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USA CRICKET & DOMINATING ETHNIC POWER : FOLLOW PETER DELLA PENNA

 
Emir 2025-02-01 00:21:22 

Follow this guy in FB, he exposes stuff about the administration of USA cricket that is mind boggling. Like how the split in the team as senior players insist in communicating in Hindi when in the dressing room and field of play against the expressed wishes of many of their team mates.

This is his latest:

In the spring of 2024, Netflix producers approached USA Cricket with a proposal to film a multi-episode behind the scenes original documentary series (similar concept to "Quarterback" and "Full Swing" original series on Netflix) following the journey of the USA Men's National Team through the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup.
The show would have given unprecedented media exposure to USA's players and provided immeasurable PR to American cricket and the sport of cricket as a whole around the USA in pop culture. USA Men's squad members and staff were broadly supportive and in favor of the idea to give Netflix filming access to the team before and during the T20 World Cup.
Instead, USA Cricket administrators rejected the offer made by Netflix.

 
Emir 2025-02-01 00:23:11 

For those wondering why there was no post-match video interview conducted by me with anyone from the USA squad after yesterday's loss to Scotland: I requested to speak with 17-year-old Utkarsh Srivastava, who was USA's standout player in the match after becoming the youngest USA men's player to score an ODI half-century for USA, and that too doing so on ODI debut after top-scoring with 67.
However, I was politely informed by a USA Cricket team official, "I've been instructed to inform you that they've said all requests are to be denied until further notice." I asked, "Who is 'they'?" and was told, "The USA Cricket administration said to deny interview requests." I then asked, "So they're denying all requests, or just requests made by me?" And I was then told, "The message I got specifically said, "Do not allow Peter Della Penna to do any interviews with the national team until further notice."
So there you have it everyone. The USA Cricket wall of silence is back in force. So much for board chairman Venu Pisike's election crusade for "TRANSPARENCY!" Congratulations on denying a teenager his opportunity to get some extra media recognition all because you want to spite someone who has spent 15 years covering the team all over the world but has committed the grave sin of failing to kiss your ass at all times.