The teams were named after cricket spectators spread across the United States (Indians, Paks, Windies, and Afghans, Aussies, Canadians, and Americans).

The American Premier League established contact with the USA Cricket Association, but had not submitted a formal approval.

[7] In 2009 the International Cricket Council (ICC) halt national players to participate until further release instructions and approval.

[8] American Premier League's Inaugural season was initially scheduled for spring of 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 15 February 2021, the CEO of APL Jay Mir signed an exclusive multi-year contract with the Minor League Baseball team New Jersey Jackals.

Some of the big names were such as, Ben Cutting, Samit Patel, Aron Jones, Sohail Tanveer, Mohammad Irfan, Usman Ghani, Akel Hussain, Rakhem Cornwal, William Perkens, Hayden Walsh, Mehran Khan, Ravi Bopara, Stephen Wiig, Gerhard Erasmus and more.