Calvin Savage, who moved to Chicago from South Africa 18 months ago to pursue a cricket career, said his wife called him in tears after hearing that the Super Kings had drafted him.We got almost everybody we wanted and, I think we have a fantastic team set up for a good season," said Anurag Jain, one of the team's owners. Zoom in: The Texas Super Kings drafted nine U.S.-based players whose home countries include India, South Africa, Pakistan and Australia. It's coming together at the right time," Fleming said at the Texas team's introductory event Monday. "There's been a lot of talk about international cricket coming to America.Investors are funding the teams and their players right now, but the goal is to eventually sustain the teams through sponsorships and revenue from cricket matches.State of play: Major League Cricket will start with six franchises representing Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Washington, D.C., and Texas.
Stephen Fleming, a former New Zealand national team captain, will coach both the Chennai Super Kings and the Texas Super Kings.The partnership means they'll share coaches and support staff while playing in two different leagues in two countries.The intrigue: The Grand Prairie team will partner with the Chennai Super Kings, an Indian franchise that's won four championships since the immensely popular Indian Premier League started play in 2008. MLC's epicenter will be in Grand Prairie, where a former minor league baseball ballpark is being converted into a cricket ground and training academy.for centuries, Major League Cricket is the latest and largest attempt to popularize the sport in the U.S. Why it matters: While cricket has been played in the U.S. League executives and the Texas players arrived in Dallas on Monday to introduce the coach, share their new name and announce a partnership with a popular team in India.The team's name is … the Texas Super Kings!ĭriving the news: Coaches and investors in the Texas team, which will be based in Grand Prairie, drafted players over the weekend.Major League Cricket's Texas team finally has a name, coach and roster ahead of the league's launch this summer.
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