USA Cricket Appoints Johnathan Atkeison As CEO

DALLAS, TX (IANS) – USA Cricket (USAC) on July 27 appointed Johnathan Atkeison as its new CEO effective August 1.

Atkeison, who most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer of USA Rugby, joins USA Cricket with over 15 years of national governing body experience in high-performance, grassroots development, and business administration, a press release said.

This comes after the International Cricket Council (ICC) placed them “on notice” earlier this week for lacking an appropriate administrative and governance structure and framework.

With the appointment, USAC met one of the two essential conditions to remain an ICC Associate member. To get the National Governing Body (NGB) status – which is required for all sports that were included in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles – the other need was to meet the governance standards established by the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee.

“I’m honored to join the team at USA Cricket. It’s an incredible time for the sport here in the United States with the historic performance of the men’s national team in the recent T20 World Cup, the completion of the second season of Major League Cricket, and the first opportunity to showcase cricket in the Olympics here on home soil during the LA28 games. Our goal is to build a world-class organization to capitalize on that momentum, and firmly establish cricket’s position in the American sporting landscape,” Atkeison said in a statement.

“The passion the cricket community has for the sport is amazing, and the enthusiasm is infectious. I can’t wait to get started,” he added.

Venu Pisike, Chairman of USA Cricket, said, “With promising growth prospects on both Men’s and Women’s Cricket horizons, there is optimism that Johnathan will make valuable contributions towards these endeavors.”