DUBAI – Dallas, Florida and New York will host matches on the men’s T20 World Cup next year, cricket’s international governing frame introduced Wednesday.
The United States will likely be staging an international cricket match for the primary time as the game appears to be like to enlarge into a brand new territory. It is co-hosting the June 4-30 match with the West Indies.
The International Cricket Council stated an settlement has been reached for the development of a 34,000-seat stadium in Eisenhower Park, a purpose-built sports activities and occasions park in Nassau County, New York, pending the awarding of a required allow next month.
Venues in Grand Prairie in Dallas and Broward County in Florida will likely be greater in measurement to enlarge seating, media and top rate hospitality spaces to allow them to host matches in the 20-team match, which makes it the largest T20 World Cup but.
“The USA is a strategically important market,” ICC leader govt Geoff Allardice stated, “and these venues give us an excellent opportunity to make a statement in the world’s biggest sport market.”
The inaugural Major League Cricket competition used to be held this year in the U.S., with groups from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas, New York and Washington — 4 of which can be owned via franchises in the Indian Premier League — collaborating. Grand Prairie staged lots of the video games.
Florida also hosted recent T20s between India and the West Indies at Central Broward Stadium in Lauderhill.
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