Perth: Australian coach Darren Lehmann has urged world cricket bosses to take one of the sport's premier events to the US.

While the International Cricket Council continues to help build the right governance structure for the United States of America Cricket Association, Lehmann says the World Twenty20 would be the ideal tournament to take to a country that is already one of the sport's key broadcasting markets.

Batter up: Australian cricketers Adam Zampa, Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith visited New York this year. Credit:Getty Images

North America is a lucrative market for broadcast rights because of the number of expats from India, Pakistan and the Caribbean living there.

"The Twenty20 circuit could include a stop in the United States, a country that could also be targeted for hosting a World Twenty20, which would be the best way, at least in my opinion, of breaking the game there," Lehmann said.