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I’d be a heck of a player – MLB star Jeff McNeil discovers fondness for cricket

Source: PA Wire

New York Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil plans to enquire about tickets for the men’s T20 World Cup after forming a new appreciation for cricket during Major League Baseball’s London Series.

The Mets staged a dramatic ninth-inning comeback on Sunday evening at the London Stadium to secure a 6-5 victory and split the two-game ‘road’ trip across the Atlantic with National League East rivals and division leaders the Philadelphia Phillies.

Players taking part in MLB’s third set of English encounters

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