Chicago Tornadoes
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Cricket
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team that played for the United States
United States
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Pro Cricket
Pro Cricket
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league. It was one of eight founding teams in the league in 2004. This was the only year that the team played as the league was disbanded following the season. The team failed to make the playoffs during 2004.
History
The team's first match was played on 10 July 2004 against eventual champions San Francisco FreedomSan Francisco Freedom
The San Francisco Freedom was a professional cricket team that played for the United States Pro Cricket league. It was one of eight founding teams in the league in 2004. This was the only year that the team played as the league was disbanded following the season...
. On 31 July, the Texas Arrow Heads
Texas Arrow Heads
The Texas Arrowheads were a cricket team that played for the United States Pro Cricket league. It was one of eight founding teams in the league in 2004. This was the only year that the team played as the league was disbanded following the season. The team failed to make the playoffs during...
visited the Tornadoes at their home ground of Alexian Field
Alexian Field
Schaumburg Baseball Stadium is a stadium in Schaumburg, Illinois formally known as Alexian Field. It is primarily used for baseball, and was the home field of the Schaumburg Flyers minor league baseball team from 1999 through 2010...
before meeting them on 17 July in Houston. The Tornadoes batted first in this match and, despite an early hat-trick, by Corey Collymore
Corey Collymore
Corey Dalanelo Collymore is a Barbadian cricketer whose speciality is seam bowling. He has represented the West Indies team in both Tests and ODIs cricket. In a side that so often chopped and changed he became one of their most experienced bowlers...
, came up with only 157 runs. Texas dominated the match in batting, though. Marlon Samuels
Marlon Samuels
Marlon Nathaniel Samuels is a West Indian cricketer. Samuels made his Test debut in Australia in 2000, and his One Day International debut against Sri Lanka in Nairobi during the ICC Knockout Trophy in the same year....
hit the Chicago bowlers in every direction and scored a century in only 40 balls. In spite of a strong bowling effort from Franklyn Rose
Franklyn Rose
Franklyn Albert Rose is a West Indian cricketer.He is a right-handed batsman and a fast right-arm bowler who possesses a lot of power with his full-length outswing...
, the Arrowheads reached the target in 15 only overs. On 7 August, the Tornadoes again played San Francisco, this time at Alexian. The home team set a target of 157 before the Freedom caught them. The game was won on a six by Ganesh Seetaram in the eighteenth over.
The team played its final match against the Los Angeles Unity on 14 August. The Tornadoes were supposed to have played the Unity again a week later. However, this game was canceled because neither team had a chance of advancing to the playoffs. The Tornadoes finished their season without a single win.