ADEL, Ga. — A full day of racing was contested on Friday at South Georgia Motorsports Park as a generous assortment of Stock and Super Stock racers brought their best to the table.

The event on Friday marked the first of three $20,000 races at the inaugural Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage Southern Sportsman Showdown.

It all came down to a Stock versus Super Stock final round in which Aaron Allison emerged victorious over Marion Stephenson.

The margin of victory in their close race was just .008 seconds. Allison clocked a .024 reaction time to Stephenson’s .073 and ran 9.017 (8.95 dial) to a 10.296 (10.27).

“This race is who’s who of Super Stock,” said Allison, the NHRA Division 3 Super Stock champion in 2016. “You look around, everybody is a world champ or national event winner, so this is really big.”

Indeed, Allison came up against an assortment of tough competitors, starting with Slate Cummings in the first round of Super Stock. But when Allison threw down a .010-second reaction time and Cummings went red by .002, it was all over. In the second round, Allison scored a free pass when Rick Mann broke, but he didn’t get much of a break as he had to race Terry Emmons in round three.

Harvard Business School graduate Allison was fully aware of the steps necessary to continue his quest for the trophy, and so he dished out a .005 reaction time to Emmons’ .070 and clocked an 8.976 (8.95) to his challenger’s too-quick 9.837 (9.85).

A foul start by Troy Huntzberry sent Allison along to the quarterfinals, and there he saw the win light when Byron Worner broke out by just a smidge more (9.696 on a 9.71 to Allison’s 8.959 on an 8.96).

Allison warmed up for his match with Ricky Pennington with a bye run and then advanced to the final on an 8.960, 147.18 on his 8.95 dial to Pennington’s 10.858 on a 10.85.

On the other side of the ladder, Marion Stephenson was socking away wins over Jeff Longhany, Marty Bogan Jr., and Pennington in the later rounds to lay the framework for his final-round meeting with Allison. It was simply not Stephenson’s day to win — but he’ll have two more $20,000 events to race in this weekend

For Allison, the victory triggered a little bit of nostalgia.

“The car was great, it moved less than two-hundredths all day,” Allison said, speaking of his SS/PBA ’90 Chevy Cavalier. “My dad actually built this car brand new in 1989, so we’ve had it this whole time. It’s got a special place in our hearts.

“This is a great race, when they announced it this winter, I said, this is definitely a race I want to go to. A chance to race four times in one weekend for big money at a great track. I’m from Northeast Ohio, so it was quite a trip down here – 900 miles – but the weather is warmer than Ohio, not as warm as I would have liked, but it was a great day. We had a good time, and it’s been.”

Stock Eliminator No. 1 qualifier Jim Marshall wheeled his H/SA ’77 Chevy Nova to the quarterfinals, but he was .075 at the tree against 2019 NHRA Stock champion Allison Doll and her C/SA Firebird and it cost him; he was forced to push the limits at the finish line and broke out. PB Candies was low qualifier in Super Stock, but a stunning .169-second reaction time was his nemesis, and Ed Longhany emerged from their first-round meeting with the win.

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Recently crowned Iowa state basketball champion Maguire DeJong won the Sport Mod feature to headline the undercard during Friday night’s Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals at Bristol Motor Speedway.

He held off Brady Bjella, Jared Boumeester, Zack Take and Josh Most, who completed the top five.

“I don’t know many 16-year-olds that get this kind of opportunity,” Dejong said. “We went to the state basketball championship last week and got right in the car and drove here last Saturday for practice. I’ve got to thank my family, all the guys in the pits working on the car and getting it ready for every run out here. It’s Bristol, baby.”

Bakersfield, Calif., racer Kyle Heckman won the 20-lap modified feature. He held off Cory Davis and Ricky Thornton Jr. in a thrilling finish.

“Oh man, I couldn’t look,” Heckman said. “We were on the gas, I couldn’t see those last eight laps. It’s absolutely overwhelming and amazing to win here. A lot of hard work went into winning this one for sure. I’ve got to thank so many people, my family, just a lot of help and support from sponsors. The big dog was eating, with 750-horsepower. I haven’t driven anything like that in a long time. It was a lot of fun out there.”

There was a question about the MSD chip in Heckman’s engine during post-race inspection, but his car eventually passed and he was officially declared the winner.

Only eight cars finished a caution-filled 602 Late Model feature that included a massive 11-car pileup in turn three with eight laps to go took out a large chunk of the field. Cass Fowler led most of the race and in the final laps pulled away to take the easy victory in the 20-lap race, holding off Dustin Diem, Kevin Powell, Hayden Swaney and Jamie Maurice as the checkered flag waved.

Chris Ferguson won the late model feature.

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Chris Ferguson has won some big races in his career, but Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway he said he won the biggest one yet.

Ferguson held off a star-studded field of racers to win the 25-lap super late model feature at the Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals and pocket the $10,000-to-win payday. He will be the favorite to win Saturday night’s big 40-lap, $50,000-to-win feature.

Ferguson held off NASCAR Cup Series star Kyle Larson to take the victory. Jonathan Davenport finished third, Scott Bloomquist was fourth and Chris Madden finished fifth.

“This one is at the top of the list for sure,” Ferguson said. “Winning at Lucas Oil Raceway (Indianapolis) was really cool, but when we came to Bristol, it was like wow, this is a whole another animal. The guys that ran second and third are the best in the world, and we were able to beat them tonight.”

Ferguson posted the quickest lap of the race, on lap six, when he clocked in at 15.52 seconds. He clearly had found the quickest way around the temporary dirt-filled iconic .533-mile oval that’s produced so many memorable racing moments over the years.

“The half-miles are always fun for me, I truly enjoy the speed,” Ferguson said. “It really brings out the skills of the driver because you can’t make mistakes, because one little slip and you will lose quite a bit of time and track position.”

In addition to second place finisher Larson, the race featured two other Cup Series regulars in Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch.

Elliott got tangled up with Dakotah Knuckles with 11 laps to go and ended his night at 17th. Busch, an eight-time BMS winner in the Cup Series, drove his No. 51 machine to a 13th-place finish. The trio of drivers will compete in the historic Food City Dirt Race next Sunday, the first time the NASCAR Cup Series has raced on a dirt surface in more than 50 years.

While Elliott and Busch had their issues, Larson started the race on the front row, dropped to third for a bit and then was able to find his groove and post the second-place finish.

“My car was tight early and the track was so fast early I was trying to get in line and figure out where my car would turn,” Larson said. “I finally found a good line that worked for me and if we stayed green I think I could’ve made a move. After the cautions dropped we just never found it again.”

Larson, who won 46 dirt races across the country last season and finished second 20 more times, says he loves the variety of dirt racing and enjoys the super late models.

“I feel like I have a lot to learn in these things, it’s so tight and there’s so much mechanical grip, I get myself in bad spots sometimes, so I have to get better than that,” Larson said.

“Being with a great team, they have a great package, so to know I’m going to have a good car every time I’m at the track is awesome. I’ve had a chance to race a lot of different types of cars and I feel like I can adapt quickly.”

The win was Ferguson’s 75th career dirt late model victory. Tomorrow night he will go for No. 76 with a big payday on the line.

“Every year we get a little closer to being at the top of the sport,” Ferguson said. “The last couple of years we’ve got a little closer. Hopefully this kind of launches us into a spot where we are considered one of the best. If we show up we want to be one of the guys to beat.

“I’m excited for tomorrow night I think we have a good car. I wasn’t pushing it too hard in lapped traffic. We were kind of cruising. We’ve got to get the car to run a little cooler and handle that issue, but I think we have a good long race car for tomorrow.”

The finish:

Chris Ferguson, Kyle Larson, Jonathan Davenport, Scott Bloomquist, Chris Madden, Michael Rouse, Boom Briggs, Adam Yarbrough, Jason Riggs, Michael Chilton, Donald McIntosh, Dakotah Knuckles, Kyle Busch, Jay Scott, David Payne, Ricky Thornton Jr., Chase Elliott, Brian Nuttall Jr., Tyler Millwood, Brandon Overton, Ray Cook, Jensen Ford, Coleby Frye, Frank Ingram.

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PAIGE, Texas — Much like his legendary father Jac Haudenschild, Sheldon Haudenschild is continuing to thrill fans nationwide in the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series.

His latest act came in Friday’s opener to the Drydene Texas Two-Step at Cotton Bowl Speedway.

Coming from sixth, Haudenschild braved the outside and bolted to the cushion at a time when his competitors were glued to the bottom. His risk paid off in a big way as he rocketed to the lead on lap 25 and made his moves around Aaron Reutzel and Brad Sweet look like a breeze. The final 11 laps flew by as the 27-year-old star sliced and diced his way through a tricky run of lapped traffic that included several close calls.

By topping his counterparts for the second-straight week, Haudenschild becomes the first repeat winner of the season. It’s his 16th career World of Outlaws win and continues to send the confidence of the Stenhouse Jr. Marshall Racing No. 17 through the roof.

“Winning these [Outlaw] races is a dream come true,” Haudenschild told a huge crowd. “This NOS Energy Drink car is on rails right now. These guys Ripper, Drew, Nickolas, they all deserve these wins. We’re working really hard and the results just keep coming.”

Before Haudenschild wowed the crowd, Reutzel was the talk of town. In his home state for the first time as a full-time World of Outlaws driver, Reutzel and the Roth Motorsports No. 83 looked unstoppable for much of Friday’s act at the Cotton Bowl third-mile oval.

Reutzel, the leading Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year contender, set a track record (13.356 seconds), won his Team Drydene Heat Race, drew the pole of the redraw and won the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash.

He led the opening 12 laps of the 35-lap feature before a restart allowed Sweet to lineup alongside him, and subsequently pass him around the outside.

Sweet ensued to lead his own share of 12 laps before Reutzel re-entered the picture and Haudenschild emerged to make it a three-way war the top spot. On lap 25, Haudenschild followed Sweet down the backstretch but refused to follow the Kasey Kahne Racing, NAPA Auto Parts #49 to the bottom of turn three.

Instead, he hauled it off into the corner and buried it deep into the cushion, finding the momentum and sweeping right around the outside of Sweet to take the lead away.

Haudenschild maneuvered through traffic and ran off to a 0.571-second advantage at the checkered flag.

“Ripper and I really haven’t had a lot of time together with this car,” Haudenschild noted. “Getting to work with him and the guys on developing a good base line setup for when we show up has helped a lot. Starting up front is huge too, you’re not gonna beat those guys starting behind them every night. We’ve been working on our qualifying too. We’re just making little strides everywhere. It’s great to be winning like this so early in the season.”

Closing out the podium behind Haudenschild was a dejected Reutzel in second and a consistent Brad Sweet in third.

“I’m actually really disappointed,” Reutzel said. “I just did a shitty job driving and you have to be a better driver to win these races. Car was fantastic, I think it was the winning car. These are hard to win. You have to run 35 perfect laps and I didn’t do that tonight. It’s good to get back on the podium after last weekend, though.”

Sweet, the two-time and defending World of Outlaws champion, re-claimed the early-season points lead with his fourth-straight podium appearance.

“The driver just needs to step up there,” Sweet admitted on his loss of the lead. “I knew I needed to move up, especially when you’re going that slow on the bottom. The top just didn’t look like it was there, though. I was trapped and got going slow, so I knew someone would find something. Didn’t surprise me when it was Sheldon that drove around me. I tried to keep up, but he was just a little better tonight.”

Ian Madsen recorded a season-high fourth-place finish in the McGhee No. 11. Donny Schatz earned his fifth consecutive top-five finish aboard the Tony Stewart Racing No. 15.

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Southampton's Nathan Redmond netted twice and fellow winger Moussa Djenepo also scored to secure a 3-0 win over south-coast rivals Bournemouth on Saturday and a place in the FA Cup semifinals for the first time since 2017-18.

Djenepo ran on to a precise through ball from Redmond to slot past goalkeeper Asmir Begovic and give the Saints the lead in the 37th minute, before Ralph Hasenhuttl's side struck again seconds before the break at the Vitality Stadium.

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Redmond collected a pass in midfield and weaved his way past Bournemouth's defence to fire into the top corner as the Premier League side took control of their quarterfinal with Jonathan Woodgate's Championship side.

"We had aspirations of getting [to Wembley] at the start of the season. It's a chance for us to put the league form behind us," Redmond said postmatch. "It's good for us to get into the next round going into the international break where we can work on a few things while some of the boys are away.

"We know each other well and how to get the best out of each other. Today it clicked, so hopefully we can end the season on a high."

Southampton began the game brightly and thought they had gone ahead 1-0 when Bournemouth's Cameron Carter-Vickers bundled in a Kyle Walker-Peters pass into the penalty area. But the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) disallowed the goal for offside.

VAR ruled out another Southampton effort in the second half when Che Adams netted from distance, because Stuart Armstrong was deemed to have been offside in the build-up.

Redmond then scored with a fine finish to cap off a strong day for Southampton, who last won a major trophy when they claimed the FA Cup in 1976.

The Saints will find out who they take on in the last four of the competition at Wembley Stadium when the draw is made on Sunday.

Pakistan Prime Minister and former cricket captain Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19. The news was confirmed by Dr Faisal Sultan, an infectious diseases expert and a prominent figure in Pakistan's response to the pandemic. Khan, 68, is understood to be experiencing mild symptoms, with Sultan confirming he would be self-isolating at home.

Khan was given his first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine two days earlier, and his advisors were keen to point out, immunity takes time to kick in after a shot and the vaccine itself does not infect people with the virus. A number of doctors and government officials hastened to add this wasn't a reason for people not to get vaccinated, a crucial message in a country where vaccine take-up has been low.

Khan became prime minister in August 2018 after his party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (Movement for Justice) won the largest number of seats. Since the start of the pandemic, he has resisted the imposition of a complete lockdown, with the government implementing what they have called "smart lockdowns", targeting specific regions that have seen outbreaks spike. Over the past few days, Khan has been making public appearances, inaugurating projects and meeting people, with the government urging anyone who has been in close contact with him to get themselves tested.

Pakistan has been spared the worst effects of the virus over the duration of the pandemic. There have been, to date, around 625,000 cases and under 14,000 deaths since the first case was recorded in February 2020.

But that has changed recently, with a clear rise in cases and hospital admissions over the past month indicating a third wave of the pandemic. Just last week, the government announced all restaurants in Punjab, the largest province, would be closed temporarily. With social distancing measures and mask-wearing relatively low, there have been warnings Pakistan might have to close all non-essential businesses and implement a complete lockdown to get the virus under control.

Cricket South Africa runs the risk of ministerial intervention after its Members' Council - the decision-making arm of the organisation, which is made up of provincial presidents - rejected the interim board's proposal for a majority independent board.

At a meeting on Saturday, the members' council advised the interim board that eight of its 14 participants voted against an independent board. This means the interim board is unable to complete one its most pressing tasks as directed by the country's sports minister Nathi Mthethwa: to lay the framework for a new board in line with the 2012 Nicholson Commission. The interim board and minister are expected to address the public on further steps in the coming days.

The reluctance of the Members' Council to implement an independent board dates back to the time that the Nicholson report was presented to them. Part of the reason the Members' Council continue to appoint non-independent directors is to please the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), the umbrella body under which all sports federation in this country operate - SASCOC does not approve of a majority of independent directors. That means cricket's is mostly run by people who are involved in the domestic structures and not outsiders from the corporate world or elsewhere.

Under the non-independent board, CSA has been steeped in administrative chaos that has seen several senior staff suspended for alleged misconduct and resulted in severe financial losses. Currently, CSA is still working to avoid debt that could run into hundreds of millions of Rands as a result of the failure to secure broadcasting rights for a domestic franchise T20 tournament, the Mzansi Super League, among other things. The South African Cricketers Association has previously called the situation CSA is in "an existential crisis", something the sports minister has recognised and acted on.

It was on Mthethwa's insistence that the interim board was put in place after he threatened to step in at CSA following 18 months of headline-making over questionable governance, which led to the suspension and eventual sacking of CEO Thabang Moroe. CSA is still without a permanent CEO, and is on its third acting head, and is also without a board or a framework for how to appoint one, which essentially puts it back where it was six months go - on the cusp of government intervention.

Mthethwa can act according to the country's National Sport and Recreation Act, which gives him the power to intervene "in any dispute, alleged mismanagement or other related matter that is likely to bring a sport into disrepute". He can also take away funding from CSA and may no longer recognise it as a national federation.

Toss South Africa Women chose to bowl vs India Women

Allrounder Simran Bahadur has been handed her maiden India cap as Sune Luus, South Africa's stand-in captain, opted to chase in the T20I series opener in Lucknow. South Africa, according to Luus, opted to stick to the "winning recipe" of fielding first they followed in the preceding ODI series that the hosts lost 4-1, as they rested Marizanne Kapp, Tumi Sekhukhune, and Nondumiso Shangase, who all featured in the fifth and final ODI on Wednesday.

India, led by Smriti Mandhana, who is standing in for the injured Harmanpreet Kaur included Nuzhat Parween as wicketkeeper in place of Sushma Verma who kept wicket in all five matches of the ODI series.

Mandhana will be joined at the top by fellow opener, the big-hitting 17-year-old phenom Shafali Verma, who almost singlehandedly steered India to the T20 World Cup final last year, and is playing her first match since the title clash at the MCG. She wasn't part of the 15-member squad for the ODI series.

On the eve of the first T20I, Mandhana said she expected the Indian spinners to come back strong after a disappointing run in the five-match ODI series. "In T20Is, with just four overs - 24 balls - I think it will be easier for the spinners to focus on the 24 balls rather than the 60 balls. I look at it that way," she said.

The pitch at the Ekana International Stadium, where all the five matches of the ODI series was played, carried a fairly even covering of grass and this being the first night game on this tour means the fielding of both teams will be tested.

India: 1 Smriti Mandhana (capt), 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Deepti Sharma, 5 Richa Ghosh, 6 Harleen Deol, 7 Nuzhat Parveen (wk), 8 Simran Dil Bahadur, 9 Poonam Yadav, 10 Rajeshwari Gayakwad, 11 Arundhati Reddy

South Africa: 1. Lizelle Lee 2. Anneke Bosch 3. Sune Luus (capt) 4. Laura Wolvaardt 5. Mignon du Preez 6. Lara Goodall 7. Nadine de Klerk 8. Sinalo Jafta (wk) 9. Shabnim Ismail 10. Ayabonga Khaka 11. Nonkululeko Mlaba

Toss England opt to bowl vs India

England have won the toss and chosen to bowl first in the fifth and deciding T20I against India in Ahmedabad. The visitors are unchanged while the hosts have dropped opener KL Rahul for fast bowler T Natarajan, with Virat Kohli saying he would open the batting instead.

Kohli said the change was prompted by a desire to "bring in a good balance with bat and ball". In Rahul's absence - he has made 1, 0, 0, and 14 this series - Kohli will open with Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav, who impressed with a half-century in his maiden batting innings on Thursday, at No. 3. Ishan Kishan, who missed the last match with a groin problem, remains on the sidelines.

Kohli admitted he would have opted to chase also, had he won the toss. The fourth match was the only one so far this series won by the team batting first.

For both sides, a crucial element of their preparations for the T20 World Cup, to be held in India in October, all come down to this, a must-win match between the No. 1 and No. 2-ranked teams in the world and England were particularly vocal in welcoming the challenge of breaking a 2-2 series deadlock ahead of the global showcase.

Either way, a proud unbeaten series record will be broken for someone in this match, with England having won seven and drawn one of their last eight T20I series, going back to their last tour of India in 2018, while the hosts have won six and drawn one of their last seven T20I series since Australia's victory in February 2019

The pitch will be the same one used for the second match of the series, won by India last Saturday when Kishan and Kohli made light work of the 165 target. Paul Collingwood, England's assistant coach, said on match eve that water had been added to the surface and the cracks had sealed back up. He didn't expect it to be as slow and low as it was when batting first in that match.

India:: 1 Virat Kohli (capt), 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Rishabh Pant (wk), 5 Shreyas Iyer, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Washington Sundar 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Rahul Chahar, 11 T Natarajan.

England: 1 Jason Roy, 2 Jos Buttler (wk), 3 Dawid Malan, 4 Jonny Bairstow, 5 Eoin Morgan (capt), 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Sam Curran, 8 Chris Jordan, 9 Jofra Archer, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Mark Wood.

Two USA Cricket board members have filed a lawsuit against other board members as well as the chief executive of the organisation, alleging numerous improper procedures tied to the latest cycle of delayed elections. ESPNcricinfo has obtained a copy of the lawsuit, filed on March 8, in which Venu Pisike and Srini Salver filed the claim, and also listed USA Cricket as a co-plaintiff, but in which they have sued five fellow board members along with CEO Iain Higgins.

USA Cricket issued a statement late on Friday evening, calling aspects of the suit "meritless" and arguing that fighting the suit could affect plans for the year: "If… it is required to further divert some of those limited resources into defending the organization from meritless legal claims and protecting the rights of its new membership, the Board will have no choice but to consider cutting some of its planned cricketing activities and developmental activities for 2021 and is scheduled to meet early next week to consider which activities must be scaled back."

The dispute, a throwback to the days of the expelled USA Cricket Association (USACA), stems from a series of administrative decisions from November 2020 in which the five board members are alleged to have voted in favour of approving a membership referendum to change voting procedures for the next election. The referendum called for an exception to be made in this election to allow new members to register to vote and grant immediate voting rights rather than allowing voting rights to be given after a 12-month membership, as required in the constitution.

The plaintiffs allege that the five board members violated the constitution and claim that the referendum - sent out to USA Cricket's 725 members at the time in November 2020 - did not receive the 67% supermajority as required. The five are alleged to have voted to approve the referendum with a simple majority (between 51% and 66%) of individual member votes. The lawsuit also alleges that Higgins tampered with the referendum voting process by having access to in-progress tracking of votes electronically submitted ahead of the final voting deadline, and that he directly contacted members who had yet to vote to encourage them to vote in favour of the referendum.

In December, USA Cricket claimed that the referendum was approved by the board of directors "alongside independent legal advice that had been obtained from its expert legal counsel", but didn't state that it had passed with a 67% supermajority. USA Cricket refused to make public full voting results when asked by ESPNcricinfo, saying it was a "confidential" matter.

The consequence of the resolution has been to expand the voting base from 725 members to nearly 20,000. Higgins has previously stated that passing of the referendum was to ensure "a more inclusive governance structure moving forward". At least 141 leagues were subsequently listed by USA Cricket in which clubs and leagues were eligible to align themselves as part of the expanded individual membership sign-up period ending on March 15.

A successful lawsuit could potentially be beneficial to someone like Pisike. Of the 725 members, 232 (32%) were based in Georgia, which is Pisike's home territory and was a significant factor in his re-election. Expanding that would dilute a power base.

In contrast, a board member like Ajith Bhaskar of New York, might gain from expanded membership. Bhaskar, a defendant in the suit, is currently up for reelection and New York is one of several areas believed to have experienced a strong surge in new membership registrations since the referendum was approved.

Separately, the lawsuit also alleges that the process to reappoint Paraag Marathe to a second term as board chairman was unconstitutional. Marathe's first term began following the August 2018 elections, in which seven newly voted-in board members chose him from among three independent directors - Marathe, Catherine Carlson and Rohan Sajdeh - to become the inaugural chairman. Marathe's initial two-year term on the board technically came to an end last August, but prolonged delays have resulted in another election not yet taking place.

The lawsuit claims that by the constitution a new chairman may only be elected following the Annual General Meeting after a constituent election. Currently, the terms of three board members - Suraj Vishwanathan, Bhaskar and Nadia Gruny - are up for re-election. But the lawsuit claims that multiple board members, whose terms have expired in August 2020, were allowed to vote in violation of the constitution to reappoint Marathe, rather than waiting for election results in which potentially different replacements on the board may vote differently.

The suit also claims that USA Cricket violated the constitution by not having the current elections and an AGM by November 30, 2020. The constitution states an AGM and elections must be held by the end of November every year. However, there was no AGM or election in 2019, instead delayed to February 2020.

The question likely to arise is whether or not a legal interpretation would determine that the February 2020 elections should retroactively be regarded as the 2019 election.

Regardless, Pisike and Salver are seeking an injunction to block the current election process from allowing it to continue. Instead, the suit argues that the 725 USA Cricket individual members that were in place as of November 2020 should be the ones allowed to vote and that they have since been disenfranchised by having their memberships, stripped and required to go through a fresh registration process. The suit also seeks to remove Marathe pending the results of the upcoming election.