2024 Major League Cricket season


The 2024 Major League Cricket was the second season of Major League Cricket, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league established in 2019 by American Cricket Enterprises in the United States. The season was hosted, as was the case the previous season, at two venues: Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas and Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina. The season was played from July 5 to 28, 2024, with the Washington Freedom defeating the San Francisco Unicorns by 96 runs to win the tournament.
MI New York were the defending champions.

Background

In December 2023, it was announced that the second season of the tournament would begin on July 5, 2024, four days after the conclusion of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. This was later moved back a day to July 5. It was also reported that matches would be played at Grand Prairie Stadium, alongside other venues. By March 2024, MLC had announced that they had signed Cognizant to serve as the season's title sponsor.
On February 15, 2024, the overseas players' retention lists were announced, with the number of overseas slots having been upped to nine. In the following months, teams would go on to select further overseas players, including Australian cricketers Steven Smith and Travis Head. The domestic players' draft was virtually held on March 21, 2024, with a total of 20 players being picked by teams over 10 rounds. An additional draft was scheduled for June 16 for teams to complete their squads.
The season schedule was released by MLC on May 7, with defending champions MI New York facing the Seattle Orcas in the season opener, and the final set for July 28 at Grand Prairie Stadium. 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.

Teams

All the six teams from the previous season took part this season.
FranchiseCaptain
Los Angeles Knight RidersSunil NarinePhil Simmons
MI New YorkKieron PollardRobin Peterson
San Francisco UnicornsCorey AndersonShane Watson
Seattle OrcasWayne ParnellPravin Amre
Texas Super KingsFaf du PlessisStephen Fleming
Washington FreedomSteve SmithRicky Ponting

Squads

A minimum of 16 and a maximum of 19 players can be selected by teams with a cap of nine overseas players. The teams also can retain any domestic players during the retention window, which was open until February 29, 2024. Teams were allowed to select any remaining domestic players during MLC's domestic draft, which was held on March 21, 2024, and a supplementary draft, which was held on June 16.
Los Angeles Knight RidersMI New YorkSan Francisco UnicornsSeattle OrcasTexas Super KingsWashington Freedom

  • Kieron Pollard
  • Ehsan Adil
  • Trent Boult
  • Dewald Brevis
  • Ruben Clinton
  • Tim David
  • Shayan Jahangir
  • Nosthush Kenjige
  • Rashid Khan
  • Anrich Nortje
  • Monank Patel
  • Nicholas Pooran
  • Kagiso Rabada
  • Heath Richards
  • Romario Shepherd
  • Steven Taylor
  • Rushil Ugarkar
  • Sunny Patel
  • Corey Anderson
  • Pat Cummins
  • Finn Allen
  • Brody Couch
  • Karima Gore
  • Jahmar Hamilton
  • Hassan Khan
  • Sanjay Krishnamurthi
  • Carmi le Roux
  • Liam Plunkett
  • Haris Rauf
  • Matthew Short
  • Tajinder Singh
  • Josh Inglis
  • Matt Henry
  • Jake Fraser-McGurk
  • Sherfane Rutherford
  • Abrar Ahmed
  • Wayne Parnell
  • Nauman Anwar
  • Hammad Azam
  • Michael Bracewell
  • Nandre Burger
  • Quinton de Kock
  • Ayan Desai
  • Cameron Gannon
  • Shehan Jayasuriya
  • Heinrich Klaasen
  • Shubham Ranjane
  • Ali Sheikh
  • Harmeet Singh Nathan Ellis
  • Imad Wasim
  • Ryan Rickelton Lance Morris Obed McCoy
  • Aaron Jones
  • Zaman Khan
  • Faf du Plessis
  • Dwayne Bravo
  • Devon Conway
  • Aaron Hardie
  • Milind Kumar
  • Aiden Markram Daryl Mitchell
  • Noor Ahmad
  • Saiteja Mukkamalla
  • Mohammad Mohsin
  • Raj Nannan
  • Mitchell Santner
  • Calvin Savage
  • Zia Shahzad
  • Cameron Stevenson
  • Joshua Tromp
  • Zia-ul-Haq
  • Naveen ul-Haq
  • Marcus Stoinis Gerald Coetzee
  • Ottniel Baartman
  • Steve Smith
  • Travis Head
  • Glenn Maxwell
  • Andries Gous
  • Lockie Ferguson
  • Andrew Tye
  • Jack Edwards
  • Saurabh Netravalkar
  • Obus Pienaar
  • Rachin Ravindra
  • Mukhtar Ahmed
  • Amila Aponso
  • Akhilesh Bodugum
  • Justin Dill
  • Ian Holland
  • Akeal Hosein
  • Marco Jansen
  • Lahiru Milantha
  • Yasir Mohammad

    • Venues

    Matches were 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.

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    Play-offs

    Eliminator

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    Qualifier

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    Challenger

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    Awards

    On July 29, 2024, a list of end of season awards was announced.
    NameTeamAward
    Travis HeadWashington FreedomMost Valuable Player
    Faf du PlessisTexas Super KingsLeading run scorer
    Saurabh NetravalkarWashington FreedomLeading wicket taker
    Hassan KhanSan Francisco UnicornsDomestic Player of the Series