US plans IPL-style cricket league
31 July 2009
There are plans to launch a Twenty20 cricket league in the US similar to the successful Indian Premier League, a top US cricket official says.
The chief of the USA Cricket Association, Don Lockerbie, said that potential commercial partners are being sought for the tournament.
The matches next year are planned for three venues, including a new cricket stadium that has been built in Florida.
There are some 15 million cricket fans in the US, Mr Lockerbie said.
By organising America's first professional cricket tournament, Mr Lockerbie said he was trying to make America "one of the top 15 cricket playing nations by 2015".
"[The planned tournament] is a very serious initiative and the chances [of it succeeding] are better than a 50-over tournament," he said.
Mr Lockerbie said proposals have already been sought from potential commercial partners and efforts were on to find out how much the tournament was worth.
source: bbc.com