United States national cricket team

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In January 2019, associate membership was officially granted to USA Cricket.<ref name="ESPN Cricinfo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In September 2025, the ICC re-suspended USA Cricket for violations of membership obligations.

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The first T20I to be played by the United States was scheduled against the United Arab Emirates in March 2019.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

History

Beginnings

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Cricket was played throughout the Thirteen Colonies during the period of British America in the early 18th century. Cricket further grew in the 18th century.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is understood from anecdotal evidence that George Washington was a strong supporter of cricket, participating on at least one occasion in a game of wicket with his troops at Valley Forge during the American Revolution.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> John Adams was recorded as saying in Congress that if leaders of cricket clubs could be called "presidents", there was no reason why the leader of the new nation could not be called the same.<ref>USA cricket history at cricinfo</ref>

In 1844, the United States participated in the first international cricket match. This was played against Canada at the St George's Cricket Club Ground, Bloomingdale Park, New York.<ref name='CricInfoArticle'>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This first international sporting event was attended by 20,000 people and established the longest international sporting rivalry in the modern era.<ref name='CricClub'>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Wagers of around $120,000 were placed on the outcome of the match. This is equivalent to around $1.5 million in 2007.<ref name='Canada Cricket'>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="harris">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Sides from England toured North America (taking in both the U.S. and Canada) following the English cricket seasons of 1859, 1868 and 1872. These were organized as purely commercial ventures. Most of the matches of these early touring teams were played "against odds", that is to say the home team was permitted to have more than eleven players (usually twenty-two) in order to make a more even contest.<ref>Alan Gibson, The Cricket Captains of England, The Pavilion Library, 1989, Template:ISBN, 4–7.</ref>

Decline

In spite of cricket's popularity in the 18th and early 19th centuries, the game was supplanted by baseball in the 1850s and 1860s. As interest in baseball rose, the rules of that game were changed slightly to increase its popularity. For example, easily manufactured round bats were introduced to contrast the flat bats of cricket.<ref name='Seattle Cricket'>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Another reason for cricket's decline in popularity may be that in the late 19th century American cricket remained an amateur sport reserved for the wealthy while England and Australia were developing a professional version of the game. As cricket standards improved with professionalism elsewhere in the world many North American cricket clubs stayed stubbornly elitist. Clubs such as Philadelphia CC and Merion abandoned cricket and converted their facilities to other sports.

By 1900, baseball was dominant numerically and culturally in the United States.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In addition, when the first international body for the sport, the Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC) was formed in 1909, membership was restricted to countries in the British Empire. This undercut the popularity of cricket outside the empire and reduced momentum to professionalize cricket in the United States. Whether a more open ICC would have maintained or increased the momentum remains an open question, however.<ref name="CricInfoArticle"/> Regardless of its cause, the game did not flourish in the United States the way it did in the British Empire. From the 1880s until the outbreak of World War I, cricket in the U.S. was dominated not by a truly national team, but by the amateur Philadelphia cricket team, which was selected from clubs in cricket's American stronghold – the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

A tour of North America by the Australians in 1913 saw two first-class games (both won by the tourists) against a combined Canada–U.S. team.{{#section:Canada national cricket team|canadausa}}<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>‌

Philadelphian cricket

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The Philadelphian cricket team, shown here on an 1884 tour of England, were the premier American cricket team for several decades after the Civil War

The Philadelphian cricket team was a team that represented Philadelphia in first-class cricket between 1878 and 1913. Even though the United States had played the first international cricket match against Canada in 1844, the sport began a slow decline in the country.<ref name='CricinfoArticle'>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This decline was furthered by the rise in popularity of baseball. In Philadelphia, however, the sport remained very popular and from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War I, the city produced a first class team that rivaled many kids in the world. The team was composed of players from the four chief cricket clubs in Philadelphia–Germantown, Merion, Belmont, and Philadelphia. Players from smaller clubs, such as Tioga and Moorestown, and local colleges, such as Haverford and Penn, also played for the Philadelphians. Over its 35 years, the team played in 89 first-class cricket matches. Of those, 29 were won, 46 were lost, 13 were drawn and one game was abandoned before completion.<ref>See summary of first-class matches here.</ref>

Arguably, the greatest American cricketer ever played for Philadelphia during this period. John Barton King was a very skilled batsman, but really proved his worth as a bowler. During his career, he set numerous records in North America and at least one first-class bowling record.<ref name='Rolfe'>Template:Cite book</ref> He competed with and succeeded against the best cricketers in the world from England and Australia. King was the dominant bowler on his team when it toured England in 1897, 1903, and 1908. He dismissed batsmen with his unique delivery, which he called "the angler", and helped to perfect swing bowling in the sport. Many of the great bowlers of today still use the strategies and techniques that he developed.<ref name='SABRUK'>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Sir Pelham Warner described Bart King as one of the finest bowlers of all time,<ref name='WisObit'>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Donald Bradman called him "America's greatest cricketing son."<ref name='TheDon'>Template:Cite book</ref>

On June 28, 1913, the Philadelphians played the last first-class game on the mainland for more than 90 years. Games were played in the US Virgin Islands in the interim, which is considered as part of the West Indies by the ICC. The team had played an American national side 6 times between 1885 and 1894. The United States team won one of these matches, lost two, and earned a draw in three. Cricket remained a minor pastime in the United States until the mid-1960s, when ICC reforms allowed associate members to join.

Status from 1965

In 1965, Clifford Severn made his U.S. debut at 39, alongside his young brother Winston, in a two-day match against Canada at Calgary's Riley Park as part of the longest running international rivalry in international cricket, now known as the Auty Cup. A year later in the return contest at the C. Aubrey Smith Field in Los Angeles, the USA won by 54 runs.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1965, the Imperial Cricket Conference changed its name to the International Cricket Conference. In addition, new rules were adopted to permit the election of countries from outside the Commonwealth. This led to the expansion of the conference, with the admission of Associate Members, including the United States. Today cricket is played in all fifty states.<ref name="usaca_organization">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The U.S. have played in every edition of the ICC Trophy, though they didn't pass the first round until the 1990 tournament in the Netherlands. They reached the plate final of the 1994 tournament, but opted not to play due to prior travel arrangements. They finished twelfth in 1997.

21st century

2000–09

The U.S. finished sixth in the 2001 ICC Trophy, their best performance to date. They have also played in every edition of the ICC Americas Championship, winning in 2002.<ref name="TL">Timeline of USA cricket Template:Webarchive at CricketEurope</ref>

In 2004, the United States cricket team played a first-class match as part of the first ICC Intercontinental Cup. The matches against Canada and Bermuda were the first in many years.<ref name="TL" /> The team won the ICC 6 Nations Challenge beating Scotland, Namibia, the Netherlands, and the UAE on net run rate by 0.028 of a run.<ref>ICC 6 Nations Challenge 2004 Points Table at Cricket Archive</ref>

Winning the ICC Six Nations meant that they qualified for the ICC Champions Trophy 2004 in England. Here the U.S. played their first One Day International match against New Zealand at The Oval on September 10, 2004.<ref name="ODIs">List of ODIs played by the USA Template:Webarchive</ref> Template:Limited overs matches The U.S. side was beaten by New Zealand and lost to Australia in the tournament, as well.<ref name="CT04">Points Table from the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy at Cricket Archive</ref>

The 2005 ICC Trophy represented a chance for the U.S. to re-establish themselves on the world stage and qualify for the 2007 World Cup. A poor showing saw them finish at the bottom of their group, with four losses and a match abandoned due to rain from their five group fixtures. This failure robbed the USA of the prize of full One Day International status on offer to the World Cup qualifiers.<ref name="TL" /> This failure was compounded on August 9, 2005, when the ICC removed the U.S. from the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup after legal disputes prevented them from naming a squad.<ref name="Susp">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The United States made their return to international cricket in August 2006 when they participated in Division One of the ICC Americas Championship in Canada.<ref name="AC106">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They finished second in the five team tournament.<ref>Americas Division One points table</ref>

In 2007 the United States were to visit Darwin, Australia to take part in Division Three of the ICC World Cricket League.<ref name="WCL Structure">World Cricket League Structure Template:Webarchive</ref> A top two finish in this tournament would have qualified them for Division Two of the same tournament later in the year.<ref name="WCL Structure"/> However, amid internal disputes over the constitution of the USACA, the team was forced to withdraw after the ICC suspended the USACA in March 2007.<ref name="Susp2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The dispute was resolved in early 2008, and the suspension was lifted on April 1 of that year.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The team's reinstatement permitted them to enter the World Cricket League in Division Five for 2008 in Jersey. The team made it through the Group Stage tied for first in their division with a 4–0–0 record (one match abandoned),<ref>Points tables Template:Webarchive at WCL5 Official site</ref> but lost both their semi-final match with Jersey and their third-place play-off with Nepal.<ref name="WCL508">Results Template:Webarchive at WCL5 Official site</ref>

2010–2015

The U.S. finished second in the 2010 Division Five after losing the final against Nepal and won promotion to 2010 Division Four. They continued their climb in more emphatic style by finishing first in 2010 Division Four, demolishing Italy in the final. They were promoted to 2011 Division Three where they took last place and were relegated to 2012 Division Four. There they finished in second place, and were promoted back to 2013 Division Three. They remained in Division Three after finishing in third place, but were relegated after finishing fifth in 2014 Division Three.

2015 suspension

On June 26, 2015, the ICC again suspended USACA, this time because an ICC review "had expressed significant concerns about the governance, finance, reputation and cricketing activities of USACA". This suspension does not impact the National Team playing Matches, but instead cuts off ICC funding and stops USACA from being able to approve any events held in the United States (although the ICC can still approve events held in the United States). This suspension will be upheld until USACA can show the ICC that "conditions relating to governance, finance and its cricket activities" have improved.<ref name="2015s">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In the 2016 World Cricket League Division Four, the United States finished second with a 3–2 record and was promoted to Division Three for 2017. In the 2017 Division Three competition, the U.S. finished fourth, with a 2–3 record. The third place match was rained out and finished with no result. The United States remained in Division Three.

2017–2023: Transition to USA Cricket, Cricket World Cup League 2

The U.S. national team, during their tour of the Middle East in December 2017.

On June 22, 2017, at the ICC Annual Conference in London, the ICC Full Council voted unanimously to expel the USACA over governance and finance issues, following a Board recommendation in April, and a recent Dispute Resolution Committee hearing before Michael Beloff, which concluded in June 2017.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In January 2019, a new sanctioning body known as USA Cricket was officially admitted by the ICC as a new associate member.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ESPN Cricinfo"/>

After beating Singapore in the final match of the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, the United States were promoted to the Division Two for the first time.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In April 2019, after finishing in the top 4 of the 2019 Division Two tournament, the United States qualified for the 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2—which offers an opportunity to advance to the 2022 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. All matches in the Cricket World Cup League 2 are played in the One Day International format.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

As of 2019, all ICC members were granted Twenty20 International (T20I) status.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The United States made its T20I debut on March 15, 2019, against the United Arab Emirates at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai.

Template:Single-innings cricket match In November 2021, Ireland announced that it would play a five-match limited overs series against the United States in December 2021, leading into its ODI series against the West Indies in January 2022.<ref name="espncricinfo.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="BBC Sport">Template:Cite news</ref> This marked the first time that the United States had ever hosted a bilateral series with a Test nation.<ref name="espncricinfo.com"/><ref name="BBC Sport"/> The series began with two T20Is; after a slow start, a high-scoring partnership of Sushant Modani and Gajanand Singh bolstered the team during the second half of its innings, contributing to a total haul of 188 runs. With Ireland falling short by 26 runs, the United States achieved its first-ever victory in an international match against a Test nation.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Template:Single-innings cricket match Ireland split the T20I series in the second match; batting first, the team was bowled out at 150, but the United States fell short in their innings by nine runs.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The series was expected to continue on with ODI matches. However, on December 28, 2021, the entirety of the ODI series was cancelled after multiple postponements due to COVID-19 issues.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In December 2022, following its tour of Namibia, USA Cricket announced that Jagadeesh Arunkumar had been released as head coach of the men's national team.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

2023–present: T20 World Cup, World Cup League 2

The United States took part in the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They qualified for the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier by defeating Jersey by 25 runs, making it their first appearance in the ICC World Cup Qualifier since 2005.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Single-innings cricket match

Following a 4-0 whitewash of Canada in April, the United States played the Bangladeshi cricket team in a 3-game T20I series for first time.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The United States won the first match of the series by 5 wickets, their first victory against Bangladesh across all formats,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> before securing their first series victory against a full member team in the second match by 6 runs.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The games were played as preparation ahead of their debut at the 2024 T20 World Cup, which the United States co-hosted alongside the West Indies.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In their debut World Cup game, the United States defeated rivals Canada by seven wickets.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During their second match on June 6, the Americans upset heavily favored Pakistan in a Super Over for their second win of the tournament.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The United States' shock defeat of Pakistan brought about widespread media exposure and also sparked optimism about the win potentially reflecting a "cricket transformation" in the U.S.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The team's final group stage match against Ireland was rained out with no result, with both teams therefore receiving one point. The result ensured that the United States would clinch a second-place finish in their group and advance to the Super 8s (at the expense of Pakistan, Canada, and Ireland), and also automatically qualify for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup as a result.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On February 18, 2025, during a 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2 match against Oman in the 2025 Oman Tri-Nation Series, the United States achieved the lowest total successfully defended in a men's ODI, with 122 runs.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within USA

T20 World Cup

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ICC T20 World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Squad	Ref		Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr
Template:Flagicon 2007	Did not participate										Did not participate
Template:Flagicon 2009
Template:Flagicon 2010	Did not qualify										3	1	2	-	-
Template:Flagicon 2012											14	7	7	-	-
Template:Flagicon 2014											16	10	5	-	1
Template:Flagicon 2016											12	7	5	-	-
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2021											12	7	5	-	-
Template:Flagicon 2022											11	8	3	-	-
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2024	Super 8	8/20	7	1	4	1	1	Squad	citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| colspan="5" |DNP (Automatic qualification as co-hosts)
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026	Qualified										DNP (Automatic Qualification)
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2028	TBD										TBD
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030	TBD										TBD
Total	0 Title	1/9	7	1	4	1	1				68	40	27	0	1

ICC World Cricket Cup Qualifiers

ICC World Cricket Qualifiers records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
Template:Flagicon 1979	Group stage	8/15	4	2	1	0	1
Template:Flagicon 1982	Group stage	8/16	7	1	2	0	4
Template:Flagicon 1986	Group stage	5/12	8	7	1	0	0
Template:Flagicon 1990	Second round	8/17	6	4	2	0	0
Template:Flagicon 1994	Second round	11/20	7	5	2	0	0
Template:Flagicon 1997	Plate round	12/22	7	3	4	0	0
Template:Flagicon 2001	Super League	6/24	9	3	6	0	0
Template:Flagicon 2005	Play-offs	10/12	7	1	5	0	1
Template:Flagicon 2009	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2014
Template:Flagicon 2018
Template:Flagicon 2023	Play-offs	10/10	6	0	6	0	0
Template:Flagicon image 2027	TBD
Total	9/13	0 Title	61	26	29	0	6

Champions Trophy

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Year	Round	Position	P	W	L	T	NR	Squad	Ref
Template:Flagicon 1998	Did not participate
Template:Flagicon 2000
Template:Flagicon 2002
Template:Flagicon 2004	First Round	12/12	2	0	2	0	0	Squad	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flagicon 2006	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2009
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2013
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2017
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2025
Template:Flagicon 2029	TBD
Total	0 Titles	1/9	2	0	2	0	0

Olympic Games

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Year	Round	Position	P	W	L	T	NR	Ref
Template:Flagicon 1900	Did not participate
Template:Flagicon 2028	Qualified
Template:Flagicon 2032	TBD
Total

North American Cup

Year	Round	Position	P	W	L	T	NR	Ref
Template:Flagicon2025	Champions	1/5	6	5	1	0	0	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Total	1 Title	1/1	6	5	1	0	0

Other tournaments

CWC League 2 (ODI)	CWC Qualifier Play-off (ODI)	T20WC Americas Sub-regional Qualifiers	World Cricket League (One-day)
2019–2023: 5th place	2023: Winners	2018: Winners (Advanced to regional final)	2007: Originally set to take part in Division Three but relegated due to suspension<ref name="Susp2" /> 2008 Division Five: 4th place<ref name="WCL508" /> 2010 Division Five: 2nd place 2010 Division Four: Champions 2011 Division Three: 6th place 2012 Division Four: 2nd place 2013 Division Three: 3rd place 2014 Division Three: 5th place 2016 Division Four: 1st place 2017 Division Three: 4th place 2018 Division Three: 2nd place 2019 Division Two: 4th place

ICC Americas Twenty20 Championship	Intercontinental Cup (FC)	ICC Americas Championship
2010 Division One: Won 2011 Division One: 2nd place 2013 Division One: Won 2015 Division One: 2nd place	2004: First round<ref name="TL" /> 2005: Originally due to take part but replaced by Cayman Islands due to suspension<ref name="Susp" /> 2006/07: Did not participate<ref name="TL" /> 2007/08: Did not participate<ref name="TL" />	2000: 3rd place<ref name="TL" /> 2002: Won<ref name="TL" /> 2004: Runners up<ref name="TL" /> 2006: Division One Runners up<ref name="AC106" /> 2008: Won<ref name="TL" /> 2010: Runners up 2011: Runners up

Stadiums

The only U.S. cricket stadiums to meet international standards and have ODI status are the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida, and Moosa Stadium in Pearland, Texas.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Other established U.S. facilities include Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina; the Prairie View Cricket Complex in Houston, Texas; the Leo Magnus Cricket Complex in Los Angeles, California;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Stadium City Opened Leo Magnus Cricket Complex Los Angeles 1973 Central Broward Park‡ Lauderhill (Miami) 2008 Grand Prairie Stadium Grand Prairie (Dallas) 2022 Moosa Stadium‡ Pearland (Houston) 2022 Prairie View Cricket Complex Prairie View (Houston) 2022 Oakland Coliseum Oakland, California 2025 ‡ Meets international standards.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Team manager	Oscar Alavarez
Head coach	Pubudu Dassanayake
Batting coach	Vincent Vinay Kumar
Physiotherapist	Jatin Maheshwari<ref> https://usacricket.org/media-release/usa-cricket-announces-squad-and-schedule-for-icc-cwc-league-2-series-in-dubai/ web.run reference id: turn0search1 </ref>
Fielding coach	Rishi Bharadwaj
CEO	Johnathan Atkeison
Strength and conditioning coach	Mathew Skynner
Analyst	Sampath Seshadri

Coaching history

• 2012–2014: Robin Singh
• 2015–2016: Nasir Javed
• 2016–2019: Pubudu Dassanayake
• 2019–2020: James Pamment (interim)
• 2020–2022: J. Arunkumar
• 2023–2024: Kevin Darlington (interim)
• 2024: Stuart Law
• 2025-present: Pubudu Dassanayake

Current squad

This lists all the active players who played for USA in the last 12 months or have been selected in the team's most recent squad.

Key

• S/N = Shirt number

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Zone	MLC Team	Forms	S/N	Last ODI	Last T20	Captaincy
Batters
Aaron Jones	Template:Age	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	South	Seattle Orcas	ODI & T20I	85	Template:Cricon 2024	Template:Cricon 2024	Vice-Captain
Shayan Jahangir	Template:Age	Right-handed	—	South West	MI New York	ODI & T20I	30	Template:Cricon 2024	Template:Cricon 2024
Saiteja Mukkamalla	Template:Age	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Mid-Atlantic	Texas Super Kings	ODI & T20I	12	Template:Cricon 2024	Template:Cricon 2024
Heath Richards	Template:Age	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	South West	Los Angeles Knight Riders	ODI	6	-	-
Matthew Tromp	Template:Age	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	South West	Texas Super Kings	T20I	21	—	-
Utkarsh Srivastava	Template:Age	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	South	MI New York	ODI & T20I	18	—	Template:Cricon 2024
All-rounders
Steven Taylor	Template:Age	Left-handed	Right-arm off spin	South	MI New York	ODI	8	Template:Cricon 2024	Template:Cricon 2024
Milind Kumar	Template:Age	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	South West	Texas Super Kings	ODI & T20I	14	Template:Cricon 2024	Template:Cricon 2024
Wicket-keepers
Monank Patel	Template:Age	Right-handed	—	Mid-Atlantic	MI New York	ODI & T20I	1	Template:Cricon 2024	Template:Cricon 2024	Captain
Andries Gous	Template:Age	Right-handed	—	South West	Washington Freedom	ODI & T20I	68	Template:Cricon 2024	Template:Cricon 2024
Joshua Tromp	Template:Age	Right-handed	—	South West	Texas Super Kings	ODI, T20I	34	-	-
Spin bowlers
Nosthush Kenjige	Template:Age	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	South West	MI New York	ODI & T20I	64	Template:Cricon 2024	Template:Cricon 2024
Harmeet Singh Baddhan	Template:Age	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	South West	Seattle Orcas	ODI & T20I	27	Template:Cricon 2024	Template:Cricon 2024
Yasir Mohammad	Template:Age	Left-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Mid-Atlantic	Washington Freedom	ODI & T20I	88	Template:Cricon 2024	Template:Cricon 2024
Pace bowlers
Jessy Singh	Template:Age	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Mid-Atlantic	Washington Freedom	ODI & T20I	29	Template:Cricon 2024	Template:Cricon 2024
Stephen Wiig	Template:Age	Right-handed	Left-arm medium	West	Texas Super Kings	-	T20I	20	-
Ali Sheikh	Template:Age	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	West	Seattle Orcas	ODI & T20I	89	-	-
Juanoy Drysdale	Template:Age	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	East	San Francisco Unicorns	ODI & T20I	5	Template:Cricon 2024	Template:Cricon 2024
Abhishek Paradkar	Template:Age	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	West	Los Angeles Knight Riders	T20I	44	Template:Cricon 2024	Template:Cricon 2024
Ayan Desai	Template:Age	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	West	Seattle Orcas	T20I	13	—	Template:Cricon 2024

Correct as of October 5, 2024

Captains

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Eight players have represented the United States as captain. The first American captain was Anil Kashkari, who was reprised of his role in 1979.

Richard Staple was the first American captain to captain the side in a One Day International (ODI), which occurred in 2004. After Staple retired in 2005, Steve Massiah took over his role as captain. However, Sushil Nadkarni captained the American side during the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier.

In October 2013, Neil McGarrell was named U.S. captain in a 15-man squad for the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in the UAE. McGarrell had played four Tests and 17 ODIs for West Indies between 1998 and 2001. He made his debut for U.S. in 2012 against Canada and takes over from Steve Massiah who had captained for seven years.

In 2016, Steven Taylor was named as captain of the team, he led the U.S. to WCL Division four title on home soil in Los Angeles. Later when the U.S. failed to progress from Division three, he stepped down as captain to accept a professional contract with the Jamaica Scorpions. He had earlier captained the team in the 2013 Auty Cup against Canada, he was chosen as a stand-in captain for unavailable Steve Massiah.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In October 2018, Saurabh Netravalkar took over as captain of the team, after Ibrahim Khaleel was sacked.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Khaleel was elected captain in 2017 and under his captainship USA won Auty Cup after a long gap.

In October 2021, Monank Patel took over as T20I and ODI captain from Saurabh Netravalkar.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In May 2024, Monank Patel was named as a captain in USA squad for 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Tournament. Patel was injured during a group stage match, and Aaron Jones took over the captaincy for the rest of the tournament.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Records

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Last updated November 3, 2025

Playing Record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
One Day Internationals	75	40	32	3	0	September 10, 2004
Twenty20 Internationals	54	29	20	3	2	March 15, 2019

One Day Internationals

• Highest team total: 361/3 v. Canada on September 24, 2024, at United Ground, Windhoek.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Highest individual score: 173*, Jaskaran Malhotra v. Papua New Guinea on September 9, 2021, at Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Best innings bowling: 7/32, Ali Khan v. Jersey on April 4, 2023, at United Ground, Windhoek.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Most ODI runs for United States<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Player	Runs	Average	Career span
Monank Patel	2,288	34.66	2019–2025
Aaron Jones	1,664	33.95	2019–2025
Steven Taylor	1,265	25.81	2019–2024
Saiteja Mukkamalla	1,255	39.21	2022–2025
Milind Kumar	1,016	67.73	2024–2025

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Player	Wickets	Average	Career span
Saurabh Netravalkar	108	21.23	2019–2025
Nosthush Kenjige	69	30.36	2019–2025
Jessy Singh	54	34.42	2019–2025
Nisarg Patel	42	30.50	2019–2023
Steven Taylor	40	30.02	2019–2024

ODI record versus other nations<ref name="ODI" />

Records complete to ODI #4923. Last updated November 3, 2025.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
v. Full Members
Template:Cr	1	0	1	0	0	September 13, 2004
Template:Cr	1	0	1	0	0	June 30, 2023
Template:Cr	1	0	1	0	0	September 10, 2004
Template:Cr	1	0	1	0	0	June 18, 2023
Template:Cr	1	0	1	0	0	June 26, 2023
v. Associate Members
Template:Cr	5	4	1	0	0	March 29, 2023	August 13, 2024
Template:Cr	1	1	0	0	0	April 4, 2023	April 4, 2023
Template:Cr	11	7	4	0	0	September 17, 2019	September 17, 2019
Template:Cr	11	6	4	1	0	February 8, 2020	September 17, 2021
Template:Cr	3	0	3	0	0	June 22, 2023
Template:Cr	10	3	6	1	0	February 6, 2020	June 8, 2022
Template:Cr	10	7	2	1	0	April 27, 2019	September 13, 2019
Template:Cr	8	3	5	0	0	December 9, 2019	December 9, 2019
Template:Cr	11	9	2	0	0	December 8, 2019	December 8, 2019

Twenty20 Internationals

• Highest team total: 230/3 v. Canada on April 9, 2024, at Prairie View Cricket Complex, Houston.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Highest individual score: 101*, Steven Taylor v. Jersey on July 11, 2022, at Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Best innings bowling: 5/12, Saurabh Netravalkar v. Singapore on July 12, 2022, at Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Most T20I runs for United States<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Player	Runs	Average	Career span
Monank Patel	920	27.87	2019–2025
Steven Taylor	822	31.61	2019–2025
Aaron Jones	770	24.06	2019–2025
Andries Gous	751	32.65	2024–2025
Saiteja Mukkamalla	639	42.60	2024–2025

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Player	Wickets	Average	Career span
Saurabh Netravalkar	40	22.92	2019–2025
Jessy Singh	31	28.67	2019–2024
Nisarg Patel	27	13.96	2019–2024
Harmeet Singh	24	25.12	2024–2025
Noshtush Kenjige	21	25.42	2024–2025

T20I record versus other nations<ref name="T20I" />

Records complete to T20I #3165. Last updated April 27, 2025.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	N/R	First match	First win
v. Full members
Template:Cr	3	2	1	0	0	May 21, 2024	May 21, 2024
Template:Cr	1	0	1	0	0	June 23, 2024	-
Template:Cr	1	0	1	0	0	June 12, 2024	-
Template:Cr	2	1	1	0	0	December 22, 2021	December 22, 2021
Template:Cr	1	0	0	1	0	June 6, 2024	-
Template:Cr	1	0	1	0	0	June 19, 2024	-
Template:Cr	1	0	1	0	0	June 21, 2024	-
Template:Cr	1	0	1	0	0	July 14, 2022	-
v. Associate Members
Template:Cr	1	1	0	0	0	November 11, 2021	November 11, 2021
Template:Cr	2	2	0	0	0	November 13, 2021	November 13, 2021
Template:Cr	1	1	0	0	0	November 7, 2021	November 7, 2021
Template:Cr	5	3	2	0	0	August 18, 2019	November 8, 2021
Template:Cr	12	7	3	1	1	August 21, 2019	April 7, 2024
Template:Cr	3	3	0	0	0	August 19, 2019	August 19, 2019
Template:Cr	1	1	0	0	0	July 11, 2022	July 11, 2022
Template:Cr	2	2	0	0	0	October 1, 2024	October 1, 2024
Template:Cr	3	0	2	1	0	October 17, 2024	-
Template:Cr	3	3	0	0	0	February 20, 2025	February 20, 2025
Template:Cr	1	1	0	0	0	November 7, 2021	November 7, 2021
Template:Cr	1	0	1	0	0	July 17, 2022	-
Template:Cr	1	1	0	0	0	July 12, 2022	July 12, 2022
Template:Cr	4	1	2	0	1	March 15, 2019	September 30, 2024

See also

• Cricket in the United States
• List of United States ODI cricketers
• List of United States Twenty20 International cricketers
• Major League Cricket
• Minor League Cricket
• Pro Cricket
• United States national under-19 cricket team
• United States women's national cricket team
• United States women's national under-19 cricket team

External links

• About Team USA - USA Cricket
• Cricinfo USA
• Top 10 Players in the United States National Cricket Team with photos-2025