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Dallas will host the opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup cricket tournament with New York picked to host the blockbuster clash between India and Pakistan this summer. The opening match will be June 1 with the U.S. playing Canada. Ireland, India and Pakistan are also in Group A with the two North […]
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The LA28 sports program was officially confirmed by the International Olympic Committee during its annual session on Monday in India with baseball/softball, flag football, cricket, lacrosse and squash providing a mix of new and returning sports to the Olympic Summer Games. All five were voted in as a single package with two “no” votes from […]
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The LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games has announced five sports will be proposed to the sport program with baseball/softball, flag football, cricket, lacrosse and squash up for approval by the International Olympic Committee at its Session meeting in Mumbai this month. “LA28’s proposed sports ignite the imagination on the field of play and drive culture […]
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Major League Cricket has announced the full schedule for America’s first professional franchise cricket league, set to launch on July 13. Two cricket-specific venues — Grand Prairie Stadium in North Texas, and Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina — will host 19 matches. Six MLC teams will compete to be crowned as the inaugural […]
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Major League Cricket’s inaugural season will start July 13, 2023, at a new venue in Grand Prairie, Texas, with 19 matches in an 18-day span between six teams. The inaugural MLC championship final to take place on July 30. Six teams representing Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Seattle and New York City will […]
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USA Cricket has announced the hiring of Vinay Bhimjiani as interim chief executive officer. Bhimjiani has more than 20 years’ experience in the industries of business, finance and cricket. He comes with a proven track record in commercial and financial management. One of Bhimjiani’s main responsibilities will be to create a platform for the growth […]
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The Mangat Group in Arizona has announced plans to build a 20,000-seat cricket stadium in Buckeye, a suburb of Phoenix that would potentially be the latest in a planned boom of stadiums for the sport. The 20,000-seat stadium, known as MG Cricket Stadium, will sit on 30 acres. While there are cricket complexes in Los […]
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As the sport of cricket continues to build momentum in the United States, another huge step is being taken to bring the world’s second-most popular sport into the spotlight. Major League Cricket has announced it has completed an initial close of a $44 million Series A and A1 Fundraising Round, led by a group of […]
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Major League Cricket has entered an exclusive negotiating agreement with the city of Irvine, California, toward having a cricket venue on a 15-acre parcel of Great Park that would be home to a MLC team. The stadium would have a planned capacity of 10,000 that can be further increased for major international events. Plans include […]
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Major League Cricket will break ground in April in Grand Prairie, Texas, on the first of what is planned to be multiple new venues for the league between now and the 2024 season with an eye toward hosting games at the International Cricket Council’s Men’s T20 World Cup in 2024, co-hosted by the United States […]
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