Houston Open T20 tournament is an USA cricket sanctioned event, being played at Prairie View complex in Texas from April 14th – 18th.
2023 Houston Open – Live Scores
Many International stars including the likes of Dane Piedt, Corey Anderson, Rahkeem Cornwall, Sherfane Rutherford, Nitish Kumar, Sami Aslam, Rohan Mustafa, Basant Regmi, Shehan Jayasuriya and others from USA national squad and domestic players from West Indies have turned up for their respective franchises for the tournament.
The 16-team tournament is being played in four groups of four teams each in a single round-robin group stage format, before the top two teams from each group advance to the knock-out stage of thel tournament.
Some of the players from New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka featuring in the competition will also be playing in USA Cricket’s Minor League Cricket competition in 2021, with a view to get the opportunity to play in Major League Cricket competition in 2022. Houston Open tournament provides a short preview of what to expect from Minor League Cricket competition.
Houston Open Day 1 Brief Scores
Houston Stars 166/7 in 20 overs (Saqlain Haider 48, Kennar Lewis 30, Navin Stewart 17, Nosthush Kenjige 15, Basant Regmi 2/29, Soorya Selvakumar 1/18, Elmore Hutchinson 1/34) beat Nepali Rhinos 162/7 in 20 overs (Kanishka Chaugai 36, Saqib Salim 28, Rohan Mustafa 21, Prithu Baskota 17, Navin Stewart 3/31, Jermaine Blackwood 2/31) by 4 runs
LA Master Blasters 99/4 in 20 overs (Nisarg Patel 25, Mrunal Patel 22 n.o, Timil Patel 21 n.o, Junaid Nadir 2/15) lost to Houston Stallions 103/5 in 18 overs (Sami Aslam 38 n.o, Sherfane Rutherford 23, Saurabh Netravalkar 2/20, Vatsal Vaghela 2/21) by 5 wickets
Criclanes 51 all out in 16.2 overs (Dane Piedt 4/10, Harmeet Singh 3/11) lost to Atlanta Fire 52/1 in 5.2 overs (Zia Shehzad 24 n.o, Rishi Bhardwaj 17 n.o) by 9 wickets
RDU Army 147/9 in 20 overs (D Shivakumar 41, Sarnam Patel 31, Kunal Patel 29, Manoj Acharya 3/29, Raj Bhavsar 2/20, Yash Kangura 2/36) lost to CricMax 150/3 in 15.2 overs (Dominik Rikkhi 64, Akshay Homraj 61, Aaron Jones 15 n.o, Kalpesh Patel 2/33) by 7 wickets
Samp Army 109/8 in 20 overs (Sagar Patel 36, Jaskaran Malhotra 21, Junaid Nadir 4/50, Rahkeem Cornwall 1/13, Omer Khan 1/14) lost to Houston Stallions 112 for no loss in 10.1 overs (Rahkeem Cornwall 88 n.o, Sami Aslam 23 n.o) by 10 wickets
Panthers 191/4 in 20 overs (Anirudh Jonnavitulla 43, Naseem Ahmad 40 n.o, Sharmin Karbhari 40 n.o, Hamid Masood 30, Luke Schofield 3/34) lost to St. Louis Americans 193/2 in 16.5 overs (Unnikrishnan GP 67 n.o, Luke Schofield 57 n.o, Yashodhan Mahajan 53, Murtaza Hashwani 1/19) by 8 wickets
Virginia Wolves 117/9 in 20 overs (Waqar Ahmed 21, Gourav Bajaj 21, Josh Dascombe 2/9, Sanjay K 2/9, Shadley van Schalkwyk 2/28) lost to Prairie View Hurricanes 118/1 in 11.4 overs (Rameez Raja Jr 78 n.o, Zaid Ilyas 1/13) by 9 wickets
