The player draft for the inaugural edition of Major League Cricket (MLC) in the US will take place on 19th March 2023 at Space Center Houston, located at NASA Johnson Space Center. The six (6) franchise teams representing Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C. will be taking part in the draft in a bid to form a squad of 18 players, that includes a maximum of seven (7) overseas professionals.
MLC will also be organizing the Domestic Player Combine sessions from March 04th – 16th at the National Cricket Center at Prairie View Cricket Complex (PVCC), where more than fifty (50+) domestic cricketers in the United States will take part in training sessions, match simulations and practice matches (MLC Champions T20 Open), which will be assessed by the coaching staff and MLC franchise scouts. The inaugural edition of MLC is scheduled for July 13th – 30th, 2023 and will see a total of nineteen (19) matches being played, with the opening game taking place at the Major League Cricket venue, Grand Prairie Stadium, in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Domestic players, who have not had the opportunity to play in the last two (2) editions of Minor League Cricket (MiLC) tournament, can also register for the draft by sending their applications to [email protected]. The players having played in MiLC are automatically eligible for selection in the draft. While SAMP Army and Atlanta Fire have been part of Minor League Cricket (MiLC) tournament, UMMC KR and Kingsmen have been part of domestic tournaments in the Houston region.
MLC Champions Open Squads
Atlanta Fire: Mukhtar Ahmed, Corey Anderson, Amila Aponso, Sami Aslam, Saif Baddar, Cody Chetty, Brody Couch, Corne Dry, Saqlain Haider, Smit Patel, Usman Rafiq, Dominique Rikhi, Zia Shahzad, Matthew Tromp and Bhaskar Yadram
SAMP Army: Abhiram Bolisetty, Karthik Gattepalli, Andries Gous, Sujith Gowda, Marty Kain, Ali Khan, Imran Khan Jr, Lahiru Milantha, Dane Piedt, Obus Pienaar, Phani Simhadri, Duvvarapu Siva Kumar, Cameron Steel, Shadley Van Schalkwyk and David White
Kinsmen: Ehsan Adil, Saad Ali, Hammad Azam, Chetan Bish, Shayan Jahangir, Shehan Jayasuriya, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Milind Kumar, Liam Plunkett, Shubam Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Tajinder Singh and Zia Ul-Haq
UMMC KR: Nauman Anwar, Akhilesh Bodugum, Unmukt Chand, Justin Dill, Nitish Kumar, Sarbjeet Ladda, Carmi Le Roux, Jaskaran Malhotra, Mohammad Mohsin, Angelo Perera, Calvin Savage, Ali Shafique, Ali Sheikh and Rusty Theron
MLC Champions T20 Open Schedule
12th/13th March 2023: Atlanta Fire vs Kingsmen (Scorecard) ; SAMP Army vs UMMC KR (Scorecard) ; Atlanta Fire vs SAMP Army (Scorecard) ; UMMC KR vs Kingsmen (Scorecard)
15th March 2023: UMMC KR vs Atlanta Fire (Scorecard) ; Kingsmen vs SAMP Army (Scorecard)
16th March 2023: 3rd/4th Play-off (Scorecard) ; FINAL (Scorecard)
2023 Houston Premier League Schedule
17th/18th February 2023: Kingsmen vs UMMC KR (Scorecard) ; UMMC KR vs Raiders Unlimited (Scorecard) ; Houston Stars vs Kingsmen (Scorecard)
2 thoughts on “MLC Champions Open announced ahead of 2023 Major League Cricket player draft”
Hello dear sir I would like to put my name in upcoming league draft can you pls help me…I am Portugiss international cricket player Thnks
Hello Siraj Ullah
Thanks for your message. Unfortunately, the player registrations are only available for domestic players in the US (those who have played in the Minor League Cricket tournament will get automatic registration). The 7 International signings will be done individually by the Franchise teams only for the inaugural edition (might or could change from the next edition). You could however, email at [email protected] with your request. Not sure it would work but can give a try.
Thanks and regards.
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