The American Premier League was a Twenty20

Twenty20

Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...

 cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 league based in the United States of America. The first league was scheduled to take place between October 6 and October 24th 2009. The APL was owned and promoted by Jay Mir.

Affiliation and match plans

The American Premier League was in contact with the USA Cricket Association but did not formally apply for approval. In 2009 the International Cricket Council

International Cricket Council

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 (ICC) issued a memo to member nations stating that the event is unapproved and warning nations not to release their players to the event.

The league had planned to play twice a year at baseball

Baseball

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's Richmond County Bank Ballpark

Richmond County Bank Ballpark

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. In 2009 APL announced an imminent three year deal with minor league

Minor league baseball

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 club the Staten Island Yankees

Staten Island Yankees

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 who own the venue. Six teams were expected to take part in the first event: Premium Pakistan, Premium India, Premium Bengal, Premium West Indies, Premium World and Premium America, but the event did not materialise.

In 2009 the ICC announced support for the creation of a Twenty20 cricket competition in the US to compete against the APL, and in December 2010 the board of the United States of America Cricket Association

United States of America Cricket Association

The United States of America Cricket Association is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in the United States. USACA sponsors the United States cricket team that is recognized by the International Cricket Council, and has been an associate member of that body since 1965.USACA...

 that it had signed a $10 million dollar deal with New Zealand Cricket

New Zealand Cricket

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 and other investors as stakeholders, creating a new body called Cricket Holdings America to manage all commercial rights for cricket in USA, including Twenty20 rights, in perpetuity

No American Premier League matches were played in 2010, and as of April 2011 no further matches have been announced.

Staff

• Sir Richard Hadlee - executive consultant
• John Emburey
  John Emburey
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   - Premium World Coach
• Richie Richardson
  Richie Richardson
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   - Premium West Indies Coach

Players

• Inzamam ul-Haq
• Abdul Razzaq
• Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
  Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
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• Imran Farhat
  Imran Farhat
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• Imran Nazir
  Imran Nazir
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• Mohammad Asif
• Saqlain Mushtaq
  Saqlain Mushtaq
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• Adam Hollioake
  Adam Hollioake
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• Graeme Hick
  Graeme Hick
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• Jason Gillespie
  Jason Gillespie
  Jason Neil Gillespie is an Australian cricketer who formerly represented Australia at international level, in both Tests and One Day Internationals, and South Australia, Yorkshire and Glamorgan at first-class level. His primary role is as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, but he is also a competent...
  
  
• Damien Martyn
  Damien Martyn
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• Lance Klusener
  Lance Klusener
  Lance Klusener is a South African cricketer, more specifically an all-rounder. He is known for his aggressive batting and his fast-medium swing bowling. He is nicknamed "Zulu" because of his fluency in that language. Following his exploits at the 1999 World Cup, he topped the ICC ODI Batting...
  
  
• Nathan Astle
  Nathan Astle
  Nathan John Astle is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was an attacking batsman who liked to play batting shots such as the cover drive and the pull shot. He also scored the world's fastest Test double century in terms of balls faced. This remarkable innings of 222 was scored in just 168 balls...