New England Eagles Explained

New England Eagles
League:Minor League Cricket
Conference:Eastern Division (Atlantic Conference)
Colours: Purple, and Red.
Captain:Assad Fudadin
City:Boston
Ground:Keney Park Cricket Field, Hartford
T Title:T20 kit
T Pattern La:_blueborder
T Pattern Ra:_blueborder
T Leftarm:FF0000
T Rightarm:FF0000

The New England Eagles are an American professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in Minor League Cricket (MiLC). The team is based in Boston. It was formed in 2020 as part of 24 original teams to compete in Minor League Cricket.[1]

The team's home ground is Keney Park, Hartford, CT.[2] Assad Fudadin took the helm as captain.[3]

Franchise history

Background

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.[4] [5] 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.[6]

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,[7] but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8] and due to the lack of high-quality cricket stadiums in the USA.[9] Major League Cricket was pushed to a summer-2023 launch[10] and Minor League Cricket was pushed back to July 31, 2021.[11]

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.[12]

Exhibition league

In July 2020, the player registration for the Minor League Cricket exhibition league began.[13] On August 15, 2020, USA Cricket announced the teams participating in the exhibition league matches, also listing the owners for each team.[14] The draft for the exhibition league began on August 22, 2020,[15] with the New England Eagles releasing their squad on August 24.[16] TBA was later named as captain for the New England Eagles in the exhibition league.[17]

2021 season

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.[18] Ahead of the official season, which was announced to kick off on July 31,[19] they announced Assad Fudadin as captain and Justin Dill as vice-captain.

2022 season

Ahead of the 2022 season, Major League Cricket announced that the draft for that season would take place on May 12.[20]

Current squad

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minor League Cricket Announces Franchise Owners and Draft Update . . 15 August 2020 . 8 March 2022.
  2. Web site: Minor League Division Preview Series - Eastern . . . 27 July 2021 . 9 March 2022.
  3. Web site: Minor League Cricket announces teams and owners list, draft on August 22, exhibition games tentative . Nate . Hays . 18 August 2020 . Emerging Cricket . 9 March 2022.
  4. Web site: USA formally approved to rejoin ICC as Associate Member under USA Cricket . Peter Della . Penna . . 8 January 2019 . 9 March 2022.
  5. Web site: USA plan to launch their T20 League in 2021 . Peter Della . Penna . 27 November 2018 . . 9 March 2022.
  6. Web site: USA Cricket Chooses Partner to Fund and Develop U.S.-Based Professional T20 Cricket League . . 23 May 2019 . 9 March 2022.
  7. Web site: USA Cricket Board Meeting February 2020 . . 27 February 2020 . 9 March 2022.
  8. Web site: USA Cricket re-evaluating Major League Cricket debut timing due to Covid-19 concerns . SportBusiness . 2 August 2021 . 9 March 2022.
  9. Web site: American Major League Cricket tournament launch pushed to 2023 at Annual General Meeting . . 24 May 2021 . 9 March 2022.
  10. Web site: USA's MLC T20 tournament pushed back to 2023 at AGM . Peter Della . Penna . 21 May 2021 . . 9 March 2022.
  11. Web site: Minor League Cricket: T20 league in USA kicks off with Sami Aslam, Corey Anderson in the mix . Peter Della . Penna . 30 July 2021 . . 9 March 2022.
  12. Web site: New York, Boston, Chicago, LA among 22 targeted launch cities for USA T20 competition . Peter Della . Penna . 27 February 2020 . . 9 March 2022.
  13. Web site: Minor League Cricket Announces Player Registration Opening . . 7 July 2020 . 9 March 2022.
  14. Web site: Minor League Cricket Announces Franchise Owners and Draft Update . . 15 August 2020 . 9 March 2022.
  15. Web site: Inaugural Minor League Cricket Draft to Take Place Today . . 22 August 2020 . 9 March 2022.
  16. Web site: Minor League Cricket Draft results with 15 Squads Selected . . 24 August 2020 . 9 March 2022.
  17. Web site: 17 of the 24 Squads Confirmed as Inaugural Minor League Cricket Draft is completed . . 2 September 2020 . 9 March 2022.
  18. Web site: USA Cricket Launches Foundational Plan . . 15 October 2020 . 9 March 2022.
  19. Web site: American Cricket History to be Made on Minor League Cricket Opening Weekend . . 29 July 2021 . . 9 March 2022.
  20. Web site: Title and Presenting Partners Announced for 2022 Minor League Cricket Championship . . . 5 May 2022 . 9 May 2022.

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