Manchester United co-chairman meets with officials to discuss UAE T20 Cricket League plans

Manchester United co-chairman Avram Glazer met Dubai Sports Council chairman Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid to discuss preparations for the UAE's new T20 cricket competition as well as ways to further raise Dubai’s profile as a global sporting hub.

The meeting was attended by Helal Saeed Al Marri, director general of the Department of Economy and Tourism, and Khalid Al Zarooni, president of Dubai Sports City, state news agency Wam reported.

Sheikh Mansoor published a picture of the meeting on Twitter in where launch of the UAE T20 Cricket League, slated for January 2023, was on the agenda.

I met with Avram Glazer, Co-Chairman of Manchester United, today and discussed ways to work together to further raise Dubai’s profile as a global sporting hub. We also discussed the UAE T20 Cricket league’s launch in Jan 2023 featuring Manchester United cricket team & other teams pic.twitter.com/GNtmanePz9

In December 2021 the Emirates Cricket Board confirmed one of the teams had been purchased by Lancer Capital, whose chairman is Glazer, the co-chairman of Premier League giants Manchester United and owner of NFL franchise Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

“I am very excited to be a part of UAE T20 at its formation,” Glazer was quoted as saying at he time. “UAE T20 promises to be a world class event that will be transformative to the growth of cricket in the Emirates.”