Grand Prairie

Martin grew up in the Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie.

Pakistan fans cheered during a Men’s T20 World Cup match between their team and the United States at a stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas.Credit...

Mr. Hills said that the Major League Cricket games last season in Grand Prairie “definitely exceeded our expectations.”

Four years ago, after officials in Grand Prairie, Texas, were pitched an idea to turn the city’s underused minor league ballpark into a stadium for cricket, the city’s manager, Bill Hills, thumbed through a copy of “Cricket for Dummies.”

Last year, the 7,200-seat stadium in Grand Prairie became the new home of the Texas Super Kings, one of six teams that played in the inaugural season of Major League Cricket.