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Grand Prairie Stadium, formerly known as The Ballpark in Grand Prairie, is a cricket stadium in the USA state of Texas. The stadium was established in 2008 and was built to conduct the baseball matches for the American Association of Professional Baseball team Texas AirHogs. However, it was converted to a cricket stadium by the American Cricket Enterprise, half a decade ago.
After it was rejuvenated as a cricket field, it hosted the games of the first season of the Major League Cricket (MLC) and was the home to the Texas Super Kings franchise. The stadium also hosted the MLC 2023 final where MI New York skipper Nicholas Pooran smashed a swashbuckling century against the Seattle Orcas to help the team clinch the maiden season trophy.
The stadium is comparatively bigger compared to other grounds in the USA. The field size of the stadium comprises 100.58m at the left and right field, and 121m at the center. However, the boundary dimensions will differ accordingly during the showpiece event. The stadium will be hosting four matches which includes the tournament opener between the host USA and Canada on June 1
2024 T20 World Cup: Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium - Capacity
The Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas boasts a capacity of 15000 making it the stadium with the least capacity among the venues in the USA hosting the T20 World Cup matches. However, last year while being the home of the Texas Super Kings in the MLC, the stadium was filled and created a surreal environment for hosting cricket matches.
2024 T20 World Cup: Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium- Matches
The stadium is set to host four matches in the upcoming World Cup with the home side USA featuring in two of those games; one against Canada in the tournament opener and another one on June 6 against Babar Azam-led Pakistan. It will also host one of the high-octane Asian rivalry matches between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh which will be played on June 7.
Date | Match |
June 1 | USA vs Canada |
June 4 | Netherlands vs Nepal |
June 6 | USA vs Pakistan |
June 7 | Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh |
2024 T20 World Cup: Grand Prairie Cricket- Pitch report
The stadium was initially built to host the American Baseball games. For the T20 World Cup matches, the pitch has been freshly renovated with the pitch set to favour the batters, and the scores set to cross the records book. Although, initially, it will aid the pacer bowlers as the pitch will offer some swing and pace in the powerplay.
