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Hosted by American cricket journalist Peter Della Penna, Stars & Stripes Cricket Podcast focuses on the players, coaches, administrators and other contributors who make up the story of American cr... more
FAQs about Stars & Stripes Cricket Podcast:How many episodes does Stars & Stripes Cricket Podcast have?The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.
July 21, 2021Todd Myers Part 1 - Episode 12: Stars & Stripes Cricket Podcast presented by DreamCricketTodd Myers, Senior Vice President of Global Operations at Willow TV and the former Director of Programming & Acquisitions at ESPN, comes on the show to talk about the business side of cricket broadcasting in the USA. The Pennsylvania native shares some of his insights into negotiating for international cricket TV broadcast rights in the USA market as well as the internal company battles waged in order to get cricket shown on terrestrial cable television and not just streamed online....more58minPlay
July 14, 2021Don Lockerbie Part 3 - Episode 11: Stars & Stripes Cricket Podcast presented by DreamCricketIn the final part of the Don Lockerbie trilogy, the former USACA CEO discusses some of the elements of "Project 15", his plan to get USA into the top 15 of the ICC rankings by 2015 and the opposition he encountered from USACA board members regarding various elements of the strategy; his memories of the famous riot match at Kathmandu between USA and Nepal at 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, and his version of events on what led to his termination as CEO of USACA in November 2010....more56minPlay
July 09, 2021Don Lockerbie Part 2 - Episode 10: Stars & Stripes Cricket Podcast presented by DreamCricketAfter Part 1 ended with the conclusion of Don Lockerbie's experiences as COO of the 2007 ICC World Cup, Part 2 of the interview begins with his initiation into American cricket upon being recruited for and accepting the position of CEO of the USA Cricket Association in 2009. Lockerbie talks through his bizarre and unique experiences in his first year in the job including a very chaotic first board meeting, negotiating a commercial rights partnership deal with New Zealand Cricket, orchestrating the first T20 Internationals on American soil between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Lauderhill, Florida in May 2010, and holding discussions with IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi about staging IPL matches in Las Vegas....more55minPlay
July 05, 2021Don Lockerbie Part 1 - Episode 9: Stars & Stripes Cricket Podcast presented by DreamCricketDon Lockerbie, the first ever CEO of the USA Cricket Association, comes on the to talk about his journey that led him from University of North Carolina track & field All-American to stadium & venue design consultant for countless Olympic Games, the 1994 FIFA World Cup hosted by the USA and eventually into cricket where he was the Chief Operating Officer for the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. Lockerbie shares his memories of a brief period coaching Michael Jordan in the long jump at UNC, the enormous challenges he faced in getting venues ready for the 2007 World Cup, his view that Bob Woolmer was murdered in Jamaica, and why he feels that the 2007 World Cup has been unfairly maligned by cricket media over the years....more1h 21minPlay
June 30, 2021Emily Reynolds - Episode 8: Stars & Stripes Cricket Podcast presented by DreamCricketSouthern California cricketer Emily Reynolds, one of 14 volunteer women's cricket coordinators recently appointed by USA Cricket, comes on the podcast to discuss how she first got hooked on cricket and her ideas for how to help grow the game in America....more48minPlay
June 24, 2021John Reid - Episode 7: Stars & Stripes Cricket Podcast presented by DreamCricketSouthern California native John Reid, the first American-born player to represent USA in the one-day cricket era making his debut at the 1979 ICC Trophy in England, comes on the podcast to talk about his experiences in the Los Angeles cricket scene during the 1960s and 70s, living and playing in England for five years in the 1980s, and the greatest crime he ever committed on a cricket field....more48minPlay
June 11, 2021Mayor Mark Stohlman - Episode 6: Stars & Stripes Cricket Podcast presented by DreamCricketMark Stohlman, the former Mayor of Morrisville, North Carolina, comes on the podcast to talk about how this suburb of the state capital Raleigh managed to put its name on the map courtesy of cricket. Mayor Stohlman talks about his relationship with local resident Alvin Kallicharran, his own love affair with cricket, the backstory to the epic USA v Canada T20 World Cup Qualifier match in September 2018 that drew 2,500 people ending with a pitch invasion from the American fans, and what lies ahead for the turf wicket facility at Church Street Park....more1hPlay
June 01, 2021Erica Rendler - Episode 5: Stars & Stripes Cricket Podcast presented by DreamCricketErica Rendler, the first American-born player to represent the USA Women's team in 50-over cricket, joins the show to discuss her adventures in cricket. A former high school basketball teammate of future three-time Olympic gold medal-winning beach volleyball legend Kerri Walsh Jennings, Rendler was a four-sport varsity athlete at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California and was recruited to play NCAA Division One Field Hockey at Cal-Berkeley. Nearly a decade after her last competitive match, Rendler discovered cricket on a family vacation to Australia and nine months later she was making her USA national team debut in July 2010. Rendler talks through her remarkable journey, including some memorable sledging from South Africa, and discusses what's left in store to accomplish with the USA national team....more1h 29minPlay
May 24, 2021Mayor Greg Ballard - Episode 4: Stars & Stripes Cricket Podcast presented by DreamCricketFormer Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard (2008-2016) joins the Stars & Stripes Cricket Podcast presented by DreamCricket to talk about growing up in sports rich Indianapolis, his time in the Marines prior to becoming Mayor, his experiences with cricket and his support to get the Indianapolis World Sports Park completed with a state of the art turf wicket field as part of the multi-million-dollar complex in spite of opposition from local politicians. He also goes into the challenges he experienced trying to work with USACA in 2014, which ultimately led to the termination of a three-year agreement to host the USACA T20 National Championships in the city from 2014-2016 before the ICC Americas awarded the hosting of the 2015 ICC Americas Division One T20 Championship to the city, paving the way for it to become the site of the inaugural ICC Americas Combines later that year. Mayor Ballard also addresses the lack of cricket at the facility since his time as Mayor ended....more1h 31minPlay
May 17, 2021Rehman Dar - Episode 3: Stars & Stripes Cricket Podcast presented by DreamCricketSouth West Region batsman Rehman Dar, the leading scorer of the 2021 USA Cricket U19 National Championships, is this week's featured guest. The Stamford, Connecticut native talks about his brushes with the WWE universe growing up in the town where the sports entertainment behemoth is headquartered. When cricket took center stage in his life, it sparked a family move to Plano, Texas during his freshman year of high school in order to gain access to better cricket facilities in the hope of putting him on the path to represent USA. Despite being picked to represent USA U19 in 2019, Dar sat on the bench all tour. He talks about how that experience fueled his motivation to transform into a leading candidate for USA U19 selection once again heading into the 2021 ICC U19 World Cup Qualifier scheduled for August in the USA....more58minPlay
FAQs about Stars & Stripes Cricket Podcast:How many episodes does Stars & Stripes Cricket Podcast have?The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.