Chicago Tigers (cricket)

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Chicago Tigers
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League Minor League Cricket
ConferenceCentral Division (Pacific Conference)
Personnel
Captain Calvin Savage
OwnerRaiders Unlimited
Chief executiveVishal Shah
Team information
City Chicago, Illinois
Colours  Orange, and   Black.
Founded2022;3 years ago (2022)
Home ground Hanover Park
Capacity2,000
History
Notable players
Official website chicagotigerscricket.com
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The Chicago Tigers are an American professional Twenty20 cricket team based in the Chicago metropolitan area that competes in Minor League Cricket (MiLC). It was formed in 2022 as part of 3 new teams to play in the 2022 Minor League Cricket season. [1] The franchise is owned by Raiders Unlimited. [2]

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The team's home ground is Hanover Park, located near Chicago. [3] Ex-South African cricketers Calvin Savage and Marques Ackerman helm captaincy and vice-captaincy duties respectively. [4] [5]

Saad Ali and Sami Sohail currently top the bowling and batting leaderboards with 405 runs and 22 wickets respectively. [6] [7]

Franchise history

Background

Talks of an American Twenty20 league formed in November 2018, before USA Cricket became the new governing body of cricket in the United States. [8] [9] In May 2021, USA Cricket announced that they had accepted a bid by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) for a US$1 billion investment covering the league and other investments benefiting the U.S. national teams. [10]

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, [11] but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic [12] and due to the lack of high-quality cricket stadiums in the USA. [13] Major League Cricket was pushed to a summer-2023 launch [14] and Minor League Cricket was pushed back to July 31, 2021. [15]

In 2020, MLC launched the Chicago Catchers, the predecessor cricket team to the Chicago Tigers. The Catchers performed poorly during the inaugural season of Minor League Cricket, which thus forced MLC to terminate the Catchers after the season ended amid internal issues within the franchise. [16] [17]

Following the termination of the Catchers, MLC announced the formation of the Tigers in May 2022, ahead of the 2022 Minor League Cricket season draft. [17] It was later announced that the Tigers was owned by Raiders Unlimited, which was owned by sports enthusiast and business entrepreneur Vishal Shah. [2]

2022 season

Ahead of the 2022 season, Major League Cricket announced that the draft for that season would take place on May 12. [18] Ahead of the official season, it was announced that Calvin Savage and Marques Ackerman would helm captaincy and vice-captaincy duties throughout the season. [4] [5]

Throughout the season, the Tigers lost to the Strikers and Lashings once, [19] won once and lost once against the Athletics, Mustangs, and Americans, [20] won once against the Surf Riders, and won twice against the Blasters. [20] The Tigers finished second in their group, and advanced to the quarter-finals, wherein they lost to the Strikers 2-1 in a best-of-three series. [21]

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerInningsRuns
Saad Ali 13405
Marques Ackerman 16316
Karan Kumar13297
Calvin Savage 13272
Charan Sai Teja12209

Source: CricClubs, Last updated: 9 January 2023

Most wickets

PlayerMatchesWickets
Sami Sohail 1622
Calvin Savage 1317
Ranadeep Aleti1615
Pruthvish Patel1614
Deepchand Pinnaka77

Source: CricClubs, Last updated: 9 January 2023

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dutt, Ela (May 9, 2022). "2022 Minor League Cricket Championship Announced". News India Times. The Times of India . Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Chicago Tigers Announce Expanded Ownership Group". Minor League Cricket . Major League Cricket. August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  3. ↑ Dunmore, Tom (June 24, 2022). "Grounds Guide: Attending Minor League Matches". Major League Cricket . Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Former Dolphins, Cobras All-Rounder Calvin Savage Joins Chicago Tigers". ClubCricketSA. May 21, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Marques Ackerman Joins Calvin Savage At Chicago Tigers In USA". ClubCricketSA. June 26, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Chicago Tigers - Batting (2022)". CricClubs. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Chicago Tigers - Bowling (2022)". CricClubs. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  8. ↑ Penna, Peter Della (January 8, 2019). "USA formally approved to rejoin ICC as Associate Member under USA Cricket". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  9. ↑ Penna, Peter Della (November 27, 2018). "USA plan to launch their T20 League in 2021". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  10. ↑ "USA Cricket Chooses Partner to Fund and Develop U.S.-Based Professional T20 Cricket League". USA Cricket . May 23, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  11. ↑ "USA Cricket Board Meeting February 2020". USA Cricket . February 27, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  12. ↑ "USA Cricket re-evaluating Major League Cricket debut timing due to Covid-19 concerns". SportBusiness. August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  13. ↑ "American Major League Cricket tournament launch pushed to 2023 at Annual General Meeting". Inside the Games . May 24, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  14. ↑ Penna, Peter Della (May 21, 2021). "USA's MLC T20 tournament pushed back to 2023 at AGM". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  15. ↑ Penna, Peter Della (July 30, 2021). "Minor League Cricket: T20 league in USA kicks off with Sami Aslam, Corey Anderson in the mix". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  16. ↑ Brache, Laura (June 24, 2022). "Cricket season is here, and NC's only professional team has changed. What to know". The News & Observer . Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  17. 1 2 Shah, Premkumar (May 10, 2022). "Title and presenting partners announced for 2022 Minor League Cricket Championship". News India Times. The Times of India . Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Title and Presenting Partners Announced for 2022 Minor League Cricket Championship". Minor League Cricket . Major League Cricket. May 5, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Minor League Cricket Week 2: Shehan Jayasuriya Dazzles With Twin Hundreds". Nation World News. July 6, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  20. 1 2 Patel, Smit (July 12, 2022). "Minor League Cricket Week 3 Wrap: Silicon Valley Striker juggernaut rolls on". Cricbuzz . Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  21. ↑ Nielson, Tom (August 24, 2022). "MiLC Pacific Conference Final Preview". Major League Cricket . Retrieved January 9, 2023.
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