Major Cricket League 2023 schedule announced

California [USA]14 June (ANI): Major League Cricket (MLC) has announced the schedule for America’s first professional franchise cricket league, which will begin on Thursday 13 July 2023.

Two dedicated cricket venues in North Texas (Grand Prairie Stadium, 1600 Lone Star Parkway, Grand Prairie, TX) and Greater Raleigh (Church Street Park, 5800 Cricket Pitch Wye, Morrisville, North Carolina), according to the MLC press release on Tuesday. state) 19 matches will be held. Many of the world’s top cricketers will represent his MLC 6 teams as they compete for the inaugural championship of the season on Sunday 30th July.

The first MLC match kicks off Thursday, July 13 at 7:30 p.m. CST at the 7,200-capacity Grand Prairie Stadium, America’s new premier cricket venue near Dallas, Texas. . The home state Texas Super Kings will take on the Los Angeles Knight Riders, with both teams bringing superstars from the Indian Premier League (IPL) Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. I plan to come.

The next day, Friday, July 14th, will feature a doubleheader between MI New York and the San Francisco Unicorns at 3:30pm. The Unicorns include former Australian one-day captain Aaron Finch, fellow Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, South African Lungi Ngidi, World Cup-winning English fast bowler Liam Plunkett and New Zealand star Corey. I signed a contract with Anderson.

Friday night’s matchup will see the Seattle Orcas face off against the Washington Freedom. The Pacific Northwest team has announced the signing of South African internationals Quinton De Kok and Wayne Parnell, Zimbabwean Sikandar Raza and Sri Lankan Dasun Shanaka. Freedom’s announced stars include South Africa’s Anrich Norche and Marco Jansen, Sri Lankan spin bowlers Wanindhu Hasaranga, New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips and Adam Milne, and Australians Josh Phillip and Moises Enriquez. included.

The Unicorns will take on the Orcas on Saturday night, while Sunday’s doubleheader will see Freedom take on the Texas Super Kings of home state in the afternoon and the Los Angeles Knight Riders will play New York, Michigan on the evening. will be The evenings of Monday (Super Kings vs. MI New York) and Tuesday (Unicorns vs. Knight Riders) continue to complete the first set of the game at Grand Prairie.

The MLC then travels to North Carolina for Week 2 of competition at Church Street Park in Morrisville. Kicking off at 5:30 PM ET on Thursday, July 20, Freedom vs. Knight Rider will take place in a beautiful venue that is currently undergoing upgrades to expand and enhance its facilities. A further six games will be played from Friday to Tuesday to determine the four teams who advance to the weekend’s final, with two eliminated.

The first-ever MLC Championship Finals will feature thrilling playoff matches at Grand Prairie Stadium. The ‘Eliminator’ match will pit the 3rd and 4th seeds against each other on Thursday, July 27 at 3:30pm, with the winner advancing to the ‘Challenger’ match and the loser being eliminated. In the evening, the top two seeds will face off and the winner of this ‘qualifying’ match will advance directly to the championship final.

A “Challenger” match will take place on Friday night, July 28, where the winner of the “Eliminator” match will face the loser of the “Qualifier” match to determine who advances to the Championship Finals on Sunday, July 30. increase. The final match to determine the inaugural Major League Cricket Champion is scheduled to start at 7:30pm CST at Grand Prairie Stadium. (Ani)