SoCal Lashings | |
League | Minor League Cricket |
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Conference | Western Division (Pacific Conference) |
Personnel | |
Captain | Dale Phillips |
Owner | Abhimanyu Rajp Deepak Gosain |
Team information | |
City | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Colours | Purple, and Gold. |
Founded | 2020 |
Home ground | Leo Magnus Cricket Complex |
Capacity | 5,000 |
The SoCal Lashings, also known as the Los Angeles Lashings , are an American professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the Minor League Cricket (MiLC) and other major T20 Cricket tournaments across the USA. The team's home base is in Los Angeles. Lashings was named in 2020 as part of the 24 original teams to compete in Minor League Cricket USA. [1] The franchise is co-owned by Abhimanyu Rajp and Deepak Gosain. [2]
The team's current home ground is the Leo Magnus Cricket Complex, located in the neighborhood of Van Nuys, Los Angeles. [3] Dale Phillips currently helms responsibility as captain, with Elmore Hutchinson standing by as vice-captain. [4]
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. [5] [6] 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. [7]
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, [8] but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic [9] and due to the lack of high-quality cricket stadiums in the USA. [10] Major League Cricket was pushed to a summer-2023 launch [11] and Minor League Cricket was pushed back to July 31, 2021. [12]
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. [13]
In July 2020, the player registration for the Minor League Cricket exhibition league began. [14] On August 15, 2020, USA Cricket announced the teams participating in the exhibition league matches, also listing the owners for each team. [15] The draft for the exhibition league began on August 22, 2020, [16] with the Lashings releasing their squad on August 24. [17] Abhimanyu Rajp was later named as captain for the Los AngelesLashings for the exhibition league. [17]
2021: 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. [18] Ahead of the official season, which was announced to kick off on July 31, [19] the Lashings announced former USA National Team member Abhimanyu Rajp to continue his role as captain with Elmore Hutchinson helming vice-captain duties. [4]
In their first match of the season, the Lashings defeated the Surf Riders by 4 wickets in a last-over thriller. [20] They then went on to lose to the Blazers and to the Grizzlies, but came back to win against the Strikers by 4 wickets the following week. [21] They then went on a 8-game losing streak, losing to the Strikers, the Grizzlies, the Blazers, the Thunderbolts twice, the Athletics, the Mustangs, and the Hurricanes [22] [23] [24] [25] before winning against the Surf Riders and the Master Blasters to end out the group stage. [26] [27] The Lashings finished out in 5th place, thus failing to qualify for the play-offs. Silicon Valley Strikers eventually won the first title for the Minor League Cricket.
2022: Ahead of the 2022 season, Major League Cricket announced that the draft for that season would take place on May 12. [28] Dale Phillips took over the Captain's responsibility in 2022 season, along with Katene Clarke signed as the overseas recruits for the year. Seattle Thunderbolts win it all in 2022.
2023:Lashings finishes 1 victory away from playoffs in their 3rd season. Dallas Mustangs take the Champions crown in 2023 [29]
Name | Nationality | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
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Dale Phillips | New Zealand | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | Overseas |
Katene Clarke | New Zealand | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | Overseas |
Marcus Stewart | United States | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2021 | |
Shamsher Singh | Canada | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2021 | Overseas |
Shiva Vashishat | United States | Right-handed | N/A | 2021 | |
Abhimanyu Rajp | United States | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | |
Harpreet Singh | United States | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | |
Zohaib Ahmed | Pakistan | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | Overseas |
Elmore Hutchinson | United States | Right-handed | Left-arm fast medium | 2021 | |
Ravi Timbawal | United States | Right-handed | N/A | 2023 | |
Mrunal Patel | United States | Left-handed | Left-arm off spin | 2023 | |
Kirstan Kallicharan | Trinidad and Tobago | Right-handed | N/A | 2021 | Overseas |
Ruben Clinton | New Zealand | Right-handed | Right-arm off break] | 2021 | Overseas |
Pranav Pragyadala | United States | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2023 | U17 |
Ayan Desai | United States | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium] | 2023 | U21 |
Deepak Gosain | United States | Right-handed | N/A | 2021 |
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