The 2024 Major League Cricket MLC season, the second season of the franchise T20 cricket league established by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE), is set to kick off on July 5 and conclude on July 28, 2024, in the United States.
With Royal as an official partner, the matches will occur at two venues and be exclusively broadcast on Willow and Sling TV.
ML T20 will see each of the six teams feature in seven matches – one match against three of the teams and two against the other two in the league.
The six teams taking part in this year’s competition include Texas Super Kings, Seattle Orcas, Los Angeles Knight Riders, Washington Freedom, MI New York, and San Francisco Unicorns. The squads will be bolstered following the return of the USA side from the 2024 T20 World Cup.
The league will feature notable players including Harmeet Singh, Aaron Finch, Jason Roy, Adam Zampa, and Moises Henriques among others. MLC 2024 schedule, teams, squads, broadcast and live streaming details are placed below.
MLC 2024 Schedule, Fixtures
Throughout the inaugural season, a total of 19 T20 matches will be played, including playoffs and finals. The matches will be held at Grand Prairie Stadium and Church Street Park during the group stage, while all playoff matches and the final will take place at Grand Prairie Stadium.
Tickets for the games have been made available to the public. Please note that the dates and times mentioned are in Central Time for matches at Grand Prairie Stadium and in Eastern Time for games at Church Street Park. ***All in Indian Standard Time (IST).
| Date | Day | Match | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 6 | Saturday | Seattle Orcas vs MI New York | 1:00 AM | Church Street Park |
| July 6 | Saturday | LA Knight Riders vs Texas Super Kings | 5:00 AM | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| July 7 | Sunday | MI New York vs Washington Freedom | 12:30 AM | Church Street Park |
| July 8 | Monday | LA Knight Riders vs San Francisco Unicorns | 5:00 AM | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| July 9 | Tuesday | Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom | 1:00 AM | Church Street Park |
| July 10 | Wednesday | Seattle Orcas vs LA Knight Riders | 5:00 AM | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| July 11 | Thursday | Texas Super Kings vs San Francisco Unicorns | 12:30 AM | Church Street Park |
| July 12 | Friday | Washington Freedom vs Seattle Orcas | 5:00 AM | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| July 13 | Saturday | Texas Super Kings vs MI New York | 12:30 AM | Church Street Park |
| July 14 | Sunday | San Francisco Unicorns vs LA Knight Riders | 12:30 AM | Church Street Park |
| July 15 | Monday | LA Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom | 1:00 AM | Church Street Park |
| July 15 | Monday | MI New York vs Texas Super Kings | 5:00 AM | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| July 16 | Tuesday | San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas | 1:00 AM | Church Street Park |
| July 17 | Wednesday | Washington Freedom vs MI New York | 5:00 AM | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| July 18 | Thursday | LA Knight Riders vs Seattle Orcas | 12:30 AM | Church Street Park |
| July 19 | Friday | San Francisco Unicorns vs MI New York | 5:00 AM | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| July 20 | Saturday | Washington Freedom vs Texas Super Kings | 5:00 AM | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| July 21 | Sunday | Seattle Orcas vs San Francisco Unicorns | 5:00 AM | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| July 22 | Monday | MI New York vs LA Knight Riders | 5:00 AM | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| July 23 | Tuesday | Washington Freedom vs San Francisco Unicorns | 5:00 AM | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| July 24 | Wednesday | Seattle Orcas vs Texas Super Kings | 5:00 AM | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| July 25 | Thursday | Playoff: Eliminator | 5:00 AM | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| July 26 | Friday | Playoff: Qualifier | 5:00 AM | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| July 27 | Saturday | Playoff: Challenger | 5:00 AM | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| July 29 | Monday | MLC 2024 Final | 5:00 AM | Grand Prairie Stadium |
Major League Cricket Team Squads 2024
Major League Cricket Squads 2024: The full MLC player list for all teams is updated below.
Texas Super Kings (owned by Chennai Super Kings): Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, Calvin Savage, Milind Kumar, Cameron Stevenson, Mohammad Mohsin, Faf du Plessis, Daryl Mitchell, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Raj Nannan, Zia Shahzad, Joshua Tromp, Zia ul-Haq
Los Angeles Knight Riders (Owned by Kolkata Knight Riders): Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson, Ali Khan, Unmukt Chand, Nitish Kumar, Corne Dry, Saif Badar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Derone Davis, Adithya Ganesh, Matthew Tromp
Seattle Orcas (partly owned by Delhi Capitals): Quinton de Kock, Wayne Parnell, Harmeet Singh, Shubham Ranjane, Cameron Gannon, Nauman Anwar, Heinrich Klaasen, Imad Wasim, Hammad Azam, Michael Bracewell, Ayan Desai, Shehan Jayasuriya, Ali Sheikh
MI New York (owned by Mumbai Indians): Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult, Rashid Khan, Tim David, Dewald Brevis, Kagiso Rabada, Nicholas Pooran, Steven Taylor, Ehsan Adil, Nosthush Kenjige, Monank Patel, Shayan Jahangir, Ruben Clinton, Heath Richards, Romario Shepherd, Rushil Ugarkar
Washington Freedom (partnership with New South Wales): Marco Jansen, Andries Gous, Mukhtar Ahmed, Obus Pienaar, Saurabh Netravalkar, Justin Dill, Akhilesh Bodugum, Akeal Hosin, Amila Aphonso, Ian Holland, Lahiru Milantha, Yasir Mohammad, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Travis Head
San Francisco Unicorns (partnership with Victoria): Corey Anderson, Liam Plunkett, Tajinder Singh, Carmi Le Roux, Brody Couch, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Finn Allan, Haris Rauf, Karima Gore, Matthew Short, Jahmar Hamilton, Hassan Khan, Pat Cummins
Major League Cricket 2024 Points Table
We will update the MLC 2024 points table during the tournament. Below is how the MLC 2023 points table looked at the end of the league phase of that edition.
| Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Points | NRR |
| Seattle Orcas | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | +0.725 |
| Texas Super Kings | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | +0.570 |
| Washington Freedom | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | +0.097 |
| MI New York | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | +1.004 |
| San Francisco Unicorns | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -0.303 |
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -2.028 |
MLC 2024 Venues
Two venues have been chosen to host this second edition of the MLC as was the case last year too. These are Grand Prairie in Texas and Morrisville in North Carolina.
Matches will be divided between these two venues with the first phase of encounters played in Texas and the remaining group games hosted in North Carolina.
The playoffs will be hosted in Grand Prairie again.
The stadium in Fort Lauderdale where international matches have been played in the past, won’t be used for this year’s MLC because it will be used to host T20Is between West Indies and India.
How to Watch the Major League Cricket Broadcast for 2024?
As is the case with other T20 tournaments, the rights to the first edition of MLC have been sold to different broadcasters across the world.
Willow TV, which also owns a stake in the MLC, will broadcast this year’s competition in the USA and Canada.
Indian fans can watch the Major League Cricket on Sports18 on TV while the online live streaming of this competition can be seen on the Jio Cinema app and FanCode app.
Here are the remaining broadcasters:
- Australia: FOX Sports / FOXTel app
- Caribbean: SportsMax
- New Zealand: SKY NZ
- Pakistan: A Sports
- South Africa: SuperSport
- UK: BT Sport / BT Sport app
What Happened at the 2023 Major League Cricket?
Though finishing fourth in the league stage, MI New York showcased superior performance in the playoffs.
They beat Washington Freedom and Texas Super Kings in the playoffs and secured an emphatic victory against Seattle Orcas in the final.
The final saw the Orcas score 183/9 in 20 overs, only to be bested by MI New York’s score of 184/3 in 16 overs, with a comfortable win by 7 wickets.
Trent Boult led as the top wicket-taker, with Rashid Khan also making key contributions. Despite Pollard’s injury, Pooran, Brevis, and David upheld the batting line-up, with captain Pooran emerging as the star player in the final.