Napa Valley Cricket Club

Napa Valley Cricket Club is a cricket club in Napa Valley, that serves the expatriate and local cricket population of Napa County and beyond. The club was established in 2012 ^[1] and plays its home games at the Fairgrounds in Calistoga, at the northern end of the Napa Valley. The club is affiliated to the American Cricket Federation, United States Youth Cricket Association and Last Man Stands.

The club welcome members to play social cricket and includes members who hail from cricket playing countries including Australia, England, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and United States of America.

The club hosts an annual season opening game dubbed the "Napa Valley World Series of Cricket" ^[2] in April of each year where an intra-club game of cricket between members takes place. The teams are divided along their countries of birth and the game is generally between an American & Australian XI and a Rest of the World XI.

The club also hosts visiting teams on tour and has hosted Philadelphia Cricket Club, Merion Cricket Club, Beverly Hills Hollywood Cricket Club, Hoboken Cricket Club, Compton Cricket Club captained by Nick Compton and also hosted a "Caribbean All Stars" team captained by former West Indies Test Captain Alvin Kallicharran.

Gallery

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  The Winning Rest of the World team in the 2014 Napa Valley "World Series of Cricket"
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  The “pitch” viewed from one end at the Napa County Fairgrounds in Calistoga
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  Former West Indian Test Captain Alvin Kallicharran with Napa Valley CC member Jack Evanko
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  Tim Ford (second from left) with the three members of Philadelphia Cricket Club who were part of his historic 2014 hat-trick
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  Tim Irwin of the NVCC Australia - America plays a shot off his legs on his way to an innings of 53 runs off 39 balls
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  Napa Valley CC Players with Nick Compton
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  Napa Valley CC PutOutYourBats Collage
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  Beverly Hills Hollywood CC visiting Napa Valley CC
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  Napa Valley CC visiting Philadelphia Cricket Club
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  Napa Valley CC at the Annual Calistoga 4th of July Parade
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  Pete Carson pictured batting on an end of season trip to play Beverly Hills Hollywood CC

References

External links

• Napa Valley Cricket Club