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WHAT'S UP? IT'S OPENING DAY FOR PROFESSIONAL CRICKET IN GRAND[Opening Day For Major League Cricket At Grand Prairie Stadium]
PRAIRIE.THE CITY'S NEWS, 7,200 SEAT CRICKET STADIUM IS HOSTING THE LAUNCH OF MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET.
MLC INCLUDES THE TEXAS SUPER KINGS WHO WILL PLAY AT THE STADIUM AND TEAMS FROM FIVE OTHER AMERICAN CITIES.
LOOK AROUND THE STADIUM IS FULL.
PEOPLE ARE LINED UP OUTSIDE THE GROUND IS READY, THE PLAYERS ARE READY.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT GAME OF CRICKET FOR THE TOP SUPERSTARS IN THE WORLD.
FANS ARE ALSO EXCITED TO SEE THE NEW LEAGUE IN ACTION FROM MY CHILDHOOD.
I USED TO PLAY CRICKET IN MY VILLAGE THEN WHEN THE IPL START.
SO EACH AND EVERY GAME I WATCHED IN INDIAN INDIANS GROUND, BUT NOW IT'S A MUSLIM IN TEXAS.
AND IT'S A BIG THANKS TO GLEN PRAIRIE.
I LIKE ALL FORMATS OF THE GAME, BUT, UH, T 20, CERTAINLY THE FAST-PACED ONE THAT, UH, THEY THINK IS GOING TO APPEAL TO MOST AMERICANS AND I'M UP FOR IT.
I THINK ESPECIALLY WITH THE T 20 FORMAT BEING SHORT, IT'S AN EXCITING GAME.
IT'S, UH, MORE EXCITING THAN BASEBALL, I THINK IS.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S AN EASY TO FOLLOW GAME ONCE YOU GET, GET USED TO IT.
TO SET THE MOOD, THE STADIUM OFFERED UP A STIRRING NATIONAL ANTHEM AND AN ACROBATIC FLYING DEMONSTRATION.
THEN THE SUPER KINGS AND THE LA NIGHT RIDERS TOOK THE FIELD FOR THE FIRST MATCH.
FOUR CRICKET IS THE WORLD'S SECOND MOST POPULAR SPORT.
ENJOYED BY BILLIONS OF FANS, INCLUDING A SIZABLE FOLLOWING IN NORTH TEXAS.
THEY APPROACHED US WITH THIS IDEA.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CRICKET WAS.
THEY HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD, GOOD PEOPLE BEHIND IT.
AND WE SAID, LET'S GO WITH THEM.
THE HOMETOWN SUPER KINGS WOULD GO ON TO WIN THURSDAY'S MATCH OPENING A THREE WEEK MLC TOURNAMENT THAT ENDS WITH A CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL JULY 30TH AT GRAND PRAIRIE STADIUM.
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