Major League Cricket 2023

MLC 2023, where to watch live in USA: TV channels, live streaming & match timings in United States | Major League Cricket

by Wisden Staff July 12, 2023 - 7:20pm 2 minute read

The first-ever Major League Cricket will be played from July 13 to July 30 in the United States of America — here’s where you can watch the 2023 MLC live in the USA, including streaming and TV details.

A number of stars will be in action in the franchise league tournament in the USA. The Major League Cricket, operated by the American Cricket Enterprise (ACE) has been sanctioned by the USA Cricket. It has also been sanctioned by the International Cricket Council. However, the records accumulated by the players will not be reflected on their profiles as the USA is not a full member country. Records in the UAE-based ILT20 are not recorded in that way either.

A number of high profile businesspeople such as Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, Vineet Jain of the Times Group and Shantanu Narayen, the CEO of Abode, have invested in the league, which will be held in two cities – in Texas, at the Grand Prairie Stadium, and in Morrisville at the Church Street Park.

The six sides, Los Angeles Knight Riders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings and Washington Freedom, could pick a maximum of 19 players and a minimum of 16 players. Each team could only pick nine international stars, and they had to select at least one under-23 player from the USA. At least 10 domestic players also needed to be picked. In the final XIs, teams can select five domestic stars and six overseas players.

India’s Unmukt Chand and Harmeet Singh, former under-19 stars, will take part in the 2023 MLC, as will Chaitanya Bishnoi, Tajinder Singh, Smit Patel and Shubham Ranjane. Ambati Rayudu, who announced his Indian domestic retirement in May, was also slated to take part but had to withdraw as the BCCI has introduced a year-long cooling-off period for recently retired players before they can play in T20 leagues abroad.