San Diego Surf Riders

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San Diego Surf Riders
File:San Diego Surf Riders original logo.png
LeagueMinor League Cricket (MiLC)
ConferenceWestern Division (Pacific Conference)
Personnel
CaptainMarty Kain
OwnerRajinder Ghai
Chief executiveGangaram Singh
Sanjit Menezes
Jimmy Ankelsaria
Ram Madabushi
Team information
CitySan Diego, California
Colours  Light Blue, and   Yellow.
Founded2020; 4 years ago (2020)
Home groundCanyonside Park, San Diego
Official websitesandiegosurfriders.com

T20 kit

The San Diego Surf Riders are an American professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in Minor League Cricket (MiLC). The team is based in San Diego, California. It was formed in 2020 as part of 24 original teams to compete in Minor League Cricket.[1] The team is co-owned by Rajinder Ghai, Gangaram Singh, Sanjit Menezes, Jimmy Anklesaria, and Ram Madabushi.[1]

The team's home ground is Canyonside Park, located in San Diego's Rancho Peñasquitos neighborhood.[2] Marty Kain is helming captaincy duties, with American cricketer Mrunal Patel helming vice-captain duties.[3]

Americans Sri Krishna A and Timil Patel lead the batting and bowling leaderboards for the team with 344 runs and 18 wickets.[4][5]

Franchise history

Background

Talks of an American Twenty20 league started in November 2018 just before USA Cricket became the new governing body of cricket in the United States.[6][7] In May 2021, USA Cricket announced they had accepted a bid by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) for a US$1 billion investment covering the league and other investments benefitting the U.S. national teams.[8]

In an Annual General Meeting on February 21, 2020, it was announced that USA Cricket was planning to launch Major League Cricket in 2021 and Minor League Cricket that summer,[9] but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[10] and due to the lack of high-quality cricket stadiums in the USA.[11] Major League Cricket was pushed to a summer-2023 launch[12] and Minor League Cricket was pushed back to July 31, 2021.[13]

USA Cricket CEO Iain Higgins also pointed out cities such as New York City, Houston and Los Angeles with a large cricket fanbase, and targeted them among others as launch cities for Minor League Cricket.[14]

Exhibition league

In July 2020, the player registration for the Minor League Cricket exhibition league began.[15] On August 15, 2020, USA Cricket announced the teams participating in the exhibition league matches, also listing the owners for each team.[16] The draft for the exhibition league began on August 22, 2020,[17] with the Surf Riders releasing their squad on August 24.[18] Marty Kain was later named as captain for the Surf Riders for the exhibition league.[18]

2021 season

See also: 2021 Minor League Cricket season § Pacific Conference

After the conclusion of the exhibition league, USA Cricket announced that they were planning to launch the inaugural season of Minor League Cricket in spring 2021.[19] Ahead of the official season, which was announced to kick off on July 31,[20] the Lashings announced Marty Kain to continue his role as captain with Mrunal Patel helming vice-captain duties.[3]

In their first match of the season, the Surf Riders defeated the Master Blasters by 5 wickets in a low-scoring game, but then lost to the Lashings by 4 wickets the same day.[21] The Surf Riders, however, only won three times after their opening match victory, once against the Thunderbolts,[22] once against the Master Blasters,[23] and once against the Irving Mustangs.[24] They lost against the Thunderbolts,[25] the Strikers twice,[25][26] the Blazers twice,[25][26] the Lashings,[23] Hurricanes,[24] and the Athletics.[24] The Surf Riders finished on top of the Master Blasters, and finished 6th, thus not qualifying for the finals.

2022 season

Ahead of the 2022 season, Major League Cricket announced that the draft for that season would take place on May 12.[27]

Current squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  •  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
  •  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season
Name Nat. Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Notes
Batsmen
Marty Kain United States (1988-05-16) 16 May 1988 (age 35) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox bowling 2021
Sri Krishna India (1990-06-13) 13 June 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2021 Overseas
All-rounders
Abhinay Reddy United States (1991-06-08) 8 June 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2021
Adnesh Tondale United States (2002-01-17) 17 January 2002 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2021
Ajay Sharma United States (1982-09-19) 19 September 1982 (age 41) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox bowling 2021
Ayan Desai United States (2002-04-03) 3 April 2002 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2021
Brynley Richards Australia (1991-02-01) 1 February 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2021 Overseas
Devam Shrivastava United States (2004-08-09) 9 August 2004 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021
Dillon Heyliger Canada (1989-10-21) 21 October 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2021 Overseas
Jaideep Reddy United States (1987-04-13) 13 April 1987 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2021
Mrunal Patel United States (1986-10-28) 28 October 1986 (age 37) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox bowling 2021
Mohammad Sadiq Pakistan (1981-09-09) 9 September 1981 (age 42) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2021 Overseas
Ravi Timbawala United States (1989-06-08) 8 June 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2021
Timil Patel United States (1983-12-01) 1 December 1983 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2021
Zubair Murad United States (1986-06-11) 11 June 1986 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2021
Wicket-keepers
Siddarth Matani United States (1990-06-03) 3 June 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021

Statistics

Most runs

Nat. Player Span Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100 50
United States Sri Krishna A 2021–present 15 15 344 24.57 49 0 0
United States Mrunal Patel 2021–present 15 15 341 22.73 77 0 3
United States Marty Kain 2021–present 14 14 319 31.90 79 0 2
Australia Brynley Richards 2021-present 14 12 146 14.60 31 0 0
United States Timil Patel 2021–present 15 10 115 14.28 23 0 0

Source: CricClubs, Last updated: 23 March 2022

Most wickets

Nat. Player Span Matches Wickets Avg BBI Econ SR 4w 5w
United States Timil Patel 2021–present 15 18 18.89 3/14 6.67 17.0 0 0
United States Siddharth Matani 2021–present 15 15 21.80 3/32 6.29 20.8 0 0
Australia Brynley Richards 2021–present 14 11 26.27 4/24 8.76 18.01 1 0
United States Marty Kain 2021–present 14 10 19.80 4/14 5.66 21.0 1 0
United States Adnesh Tondale 2021–present 13 6 19.83 2/8 10.66 11.2 0 0

Source: CricClubs, Last updated: 23 March 2022

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Minor League Division Preview Series - Eastern". Minor League Cricket. Major League Cricket. August 1, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
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  5. ^ "San Diego Surf Riders - Bowling". CricClubs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
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