- The Women & Girls Selection Committee has selected a squad of 14 players to represent the Eastern/Central Conference in the National Championship.
- A Women’s U19 squad of 14 players also selected to represent Eastern/Central Conference in historic first ever USA Cricket Women’s Under 19 National Championship.
- Both squads have been selected after the conclusion of the Eastern Women & Girls Regional Tournament, held in Morrisville, NC.
USA Cricket is pleased to announce the squads to represent the Eastern/Central Conference for both the Women’s Senior National Championships, and the Women’s U19 National Championships, following the conclusion of the Eastern leg of the Regionals which was played over the July 4th weekend in Morrisville, North Carolina.
SQUADS
Eastern/Central Conference Squad:
| Shebani Bhaskar (Capt.) – Atlanta |
| Nain Abidi – Philadelphia |
| Bhumika Bhadriraju – Chapel Hill |
| Holly Charles – New York |
| Moksha Chaudhary – Boston |
| Disha Dhingra – Philadelphia |
| Sara Farooq – Philadelphia |
| Nadia Gruny – Atlanta |
| Aafia Khazia – Raleigh |
| Geetika Kodali – Chapel Hill |
| Anika Kumar – DC |
| Mitali Patwardhan (WK) – Raleigh |
| Lisa Ramjit – DC |
| Onika Wallerson – Philadelphia |
U19’s Eastern/Central Conference Squad:
| Lisa Ramjit (Capt.) – DC |
| Bhumika Bhadriraju – Chapel Hill |
| Taranum Chopra – DC |
| Aditiba Chudasama – Philadelphia |
| Disha Dhingra – Philadelphia |
| Alicia Fernando – DC |
| Aparna Gurumurthy – Philadelphia |
| Aafia Khazi – Raleigh |
| Geetika Kodali – Chapel Hill |
| Anika Kumar – DC |
| Nishka Kumar – DC |
| Rishika Santhosh Kumar – Boston |
| Mitali Patwardhan (WK) – Raleigh |
| Kasturi Veantham – DC |
The Western Regional Series is being held this weekend from July 15th to 18th, in Prairie View, Texas and, shortly after, the Western Conference squads for the Seniors and U19’s will also be announced.
The selected senior players will be competing in the USA Cricket Women’s National Championship to be held in Florida from August 3rd to 8th, where the Eastern/Central and Western Conferences will go head-to-head, playing 3 x 50 Over matches and 3 x Twenty20’s at Broward Cricket Stadium.
The Women’s Nationals will then be closely followed by the historic inaugural USA Cricket Women’s Under 19 National Championship when 4 Twenty20’s will be played between the two teams from August 11th to 13th.
USA Cricket Operations Director, Richard Done, commented, “There was a superb weekend of cricket on the fine turf wickets and facilities at Church Street, Morrisville for the Eastern Regionals which were closely fought and saw some fine individual performances. I would like to pay tribute to all of the volunteers who came out in their droves to support this event and we congratulate all of the players selected and emphasize that there is an exciting opportunity for all players to continue to work closely with the USA Women’s Coach, Julia Price in their ongoing development.
The Prairie View Cricket Complex in Texas will then play host to the Western Regionals this coming weekend and, with free admission for all four days, if you are in Texas please come down to support the women and girls as they play in what will be another extremely competitive Regional Series.”
SCHEDULE
USA Cricket Women’s Western Regional Series: West vs South West, July 15th – 18th, Prairie View, Texas.
USA Cricket Women’s National Championships: West vs East/Central, August 3rd – 8th, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
USA Cricket Women’s Under 19National Championships: West vs East/Central, August 11th – 13th, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
PATHWAY
The full new Pathway for Women and Girls that was announced by USA Cricket earlier this year can be found below.
