Major League Cricket 2023 is finally set to get underway this month with a host of stars lined up to take part in the newest franchise competition on the block – here’s all you need to know about the competition in the United States, including the format, schedule, live streaming details and player roster.
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The competition is the first-ever professional T20 franchise championship in the US – which is set to host matches in the 2024 T20 World Cup. It will run from July 13-30 and feature six teams:Los Angeles Knight Riders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings and Washington Freedom.
It will be hosted between two venues, Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas and Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina. Each team will play each other once before the knockout stages. The knockout stages will consist of four matches: The first will be the Eliminator, where the third and fourth placed teams from the league stage, who will compete for a place in the Challenger. The second match will be the Challenger where the top two placed sides in the league will compete for a place in the final. The winner of the Eliminator and the loser of the Qualifier will then compete in the Challenger. The winner of that match will play the winner of the Qualifier in the final.
MLC 2023 schedule
13 July – Texas Super Kings v LA Knight Riders, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 7:30pm (CDT)
14 July – MI New York v San Francisco Unicorns, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 3:30pm (CDT)
14 July – Seattle Orcas v Washington Freedom, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 7:30pm (CDT)
15 July – San Francisco Unicorns v Seattle Orcas, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 7:30pm (CDT)
16 July – Texas Super Kings v Washington Freedom, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 3:30pm (CDT)
16 July – Los Angeles Knight Riders v MI New York, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 7:30pm (CDT)
17 July – Texas Super Kings v MI New York, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 7:30pm (CDT)
18 July – Los Angeles Knight Riders v San Francisco Unicorns, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 7:30 (CDT)
20 July – Washington Freedom v Los Angeles Knight Riders, Church Street Park, North Carolina, 5:30pm (EDT)
21 July – Seattle Orcas v Texas Super Kings, Church Street Park, North Carolina, 5:30pm (EDT)
22 July – Washington Freedom v San Francisco Unicorns, Church Street Park, North Carolina, 5:30 (EDT)
23 July – Los Angeles Knight Riders v Seattle Orcas, Church Street Park, North Carolina, 1:30pm (EDT)
23 July – MI New York v Washington Freedom, Church Street Park, North Carolina, 5:30pm (EDT)
24 July – San Francisco Unicorns v Texas Super Kings, Church Street Park, North Carolina, 5:30pm (EDT)
25 July – MI New York v Seattle Orcas, Church Street Park, North Carolina, 5:30pm (EDT)
27 July – Eliminator: Seed 3 v Seed 4, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 3:30 (CDT)
27 July – Qualifier: Seed 1 v Seed 2, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 7:30pm (CDT)
28 July – Challenger: Loser Qualifier v Winner Eliminator, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 7:30pm (CDT)
30 July – Final:: Winner Qualifier v Winner Challenger, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 7:30pm (CDT)
Major League Cricket: Where to watch MLC 2023
India: Viacom18 is the official broadcast partner of the competition in India. All matches will be broadcast on Sports 18 and live streaming will be available on JioCinema.
UK: BT Sport will broadcast the competition with live streaming options on the BT Sport website and app.
Australia: FOX Cricket will be showing all matches in the competition as well as providing live stream services on the FOXTel App.
USA & Canada: Willow TV is the tournament’s broadcast partner in the host country.
Caribbean: Those watching in the Caribbean will be able to do so on SportsMax.
Pakistan: A Sports will be showing the tournament in Pakistan.
South Africa: Super Sport is the place to find coverage of the competition in South Africa.
MLC 2023: Squads
Seattle Orcas: Nauman Anwar, Cameron Gannon, Shehan Jayasuriya, Aaron Jones, Nisarg Patel, Angelo Perera, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Matthew Tromp, Phani Simhadri, Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, Wayne Parnell, Dasun Shanaka, Andrew Tye.
San Francisco Unicorns: Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis, Lungi Ngidi, Qais Ahmed, Finn Allen, Mackenzie Harvey, Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, Matthew Wade, Corey Anderson, Amila Aponso, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Brody Couch, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Carmi Le Roux, Smit Patel, Liam Plunkett, Tajinder Singh, David White.
MI New York: Ehsan Adil, Hammad Azam, Saideep Ganesh, Shayan Jahangir, Nothush Kenjige, Sarbjeet Ladda, Monank Patel, Jessy Singh, Steven Taylor, Jason Behrendorff, Trent Boult, Dewald Brevis, Tim David, Rashid Khan, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Kagiso Rabada, David Wiese.
LA Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Adam Zampa, Jason Roy, Lockie Fergusson, Martin Guptill, Rilee Rossouw, Ali Khan, Ali Sheikh, Bhaskar Yadram, Corne Dry, Jaskaran Malhotra, Nitish Kumar, Saif Badar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Unmukt Chand, Spencer Johnson, Gajanand Singh.
Texas Super Kings: Dwayne Bravo, Gerald Coetzee, Devon Conway, Faf Du Plessis, David Miller, Daniel Sams, Mitchell Santner, Rusty Theron, Calvin Savage, Lahiru Milantha, Milind Kumar, Sami Aslam, Cameron Stevenson, Cody Chetty, Zia Shahzad, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Mohammad Mohsin, Calvin Savage.
Washington Freedom: Mukhtar Ahmed, Saad Ali, Akhilesh Bodugum, Justin Dill, Ben Dwarshuis, Andries Gous, Sujith Gowda, Moises Henriques, Marco Jansen, Adam Milne, Saurabh Netravalkar, Anrich Nortje, Josh Philippe, Glenn Phillips, Dane Piedt, Obus Pienaar, Usman Rafiq.
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Bold – Captain
