Major League Cricket: Star After New South Wales inked an exchange and development agreement with Major League Cricket, which is scheduled to be played in July 2023, Australian hitter Steve Smith’s ambition to play in his favourite city, New York, may come true. Due to The Ashes commitments, Smith won’t be able to participate in the MLC this year, but other NSW players will. The MLC is another franchise-model T20 League.
Lee Germon, CEO of Cricket NSW, predicted that all of our players will have fantastic prospects before Friday’s official announcement. “Steve has made it apparent how much he loves New York, but I’ve talked to two or three other players who would also dearly love to be able to play cricket in America. We’re looking at every chance we can to expand, improve, and advertise the game,” he continued. “I think we witnessed the influence Steve had this year with him coming back to play with the Sixers and the BBL.”
Since 2015, Smith has been coming to New York, which holds a special place in his heart. In 2017, the Australian star hitter proposed to his wife Dani in New York. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Smith stated, “My wife and I simply really, truly adore it. We adore the pace of the city and its way of life. We now have a good number of friends there.”
“I can function and live somewhat normally. It’s good to have a place you can go and completely shut off the outside world. There is simply a tonne to do there. I appreciate having the option of leading a hurried life, but you can also choose to relax. Just a cool city overall.”
Nothing prevents cricket from succeeding in the US: Steve said
Smith had previously stated a desire to call it quits while still playing in New York. “My wife is still there right now, in fact. We are very definitely investigating it. I’m getting older and my career is definitely nearing its conclusion rather than its beginning. We’ll just have to wait and see,” he said.
Smith responded, “Yeah, there are [T20] leagues sprouting up all over the place now, and I believe you’ll certainly see more players going down that route in the later stages of their careers, so it’s potentially something I’ll look at in the future. There is no reason why cricket can’t be successful in the US, in my opinion.”
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