2025 Major League Cricket season

2025 Major League Cricket

Dates	June 12 – July 13, 2025
Administrator(s)	American Cricket Enterprises USA Cricket
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin and playoffs
Champions	MI New York (2nd title)
Runners-up	Washington Freedom
Participants	6
Matches	34
Player of the series	Mitchell Owen (Washington Freedom)
Most runs	Monank Patel (MI New York) (478)
Most wickets	Xavier Bartlett (San Francisco Unicorns) (18)
Official website	Major League Cricket
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The 2025 Major League Cricket (also known as MLC 2025, or for sponsorship reasons as 2025 Cognizant Major League Cricket) was the third season of Major League Cricket, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league established in 2019 by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) in the United States. The tournament was played from June 12 to July 13, 2025.

In the final, MI New York defeated defending champions the Washington Freedom by 5 runs in a last-over thriller to win their second title. ^{[1] [2]}

Background

In May 2024, MLC announced plans to expand its season from 19 games to 34 by its third season. ^{[3] [4]} By January 2025, amidst concerns that the league's schedule would overlap with other T20 leagues like The Hundred, MLC announced that their season would run from mid-June to July, thereby avoiding conflict. ^[5] A full schedule would be released in March, following the season's annual domestic draft. ^[6]

The domestic draft, which was held in February 2025, saw a number of top players released by teams – key amongst them being Pat Cummins and Travis Head. ^[7]

Teams

All six teams from the previous season will take part this season. ^[8]

Teams in the 2025 Major League Cricket ^[9]

Franchise	Captain	Head coach
Los Angeles Knight Riders	Jason Holder [a]	Dwayne Bravo
MI New York	Nicholas Pooran	Robin Peterson
San Francisco Unicorns	Corey Anderson [b]	Shane Watson
Seattle Orcas	Sikandar Raza [c]	TBD [d]
Texas Super Kings	Faf du Plessis	Stephen Fleming
Washington Freedom	Glenn Maxwell [e]	Ricky Ponting

Squads

Main article: 2025 Major League Cricket players' draft

Initially, ahead of the season opener, the appearance of Afghan players in the tournament was in doubt due to U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban on twelve countries, including Afghanistan. ^[11] Trump's proclamation, however, allowed travel for players participating in a "major sporting event"; MLC was classified as such an event, thus Afghan players were allowed to participate. ^[12]

Los Angeles Knight Riders	MI New York	San Francisco Unicorns	Seattle Orcas	Texas Super Kings	Washington Freedom
Jason Holder (c) Sunil Narine Saif Badar Unmukt Chand Corné Dry Adithya Ganesh Ali Khan Nitish Kumar Andre Russell Shadley van Schalkwyk Matthew Tromp Karthik Gattepalli Anrich Nortje Alex Hales Rovman Powell Sherfane Rutherford Andre Fletcher Tanveer Sangha	Nicholas Pooran (c) Ehsan Adil Trent Boult Nosthush Kenjige Rashid Khan [13] Monank Patel Sunny Patel Kieron Pollard Heath Richards Rushil Ugarkar Agni Chopra Tajinder Singh Kunwarjit Singh Sharad Lumba George Linde Quinton de Kock Michael Bracewell Naveen-ul-Haq Fabian Allen Delano Potgieter Tristan Luus Azmatullah Omarzai	Corey Anderson (c) Finn Allen Brody Couch Juanoy Drysdale Jake Fraser-McGurk Karima Gore Hassan Khan Sanjay Krishnamurthi Carmi le Roux Liam Plunkett Haris Rauf Matthew Short Hammad Azam Achilles Browne Romario Shepherd Xavier Bartlett Tim Seifert Callum Stow Cooper Connolly	Sikandar Raza(c) Heinrich Klaasen Ayan Desai Cameron Gannon Aaron Jones David Warner Ali Sheikh Harmeet Singh Jessy Singh Sujit Nayak Steven Taylor Shayan Jahangir Rahul Jariwala Obed McCoy Fazalhaq Farooqi Shimron Hetmyer Gulbadin Naib Kyle Mayers Waqar Salamkheil	Faf du Plessis (c) Noor Ahmad Devon Conway Milind Kumar Mohammad Mohsin Saiteja Mukkamalla Calvin Savage Marcus Stoinis Joshua Tromp Zia-ul-Haq Shubham Ranjane Stephen Wiig Adam Khan Daryl Mitchell Nandre Burger Adam Milne Mitchell Marsh Donovan Ferreira Smit Patel	Glenn Maxwell (c) Mukhtar Ahmed Amila Aponso Justin Dill Jack Edwards Lockie Ferguson Andries Gous Ian Holland Lahiru Milantha Yasir Mohammad Saurabh Netravalkar Obus Pienaar Rachin Ravindra Abhishek Paradkar Mark Chapman Ben Sears Steve Smith Jason Behrendorff Mitchell Owen Glenn Phillips

Venues

Matches are set to be held at three venues: Grand Prairie's Grand Prairie Stadium, Lauderhill's Broward County Stadium, and Oakland's Oakland Coliseum. ^{[14] [15]}

Grand Prairie Oakland Lauderhill
Oakland	Grand Prairie	Lauderhill
Oakland Coliseum	Grand Prairie Stadium	Broward County Stadium
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 7,200	Capacity: 20,000
Matches: 9	Matches: 16	Matches: 9

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Washington Freedom	10	8	2	0	0	16	0.954	Advanced to Qualifier
2	Texas Super Kings	10	7	3	0	0	14	1.603
3	San Francisco Unicorns	10	7	3	0	0	14	1.330	Advanced to Eliminator
4	MI New York (C)	10	3	7	0	0	6	−0.518
5	Seattle Orcas	10	3	7	0	0	6	−1.842	Eliminated
6	Los Angeles Knight Riders	10	2	8	0	0	4	−1.320

Source: ESPNCricinfo
(C) Champions

Match summary

Team	Group matches										Playoffs
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Q/E	C	F
Los Angeles Knight Riders	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	4
MI New York	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	4	6	6	W	W	W
San Francisco Unicorns	2	4	6	8	10	12	12	12	14	14	L
Seattle Orcas	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	6	6
Texas Super Kings	2	4	6	6	6	8	10	12	12	14	L	L
Washington Freedom	0	2	4	6	8	10	12	12	14	16	W		L

Win

Loss

No result

• Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
• Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Visitor team →	LAKR	MINY	SFU	SO	TSK	WF
Home team ↓
Los Angeles Knight Riders		New York 8 wickets	Los Angeles 11 runs (DLS)	Seattle 5 wickets	Texas 57 runs	Washington 5 wickets
MI New York	New York 6 runs		San Francisco 47 runs	New York 7 wickets	Texas 3 runs	Washington 2 wickets
San Francisco Unicorns	San Francisco 32 runs	San Francisco 3 wickets		Seattle 4 wickets	San Francisco 1 run	San Francisco 123 runs
Seattle Orcas	Los Angeles 6 wickets	Seattle 3 wickets	San Francisco 32 runs		Texas 51 runs	Washington 5 wickets
Texas Super Kings	Texas 52 runs	Texas 39 runs	San Francisco 7 wickets	Texas 93 runs		Texas 43 runs
Washington Freedom	Washington 113 runs	Washington 6 wickets	Washington 12 runs	Washington 8 wickets	Washington 7 wickets

Home team won

Visitor team won

• Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
• Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.

League stage

Timing of matches in California are in Pacific Time Zone (PDT) (UTC-07:00), while matches in Texas and Florida are in Central Time Zone (CDT) (UTC-05:00) and Eastern Time Zone (EDT) (UTC-04:00).

Match 1 June 12, 2025 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

San Francisco Unicorns 269/5 (20 overs)	v	Washington Freedom 146 (13.1 overs)
Finn Allen 151 (51) Jack Edwards 2/39 (4 overs)		Rachin Ravindra 42 (17) Haris Rauf 3/30 (3.1 overs)

San Francisco Unicorns won by 123 runs Oakland Coliseum, Oakland Attendance: 5,126 [16] Umpires: Leslie Reifer (WI) and Rushane Samuels (WI) Player of the match: Finn Allen (San Francisco Unicorns)

• Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.
• Finn Allen (San Francisco Unicorns) scored the fastest century (off 34 balls) in Major League Cricket and also the second-fastest in any franchise T20 league, behind Chris Gayle's 30-ball century against Pune Warriors India in IPL 2013. ^[17]
• Finn Allen scored the highest number of sixes (19) in innings breaking the record of Chris Gayle (18) in T20s. ^[18]
• Finn Allen scored the fastest 150 (off 49 balls) in T20s, breaking the record of Dewald Brevis 150 (off 52 balls) against Knights. ^[19]

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Match 2 June 13, 2025 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Texas Super Kings 185/6 (20 overs)	v	MI New York 182/8 (20 overs)
Devon Conway 65 (44) Michael Bracewell 2/34 (4 overs)		Monank Patel 62 (44) Adam Milne 3/22 (4 overs)

Texas Super Kings won by 3 runs Oakland Coliseum, Oakland Attendance: 6,356 Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Calvin Savage (Texas Super Kings)

• MI New York won the toss and elected to field.
• Adam Milne (Texas Super Kings) played his 200th T20 match.

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Match 3 June 14, 2025 14:00 Scorecard

San Francisco Unicorns 219/8 (20 overs)	v	Los Angeles Knight Riders 187 (19.5 overs)
Jake Fraser-McGurk 88 (38) Shadley van Schalkwyk 3/50 (4 overs)		Unmukt Chand 53 (32) Xavier Bartlett 4/28 (3.5 overs)

San Francisco Unicorns won by 32 runs Oakland Coliseum, Oakland Attendance: 7,361 Umpires: Leslie Reifer (WI) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Jake Fraser-McGurk (San Francisco Unicorns)

• Los Angeles Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
• Matthew Tromp (Los Angeles Knight Riders) made his T20 debut.

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Match 4 June 14, 2025 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Seattle Orcas 145/9 (20 overs)	v	Washington Freedom 149/5 (13.3 overs)
David Warner 31 (17) Ian Holland 4/19 (4 overs)		Rachin Ravindra 44 (18) Waqar Salamkheil 2/27 (3.3 overs)

Washington Freedom won by 5 wickets Oakland Coliseum, Oakland Attendance: 7,361 Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Ian Holland (Washington Freedom)

• Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 5 June 15, 2025 14:00 Scorecard

Texas Super Kings 181/4 (20 overs)	v	Los Angeles Knight Riders 124 (17.1 overs)
Daryl Mitchell 36* (33) Tanveer Sangha 2/32 (4 overs)		Shadley van Schalkwyk 27 (21) Noor Ahmad 4/25 (4 overs)

Texas Super Kings won by 57 runs Oakland Coliseum, Oakland Attendance: 6,450 Umpires: Rushane Samuels (WI) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Noor Ahmad (Texas Super Kings)

• Los Angeles Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 6 June 15, 2025 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

MI New York 182/7 (20 overs)	v	San Francisco Unicorns 188/7 (19.1 overs)
Quinton de Kock 63 (38) Haris Rauf 2/24 (4 overs)		Xavier Bartlett 59* (25) Naveen-ul-Haq 2/28 (4 overs)

San Francisco Unicorns won by 3 wickets Oakland Coliseum, Oakland Attendance: 6,450 Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Xavier Bartlett (San Francisco Unicorns)

• San Francisco Unicorns won the toss and elected to field.
• Nicholas Pooran (MI New York) played his 400th match in T20s.

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Match 7 June 16, 2025 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Texas Super Kings 153/6 (20 overs)	v	Seattle Orcas 60 (13.5 overs)
Saiteja Mukkamalla 30 (23) Harmeet Singh Baddhan 2/24 (4 overs)		Aaron Jones 17 (17) Zia-ul-Haq 3/16 (3 overs)

Texas Super Kings won by 93 runs Oakland Coliseum, Oakland Attendance: 2,136 Umpires: Billy Taylor (USA) and Leslie Reifer (WI) Player of the match: Zia-ul-Haq (Texas Super Kings)

• Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 8 June 17, 2025 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Washington Freedom 208/5 (20 overs)	v	Los Angeles Knight Riders 95 (16.3 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 106* (49) Corné Dry 2/33 (3 overs)		Saif Badar 32 (31) Jack Edwards 3/15 (3 overs)

Washington Freedom won by 113 runs Oakland Coliseum, Oakland Attendane: 1,985 Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Washington Freedom)

• Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 9 June 18, 2025 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Seattle Orcas 200/5 (20 overs)	v	MI New York 203/3 (19 overs)
Kyle Mayers 88 (46) Naveen-ul-Haq 2/64 (4 overs)		Monank Patel 93 (50) Sikandar Raza 2/37 (4 overs)

MI New York won by 7 wickets Oakland Coliseum, Oakland Attendance: 4,297 Umpires: Rushane Samuels (WI) and Leslie Reifer (WI) Player of the match: Monank Patel (MI New York)

• Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 10 June 20, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Texas Super Kings 198/5 (20 overs)	v	San Francisco Unicorns 202/3 (16.1 overs)
Faf du Plessis 100 (51) Xavier Bartlett 2/31 (4 overs)		Finn Allen 78 (35) Adam Milne 1/24 (3 overs)

San Francisco Unicorns won by 7 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Matthew Short (San Francisco Unicorns)

• San Francisco Unicorns won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 11 June 21, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

MI New York 188/4 (20 overs)	v	Washington Freedom 189/8 (19.2 overs)
Quinton de Kock 55 (34) Ian Holland 1/6 (1 over)		Mitchell Owen 60 (26) Naveen-ul-Haq 2/28 (4 overs)

Washington Freedom won by 2 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie Umpires: Rushane Samuels (WI) and Wayne Knights (NZ) Player of the match: Mitchell Owen (Washington Freedom)

• Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 12 June 22, 2025 15:00 Scorecard

Seattle Orcas 177/6 (20 overs)	v	Los Angeles Knight Riders 178/4 (18.2 overs)
Aaron Jones 44 (36) Andre Russell 3/30 (4 overs)		Unmukt Chand 86* (58) Sikandar Raza 1/27 (3 overs)

Los Angeles Knight Riders won by 6 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie Umpires: Leslie Reifer (WI) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Unmukt Chand (Seattle Orcas)

• Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 13 June 22, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Texas Super Kings 220/6 (20 overs)	v	Washington Freedom 223/3 (19.4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 69 (31) Mitchell Owen 3/33 (3 overs)		Mitchell Owen 89 (52) Adam Milne 3/42 (4 overs)

Washington Freedom won by 7 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Mitchell Owen (Washington Freedom)

• Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.
• Andries Gous (Washington Freedom) played his 100th T20 match.

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Match 14 June 23, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

San Francisco Unicorns 246/4 (20 overs)	v	MI New York 199/6 (20 overs)
Matthew Short 91 (43) Kieron Pollard 2/31 (3 overs)		Quinton de Kock 70 (46) Romario Shepherd 2/30 (4 overs)

San Francisco Unicorns won by 47 runs Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Leslie Reifer (WI) Player of the match: Matthew Short (San Francisco Unicorns)

• MI New York won the toss and elected to field.
• Kieron Pollard (MI New York) played his 700th match in T20s. ^[20]

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Match 15 June 24, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Texas Super Kings 196/8 (20 overs)	v	Los Angeles Knight Riders 144/7 (20 overs)
Shubham Ranjane 70 (45) Andre Russell 3/37 (4 overs)		Unmukt Chand 30 (30) Akeal Hosein 2/10 (3 overs)

Texas Super Kings won by 52 runs Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie Umpires: Rushane Samuels (WI) and Wayne Knights (NZ) Player of the match: Donovan Ferreira (Texas Super Kings)

• Los Angeles Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 16 June 25, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

San Francisco Unicorns 176/8 (20 overs)	v	Seattle Orcas 144 (18.2 overs)
Romario Shepherd 56 (31) Harmeet Singh Baddhan 3/22 (4 overs)		Shayan Jahangir 40 (22) Haris Rauf 4/32 (4 overs)

San Francisco Unicorns won by 32 runs Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Romario Shepherd (San Francisco Unicorns)

• Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 17 June 26, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Los Angeles Knight Riders 213/4 (20 overs)	v	Washington Freedom 214/5 (20 overs)
Andre Fletcher 104 (60) Ian Holland 2/25 (3 overs)		Mitchell Owen 43 (16) Tanveer Sangha 2/35 (4 overs)

Washington Freedom won by 5 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Mitchell Owen (Washington Freedom)

• Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.
• Andre Fletcher and Sherfane Rutherford (Los Angeles Knight Riders) both scored their 8,000th and 3,000th run respectively in T20s.

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Match 18 June 27, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

MI New York 237/4 (20 overs)	v	Seattle Orcas 238/7 (20 overs)
Nicholas Pooran 108* (60) Kyle Mayers 2/34 (4 overs)		Shimron Hetmyer 97* (40) Trent Boult 3/31 (4 overs)

Seattle Orcas won by 3 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Shimron Hetmyer (Seattle Orcas)

• Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 19 June 28, 2025 15:00 Scorecard

Washington Freedom 169/6 (20 overs)	v	San Francisco Unicorns 157/9 (20 overs)
Glenn Phillips 58 (39) Xavier Bartlett 4/32 (4 overs)		Matthew Short 67 (40) Mitchell Owen 5/17 (3 overs)

Washington Freedom won by 12 runs Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Rushane Samuels (WI) Player of the match: Mitchell Owen (Washington Freedom)

• Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mitchell Owen (Washington Freedom) took his first five-wicket haul in T20s. ^[21]

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Match 20 June 28, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Los Angeles Knight Riders 202/4 (20 overs)	v	Seattle Orcas 206/5 (19.5 overs)
Andre Russell 65* (39) Waqar Salamkheil 2/29 (4 overs)		Aaron Jones 73 (38) Jason Holder 2/36 (4 overs)

Seattle Orcas won by 5 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie Umpires: Leslie Reifer (WI) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Shimron Hetmyer (Seattle Orcas)

• Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 21 June 29, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Texas Super Kings 223/4 (20 overs)	v	MI New York 184/8 (20 overs)
Faf du Plessis 103* (53) George Linde 2/42 (4 overs)		Kieron Pollard 70 (39) Akeal Hosein 3/15 (4 overs)

Texas Super Kings won by 39 runs Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Wayne Knights (NZ) Player of the match: Akeal Hosein (Texas Super Kings)

• MI New York won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 22 July 1, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

San Francisco Unicorns 168/5 (20 overs)	v	Seattle Orcas 169/6 (19.3 overs)
Sanjay Krishnamurthi 41 (28) Ayan Desai 2/32 (3 overs)		Shimron Hetmyer 78* (37) Xavier Bartlett 2/24 (4 overs)

Seattle Orcas won by 4 wickets Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Leslie Reifer (WI) Player of the match: Shimron Hetmyer (Seattle Orcas)

• Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 23 July 2, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Texas Super Kings 87/2 (5 overs)	v	Washington Freedom 44/4 (5 overs)
Shubham Ranjane 39* (14) Saurabh Netravalkar 1/30 (2 overs)		Glenn Phillips 18* (11) Nandre Burger 2/12 (1 over)

Texas Super Kings won by 43 runs Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Rushane Samuels (WI) Player of the match: Donovan Ferreira (Texas Super Kings)

• Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.

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Match 24 July 3, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Los Angeles Knight Riders 154/8 (20 overs)	v	MI New York 155/2 (17.5 overs)
Sherfane Rutherford 86 (44) Trent Boult 4/17 (4 overs)		Nicholas Pooran 62* (47) Sunil Narine 1/26 (4 overs)

MI New York won by 8 wickets Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Trent Boult (MI New York)

• MI New York won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 25 July 4, 2025 15:00 Scorecard

San Francisco Unicorns 148/6 (20 overs)	v	Texas Super Kings 147/7 (20 overs)
Matthew Short 80 (63) Marcus Stoinis 3/32 (4 overs)		Donovan Ferreira 39 (20) Romario Shepherd 2/26 (3 overs)

San Francisco Unicorns won by 1 run Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill Umpires: Rushane Samuels (WI) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Matthew Short (San Francisco Unicorns)

• Texas Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• Akeal Hosein (Texas Super Kings) took his 200th wicket in T20s.

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Match 26 July 4, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Seattle Orcas 82 (17.4 overs)	v	Washington Freedom 86/2 (9.2 overs)
Heinrich Klaasen 48 (39) Glenn Maxwell 3/12 (4 overs)		Mukhtar Ahmed 36* (21) Jessy Singh 1/11 (1 over)

Washington Freedom won by 8 wickets Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Washington Freedom)

• Washington Freedom won toss and elected to field.

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Match 27 July 5, 2025 15:00 Scorecard

MI New York 142/9 (20 overs)	v	Los Angeles Knight Riders 135/4 (20 overs)
Kieron Pollard 50 (36) Shadley van Schalkwyk 3/24 (3 overs)		Unmukt Chand 59 (48) Kieron Pollard 1/12 (2 overs)

MI New York won by 6 runs Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill Umpires: Rushane Samuels (WI) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (MI New York)

• Los Angeles Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 28 July 5, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Texas Super Kings 188/4 (20 overs)	v	Seattle Orcas 137 (18.4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 91 (52) Cameron Gannon 1/35 (3 overs)		Kyle Mayers 35 (28) Adam Milne 5/23 (4.4 overs)

Texas Super Kings won by 51 runs Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Leslie Reifer (WI) Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Texas Super Kings)

• Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 29 July 6, 2025 15:00 Scorecard

MI New York 112/8 (18 overs)	v	Washington Freedom 113/4 (15 overs)
Kunwarjeet Singh 33 (30) Glenn Maxwell 3/29 (4 overs)		Andries Gous 46* (34) Tristan Luus 2/39 (4 overs)

Washington Freedom won by 6 wickets Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Washington Freedom)

• MI New York won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.

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Match 30 July 6, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Los Angeles Knight Riders 243/3 (19 overs)	v	San Francisco Unicorns 233 (18.5 overs)
Andre Fletcher 118 (58) Karima Gore 1/22 (2 overs)		Sanjay Krishnamurthi 92 (40) Karthik Gattepalli 3/31 (4 overs)

Los Angeles Knight Riders won by 11 runs (DLS method) Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Leslie Reifer (WI) Player of the match: Andre Fletcher (Los Angeles Knight Riders)

• San Francisco Unicorns won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.
• Adithya Ganesh and Karthik Gattepalli (Los Angeles Knight Riders) both made their T20 debuts.
• San Francisco Unicorns were set a revised target of 245 runs off 19 overs due to rain.

Play-offs

Qualifier

Challenger

Final

July 8, 2025 – Grand Prairie

July 13, 2025 – Grand Prairie

1

Washington Freedom

Rainout ( NR )

QW

Washington Freedom

175/5 (20 overs)

2

Texas Super Kings

Rainout ( NR )

July 11, 2025 – Grand Prairie

CW

MI New York

180/7 (20 overs)

QL

Texas Super Kings

166/5 (20 overs)

Eliminator

EW

MI New York

172/3 (19 overs)

July 9, 2025 – Grand Prairie

3

San Francisco Unicorns

131 (19.1 overs)

4

MI New York

132/8 (19.3 overs)

Qualifier

Qualifier July 8, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Texas Super Kings	v	Washington Freedom

Match abandoned without a ball bowled Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Rushane Samuels (WI)

• Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.
• No play was possible due to rain.
• Washington Freedom advanced to the final as they finished above than Texas Super Kings in the points table. ^{[22] [23]}

Eliminator

Eliminator July 9, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

San Francisco Unicorns 131 (19.1 overs)	v	MI New York 132/8 (19.3 overs)
Xavier Bartlett 44 (24) Rushil Ugarkar 3/19 (3.1 overs)		Quinton de Kock 33 (24) Hasan Khan 4/30 (4 overs)

MI New York won by 2 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie Umpires: Leslie Reifer (WI) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Trent Boult (MI New York)

• MI New York won the toss and elected to field.

Challenger

Challenger July 11, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Texas Super Kings 166/5 (20 overs)	v	MI New York 172/3 (19 overs)
Faf du Plessis 59 (42) Tristan Luus 3/35 (4 overs)		Nicholas Pooran 52* (36) Akeal Hosein 1/11 (3 overs)

MI New York won by 7 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Rushane Samuels (WI) Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (MI New York)

• MI New York won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Main article: 2025 Major League Cricket final

Final July 13, 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

MI New York 180/7 (20 overs)	v	Washington Freedom 175/5 (20 overs)
Quinton de Kock 77 (46) Lockie Ferguson 3/21 (4 overs)		Rachin Ravindra 70 (41) Trent Boult 2/32 (4 overs) Rushil Ugarkar 2/32 (4 overs)

MI New York won by 5 runs Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Leslie Reifer (WI) Player of the match: Rushil Ugarkar (MI New York)

• Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.

Season statistics and awards

Most runs

Runs	Player	Team	Inns	HS	SR	Ave
478	Monank Patel	MI New York	13	93	142.26	36.76
468	Faf du Plessis	Texas Super Kings	10	103*	170.18	52.00
373	Quinton de Kock	MI New York	12	77	142.91	31.08
369	Matthew Short	San Francisco Unicorns	8	91	164.38	45.00
360	Nicholas Pooran	MI New York	13	108*	134.83	36.00

• Source:ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

Wkts	Player	Team	Inns	Ovs	BBI	Eco
18	Xavier Bartlett	San Francisco Unicorns	11	40.1	4/28	8.86
17	Haris Rauf	San Francisco Unicorns	8	28.1	4/32	9.08
15	Trent Boult	MI New York	12	48.0	4/17	8.00
15	Noor Ahmad	Texas Super Kings	11	42.0	4/25	8.04
14	Adam Milne	Texas Super Kings	6	20.5	5/23	7.10

• Source:ESPNcricinfo

End of season awards

• Highest Wicket Taker of the Tournament: Xavier Bartlett
• Most Valuable Player of the Tournament: Mitchell Owen
• Domestic Player of the Tournament: Monank Patel
• Most Valuable Player and the Best U23 Player of the Tournament: Rushil Ugarkar

Broadcasting

Broadcasters for the tournament ^[24]

Country/Sub-region	Rights holder(s)
Australia	Seven
Caribbean	ESPN
India	Star Sports, JioHotstar
Middle East	Cricbuzz
North Africa	Cricbuzz
New Zealand	Sky NZ
Pakistan	A Sports
Sub-Saharan Africa	ESPN
North America	Willow
Northern California	NBC Sports Bay Area, NBC Sports California (SFU matches only) [25]

United Kingdom Premier Sporta

Notes

1. Sunil Narine will stand in as acting for two games
2. Replaced by Matthew Short midseason due to injury
3. Heinrich Klaasen stepped down as captain mid season ^[10]
4. Matthew Mott parted ways as coach mid season ^[10]
5. Steve Smith will captain the side in the two games he plays

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External links

• Major League Cricket 2025 at ESPNcricinfo