The inaugural edition of the much awaited Major League Cricket (MLC) T20 tournament will take place from July 13th – 30th, 2023 and the announcement was made official by Justin Geale, MLC Tournament Director. The six (6) franchise teams will represent New York, Washington DC, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle metropolitan areas, with a single round-robin group stage format followed by the knock-out stages, culminating in a total of nineteen (19) games. The opening match will take place on July 13th, 2023, at the newly-constructed Major League Cricket venue, Grand Prairie Stadium (7000 seater stadium, can be expanded to 15000 capacity), in Grand Prairie, Texas. The other ground that will be in use during the tournament will be the Church Street Park ground in Morrisville, which has been the venue for the Minor League Cricket (MiLC) Finals.
The domestic player draft for the inaugural edition took place on 19th March 2023, with all the teams selecting nine (9) players each, with the remaining overseas professionals to be individually announced by the franchises in the coming weeks.
2023 Major League Cricket (MLC) Warm-up Schedule
08th July 2023: Washington vs Texas (Scorecard)
2023 Major League Cricket (MLC) Schedule
13th/14th July 2023: Texas vs Los Angeles (Scorecard) ; New York vs San Francisco (Scorecard) ; Seattle vs Washington (Scorecard)
15th/16th July 2023: San Francisco vs Seattle (Scorecard) ; Washington vs Texas (Scorecard) ; Los Angeles vs New York (Scorecard)
17th/18th July 2023: New York vs Texas (Scorecard) ; San Francisco vs Los Angeles (Scorecard)
20th/21st July 2023: Los Angeles vs Washington (Scorecard) ; Texas vs Seattle (Scorecard)
22nd/23rd July 2023: Washington vs San Francisco (Scorecard) ; Seattle vs Los Angeles (Scorecard) ; New York vs Washington (Scorecard)
24th/25th July 2023: San Francisco vs Texas (Scorecard) ; Seattle vs New York (Scorecard)
27th July 2023: Eliminator (Scorecard) ; Qualifier (Scorecard)
28th July 2023: Challenger (Scorecard)
30th July 2023: FINAL (Scorecard)
Squads
Seattle Orcas: Harmeet Singh, Shehan Jayasuria, Shubham Ranjane, Cameron Gannon, Aaron Jones, Nauman Anwar, Phani Simhadri, Angelo Perera, Matthew Tromp, Quinton De Kock, Dasun Shanaka, Sikandar Raza and Wayne Parnell
Washington Freedom: Andries Gous, Moises Henriques, Mukhtar Ahmed, Obus Pienaar, Saurabh Netravalkar, Saad Ali, Dane Piedt, Glenn Phillips, Sujith Gowda, Justin Dill, Adam Milne, Akhilesh Bodugum, Anrich Nortje, Wanindu Hasaranga, Marco Jansen, Ben Dwarshuis and Josh Philippe
MI New York: Steven Taylor, Hammad Azam, Ehsan Adil, Nosthush Kenjige, Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult, Rashid Khan, Tim David, Dewald Brevis, David Weise, Kagiso Rabada, Nicky Pooran, Jason Behrendorff, Monak Patel, Sarbjeet Ladda, Shayan Jahangir, Kyle Phillip and Saideep Ganesh
San Francisco Unicorns: Aaron Finch (Captain), Corey Anderson, Liam Plunkett, Tajinder Singh, Matthew Wade, Qais Ahmed, Finn Allen, Mackenzie Harvey, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Carmi Le Roux, Brody Couch, David White, Smit Patel, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Marcus Stoinis and Lungi Ngidi
Los Angeles Knight Riders: Ali Khan, Unmukt Chand, Jaskaran Malhotra, Nitish Kumar, Corne Dry, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Jason Roy, Adam Zampa, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Rilee Rossouw, Spencer Johnson, Ali Sheikh, Saif Badar, Shadley van Schalkwyk and Bhaskar Yadram
Texas Super Kings: Rusty Theron, Calvin Savage, Lahiru Milantha, Milind Kumar, Sami Aslam, Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, David Miller, Daniel Sams, Gerald Coetzee, Dwayne Bravo, Ambati Rayadu, Cameron Stevenson, Cody Chetty, Zia Shahzad and Sai Mukkamalla
