USA Cricket on Thursday revealed it had selected American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) as its strategic partner for the development of a professional T20 tournament in the U.S. Highlighting the deal will be the launch of a professional T20 league slated for 2021 and ACE said it had commenced major infrastructure investment towards international venues in several cities. The professional T20 league aims to feature top international players from the U.S. and around the world. Following the upcoming World Cup, which finishes on July 14, USA Cricket and ACE are set to announce more details of the T20 league. GettyThere have been cautionary tales before, most notably 15 years ago when an eight-team T20 professional league called Pro Cricket folded after just one season.

Source: Forbes May 24, 2019 05:11 UTC