2025 Major League Cricket Preview
The third season of Major League Cricket is about to get underway and this promises to be the biggest and boldest version of the league to date. Each team will play ten matches (as opposed to seven each in 2024…
Caribbean Premier League Playoff Preview
If you subscribed to Willow to watch Major League Cricket and then got hooked on the game -- or if you subscribed and forgot to cancel -- I hope you’ve been watching the Caribbean Premier League. It's one of the…
The Greatest Test Match Ever Played Explained for Non-Cricket Fans
Since discovering cricket a few years ago, the biggest drag has been the inability to explain some of the game's most memorable moments and achievements to folks not familiar with the sport. It's easy enough to show a YouTube clip…
Calling The Shots
The recent -- and Covid-shortened -- series between the USA and Ireland gave cricket fans in this country a lot of "firsts" to celebrate. It was the first T20 victory against a full-member nation in USA history. It also marked…
Move the Needle
There are plenty of ways to grow the game of cricket in the United States and one of the easiest ways to do it doesn't involve a whole lot of work. You don't have to wake up early on a…
The Boys of Summer
Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote about how cricket had a unique opportunity to make inroads in this county because the four major sports were still in turmoil about how they were going to start -- or restart --…
Is America Ready for Cricket?
I'll spare you the curious details about the rest of my life, but for the past two weeks, things have broken down like this: the first part of the day is about the IPL and the second part of the…
Can Disney Deliver Cricket to the US?
What do Iron Man, The Hulk, Luke Skywalker, Hans Solo, Chris Gayle, and Sheldon Cottrell have in common? Simple. If you want to watch any of these heroes in action, you're going to have to give some credit card information…
Getting Ready for the World Cup
If you're feeling a bit T20-ed out from a month-plus of daily Indian Premier League action, you're about to get a break as things slowly transition from all T20 matches to all 50-Overs matches for the next two months. While…
