United States.[6][7] In May 2021, USA Cricket announced they had accepted a bid by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) for a US$1 billion investment covering the league and other investments benefitting the U.S. national teams.[8]
In an Annual General Meeting on February 21, 2020, it was announced that USA Cricket was planning to launch Major League Cricket in 2021 and Minor League Cricket that summer,[9] but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[10] and due to the lack of high-quality cricket stadiums in the USA.[11] Major League Cricket was pushed to a summer-2023 launch[12] and Minor League Cricket was pushed back to July 31, 2021.[13]
USA Cricket CEO Iain Higgins also pointed out cities such as New York City, Houston and Los Angeles with a large cricket fanbase, and targeted them among others as launch cities for Minor League Cricket.[14]
Exhibition league edit
In July 2020, the player registration for the Minor League Cricket exhibition league began.[15] On August 15, 2020, USA Cricket announced the teams participating in the exhibition league matches, also listing the owners for each team.[16] The draft for the exhibition league began on August 22, 2020,[17] with the New Jersey Stallions releasing their squad on August 24.[18] Nikhil Dutta was later named as captain for the New Jersey Stallions in the exhibition league.[19]
2021 season edit
After the conclusion of the exhibition league, USA Cricket announced that they were planning to launch the inaugural season of Minor League Cricket in spring 2021.[20] Ahead of the official season, which was announced to kick off on July 31,[21] they announced Jasdeep Singh as captain and Justin Dill as vice-captain.[3]
In their first match of the season, they defeated the Morrisville Cardinals by 20 runs, and also defeated the Param Veers by 83 runs the following day.[22] They then went on to win against the Titans twice,[23][24] the Philadelphians,[25] the Hawks,[26] the Yorkers,[25] the Cavaliers twice,[24][27] and the Eagles twice.[23][28] They additionally lost against the Hawks,[26] the Yorkers,[23] the Galaxy,[29] and the Ft. Lauderdale Lions.[29] The Stallions topped the group, and qualified for the quarter-finals.[25]
In the quarterfinals, the Stallions swept the Cardinals 2-0 in a best-of-three series, thus qualifying them for the semifinals.[30] In the semifinals, the Stallions faced the Titans,[31] and defeated them by 5 wickets.[32] In the finals, the Silicon Valley Strikers beat the Stallions by 6 wickets in a thriller to take home the trophy.[33]
2022 season edit
Ahead of the 2022 season, Major League Cricket announced that the draft for that season would take place on May 12.[34]
Current squad edit
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| Hiren Patel | India | 16 September 1975 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2021 | Overseas |
| Preet Shah | United States | 20 January 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | |
| Rovman Powell | Jamaica | 23 July 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2021 | Overseas |
| Sachin Mylavarapu | Singapore | 21 June 1991 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2021 | Overseas |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Anirudh Immanuel | United States | 23 September 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 2021 | |
| Daniel Williams | England | 10 December 1981 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2021 | Overseas |
| Dominique Rikhi | United States | 20 March 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | |
| Jasdeep Singh | United States | 10 February 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | Captain |
| Jon-Ross Campbell | Jamaica | 9 July 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | Overseas |
| Justin Dill | South Africa | 10 December 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | Overseas vice-captain |
| Karan Patel | India | 30 September 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | Overseas |
| Laxman Nyamagouda | United States | 19 August 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | |
| Raymond Ramrattan | United States | 10 July 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break googly | 2021 | |
| Ritvik Bansal | United States | 8 December 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | |
| Stephen Wiig | United States | 11 February 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2021 | |
| Varun Mantha | United States | 29 June 2004 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium fast | 2021 | |
| Viraj Desai | United States | 25 January 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Saiteja Mukkamalla | United States | 9 April 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | |
See also edit
References edit
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- ^ "Minor League Cricket Draft results with 15 Squads Selected". USA Cricket. August 24, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
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