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2004
USA’s first entry into top-tier cricket was the 2004 Champions Trophy, for which they qualified by winning the ICC Six Nations Challenge comprising teams like Scotland, Namibia, Netherlands, UAE and Canada. The backbone of their Six Nations success was former West Indies batter Clayton Lambert, who top-scored in the event.
2007
The Central Broward Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida, was constructed. In March of that year, the ICC suspended USA Cricket Association till early 2008 after there were disputes within the board over its constitution.
2012 -2015
USA did not play the T20 World Cups in 2012, 2014 and 2016, failing to clear the Qualifiers for each edition.
2015
ICC suspended USACA again after expressing “significant concerns about the governance, finance, reputation and cricketing activities of USACA”. The ICC also cut off funding.
Later that year, Cricket All Stars came to the USA, with Sachin Tendulkar’s Masters going up against Shane Warne’s Warriors in a three-match series. The matches were held on baseball grounds across New York, Houston and Los Angeles.
2017
ICC expelled USACA again and the team was temporarily overseen by ICC Americas. Later in the year, USACA was replaced by USA Cricket, a new governing body for the game in the country.
2018
After beating Singapore in the final of the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, USA were promoted to the Division Two for the first time.
Another significant project was initiated in 2019 as talks of a new franchise tournament (Major League Cricket) began. Sameer Mehta, co-founder of American Cricket Enterprise (ACE) won the rights to own and operate the league in USA. The tournament was initially slated to begin in 2021 but was pushed to 2023 due to COVID-19.
2023
Major League Cricket (MLC) was finally launched with MI New York, the franchise owned by Mukesh Ambani, who also owns Mumbai Indians in IPL, winning the inaugural edition by beating Seattle Orcas, owned by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, in the final. Nadella, Ross Perot Jr (billionaire businessman and former owner of Dallas Mavericks), and owners of four IPL teams (MI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals) were among the investors committing to USD 120 million to MLC.
2024
In the build-up to the T20 World Cup, USA beat Bangladesh 2-1 in a three-match series in Dallas – their first series win against a Full Member nation.
They then beat arch rivals Canada in the opening game of the T20 World Cup, stunned Pakistan in a Super Over, and qualified for the Super Eight stage of the tournament.