NZ-SL T20 series in USA shortened by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Event:

Pearls Cup 2010

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DateLine: 17th May 2010

 

Sri Lanka and New Zealand will play only two Twenty20 matches next week in the first full internationals to take place in the United States because of sub-standard floodlights at the venue.

 

The International Cricket Council ruled that Broward County Regional Park lights were not bright enough to stage a planned Thursday night match, but Sri Lanka will play New Zealand on Saturday and Sunday as scheduled in day matches.

 

The decision shrinks the Pearls Cup event to two matches and moves the historic first full international meeting on US soil to next Saturday. Jamaica and the United States will stage a T20 match each day as well.

 

The event is aimed at boosting the profile of cricket in the United States, where struggles to gain attention have seen a failed attempt at a T20 league and an ill-fated pitch to host a World Cup match when the event was in the West Indies in 2007.