The 2025-26 academic year was another bumper year for college cricket where teams, for the second consecutive year, had the opportunity to compete for national championships across two governing bodies: the Collegiate Cricket League (CCL) and the National College Cricket Association (NCCA). Additionally, college cricket teams participated in an enhanced regional structure that brought together institutions in geographic clusters, including the South, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast,

I, like many others around the world, am a cricket badger. I’ve played cricket. I’ve travelled the world to watch cricket. I scour ESPN CricInfo enriching my knowledge of cricket. I scroll through short-form digital content consuming cricket. I continue to talk about cricket to anyone who willingly obliges (or not, as my wife would attest!). The iconic reggae masterpiece Dreadlock Holiday could not say it better, “I don’t like cricket. Oh no, I love it!” Dubin (1956) conside