By 7.30pm in Grand Prairie, when Ali Khan set off on his run-up, temperatures in this corner of hovered around 102 degrees. A warm breeze blew across the ground but there was barely a cloud in the sky or a patch of green on the wicket. Ideal batting conditions, all told.Not that Khan – opening for the Knight Riders – would have thrown the ball to anyone else. This was a moment to cherish for the USA star. He was tasked with bowling the first ball of Major League Cricket: this country's newest professional sports league and this sport's latest attempt to break America.'A giant leap across the Atlantic,' broadcasters called it. 'Cricket's American dream'.
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