{"id":73687,"date":"2025-07-28T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/?p=73687"},"modified":"2025-07-28T11:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T17:23:13","slug":"johnny-grave-on-major-league-crickets-u-s-ambitions-in-growing-the-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/johnny-grave-on-major-league-crickets-u-s-ambitions-in-growing-the-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Grave on Major League Cricket&#8217;s U.S. Ambitions in Growing the Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Johnny Grave on Major League Cricket's U.S. Ambitions in Growing the Sport\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/sportstravel-podcast\/johnny-grave-on-major-league-crickets-u-s-ambitions-in-growing-the-sport\/embed?style=cover\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Major League Cricket returned to Broward County Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida, over the Fourth of July weekend for a series of T20 cricket matches featuring the league\u2019s six franchises from New York, Texas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington. The stadium in Lauderhill was one of the sites that was used for the 2024 T20 Cricket World Cup, of which Johnny Grave was the chief executive officer. Grave took over the position of CEO at Major League Cricket in the league\u2019s offseason and joins the podcast to talk about the sport\u2019s growth in the United States and plans to further that growth, being part of the LA28 Olympic program and much more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This episode is sponsored by:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71625\" src=\"https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/10015545\/T25_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/10015545\/T25_logo.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/10015545\/T25_logo-300x69.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/10015545\/T25_logo-768x177.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major League Cricket returned to Broward County Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida, over the Fourth of July weekend for a series of T20 cricket matches featuring the league\u2019s six franchises from New York, Texas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington. 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