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UAE-Led WCC Partners With Dongyuehui Sports to Launch China Franchise Cricket League

The UAE-led World Championship of Cricket (WCC) has partnered with China's Dongyuehui Sports to launch an eight-team Legends T20 franchise league in May 2027. The competition will be hosted at the Shaxi Town Cricket Centre in Taicang, Jiangsu Province. The initiative follows an MoU signed in October 2026 and aims to draw private investment ahead of cricket's inclusion in the LA 2028 Olympics.

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The World Championship of Cricket (WCC), a sports property promoted by UAE-based organisers behind the World Tennis League and World Padel League, has partnered with Chinese sports operator Dongyuehui Sports to introduce China's first franchise-based cricket tournament. The inaugural eight-team Legends T20 league is scheduled to take place in May 2027.

The initiative follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed in October 2026 between WCC Chairman Praveen Sharma and Dongyuehui Sports Chairman Yonghui Tong. Dongyuehui Sports operates the Shaxi Town Cricket Centre in Taicang, Jiangsu Province, which will serve as the host venue for the tournament.

The tournament will feature retired international cricket stars competing in an eight-team format. Organisers stated that the franchise structure is designed to attract private investors and investment funds through team ownership, commercial partnerships, and sports intellectual property development in China.

WCC stated that the launch aligns with broader efforts by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to expand into emerging sports markets, boosted by cricket's confirmed return to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

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