Cricket fans! Get ready for the sixes, spin, and sensational catches! As the Major League Cricket 2024 is back with its second season starting July 5th.
The 2024 Major League Cricket season, organized and managed by the American Cricket Enterprises and USA Cricket, will take place from July 5 to July 28, 2024. This round-robin format T20 format cricket tournament will be hosted on the grounds of the USA and will feature the six teams this season.
In December 2023, it was announced that the second season of Major League Cricket would start on July 5, 2024, right after the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Matches will be held at Grand Prairie Stadium and other venues, with Cognizant as the title sponsor.
| Major League Cricket 2024 | |
| Board | American Cricket Enterprises |
| Cricket format | Twenty 20 |
| Teams Participating | 6 |
| Teams | Los Angeles Knight Riders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings, Washington Freedom |
| Hosts | United States |
| Date | 5th July – 28 July 2024 |
| Live Streaming Platform | ESPN+ Hulu and Disney+ |
Major League Cricket 2024: Teams and Captains
| Franchise | Captain |
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | Sunil Narine |
| MI New York | Kieron Pollard |
| San Francisco Unicorns | Pat Cummins |
| Seattle Orcas | Wayne Parnell |
| Texas Super Kings | Faf du Plessis |
| Washington Freedom | Steve Smith |
Major League Cricket 2024: Schedule
| Date | Time (EDT/CDT) | Time (IST) | Match | Teams | Location | |
| 05 July 2024 | 03:30 PM EDT | 1:00 AM | Match 1 | Seattle Orcas (SO) vs MI New York (MINY) | Church Street Park, Morrisville, NC | |
| 05 July 2024 | 07:30 PM CDT | 6:00 AM | Match 2 | Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) vs Texas Super Kings (TSK) | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, TX | |
| 06 July 2024 | 03:00 PM EDT | 12:30 AM | Match 3 | MI New York (MINY) vs Washington Freedom (WF) | Church Street Park, Morrisville, NC | |
| 07 July 2024 | 07:30 PM CDT | 6:00 AM | Match 4 | Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) vs San Francisco Unicorns (SFU) | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, TX | |
| 08 July 2024 | 03:30 PM EDT | 1:00 AM | Match 5 | Texas Super Kings (TSK) vs Washington Freedom (WF) | Church Street Park, Morrisville, NC | |
| 09 July 2024 | 07:30 PM CDT | 6:00 AM | Match 6 | Seattle Orcas (SO) vs Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, TX | |
| 10 July 2024 | 03:00 PM EDT | 12:30 AM | Match 7 | Texas Super Kings (TSK) vs San Francisco Unicorns (SFU) | Church Street Park, Morrisville, NC | |
| 11 July 2024 | 07:30 PM CDT | 6:00 AM | Match 8 | Washington Freedom (WF) vs Seattle Orcas (SO) | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, TX | |
| 12 July 2024 | 03:00 PM EDT | 6.00 AM | Match 9 | Texas Super Kings (TSK) vs MI New York (MINY) | Church Street Park, Morrisville, NC | |
| 13 July 2024 | 03:00 PM EDT | 12:30 AM | Match 10 | San Francisco Unicorns (SFU) vs Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) | Church Street Park, Morrisville, NC | |
| 14 July 2024 | 03:30 PM EDT | 1:00 AM | Match 11 | Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) vs Washington Freedom (WF) | Church Street Park, Morrisville, NC | |
| 14 July 2024 | 07:30 PM CDT | 6:00 AM | Match 12 | MI New York (MINY) vs Texas Super Kings (TSK) | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, TX | |
| 15 July 2024 | 03:30 PM EDT | 1:00 AM | Match 13 | San Francisco Unicorns (SFU) vs Seattle Orcas (SO) | Church Street Park, Morrisville, NC | |
| 16 July 2024 | 07:30 PM CDT | 6:00 AM | Match 14 | Washington Freedom (WF) vs MI New York (MINY) | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, TX | |
| 17 July 2024 | 03:00 PM EDT | 12:30 AM | Match 15 | Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) vs Seattle Orcas (SO) | Church Street Park, Morrisville, NC | |
| 18 July 2024 | 07:30 PM CDT | 6:00 AM | Match 16 | San Francisco Unicorns (SFU) vs MI New York (MINY) | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, TX | |
| 19 July 2024 | 07:30 PM CDT | 6:00 AM | Match 17 | Washington Freedom (WF) vs Texas Super Kings (TSK) | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, TX | |
| 20 July 2024 | 07:30 PM CDT | 6:00 AM | Match 18 | Seattle Orcas (SO) vs San Francisco Unicorns (SFU) | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, TX | |
| 21 July 2024 | 07:30 PM CDT | 6:00 AM | Match 19 | MI New York (MINY) vs Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, TX | |
| 22 July 2024 | 07:30 PM CDT | 6:00 AM | Match 20 | Washington Freedom (WF) vs San Francisco Unicorns (SFU) | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, TX | |
| 23 July 2024 | 07:30 PM CDT | 6:00 AM | Match 21 | Seattle Orcas (SO) vs Texas Super Kings (TSK) | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, TX | |
| 24 July 2024 | 07:30 PM CDT | 6:00 AM | Eliminator | Texas Super Kings (TSK) vs MI New York (MINY) | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, TX | |
| 25 July 2024 | 07:30 PM CDT | 6:00 AM | Qualifier | Washington Freedom (WF) vs San Francisco Unicorns (SFU) | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, TX | |
| 26 July 2024 | 07:30 PM CDT | 6:00 AM | Challenger | Loser Qualifier vs Winner Eliminator | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, TX | |
| 28 July 2024 | 07:30 PM CDT | 6:00 AM | Championship | Winner Qualifier vs Winner Challenger | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, TX | |
These dates of the matches are as per the EDT and CDT time, for Indian fans the date would be a day ahead of the given above dates. Example if the date here is 5th July then for Indian Fans the match would be on the 6th July 2024. Timings for the same are mentioned above so make sure you get through the schedule in a good way and not miss any match thriller.
Major League Cricket 2024: Teams and Squads
Los Angeles Knight Riders:
Sunil Narine(Captain), Saif Badar, Unmukt Chand, Derone Davis, Corné Dry, Adithya Ganesh, Spencer Johnson, Ali Khan, Nitish Kumar, Jason Roy, Andre Russell, Matthew Tromp, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Adam Zampa, Shakib Al Hasan, David Miller, Joshua Little, Waqar Salamkheil, Alex Carey
MI New York:
Kieron Pollard(Captain), Ehsan Adil, Trent Boult, Dewald Brevis, Ruben Clinton, Tim David, Shayan Jahangir, Nosthush Kenjige, Rashid Khan, Anrich Nortje, Monank Patel, Nicholas Pooran, Kagiso Rabada, Heath Richards, Romario Shepherd, Steven Taylor, Rushil Ugarkar
San Francisco Unicorns:
Pat Cummins(Captain), Finn Allen, Corey Anderson, Brody Couch, Karima Gore, Jahmar Hamilton, Hassan Khan, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Carmi le Roux, Liam Plunkett, Haris Rauf, Matthew Short, Tajinder Singh, Josh Inglis, Matt Henry, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sherfane Rutherford, Abrar Ahmed
Seattle Orcas:
Wayne Parnell(Captain), Nauman Anwar, Hammad Azam, Michael Bracewell, Nandre Burger, Quinton de Kock, Ayan Desai, Cameron Gannon, Shehan Jayasuriya, Heinrich Klaasen, Shubham Ranjane, Ali Sheikh, Harmeet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Imad Wasim, Ryan Rickelton, Lance Morris, Obed McCoy
Texas Super Kings:
Faf du Plessis(Captain), Devon Conway, Aaron Hardie, Milind Kumar, Aiden Markram, Daryl Mitchell, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Mohammad Mohsin, Raj Nannan, Mitchell Santner, Calvin Savage, Zia Shahzad, Cameron Stevenson, Joshua Tromp, Zia-ul-Haq, Naveen ul-Haq, Marcus Stoinis, Mukhtar Ahmed
Washington Freedom:
Amila Aponso, Akhilesh Bodugum, Justin Dill, Andries Gous, Ian Holland, Akeal Hosein, Marco Jansen, Glenn Maxwell, Lahiru Milantha, Yasir Mohammad, Saurabh Netravalkar, Obus Pienaar, Rachin Ravindra, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Lockie Ferguson, Andrew Tye, and Jack Edwards.
The captain of the team is yet to be announced.
Major League Cricket 2024: Semi-Finals and Finals
The Major League Cricket 2024 play-offs, including the semi-finals and finals, will be held at Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas. The semi-final stage begins with the Eliminator match on July 24, 2024, at 7:30 PM, featuring the third and fourth-placed teams. The winner of this match will advance to the Challenger, scheduled for July 26, 2024, at 7:30 PM, where they will face the loser of the Qualifier.
| Date | Match No. | Venue | Opponents | Time (GMT) | Time (Local) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 25 Jul | Eliminator (N) | Dallas | TBA vs TBA | 12:30 am | 7:30 pm |
| Fri, 26 Jul | Qualifier (N) | Dallas | TBA vs TBA | 12:30 am | 7:30 pm |
| Sat, 27 Jul | Challenger (N) | Dallas | TBA vs TBA | 12:30 am | 7:30 pm |
| Mon, 29 Jul | Final (N) | Dallas | TBA vs TBA | 12:30 am | 7:30 pm |
In The qualifier on the 25th of July 2024, the first-placed team would compete with the second-placed team, here the winning team would directly qualify for the finals taking place on July 28, 2024, at 7:30 PM, where the winner of the Qualifier will clash with the winner of the Challenger to determine the champion
Major League Cricket 2024:Venue and Hosts
Major League Cricket(MLC) 2024, will be hosted on the grounds of the USA. The matches are scheduled to take place at two locations: Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas, which has a seating capacity of 7,000, and Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina, which can hold up to 3,500 fans.
Where to Watch MLC 2024?
The US and Canada fans can watch these thrilling matches on the willow platform of Cricbuzz. Being the official broadcaster of the league Willow will be broadcasting each match on its platform. And to increase the viewership for the MLC 2024, MLC has tied up with different regional sports networks(RSNs). Here are the different broadcasters for different countries.
| Country | Broadcasters |
|---|---|
| USA | Willow by Cricbuzz, YES Network, more RSNs TBA |
| Canada | Willow by Cricbuzz |
| Australia and New Zealand | Prime Video |
| Middle East and North Africa | Cricbuzz |
| Pakistan | A Sports |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | ESPN |
| UK and Ireland | TNT Sports |
| India | Sony Liv, Fancode |
| Caribbean | To be announced |
To witness the MLC Action you can tune to your broadcaster or can login in to any live streaming platform, for exact details on where to watch, log in to the ESPN+ as it is the official broadcaster of the season.
Witness the history unfold as the MLC returns to its sophomore season in 2024. It will be exciting to see Can the defending champions retain their title, or will a new team rises to glory?
