AUSTRALIAN pharmacists and sports fanatics, Stuart Giles and Cathie Reid, are supporting efforts to launch a professional Twenty2o cricket competition in the US.
The co-founders of the ICON Group, have joined a group of investors, featuring Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, and the son of former US Presidential candidate, Ross Perot, Ross Perot Jr, in contributing to Major League Cricket's (MLC's) US$44 million fundraising campaign.
MLC reported that a further US$76 million has been committed over the next 12 months, to support the launch of a professional event in the US.
MLC co-founders, Vijay Srinivasan and Sameer Mehta, said the successful fundraising efforts would pave the way for the development of "first-class facilities and accelerate the sport's development" in the US, "bringing world-class professional cricket to the world's largest sports market".
"This investor group comprises leading business executives and successful tech entrepreneurs who have led some of the world's most prominent companies, "Srinivasan and Mehta said.
"They bring tremendous experience and expertise in support of MLC's plans to launch a transformative Twenty20 league and establish America as one of the world's leading homes for international cricket events."
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