The major strength of cricket in the USA is at the regional level. It is the state and metropolitan leagues and associations that have been flourishing in the last decade.

There are twice as many leagues/associations as in 1990, clubs and teams associated with leagues/associations have also doubled, and the number of players has also increased substantially over the past decade. Ten years ago, the idea that there could be good cricket in (say) Nebraska or Oklahoma would have been treated with a smirk, or a disbelieving stare. In 2003, those are not ideas, but facts. Unfortunately, it has always been difficult to keep track of these developments. Cricinfo has tried its best to keep up, but names, addresses and particulars keep changing.

The following list is our best information, at present, on regional cricket in the USA. If your league or association is not listed here, or if you would like to make a correction/addition to the listing, please send an email to Cricinfo, with the details of your organization for inclusion.

Arizona
A newly started League with about 10 teams in Tucson, Phoenix and nearby locales, the Arizona C A has one of the few US leagues that operates exclusively during the winter months. Arizona CA also has regular inter-league fixtures with California, and Colorado and New Mexico cricket clubs as well.

League	Officer	Address	Telephone	EMail
Arizona Cricket Association	Paul Ward Gen.Secretary	,	w: 602 452 5011 h: 480 390 2248
	Mohsiul Alam Secretary	1711 West Gila, Chandler AZ 85224	480 899 1235
	David Balch	Assistant Secretary, Fixtures	480 830 3816
	Paul Ward	Umpires Chairman	602 545 4935

California
There are now FOUR cricket leagues in California.The 29-team Northern California C A and the 40-team Southern California C A are the two oldest and most strongly established Leagues on the West Coast, with histories dating back into the 19th century. Southern California also has one of the three largest cricket leagues in the USA. These two were joined by a new league called the Bay Area Cricket Alliance, founded in 1999, whose particulars are given below. Also in California is a league called the Los Angeles Social Cricket Alliance, founded in 1999 and consisting of 8 to 10 clubs which play recreational cricket, are not affiliated with the USA Cricket Association, and include the Compton Homies and Popz who have attracted worldwide attention for using cricket as a way to bring inner-city kids and the homelessinto the mainstream of American life.

Colorado
Established in 1986, Colorado Cricket League underwent a major expansion at the beginning of the new millenium. It sends representative teams to the Central West Regional tournament as well as other invitational tournaments in the region. Apart from it's premier league competition, CCL has started a Twenty20 championship and more recently, a Divisional Championship. CCL's Junior Cricket program was declared the Best Junior Cricket Program by ICC in 2006.

Connecticut
With 20 or more teams in Connecticut , the state league has had an active program and hopes to present more events and exhibitions in 1999.

Delaware
The smallest state in the Union, noted for being the first state to sign the Constitution of the United States, Delaware also has one of the oldest cricket clubs in the USA. The Delaware Cricket Association has been in existence for many years, and is now striving to break its isolation via CRICINFO, and the World Wide Web!

Florida
The state of Florida is a newly developing stronghold of US cricket, with two leagues, several independent clubs of international repute, and programs of exhibition cricket of first-class standard, courtesy of its cricket-playing neighbors in the Caribbean area. Florida could well become a future "center" for 1st-class cricket in the 21st century.

Georgia
The Atlanta-Georgia Cricket League, headquartered in Atlanta, has for some time been the citadel of cricket in the South. It has organized a strong league, and also participated in inter-regional cricket with Florida and Texas.

Hawaii

In the middle of the Pacific ocean sits the Honolulu (Hawaii) Cricket Club, easily the most remote outpost of cricket in the Americas. Against the backdrop of Diamond Head, probably the most photographed extinct volcano in the world, members can be seen playing cricket in Kapiolani Park. The Club was established in 1893 when Hawaii was a territory of the United States. The Guinness Book of World Records names the Honolulu Cricket Club as the oldest sporting organization in the Pacific, and it is probably the only site for regular night cricket in the USA. In recent years, Hawaii has hosted teams from Australia, California, Canada, England, Hong Kong, New York and New Zealand.

Illinois
The state of Illinois has the tradition of some of the oldest cricket played in the USA, outside the Eastern seaboard. A cricket League has existed in and around Chicago since the 1850s. The Midwest Cricket Conference is centered on Illinois but has teams in several neighboring states, has a strong following, many established teams, and an excellent Web site and record-keeping system.

Iowa and Nebraska
Started in 1998, the Cedar Rapids Cricket League was the first league set up in the area. It disappeared, but there is a now a Des Moines Cricket Association which is started in 2000 to organize a cricket league around Ames, Des Moines AND with the Cedar Rapids area In 2001 it has also linked up with Omaha, and played triangula tournaments across the two states. Persons interested in cricket in Iowa AND Nebraska are invited to get in touch with Mr. Sura, at the phone number and e-mail address given below.

Louisiana
The Crescent City Cricket Club in New Orleans has actually existed since 1901. In recent times, a cricket league was organized around it, and efforts continue to be made to keep it going. New Orleans is also a destination for visiting teams from the Caribbean countries, Texas and California, and also hosts regional tournaments from time to time.

Massachusetts
One of the traditional areas of cricket in the USA, Massachusetts has seen cricket played since the 1600s, and also has (to cricketers) the dubious distinction of having created and sponsored early baseball! The present state league is inheritor to the classic cricket tradition, has obtained corporate sponsorship (one of the few US Leagues to do so), and also has a flourishing cricket scene in modern times.

Michigan
Since 2001, MichCA has been functioning in the Great Lakes area as a flourishing league with several established clubs.  It conducts regular T20 & F40 Leagues and various pupular T20 tournaments like Great Lakes Trophy, Big-3 Challenge Cup, Inter School & University Championship etc. Please visit their website www.michca.org for more details.

Minnesota
With teams in and around the state, the Minnesota Cricket Association (MCA) is a well-established league in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. The United Cricket Club is one of the leaders, with the Lions, Falcons and Guyam cricket clubs close behind. In past years, Simon Almaer of United CC, formerly of Oxford University, averaged over 100 runs, and opened batting for the US national team against Canada. MCA goals include improving their facilities and the standard of umpiring, and they will also try to develop a greater depth of quality cricketers.

New Jersey
Along with New York (see below), home to the largest concentrations of US immigrants from the Caribbean and South Asia, and therefore of dozens of cricket clubs catering to these populations. There are also Ivy League teams and traditional (unaffiliated) clubs...an interesting "kedgeree"! year 2000 information on the Garden State C A was unavailable, but the other association (NJCA) ceased operations this year and has been replaced by a new league, the Cricket League of New Jersey (CLNJ), which promises a dynamic program for the new millenium.

New York
See the comment under New Jersey (above). New York has a very large immigrant population, some of the most established leagues in the USA; two newspapers CRICKET International and the GLOBAL Cricketer , reporting on US Cricket activities; A New York Regional Committee overseeing inter-league activities, and many other organizations and individuals interested in promoting US cricket.

New York considers itself the "Mecca" of US cricket (a title disputed by some other regions!) and the Commonwealth Cricket League with 40 or so teams, founded in 1975, rivals Southern California CA as one of the largest cricket leagues in the country, while the 12-team Bangladeshi League is the only full semi-professional league in the USA.

Information on the general New York scene can be obtained from the New York Region cricket web site, which is http://members.aol.com/nycr1. New York Leagues which have their own web sites can be reached by clicking below; in some cases, individual officers can be reached by e-mail, as per the hyperlinks provided.

North Carolina/Virginia
One of the most exciting developments in US cricket has been the establishment of a new league spanning the "dead zone" between New York/ New Jersey and Florida. Now in its fourth season and with 17 teams, The Mid-Atlantic League has filled an important gap in the cricket map of the USA, and continues to gain in participation and strength.

Tennessee

The Nashville Cricket Association, in Nashville (TN), is starting with 4 teams in its inaugural season in 1999.
It is the first cricket association in the Volunteer state---another breakthrough for US cricket!

Oklahoma/Kansas
Under extremely difficult conditions in 1998, the SouthWest Conference has kept cricket alive in the US heartland, also known as Oz country! It has teams spread over a three-state area (Kansas, Oklahoma and East Texas), and has a long tradition dating back to the 1960s.

Texas
The State of Texas boasts two cricket leagues---only Florida, New York and California can make a similar claim. The 18-team Houston Cricket League has been operating for a decade, and the newly formed North Texas Cricket Association has an equal number of enthusiastic cricketers. In 1998, Texas staged several major cricket events with what can only be described as frontier (cowboy) flair! There are a lot of special cricket events and tournaments taking place in the Longhorn State... this is a region to watch in the years ahead.

Washington, D.C
The nation's capital has long been the scene of one of the most diverse leagues in the country, and events that attract first-class guest players from the West Indies and South Asia.And now, as of yr 2000, they have an established Web site where details of their activities are at last available.

Washington / Oregon / Idaho
Along with the Mid-Atlantic League (see above), the Pacific Northwest has seen the most spectacular expansion of cricket in the last decade. From a zero start, The Northwest Cricket League(NWCL) has become one of the best-organized leagues in the USA, with five cricket grounds and 9 teams in 1999. In the year 2000, the NWCL will experiment with a split-level fixture format which is believed to be the first of its kind in the USA.