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Cricket in USA the Philadelphian team
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Posted On :
Sep-24-2011
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Cricket in USA was introduced by England during the 18th century while the Americans played their inaugural match against Canada in the year 1844. This was the beginning of the sport on the American soil that resulted in the formation of the Philadelphian team.
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The Philadelphian cricket team represented Philadelphia in first-class cricket that was held between 1878 and 1913. America played their first ever international cricket match against Canada but eventual it saw its fall. The main cause of the decline was the popularity of "baseball" which was appreciated on a larger scale by the Americans. But there were certain places where cricket was popular while Philadelphia remained the favorite spot till the end of 19th century until the outbreak of World War I. The Philadelphian team comprised of four chief cricketing clubs of Philadelphia. The players came from the Marion, Belmont, Germantown and Philadelphia which were the chief clubs whereas, smaller clubs such as Moorestown and Tioga gave their players to play for the state. Local colleges such as Penn and Haverford sponsored their men to play for Philadelphia. For the next 35 years, the team played 89 first-class cricket and won 29 of them while lost 46 and 13 matches resulted in draw, whereas one game was abandoned before completion.
But as it is said "all well that's end well" was seen similar with the Philadelphian team. It was on 28th June 1913 the Philadelphians played their last first-class game on the mainland which spanned for more than 90 years. US Virgin Islands saw a large number of matches, while the Islands were considered as part of the West Indies by the ICC at the latter stage. The Philadelphian team also played the American national side 6 times between 1885 and 1894 and won one of those matches, lost two, while three of them resulted in draw. It is because of the unpopularity of cricket in United States many people have lost their interest in the sport. It is therefore, a large fan following have used different ways to get back the sport in the country. One such mode is through television and keeping this in mind many TV distributors have started to sell cricketing channels. cricket channels in usa have popularized the sport getting back its lost glory in the nation.
So, if you are cricketing fan and eagerly waiting to get the latest updates on live cores and online matches then you must subscribe to a TV provider that would help you to get the service. Orderdesitv is one of the TV distributors that are well packed with three different cricketing channels such as "Willow cricket, NEO cricket and TEN Cricket". There are other south Asian channels that are equally sponsored by them getting you the same privileges.
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http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Cricket in USA the Philadelphian team_85245.aspx
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Melissa Smith is an amateur writer dealing with different programs desi tv and south Asian channels, currently working on the channel packages. To know more on channel packages and its cost do log onto www.orderdesitv.net .
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