In cricket , a ground is a location where cricket matches are played, comprising a cricket field , cricket pavilion and any associated buildings and amenities.
30-832: Grand Prairie Stadium (formerly QuikTrip Park and AirHogs Stadium ) is a cricket ground and former ballpark in Grand Prairie, Texas . Opened in May 2008, it served as the home stadium of the Texas AirHogs of the American Association of Professional Baseball from 2008 through 2019, and of the USL League Two soccer team Texas United from 2017 to 2019. After the AirHogs folded in October 2020, it
60-514: A bid by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) for a $ 1 billion investment covering the league and other investments benefitting the U.S. national teams. In an Annual General Meeting on February 21, 2020, it was announced that ACE was planning to launch its professional T20 league Major League Cricket in 2021, and a developmental league, Minor League Cricket that summer. USA Cricket CEO Iain Higgins stated that ACE had "demonstrated an understanding of
90-564: A home and training facility for the United States national team , and was one of three U.S. host stadiums during the group stage of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup . The ballpark was constructed for the newly formed Texas AirHogs baseball team; Tulsa-based convenience store chain QuikTrip funded and acquired the naming rights to the stadium, considering it a part of the company's 50th anniversary. In 2013, its natural grass surface
120-695: A pathway to give young cricketers the opportunity to play for official domestic teams and the national team . In June 2022, MLC announced the inaugural season of the Minor League Cricket Youth Tournament (shortened to MiLC Youth), with UST tapped as title sponsor for the tournament. The inaugural season of MiLC Youth was announced to be contested between 11 teams at the Prairie View Cricket Complex in Houston starting July 25, 2022. The finals for
150-535: Is an American Twenty20 cricket developmental league for Major League Cricket which completed its first season in 2021, after it was delayed from starting in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . It consists of 26 teams from four regions. The Silicon Valley Strikers won the inaugural tournament, followed by the Seattle Thunderbolts in 2022. Due to financial issues and general public disinterest,
180-510: Is the area behind the popping crease at his end of the pitch . In general, a ground belongs only to the batter who is closest to it, and stays so until the other batter gets closer to it. Whether a batter is in or out of his ground is defined by Law 30 of the Laws of Cricket . So long as the batter has his body or his bat (that he is holding) touching the ground, he is in it, and is said to have "made good his ground". Batters can run between
210-679: The Texas AirHogs of the American Association in 2007. They began play (as the Grand Prairie AirHogs) in May 2008 and finished their inaugural season with a final record of 56–40, also winning the Southern Division title before falling to the Sioux Falls Canaries in the finals. A few years later, they would win the 2011 American Association championship by winning a decisive game five at QuikTrip Park. The AirHogs folded in October 2020. The AirHogs hosted
240-608: The 2024 season was shortened to 8 matches per side, taking place in the fall, and was won by the Chicago Kingsmen . The league’s title sponsor is YASH technologies, having previously been Sunoco and Toyota . Talks of an American Twenty20 league started in November 2018, just before USA Cricket became the new governing body of cricket in the United States. In May 2021, USA Cricket announced they had accepted
270-829: The American Association All-Star Game on July 21, 2009. The Dallas Desire were one of two teams that were introduced to the women's Lingerie Football League (now Legends Football League ) in 2004. They played two home games of their 2009 season in Grand Prairie. The team then moved to the Cotton Bowl for the 2010 season. In 2017, new Premier Development League (PDL) soccer team Texas United announced that they would play their inaugural season at Airhogs Stadium. The Mulerider baseball team used Airhog Stadium to host their Airhog DII Classic from 2015 to 2018. This event has featured several of
300-622: The American Association season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas , and then terminated their membership in the league in October of that year. On November 17, 2020, it was announced that American Cricket Enterprises had signed a long-term lease for the stadium, which would undergo redevelopment to convert it into a facility that can host domestic and international cricket matches, and a Dallas-area team for its upcoming Twenty20 cricket league Major League Cricket . USA Cricket ,
330-475: The US governing body, also announced that the facility would be used as a high-performance training center. In May 2021, USA Cricket announced that Major League Cricket had been pushed back from 2022 to a 2023 launch due to a "lack of high-quality cricket stadiums" in the United States. It was also announced that the stadium renovations were set to begin the same month, and would last from mid-2022 to summer 2023. With
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#1732794373859360-457: The acquisition of the stadium, Texas United began playing most of their home matches on the campus of the University of Texas at Dallas beginning in the 2021 season. The renovations include refurbishment and enhancement of the stadium's 13 luxury suites and Hall of Fame and Officer Club Rooms, installation of "premium seating experiences" around the field, and the renovation and reopening of
390-632: The area. MiLC announced that they were looking into the British Columbia and Greater Toronto Areas for expansion as soon as the 2024 season. The 2024 season is expected to be played following the conclusion of the 2024 Major League Cricket season , sometime in August. Unlike Major League Cricket, Minor League Cricket uses privately owned franchises. American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) announced 24 teams and their owners on August 15, 2020. On June 3, 2021, ACE added three more teams. Additionally,
420-462: The capacity of the stadium for the tournament. On June 6, 2024, the U.S. team notably upset Pakistan at the stadium in their second tournament match. The following table summarises the domestic Twenty20 centuries scored at the site. Grand Prairie Stadium became one of the five established US facilities for cricket, with it set to host the 2024 T20 World Cup in June and July. The park was built for
450-481: The importance of addressing various fundamental issues within the domestic game in the United States", and listed a number of metropolitan areas that the developmental league planned to target for franchises. Both leagues would be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States , with Minor League Cricket being delayed to 2021, and Major League Cricket provisionally postponed to 2022 (in May 2021, Major League Cricket would be further-delayed to 2023 due to both
480-757: The inaugural season took place on July 29 at between the Dallas Mustangs and the New Jersey Stallions , in which the Stallions beat the Mustangs by two wickets. In January 2022, USA Cricket announced that the 2022 Minor League Cricket season would start on June 25, and conclude with the final on August 28. The 2022 finals were won by the Seattle Thunderbolts , who beat the Atlanta Fire by ten runs to win their maiden MiLC title. It
510-411: The pandemic, and the need to develop more facilities). Minor League Cricket would still soft launch in 2020 with an exhibition league; the draft for the exhibition league began on August 22, 2020, with the teams releasing their squads on August 24. After the conclusion of the exhibition league, USA Cricket announced that they were planning to launch the inaugural season of Minor League Cricket in
540-424: The quarterfinals, wherein the top team in each division will face the second-placed team in the other division of their conference for a best-of-three series. The remaining games will be regular knockout matches, with the semifinals sending one team from each conference to the final. The official schedule and the venues of the playoffs was released on September 20, 2021, by Major League Cricket . The league structure
570-502: The renaming of two other teams amid managerial shakeups. The season concluded on October 1, with the Dallas Mustangs defeating the NJ Somerset Cavaliers by 44 runs. All matches played during the season were played on either real grass or hybrid wickets. In June, MiLC signed a deal with Cricket Canada and Boundaries North to help grow the game in the country through the potential formation of around 4-6 teams based in
600-519: The season, the stadium hosted local Minor League Cricket team, the Dallas Mustangs, for their 2023 campaign . It also hosted the finals of that season, where it saw the Mustangs emerge victorious over the New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers. The stadium hosted matches during the group stage of the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup, including the opening match between the United States and Canada; temporary bleachers were installed to double
630-564: The spring of 2021. The season launched on July 31, 2021, and ran until October 3, 2021, where the Silicon Valley Strikers won the finals against the New Jersey Stallions by six wickets to win the inaugural season title. The sanctioning body announced plans to establish women's leagues in the future. In February 2021, MLC announced plans for a youth version of Minor and Major League Cricket, as part of
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#1732794373859660-505: The stadium being part of a $ 110 million investment into new and refurbished cricket-specific stadiums for MLC, and other ventures such as the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup . Ground broke in April 2022, and construction started that July. The project has reportedly costed an excess of $ 20 million. The stadium was rededicated by the city on July 11, 2023, and it hosted most matches during the inaugural season of MLC that began on July 13. Following
690-500: The stadium's sports bar facility. Other cricket amenities such as training nets, batting lanes, and outside turf fields are planned to be added in "subsequent renovation phases". Dallas-based architect HKS was retained by ACE for this stadium, with the Manhattan Construction Company tapped to act as Construction Manager. In March 2022, ACE stated that it expected to complete the project by March 2023, with
720-665: The teams are part of two conferences, which are each split into two divisions. This consists of the Pacific Conference, split into the Western and Central divisions, and the Atlantic Conference, split into the Eastern and Southern divisions. Teams in each division will play anywhere from 14 to 16 games in the league stage. Once the league stage is completed, the top two teams in each division will advance to
750-529: The top teams in NCAA DII College Baseball. Cricket ground A batter's ground is the area behind the popping crease at their end of the pitch . It is one of the two safe zones that batters run between to score runs . In addition to the cricket field, the ground may include a pavilion , viewing areas or stadium , a car park, shops, bars, floodlights , sight screens , gates, and conference facilities. A batter's ground
780-487: The two grounds to score runs . However, if a batter is out of his ground (which can happen when he enters a ground that another batter is already occupying), he may be dismissed (prevented from further scoring) by being run out or stumped if the wicket in his ground is put down by the ball. This article about cricket terminology is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Minor League Cricket Minor League Cricket , sometimes shortened to MiLC )
810-405: Was also announced in June 2022 that the budget for the 2022 season was more than $ 5 million. Amid a dispute with USA Cricket, tournament directors pushed for a June 10 start to the 2023 season of Minor League Cricket. However, this was pushed back to August 4, a week ahead of the conclusion of the 2023 Major League Cricket season . The season saw the discontinuation of two franchises, as well as
840-527: Was announced that American Cricket Enterprises—the commercial partner of USA Cricket —had acquired the lease to AirHogs Stadium, and planned to redevelop the ballpark as a cricket ground. The $ 20 million redevelopment began in April 2022, and the stadium reopened in July 2023 for the inaugural season of the Twenty20 league Major League Cricket —during which it hosted most matches. The stadium also serves as
870-466: Was changed ahead of the 2023 season, with teams in each division now playing 10 games in the league stage. The top team of each division advances directly to the Super 8s, whereas the next two teams advance into the knockout stage. During the knockout stage, a total of 4 teams advance to the Super 8s, wherein the top two teams face each other in the finals. The inaugural season of Minor League Cricket had
900-490: Was replaced with Matrix artificial turf . By 2016, after the expiration of QuikTrip's naming rights, the park was later referred to as The Ballpark in Grand Prairie or AirHogs Stadium . In 2017, the AirHogs' ownership group Neltex Sports Group established a new Premier Development League (PDL) soccer team, Texas United , which would play home matches at AirHogs Stadium. In 2020, the Texas AirHogs opted out of
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