If you build it, they will come (possibly)

Here's an interesting story. The Americans are building a dedicated cricket ground in Florida, which will stage four Twenty20 tournaments this year, starting with one in a fortnight. Line and Length has quite a few American readers, many of whom show a heartening appetite for Test and first-class cricket, but Twenty20, of course, is about the only form of cricket that will be palatable to the larger mass of Americans. A dedicated venue could be the beginning of something big. Well, medium-sized. Well, better than nothing.

The stadium near Miami cost $47 million to build and is sited near a booming expat Caribbean community, where Lawrence Rowe, the great West Indies batsman, has lived for 25 years. Javed Miandad, Mohammad Azharuddin and Richie Richardson will lead all-star teams there this month but hopefully in time American clubs of a decent standard will evolve and aspire to play at this Lord's or Eden Gardens of the US.

Just one thing, though. Couldn't they come up with a more romantic name than the "Main Event Field" at Central Broward Regional Park?

Comments

[Eric Laimins]

Don't laugh-too hard anyway-there are 16 cricket fields in greater New York City alone.

http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/facilities/af_cricket.html#sites

It's really catching on as of late with the influx of Indian, Pakistani and especially Caribbean immigrants to the States.

It's quite encouraging that the Caribbean players are coming here, as we want to learn from the best ;)