News

Richard Done out at USA Cricket

After nearly three years of service, Richard Done is out as the Operations Director for USA Cricket. 

Emerging Cricket learned of the shocking news after an automatic email reply to an inquiry, stating “Dear sender, thank you for your email. Richard Done is no longer with USA Cricket as of December 16, 2022, and unfortunately can no longer answer your email. Pelase direct your inquiries to relevant individuals and departments as below. The reply went on to name Vinay Bhimjiani and Dhruv Barot as contacts for “Operations & General matters”. 

Done, a former first class cricketer for New South Wales and Suffolk, has had an illustrious career in the sport. Prior to taking the job as USA Cricket Operations Director in early 2020, Done tallied over 15 years of professional coaching experience, and another 15 years as High Performance Manager at the ICC. 

Requests for clarification on the nature of Done’s departure have not been returned by USA Cricket. 

More to follow…

You’re reading Emerging Cricket — brought to you by a passionate group of volunteers with a vision for cricket to be a truly global sport, and a mission to inspire passion to grow the game.

Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, please subscribe for regular updates, and follow EC on TwitterFacebookLinkedIn and YouTube.

Don’t know where to start? Check out our features listcountry profiles, and subscribe to our podcast.

Support us from US$2 a month — and get exclusive benefits, by becoming an EC Patron.

Nate Hays

Fielding All Rounder, played a lot of baseball. Born in Maryland, lives in North Carolina, not from a ‘cricketing nation'...yet!

Recent Posts

USA Cricket terminate World Cup coach Stuart Law

USA Cricket have dismissed head coach Stuart Law on Friday.  The termination comes in spite…

3 weeks ago

Kathryn Bryce makes WBBL return with Hurricanes

Scotland Women's captain Kathryn Bryce has signed on for the Hobart Hurricanes for this season's…

4 weeks ago

Dream realised as Scorchers sign Suwandewi for WBBL10

Indonesia all-rounder Ni Made Putri Suwandewi will share a dressing room with recent T20 World…

4 weeks ago

‘We Want to Make Cricket a Mainstream German Sport’ – Deutscher Cricket Bund VP

“Across continental Europe, except for Netherlands and maybe Serbia and Corfu, it’s the same thing.…

4 weeks ago

Netherlands welcome county foursome for Oman series

The Netherlands will be reinforced by the availability of four county-contracted players when they travel…

1 month ago

Japan Cricket Association’s Alan Curr on Asian Games, Olympics and the combined Asia-EAP T20WC qualifiers

“Yeah, we have all seen the Reuters article, but as far as we’ve been told…

2 months ago