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NJSCUA News Release, July 29, 2010

The New Jersey State Cricket and Umpires’ Association (NJSCUA), New Jersey’s newest league, was founded in February 2009 by three individuals: Deepak Katte, Govind Itwaru and Syed Ahmed. NJSCUA is a non–political, US Federal and New Jersey State registered non–profit 501 (c) (7) organization.

NJSCUA is on the verge of completing a very successful second season and looking forward for their second edition of T20 competition.

Their inaugural T20 competition, held in 2009, had 18 teams participating in a race to the championship.

One of NJSCUA’s permanent member clubs, Pak-Am (short for “Pakistani American”) Cricket Club had emerged the winners on that occasion, beating League rivals the Berbice Royals in an exciting Final match at the Naaman Williams Park in Franklin Park/ Somerset, New Jersey.

Winners: In its 2010 version as well, the Winners and Runners-up of the NJSCUA T20 will each get a trophy. There are no cash prizes. Each match will also have a “Man of the Match” adjudicated by the umpires and such players will get certificates.

Participation: Fully completed application forms along with a check for $350 (which includes a non-refundable fee of $275 and a refundable deposit of $75) made out to “NJSCUA” and a copy of ground permit (if interested teams are in possession of one) should be mailed over to the address mentioned in the application form, before the deadline of August 14th 2010. The application can be downloaded from here

Teams and Format: The league is looking to enlist anywhere between 12 and 16 teams for this tournament as that seems to be a “manageable” number for them, given the time, weather and ground limitations.

An exact number will be known after the application deadline expires and the applicants are vetted by the League’s Executive.

The tournament shall be played with white cricket balls and league-approved color clothing. Matches will primarily be held on Sundays and are being planned by the League organizers to last no more than 4 to 6 weeks from start to finish, with two T20 games played at each venue on each match day.

Grounds: The grounds currently available to the league through their existing member teams/ clubs are listed on their website

Please visit NJSCUA's website for more info.