“I’m a World Cup winner and I’m leading cricket in the United States – some of us might play in England or Australia.”

England World Cup hero Liam Plunkett says America’s young cricket stars are on the same level as Australia and England.

Mr Plunkett, 38, has been hanging around a large cricket ball in the Big Apple to promote the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, to be held in the US this summer. Two years after playing a key role in England’s Cricket World Cup victory at Lord’s, Plunkett terminated his contract with Surrey and signed with Major League Cricket.

He juggles his responsibilities with the Philadelphians in the minor leagues with his broader role as a development coach in major league cricket. And while the U.S. cricket infrastructure is less than six games old, Plunkett says he’s already seeing talented young players who rival their British and Australian peers.

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Mr Plunkett spoke exclusively. daily star sports With 100 days left until the start of the competition, he said: “Many of them probably grew up in families where cricket was in their blood. There were families who had lived here for a long time and their children grew up in Indian or Pakistani families who had cricket clubs, so it’s a lot of them. I’ve probably been playing cricket since I was about three years old.

“It’s something that’s on TV at home. There’s a lot of kids who grew up in that environment. There’s also a lot of people who moved here to attend university here and find a cricket club to play in. Probably.

“So that’s generally the case. We move people to work in software and IT and other fields, and they find cricket clubs. But I would say this: Year 11 here. The children in grades 13 to 13 (16-18) are as good as anywhere, and I think they’re as good in the UK as they are in Australia.

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“Shortly after that, where do they go? Up until now, the routes have not been very well developed and facilities have been inadequate so they are being dropped off at the age of 13. Pipeline to play professional cricket There is no. So I feel that the kids that I look after from Year 11 to Year 13 are as good as anywhere in the world. It’s just a drop-off.”

Mr Plunkett will be one of the key figures responsible for capturing young talent in the newly installed cricket nets in the United States. But first, he and the rest of the sports world must capture the attention of Americans in time for his Cricket World Cup debut in the land of the free.

In a continent dominated by American football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, and the increasingly popular football, bowling over the population will be no easy feat. When asked how Americans understand cricket, he added, “When I talk about it, they want to know about it.” “They’re like, ‘So what the heck is that?’ Where are they playing? Because that’s kind of unique and appealing to them.

“When I did the interview yesterday, I felt this way. I had to get them to understand that more people are watching India vs. Pakistan than the Super Bowl, but Americans don’t like cricket. So when you start giving them facts and statistics like that, they understand, “Oh my gosh, this is a big game.” To do.

“I think it’s about communicating that and letting people see it. It’s like, ‘How do you do that?’ Other games? Last year, there was a major league game on TV and people watched it. They’re interested! They just need to know how to watch it.

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