- Bankruptcy exit plan formulated for USA Cricket with new directors and increased funding from ACE. A restructuring plan filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court calls for three independent directors and a $3.145 million financial commitment from ACE to restore USA Cricket’s operations.
- Team USA (Photo by Joe Allison-ICC/ICC via ) A plan of reorganization filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court calls for three independent directors to lead USA Cricket out of Chter 11 bankruptcy. American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) is providing additional funding of $3.145 million to keep the organization operational during its suspension from the ICC.
- The plan represents the most concrete step yet toward restoring USA Cricket’s position in international cricket since the crisis that began in 2025.
Bankruptcy exit plan formulated for USA Cricket with new directors and increased funding from ACE. A restructuring plan filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court calls for three independent directors and a $3.145 million financial commitment from ACE to restore USA Cricket’s operations.
Team USA (Photo by Joe Allison-ICC/ICC via ) A plan of reorganization filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court calls for three independent directors to lead USA Cricket out of Chter 11 bankruptcy. American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) is providing additional funding of $3.145 million to keep the organization operational during its suspension from the ICC. The plan represents the most concrete step yet toward restoring USA Cricket’s position in international cricket since the crisis that began in 2025. Liquidator Mark Dennis named Selina Kaing, Patrick Singleton and Norman Wain as three proposed independent directors.
Under the terms of the plan, all existing director positions at USA Cricket would immediately expire once the restructuring plan takes effect. At that point, the three proposed directors would automatically assume office. As Cricbuzz reports, the indictment confirmation hearing is requested around January 15, 2027, with a deadline of January 22, 2027 at the latest. Financing arrangements under the plan must be court ordered by January 29, 2027.
The ICC observed the director selection process and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) also participated in its oversight. All three directors have experience in sports administration, legal and corporate governance. Selina Kaing has held leadership positions at Google, Marvell, Disney and Nestlé and has served as President of the US Fencing Foundation, Vice Chair of the Board and Advisor to the Board of Directors of USA Fencing.
Patrick Singleton is a three-time Olympian from Bermuda who played amateur cricket for Southampton Rangers, was a member of the International Olympic Committee’s Athletes Commission between 2016 and 2020, and also held leadership responsibilities within the World Olympians Association. Norman Wain served as Director of Business and Legal Affairs and General Counsel at USA Track and Field for 14 years, from 2010 to 2024. What does USA Cricket’s restructuring plan entail?
The plan sets out three immediate priorities for the reorganized body: ensuring the reinstatement of ICC membership, negotiating a long-term, definitive commercial agreement with the ACE consistent with the economic and structural terms of the original 2019 term sheet, and ensuring that the organization meets the USOPC’s recognition governance requirements. The new board must work with ACE to finalize this agreement. ACE’s additional $3.145 million in funding is intended to cover USA Cricket’s operational and operational costs as the facility expands beyond the 2029 Los Angeles Olympics.
Following the reorganization, USA Cricket will be required to submit monthly written reports to the CAC on the status of its efforts to regain membership in the ICC, including material communications with the ICC and USOPC. The plan also calls for a board of nine to 11 board members with 33.3 percent athlete representation. An amended constitution and electoral calendar provisions are part of the broader governance framework being put in place.
The court had already found the management of the organization by the board led by Pisike to be inadequate. The background to the current plan is a series of administrative failures. USA Cricket terminated its agreement with American Cricket Enterprises on August 22, 2025.
The ICC suspended USA Cricket on September 24, 2025 and the organization filed for Chter 11 bankruptcy on October 1, 2025. Bankruptcy judge Michael E. Romero fired USA Cricket’s entire board of directors on January 12, 2026, deciding that the organization was unable to reorganize under its current leadership, and pointed Mark Dennis as administrator.
What is the broader context for the future of USA Cricket? USA Cricket’s predecessor body, the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA), was suspended three times between 2005 and 2015 before being expelled by the ICC in 2017, making the current situation a recurring governance challenge for cricket in the United States. The current crisis took place against the backdrop of significant commercial and sporting dynamics, which the reorganization aims to protect.
American cricket goes all the way to the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, with Pomona expected to host cricket at those games. The Los Angeles Knight Riders have created a new website linked to this Olympic program. The Washington Freedom broke ground on a private 10,000-seat stadium in Frederick, Maryland, which would serve as the franchise’s permanent home.
USA Cricket also became World Second Division champions after a three-year season, underscoring progress on the field that is threatened by administrative unrest. It is vital that the restructuring plan now meets the January 2027 court deadlines before any of these broader ambitions can be pursued under a restored government structure.
