On July 13, the first cricket match will take place in Grand Prairie, culminating in a league championship on July 30.
Cricket teams from Pakistan and England met in last weekend's final of the T20 World Cup in Melbourne, Australia. Organizers of Major League Cricket want to bring some of the games to the U.S. in 2024.A professional cricket league playing matches in major U.S. cities is a dream that’s been years in the making for investors and fans of one of the world’s most followed sports.
It’s an effort backed by two of the area’s most successful businessmen, Anurag Jain and his investing partner Ross Perot Jr. They bought into a $44 million funding round that will help the league build facilities across the country. Justin Geale, the league’s tournament director, said the announcement of the season shows backers’ and organizers’ belief in the sport. Cricket boasts aSix teams — Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Seattle and New York City — will each stock their rosters with multiple global stars playing alongside U.S. cricketers. Team names and identities will be unveiled in early 2023.
Sports-rich Dallas, with five major league franchises and several minor league teams in various sports, is missing only professional cricket from its lineup, Jain said.Grand Prairie’s proximity to DFW International Airport will be a “huge asset” in drawing international travelers, he said.
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