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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Sport
Benjamin Goddard

T20 set to 'explode' in USA with £100m funding secured for teams in LA, New York and more

America hopes to welcome the world's best cricket stars to a new six-team Major Cricket League which has funding of £100million from private investors including tech giants Microsoft and Adobe.

The move is set to rival England's T20 Blast series next summer with teams based in Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington DC.

World Cup winner and former England player Liam Plunkett left domestic side Surrey last year and moved to America with his wife Emeleah after signing a three-year deal to play and coach the next generation of cricketers for the Philadelphians, as the country looks to grow the game.

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