Major League Cricket is the latest arrival in the T20 franchise league cricket. USA Cricket operates it and has six franchises in the tournament’s inaugural edition. Top T20 players from across the globe will feature in Major League Cricket 2023.
What is Major League Cricket? | Significance of MLC
Major League Cricket is USA’s own Indian Premier League (IPL). The inaugural season will see six teams participating in the two-week-long league. There will be 19 matches, including two Qualifiers, an Eliminator, and a Final. The T20 league will begin on July 13 at Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas.
The relevance and significance of Major League Cricket in today’s world is that it can change the dynamics of cricket as a sport.
- Cricket is played and celebrated in various countries, which were once colonies of England.
- Cricket has not enjoyed the position, as much as football does. (except for countries like India and its sub-continents)
- This MLC will open up the barrier between the internal audience and cricket as a sport.
For players, it will be even more beneficial as they can ape the club-player contract available in football.
2023 Major League Cricket Teams
As mentioned above, six franchises compete for silverware in the first season.
The teams are as follows:
- Los Angeles Knight Riders
- MI New York
- San Francisco Unicorns
- Seattle Orcas
- Texas Super Kings, and
- Washington Freedom.
Which are the IPL franchises that have teams in MLC?
Four IPL franchises own or run Major League Cricket teams.
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Mumbai Indians
- Chennai Super King
- GMR Group that owns Delhi Capitals
Major League Cricket Players | Star Players of MLC
The list of Major League Cricket players who are popular among all cricket fans is not significantly long. But all the “usual suspects” are there as a part of various Major League Cricket teams.
- Faf du Plessis
- Dwayne Bravo
- Andre Russell
- Martin Guptill
- Kieron Pollard
- Rashid Khan
- Aaron Finch
- Sunil Narine
MLC Captains
An overseas player is appointed captain of all the franchises. Faf du Plessis, who also leads the IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), is the captain of Texas Super Kings.
- Los Angeles Knight Riders – Sunil Narine
- MI New York – Kieron Pollard
- San Francisco Unicorns – Aaron Finch
- Seattle Orcas – Wayne Parnel
- Texas Super Kings – Faf du Plessis
- Washington Freedom – Moises Henriques
MLC Overseas Players
More than 40 overseas players are featured in the first-ever T20 franchise league in the USA. The franchises have picked up players from the Caribbean, England, Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, etc.
Below is the list of overseas players for each MLC team:
- Los Angeles Knight Riders – Sunil Narine, Martin Guptill, Andre Russell, Jason Roy, Adam Zampa, Lockie Ferguson, Rilee Rossouw, Spencer Johnson
- MI New York – Kieron Pollard, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Nicholas Pooran, Tim David, David Wiese, Jason Behrendorff, Dewald Brevis
- San Francisco Unicorns – Dwayne Bravo, David Miller, Devon Conway, Daniel Sams, Mitchell Santner, Gerald Coetzee, Faf Du Plessis
- Seattle Orcas – Quinton de Kock, Shimron Hetmyer, Heinrich Klaasen, Dwaine Pretorius, Dasun Shanaka, Andrew Tye, Hayden Walsh Jr, Imad Wasim, Wayne Parnell
- Texas Super Kings – Dwayne Bravo, David Miller, Devon Conway, Daniel Sams, Mitchell Santner, Gerald Coetzee, Faf Du Plessis
- Washington Freedom – Wanindu Hasaranga, Anrich Nortje, Akeal Hosein, Marco Jansen, Adam Milne, Moises Henriques, Glenn Phillips, Josh Phillipe, Ben Dwarshius
Major Cricket League Schedule for 2023
The fixtures for the complete MLC is listed below and the IST time is mentioned.
| Date | Match | Venue | Timing |
July 14 | Texas Super Kings vs Los Angeles Knight Riders | Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas | 6:00 AM |
July 15 | MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns | Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas | 2:00 AM |
July 15 | Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom | Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas | 6:00 AM |
July 16 | San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas | Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas | 6:00 AM |
July 17 | Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom | Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas | 2:00 AM |
July 17 | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs MI New York | Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas | 6:00 AM |
July 18 | Texas Super Kings vs MI New York | Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas | 6:00 AM |
July 19 | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs San Francisco Unicorns | Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas | 6:00 AM |
July 21 | Washington Freedom vs Los Angeles Knight Riders | Church Street Park, Morrisville | 3:00 AM |
July 22 | Seattle Orcas vs Texas Super Kings | Church Street Park, Morrisville | 3:00 AM |
July 23 | Washington Freedom vs San Francisco Unicorns | Church Street Park, Morrisville | 3:00 AM |
July 23 | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Seattle Orcas | Church Street Park, Morrisville | 11:00 PM |
July 24 | MI New York vs Washington Freedom | Church Street Park, Morrisville | 3:00 AM |
July 25 | San Francisco Unicorns vs Texas Super Kings | Church Street Park, Morrisville | 3:00 AM |
July 26 | MI New York vs Seattle Orcas | Church Street Park, Morrisville | 3:00 AM |
July 28 | Eliminator | Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas | 2:00 AM |
July 28 | Qualifier 1 | Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas | 6:00 AM |
July 29 | Qualifier 2 | Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas | 6:00 AM |
July 31 | Final | Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas | 6:00 AM |
Will MLC be a hit or flop?
Major League Cricket will definitely be a valuable addition to the cricket fraternity. Sustainability determines the success or failure of the league.
At this moment in time, let us enjoy the matches. Let the superstars that we enjoyed in world cricket get back to their groove and compete again.
It is too early to find out whether MLC is a hit or flop. MLC is promising and it is going to stay. So far, this is a fact.
Let’s wait for this season to unveil.
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