2024 Major League Cricket season

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2024 Major League Cricket season
Dates5 – 28 July 2024
Administrator(s)American Cricket Enterprises
USA Cricket
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and playoffs
Host(s)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Participants6
Official website Major League Cricket
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The 2024 Major League Cricket season (also known as MLC 2024, or for sponsorship reasons as 2024 Cognizant Major League Cricket) is the second season of Major League Cricket, [1] [2] a franchise Twenty20 cricket league established in 2019 by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) in the United States. [3] The season is being hosted, as was the case of the previous season, at two venues: Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas and Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina. [4] The tournament began from 5 July to and the final is scheduled to be held on 28 July 2024, with MI New York as the defending champions. [5]

Contents

Background

In December 2023, it was announced that the second season of the tournament would begin on 5 July 2024, four days after the conclusion of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. [6] This was later moved back a day to 5 July. [7] It was also reported that matches would be played at Grand Prairie Stadium, alongside other venues. [8] By March 2024, MLC had announced that they had signed Cognizant to serve as the season's title sponsor. [9]

On 15 February 2024, the overseas players' retention lists were announced, with the number of overseas slots having been upped to nine. [10] In the following months, teams would go on to select further overseas players, including Australian cricketers Steven Smith and Travis Head. [11] [12] The domestic players' draft was virtually held on 21 March 2024, with a total of 20 players being picked by the teams over 10 rounds. [13] An additional draft is scheduled for 16 June in order for teams to complete their squads. [14] The season schedule was released on 7 May, with defending champions MI New York to face the Seattle Orcas in the season opener, and the final set for 28 July. [7]

The full list of season fixtures were released by MLC on 7 May. [15] Later that month, MLC announced that they had obtained official List A status for all tournament fixtures, becoming the second Associate-run league to have it alongside the ILT20. [16]

Teams

All the six teams from the previous season will take part this season.

Teams in the 2024 Major League Cricket season
FranchiseCaptainHead coach
Los Angeles Knight Riders Sunil Narine Phil Simmons
MI New York Kieron Pollard Robin Peterson
San Francisco Unicorns Corey Anderson Shane Watson
Seattle Orcas Wayne Parnell Pravin Amre
Texas Super Kings Faf du Plessis Stephen Fleming
Washington Freedom Steve Smith Ricky Ponting

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 also retain their domestic players during the retention window, which was open till 29 February 2024. [17] The teams were allowed to select the remaining domestic players during the draft held on 21 March 2024, and another additional draft held on 16 June 2024.[ citation needed ]

Squads in the 2024 Major League Cricket season [18]
Los Angeles Knight Riders MI New York San Francisco Unicorns Seattle Orcas Texas Super Kings Washington Freedom

Venues

Matches are set to held at two venues, Grand Prairie Stadium with a capacity of 7,200 located in Grand Prairie, Texas, and Church Street Park with a capacity of 3,500, located in Morrisville, North Carolina. [19]

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Points table

PosTeam
PldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1 Washington Freedom 320150.675Advances to Qualifier
2 Texas Super Kings 411241.242
3 MI New York 311131.472Advances to Eliminator
4 Los Angeles Knight Riders 41213−0.542
5 San Francisco Unicorns 31113−0.631
6 Seattle Orcas 31202−1.007
Updated to match(es) played on 13 July 2024. Source: ESPNCricinfo

League stage

Match 1
5 July 2024
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Seattle Orcas
108 (19.1 overs)
v
MI New York
111/4 (14.2 overs)
Shubham Ranjane 35 (31)
Rashid Khan 3/22 (4 overs)
Nicholas Pooran 62* (37)
Cameron Gannon 2/40 (3 overs)
MI New York won by 6 wickets
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Rushane Samuels (WI)
Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (MI New York)
  • MI New York won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ruben Clinton (MI New York) made his T20 debut.
Match 2
5 July 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Los Angeles Knight Riders
162/7 (20 overs)
v
Texas Super Kings (H)
150/8 (20 overs)
Unmukt Chand 68 (45)
Zia-ul-Haq 2/16 (3 overs)
Devon Conway 53 (39)
Ali Khan 4/33 (4 overs)
Los Angeles Knight Riders won by 12 runs
Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas
Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Jermaine Lindo (USA)
Player of the match: Ali Khan (Los Angeles Knight Riders)
  • Texas Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Joshua Tromp (Texas Super Kings) made his T20 debut.
Match 3
6 July 2024
15:00
Scorecard
MI New York
154/9 (20 overs)
v
Washington Freedom
55/1 (7.4 overs)
Nicholas Pooran 44 (30)
Saurabh Netravalkar 3/24 (4 overs)
Steve Smith 46* (28)
Ehsan Adil 1/14 (2 overs)
Washington Freedom won by 4 runs (DLS method)
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Rushane Samuels (WI)
Player of the match: Saurabh Netravalkar (Washington Freedom)
  • Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain prevented any further play.
  • Washington Freedom were 4 runs ahead of the DLS par score of 51 runs from 7.4 overs.
Match 4
7 July 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Los Angeles Knight Riders
165/6 (20 overs)
v
San Francisco Unicorns
166/4 (15.2 overs)
Andre Russell 40* (25)
Brody Couch 2/24 (4 overs)
Finn Allen 63 (37)
Spencer Johnson 3/36 (4 overs)
San Francisco Unicorns won by 6 wickets
Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas
Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Billy Taylor (USA)
Player of the match: Finn Allen (San Francisco Unicorns)
  • San Francisco Unicorns won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sanjay Krishnamurthi (San Francisco Unicorns) made his T20 debut.
Match 5
8 July 2024
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Texas Super Kings
203/5 (20 overs)
v
Washington Freedom
62/0 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 100 (58)
Saurabh Netravalkar 2/33 (4 overs)
Travis Head 32* (12)
No result
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Vijaya Mallela (USA)
  • Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain prevented any further play.
Match 6
9 July 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Los Angeles Knight Riders
168/5 (20 overs)
v
Seattle Orcas
169/1 (19.5 overs)
Jason Roy 69 (52)
Zaman Khan 2/24 (4 overs)
Ryan Rickelton 103* (66)
Spencer Johnson 1/28 (4 overs)
Seattle Orcas won by 9 wickets
Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas
Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Jermaine Lindo (USA)
Player of the match: Ryan Rickelton (Seattle Orcas)
Match 7
10 July 2024
15:00
Scorecard
San Francisco Unicorns
127 (17.5 overs)
v
Texas Super Kings
128/3 (12.5 overs)
Matthew Short 33 (15)
Mohammad Mohsin 4/13 (3.5 overs)
Faf du Plessis 34 (17)
Hassan Khan 2/16 (2 overs)
Texas Super Kings won by 7 wickets
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Vijaya Mallela (USA)
Player of the match: Mohammad Mohsin (Texas Super Kings)
  • Texas Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Match 8
11 July 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Seattle Orcas
124 (19.4 overs)
v
Washington Freedom
127/5 (18.2 overs)
Heinrich Klaasen 51 (30)
Lockie Ferguson 4/26 (4 overs)
Lahiru Milantha 33* (30)
Nandre Burger 2/27 (4 overs)
Washington Freedom won by 5 wickets
Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas
Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Billy Taylor (USA)
Player of the match: Lockie Ferguson (Washington Freedom)
  • Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.
Match 9
12 July 2024
15:00
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Rushane Samuels (WI)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
Match 10
13 July 2024
15:00
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Church Street Park, Morrisville
Umpires: Owen Brown (USA) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
Match 11
14 July 2024
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 12
14 July 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 13
15 July 2024
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 14
16 July 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 15
17 July 2024
15:00
Scorecard
v
Match 16
18 July 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 17
19 July 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 18
20 July 2024
19:30 PM (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 19
21 July 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 20
22 July 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 21
23 July 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v

Play-offs

Qualifier Challenger Final
25 July 2024 – Grand Prairie Stadium 28 July 2024 – Grand Prairie Stadium
11st placed teamQWWinner of Qualifier
22nd placed team26 July 2024 – Grand Prairie Stadium CWWinner of Challenger
QLLoser of Qualifier
Eliminator EWWinner of Eliminator
24 July 2024 – Grand Prairie Stadium
33rd placed team
44th placed team

Eliminator

24 July 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
3rd placed team
v
4th placed team

Qualifier

25 July 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
1st placed team
v
2nd placed team

Challenger

26 July 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Loser of Qualifier
v
Winner of Eliminator

Final

28 July 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Winner of Qualifier
v
Winner of Challenger


Statistics

Most runs

RunsPlayerTeamInnsHSSRAve
114 Faf du Plessis Texas Super Kings 2100158.3357.00
106 Nicholas Pooran MI New York 262* 158.20106.00
92 Devon Conway Texas Super Kings 253158.2046.00
72 Steve Smith Washington Freedom 246* 175.600.00
68 Unmukt Chand Los Angeles Knight Riders 268136.0034.00
Last updated: 9 July 2024. Source: ESPNCricinfo

Most wickets

WktsPlayerTeamInnsOvsBBIEco
5 Spencer Johnson Los Angeles Knight Riders 283/366.75
Saurabh Netravalkar Washington Freedom 283/247.12
4 Ali Khan Los Angeles Knight Riders 26.24/339.31
Justin Dill Washington Freedom 273/339.71
3 Trent Boult MI New York 263/254.66
Rashid Khan 263/225.66
Last updated: 9 July 2024. Source: ESPNCricinfo

Notes

  1. ↑ Unavailable due to injury
  2. ↑ Replacement player

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