Subscription Information for the 'US Cricketer'

The US Cricketer (information correct as of 29Mar94)

_US Cricketer_ is a quarterly magazine published  out  of  Bloom-
field, New Jersey.  It is edited by Gowton Achaibar and Tony Bec-
ca and includes such contributors as Ayaz Menon and Qamar  Ahmed.
It  is  aimed at the North American reader with roots in any Com-
monwealth country, and as such does not specialize in any partic-
ular country; it attempts to cover any cricket played anywhere in
the world that somebody might be interested in.  Complete reports
and statistics on all test matches and on many other competitions
are included, although since this  is  a  quarterly  publication,
this  is not the place to get your "hot-off-the-press" test match
reports.  (I would think, however, that it would be a good  place
to   have them  collected  for future reference--unless you buy a
_Wisden_ every year.)

The magazine also carries reports of cricket league activities in
North  America,  not just in the New York/New Jersey area, but in
Florida, California, Michigan, Texas--wherever they manage to get
reports  from,  and  each  issue  seems  to get reports from more
places. There's a listing of leagues  with contact   information,
and other leagues are urged to send in information to be listed.

What I like best about the magazine are  the  articles,  many  of
which are historical and discuss some great player of the past or
some memorable match.  There has been an ongoing series of  arti-
cles  about  the  history  of cricket in the US that I have found
quite interesting.

The people putting together this magazine seem to be very aggres-
sive  about promoting both the magazine and cricket in general in
North America, and they also seem to be real go-getters in  terms
of  selling  advertising  and establishing a sound business.  The
magazine is printed on glossy paper with many colored  pages  (or
coloured  if  you prefer).  The advertisements in the earlier is-
sues were almost entirely from West Indian businesses, reflecting
a  magazine staff that seems to be dominated by West Indians, but
I don't see any West Indian bias in the editorial content.   They
really  are  trying to be universal in their coverage, and lately
they are getting more advertisements from businesses in the South
Asian   community.  (There is most definitely a "people of color"
flavor to the magazine as a whole, but I see no reason why an ex-
patriate Australian or Briton in North America wouldn't enjoy the
articles.  They do pitch their advertising space at those who are
looking to reach the ethnic market, though.)

The advertisements are also a good question to  find  answers  to
that perennial question we see here on this newsboard, "Where can
I buy cricket equipment in this Godforsaken land?"  Several North
American suppliers of cricket equipment advertise here.

The magazine is quarterly, and is into its second volume,  Volume
2 No. 1 having just been published.  There were only three issues
in the first volume since the first issue was Spring 93, so there
are  now  four issues out.  Subscription rate is $10 per year.  I
called their information phone number before  subscribing   (201-
731-9409) to ask whether it was too late to get the first issues,
and they said they would start my subscription with whichever is-
sue  I  specified. So I told them to start my issue with Volume 1
No. 1 and sent them $20.  Just a couple of days  ago  I  got  the
first four issues all together, and now I have a year's subscrip-
tion to run.  I don't think they take credit card orders over the
phone or anything; the number is just there for questions and in-
formation.  To subscribe you send a check or money order to

US Cricketer Inc., 160 Orange Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003.
(and indicate which issue you want to start with, as I said).

Highlights of the first three issues
(sorry, I don't have the fourth here with me):

1st issue, Spring 1993:
  West Indies vs Australia
  India vs South Africa
  India vs England
  1993 Red Stripe Report
  Wasim & Waqar Crush New Zealand
  Special Article on "The Three W's"
  History of USA Cricket

2nd issue, Summer 1993:
  West Indies vs Pakistan
  Careers of Dev and Hadlee
  Gavaskar and Border
  Australian Team to England
  Rohan Kanhai Special Feature
  Kambli Scores 2nd Double
  Guyana Win Red Stripe 1993

3rd issue, Fall 1993:
  "King" Lara Rules New York
  England vs Australia Wrap-up
  Kambli Continues Run Feast
  Chanderpaul Cracks First Double
  Interview with Alan Border
  "The Twins" Kambli and Tendulkar
  Special Feature on Sir Garfield Sobers

 Contributed by Ron.Knight (rck@med.unc.edu)