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Revision as of 09:36, 14 July 2023

2023 Major League Cricket season
Dates13 – 30 July 2023
Administrator(s)American Cricket Enterprises
USA Cricket
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and playoffs
Host(s)United States
Participants6
Matches19
Official websitewww.majorleaguecricket.com
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The 2023 Major League Cricket season (also known as the 2023 MLC) is the inaugural season of the Major League Cricket,[1] a franchise Twenty20 cricket league established in 2019 by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) in the United States.[2] With Royal an official partner,[3] the season is planned to be hosted at two venues, Dallas and Morrisville [4] The season is being played from July 13 to 31, 2023.[5]

Background

Major League Cricket announced in November 2022 that its inaugural season would be played at Grand Prairie Stadium starting July 13 and concluding July 30.[6] MLC also revealed that the tournament would be played in a single round-robin format with fifteen league matches played among six franchises before a four-match play-off phase.[7][8]

In March 2023, the teams for the tournament were announced ahead of the league's inaugural draft – called the Texas Super Kings, the Seattle Orcas, the Los Angeles Knight Riders, the Washington Freedom, the MI New York, and the San Francisco Unicorns respectively.[9][10] The draft for the season was then held on March 19, with Harmeet Singh being picked first overall and Aaron Finch and Quinton de Kock among others highlighting the draft.[11][12] In the buildup to the season opener, teams signed multiple other players including Jason Roy, Adam Zampa, and Moises Henriques.[13]

In April, USA Cricket – the governing body of cricket in the United States – officially sanctioned the tournament following a dispute with tournament organizers, American Cricket Enterprises, that threatened to delay the launch of MLC.[14][15] Tournament fixtures were announced on June 12 – nearly two months later.[16][17] In addition, it also revealed that the tournament would be held at two venues, Grand Prairie Stadium and Church Street Park for the group stage,[18][19] while all playoff matches and the final would be held at Grand Prairie Stadium. Tickets for the matches were also made available on the same day.[20]

Teams

Teams were announced by MLC in March 2023, with team coaches and captains being announced in the months following.[10]

Franchise Head coach Captain
Los Angeles Knight Riders Phil Simmons Sunil Narine
MI New York Robin Peterson Kieron Pollard
San Francisco Unicorns Shane Watson Aaron Finch
Seattle Orcas Pravin Amre Wayne Parnell
Texas Super Kings Stephen Fleming Faf du Plessis
Washington Freedom Greg Shipperd Moises Henriques

Squads

A minimum of 16 players and a maximum of 19 players can be selected by the teams with a maximum of nine overseas players. The teams can select nine local players in the draft and another one as a wildcard.

Los Angeles Knight Riders[21] MI New York[22] San Francisco Unicorns Seattle Orcas Texas Super Kings Washington Freedom

Venues

Grand Prairie Morrisville
Grand Prairie Stadium
Capacity: 7,000 (planned), expandable to 15,000 		Church Street Park
Capacity: 3,500

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Texas Super Kings 1 1 0 0 0 2 3.450
2 MI New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 San Francisco Unicorns 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Seattle Orcas 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
5 Washington Freedom 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
6 Los Angeles Knight Riders 1 0 1 0 0 0 −3.450
Updated to match(es) played on July 13. Source: ESPNcricinfo

  Advanced to the Qualifier

  Advanced to the Eliminator

League stage

Timing of matches in Grand Prairie, Texas are in Central Time Zone (CDT) (UTC-05:00).
Timing of matches in Morrisville, North Carolina are in Eastern Time Zone (EDT) (UTC-04:00).
Match 1
13 July 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Texas Super Kings
181/6 (20 overs)
v
David Miller 61 (42)
Lockie Ferguson 2/23 (4 overs)
Andre Russell 55 (34)
Mohammad Mohsin 4/8 (3 overs)
Texas Super Kings won by 69 runs
Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas
Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Paul Wilson (Aus)
Player of the match: David Miller (Texas Super Kings)
  • Los Angeles Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Play-offs

Eliminator / QualifierChallengerFinal
27 July 2023 - Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 15:30 CDT30 July 2023 - Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 19:30 CDT
1Seed 1QWQualifier Winner
2Seed 228 July 2023 - Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 19:30 CDTCWChallenger Winner
QLQualifier Loser
27 July 2023 - Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 19:30 CDTEWEliminator Winner
3Seed 3
4Seed 4
Eliminator
27 July 2023
15:30 (N)
Scorecard
TBD
v
TBD
Qualifier
27 July 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
TBD
v
TBD
Challenger
28 July 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
TBD
v
TBD
Final
30 July 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
TBD
v
TBD

Broadcasting

In July 2023, Major League Cricket (MLC) announced that its historic inaugural season will be broadcast live across numerous major cricketing nations.[26]

Country Television channel Internet streaming applications Ref
India Sports18 JioCinema [27]
United States & Canada Willow TV [28]
Australia Fox Sports
Bangladesh Toffee
Caribbean SportsMax
MENA region Etisalat by e&
New Zealand Sky Sport
Pakistan A Sports
South Africa Super Sport
United Kingdom BT Sport

References

  1. ^ Lavalette, Tristan (29 November 2022). "Cricket Will 'Dream Big' In The U.S. As New Pro T20 League Looms". Forbes. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. ^ Amit Chaudhary, ET Bureau (25 March 2023). "MLC: Cricket's American dream". The Economic Times. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. ^ Williams, Matthew (7 June 2023). "Major League Cricket secures Royal sponsorship ahead of first season". SportBusiness. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  4. ^ Tagore, Vijay (12 June 2023). "MLC's first season to be played in Dallas and Morrisville". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  5. ^ Peter Della Penna (15 November 2022). "Major League Cricket set for July 2023 launch in Dallas". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  6. ^ Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi (17 November 2022). "Why Dallas investors are buying into major league cricket". Axios. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  7. ^ Lavalette, Tristan (17 November 2022). "The New Pro T20 League In The U.S. Is Set To Shake Up Cricket Globally". Forbes. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  8. ^ "MLC: Teams, players, format, fixtures, and everything else you need to know". ESPNcricinfo. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  9. ^ Shapiro, Nina (2 April 2023). "Major League Cricket is coming to Seattle. Will it become the new soccer?". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  10. ^ a b Patel, Smit. "DC's GMR group, MI and CSK to run MLC franchises". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Major League Cricket draft: Harmeet Singh makes history as first MLC pick". The Times of India. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Finch, de Kock unveiled on Major League Cricket draft day". Al Jazeera. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  13. ^ IANS (10 June 2023). "Major League Cricket: Finch, Stoinis, Hasaranga among top cricketers to feature in MLC from July 13". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  14. ^ Lavalette, Tristan (13 April 2023). "America's Major League Cricket Has Been Sanctioned After A Dispute Threatened Its Historic Launch". Forbes. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  15. ^ Peter Della Penna (23 March 2023). "MLC start under threat after dispute between organisers and USA Cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  16. ^ "MLC 2023 schedule: Full fixtures list, venues and time table for Major League Cricket 2023". Wisden. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  17. ^ Seeley, David (13 June 2023). "Major League Cricket Announces 2023 Season Schedule, With First-Ever Match in Grand Prairie July 13". Dallas Innovates. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  18. ^ Wallis, Jay (15 November 2022). "'It's an exciting time' | Major League Cricket coming to Grand Prairie in July 2023". WFAA. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  19. ^ Bae, Cindy (5 May 2023). "Morrisville on track to enhance cricket experience, host Major League Cricket events". ABC 11. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  20. ^ Hays, Nate (14 June 2023). "MLC announce schedule, Church Street Park as second venue, tickets for sale". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  21. ^ "Russell, Narine, Roy and Ferguson join Knight Riders in Los Angeles for MLC". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  22. ^ "Captain Pollard, Rashid, Boult headline MI New York 2023 squad". Mumbai Indians. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  23. ^ "Ambati Rayudu withdraws from Major League Cricket stint with Texas Super Kings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  24. ^ "Tanveer Sangha replaces Wanindu Hasaranga – Washington Freedom". Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  25. ^ "Maxwell, Marsh pulled out of the Hundred by Cricket Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  26. ^ "MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET ANNOUNCES FURTHER INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS FOR 2023 SEASON". Major League Cricket. 12 July 2023.
  27. ^ "Reliance's Viacom 18 bags media rights for Major League Cricket". The Economic Times. 7 July 2023. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  28. ^ "WILLOW TV TO BROADCAST MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET ACROSS NORTH AMERICA IN LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP". 11 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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