Sri Lanka vs New Zealand

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand,2nd T20 Match, Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 2nd T20 Match, Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, On May 22, 2010 from 19:00 GMT | 00:30 IST Onwards

T20 International Match will be first time played in the US. This move by ICC is to get into US Market. If the response of Cricket in USA is good then, we may see more and more Cricket in US in the future. New Zealand and Sri Lanka, both have failed to reach the Semis of recently concluded T20 World Cup. Both will be hoping to start this new T20 Series on a good note.

Both T20 Matches will be played at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida. The stadium is near to the Miami.

For now, Sri Lanka and New Zealand will settle for a bit of cricket history in a land where baseball is the national pastime, basketball and American football rule and cricket is seldom found on the sport pages or telecasts. “Our team and nation is honored to be one of the first two ICC Full Members to be involved in this historic series,” said Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Nishantha Ranatunga.

Clearly USA Cricket has some work to do. But cricketers are ready for the effort.”The Blackcaps are really excited,” captain Daniel Vettori said. ”We know the series against Sri Lanka will be a great advertisement for international cricket to US fans.”