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| Nickname(s) | Stars and Stripes | |||||||||
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| Association | USA Cricket | |||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Monank Patel | |||||||||
| Coach | Vacant | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member with ODI status (1965) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Americas | |||||||||
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| One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First ODI | v.  New Zealand at The Oval, London; September 10, 2004 | |||||||||
| Last ODI | v.  Nepal at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas; November 2, 2024 | |||||||||
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| World Cup Qualifier appearances | 9 (first in 1979) | |||||||||
| Best result | 7th (2001) | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v  United Arab Emirates at ICC Academy Ground, Dubai; March 15, 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Nepal at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas; October 20, 2024 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup appearances | 1 (first in 2024) | |||||||||
| Best result | Super 8 | |||||||||
| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 4 (first in 2010) | |||||||||
| Best result | 6th (2010) | |||||||||
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| As of November 2, 2024 | ||||||||||
The United States men's national cricket team is the team that represents the United States in international cricket. The team was formerly organized by the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA), which became an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1965.[6] In June 2017, the USACA was expelled by the ICC due to governance and financing issues, with the U.S. team being temporarily overseen by ICC Americas until a new sanctioning body was established.[7] In January 2019, associate membership was officially granted to USA Cricket.[8]
A U.S. representative team participated in the first international cricket match, played against Canada, in 1844. For a century and a half, the U.S. national team seldom played against other national teams. It played mostly against Canada (in the annual Auty Cup), or against visiting teams from other countries.
The United States made its international tournament debut at the 1979 ICC Trophy in England; it has since missed only two editions of the tournament (now known as the World Cup Qualifier). After winning the 2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge, the team qualified for the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, playing its first two One Day International (ODI) matches. In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the United States and other ICC members after January 1, 2019, have the T20I status.[9] The first T20I to be played by the United States was scheduled against the United Arab Emirates in March 2019.[10]
In the World Cricket League, the U.S. finished fourth in the 2019 Division Two tournament, losing a third place playoff to Papua New Guinea, a match which was designated as an ODI (and thus became the United States' third-ever ODI match, 15 years after their last). This fourth-place finish was sufficient to earn the country a place in 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, in which all the team's matches would carry ODI status. The team's first domestic ODI series began on September 13, 2019, hosting Papua New Guinea and Namibia.[11]
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "ODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "A brief history ..." ESPNcricinfo. May 18, 2005.
- ^ "USACA expelled by the ICC". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
- ^ "USA formally approved to rejoin ICC as Associate Member under USA Cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
- ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. April 26, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- ^ "USA name squad for first-ever T20I". International Cricket Council. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ "United States To Host First-Ever ODI On September 13". Ndtvsports.com. Retrieved September 15, 2019.