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They beat Pakistan. The '''United States men's national cricket team''' is the team that represents the [[United States]] in [[international cricket]]. The team was formerly organized by the [[United States of America Cricket Association]] (USACA), which became an [[List of International Cricket Council members|associate member]] of the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC) in 1965.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/a-brief-history-209608 |title=A brief history ... |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|date=18 May 2005}}</ref> In June 2017, the USACA was expelled by the ICC due to governance and financing issues, with the U.S. team being temporarily overseen by [[ICC Americas]] until a new sanctioning body was established.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/19706136/usaca-expelled-icc|title=USACA expelled by the ICC|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=September 25, 2017}}</ref> In January 2019, associate membership was officially granted to [[USA Cricket]].<ref name="ESPN Cricinfo">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25714489/usa-formally-approved-rejoin-icc-associate-member-usa-cricket |title=USA formally approved to rejoin ICC as Associate Member under USA Cricket |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=January 8, 2019}}</ref>
A U.S. representative team participated in [[United States v Canada (1844)|the first international cricket match]], played against [[Canada national cricket team|Canada]], in 1844. For a century and a half, the U.S. national team seldom played against other national teams. It played mostly against Canada (in the annual [[Auty Cup]]), or against visiting teams from other countries.
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