Corey Anderson admits uncertainty amid the USA players in the wake of the impasse between USA Cricket vs ACE.
Corey Anderson: USA Cricket vs ACE has left players ‘uncertain of their futures’.
USA Cricket’s players are “extremely affected” and facing uncertainty regarding their future as a result of the organization’s decision to end its contract with American Cricket Enterprises (ACE), its main commercial partner and the parent company of Major League Cricket (MLC). USA all-rounder Corey Anderson, the US Cricketers’ Association’s (USCA) operational director, says the players are worried that ACE’s withdrawal could ruin cricket in the US.
After investing in both Minor League Cricket and the now three-season MLC, Anderson, a former New Zealand all-rounder who moved to the USA and became eligible to play for them in 2023, claimed that ACE had played a significant role in the growth of cricket in the USA for a number of years.
“I guess the termination of this contract between USAC and ACE just leaves players in a limbo and in a scenario where they are now so uncertain of their futures,” Anderson told from Dallas.
“And this is something that they’re extremely affected by in the way that they earn a living. How long does this last for? What does future seasons of Major League or Minor League or anything like that – what does that start to look like from that regard?”
A long-term agreement signed in 2019 requires ACE to provide the USAC with at least USD 1.2 million a year to fulfil the national team’s contracts, including support personnel. According to the USAC, one of the violations that resulted in the contract’s termination was the inability to regularly pay out that money. ACE vehemently contests this, asserting that it has in fact made overpayment.
Anderson is also concerned about how the impasse would affect a number of significant occasions in the run-up to the 2026 T20 World Cup, which will take place in India and Sri Lanka in February and March and feature 20 participating nations, including the United States.