Colorado Cricket League
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The Colorado Cricket League is a non-profit, eight-team cricket organization based in the state of Colorado. The league was created in the 1980s.
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[edit] History
Mike Riley and Vinod Malhotra founded what is now known as the Colorado Cricket League. Riley has remained active with the league. Games were initially played on grassy pitches, which were often uncut; in 1994 the league switched to concrete-based, carpeted venues. Neutral, certified umpires were introduced in 1985.
[edit] Championships
CCL participates in the Central Western region's annual championship. In 2004 CCL won the plate trophy. In 2006 CCL took second place. Afan Sheriff represented Central West and was declared MVP of the western conference tournament.
[edit] Organization
In 1994 CCL was officially incorporated as a non-profit organization. The league runs a cricket tournament which takes place from May to September each year and involves approximately 300 players.
CCL has introduced a pilot program called "tennis ball cricket", intended to attract teams from throughout Colorado to increase the league's size to 500 players.
[edit] Clubs and teams
The CCL is made up of eight clubs and nine teams.
- Coal Creek Cricket Club (Gold and Green Teams)
- Colorado State University
- Fort Collins Cricket Club
- Denver Sluggers
- Royal Bengal Cricket Club
- Littleton Cricket Club
- Colorado Springs Cricket Club
- University of New Mexico at Albuquerque
[edit] Officers
- President: Max Ali, since 2004.
- Vice President: Ramesh Sankarnarayan
- Secretary: Dipal Patel.
- Treasurer: Abhay Natu
