By Peter Della Penna

 

The USACA Junior Nationals, originally scheduled for November 12-14 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., have been postponed according to USACA cricket committee chairman Krish Prasad. The Senior Nationals, scheduled for November 19-21 in Fort Lauderdale, will go on as scheduled.

 

The Senior Nationals will provide key preparation to USA’s senior players and one more chance to impress selectors before a final squad is picked for ICC World Cricket League Division 3 in Hong Kong from January 22-29.

 

USACA has not set a new date for the Junior Nationals, but with the ICC Americas U-19 World Cup Qualifier due to take place in February, Prasad said that the cricket committee is still planning to have the Junior Nationals before the end of 2010 in order to get a chance to pick the best squad possible to represent USA in the first step for qualification to the 2012 U-19 World Cup.

 

According to Prasad, the most likely scenario would involve the Junior Nationals taking place between Christmas and New Year’s in Florida. The tournament would not interfere with exams as they would have finished the week before. All players would be out of school on winter break and would not miss any class time. However, the tournament is still dependent on funding and until that comes through, Prasad said that it will be difficult to finalize a date.