Major League Cricket 2025 June 12-July 13

[Del125763]

Well now with the IPL done and dusted, the franchise world focusses their eyes on Major League Cricket in the United States.

Schedule:

Match No.	Date	Time (IST)	Matchup	Venue
1	Fri, 13 Jun	6:30 AM	San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom	Oakland
2	Sat, 14 Jun	6:30 AM	MI New York vs Texas Super Kings	Oakland
3	Sun, 15 Jun	6:30 AM	San Francisco Unicorns vs LA Knight Riders	Oakland
4	–	6:30 AM	Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom	Oakland
5	Mon, 16 Jun	2:30 AM	LA Knight Riders vs Texas Super Kings	Oakland
6	–	6:30 AM	San Francisco Unicorns vs MI New York	Oakland
7	Tue, 17 Jun	6:30 AM	Seattle Orcas vs Texas Super Kings	Oakland
8	Wed, 18 Jun	6:30 AM	LA Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom	Oakland
9	Thu, 19 Jun	6:30 AM	MI New York vs Seattle Orcas	Oakland
10	Sat, 21 Jun	5:30 AM	Texas Super Kings vs San Francisco Unicorns	Dallas
11	Sun, 22 Jun	5:30 AM	MI New York vs Washington Freedom	Dallas
12	Mon, 23 Jun	1:30 AM	LA Knight Riders vs Seattle Orcas	Dallas
13	–	5:30 AM	Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom	Dallas
14	Tue, 24 Jun	5:30 AM	MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns	Dallas
15	Wed, 25 Jun	5:30 AM	Texas Super Kings vs LA Knight Riders	Dallas
16	Thu, 26 Jun	5:30 AM	San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas	Dallas
17	Fri, 27 Jun	5:30 AM	LA Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom	Dallas
18	Sat, 28 Jun	5:30 AM	MI New York vs Seattle Orcas	Dallas
19	Sun, 29 Jun	1:30 AM	San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom	Dallas
20	–	5:30 AM	LA Knight Riders vs Seattle Orcas	Dallas
21	Mon, 30 Jun	5:30 AM	Texas Super Kings vs MI New York	Dallas
22	Wed, 02 Jul	4:30 AM	San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas	Lauderhill
23	Thu, 03 Jul	4:30 AM	Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom	Lauderhill
24	Fri, 04 Jul	4:30 AM	LA Knight Riders vs MI New York	Lauderhill
25	Sat, 05 Jul	12:30 AM	San Francisco Unicorns vs Texas Super Kings	Lauderhill
26	–	4:30 AM	Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom	Lauderhill
27	Sun, 06 Jul	12:30 AM	LA Knight Riders vs MI New York	Lauderhill
28	–	4:30 AM	Seattle Orcas vs Texas Super Kings	Lauderhill
29	Mon, 07 Jul	12:30 AM	MI New York vs Washington Freedom	Lauderhill
30	–	4:30 AM	LA Knight Riders vs San Francisco Unicorns	Lauderhill
Q1	Wed, 09 Jul	6:30 AM	TBA vs TBA	Dallas
Eliminator	Thu, 10 Jul	6:30 AM	TBA vs TBA	Dallas
Q2	Sat, 12 Jul	6:30 AM	TBA vs TBA	Dallas
Final	Mon, 14 Jul	6:30 AM	TBA vs TBA	Dallas

Squads:

Major League Cricket 2025 Teams & Squads​

Teams and squads. Bolded are the Australian players.

1. Los Angeles Knight Riders​

• Batters: Nitish Kumar, Saif Badar
• All-Rounders: Andre Russell, Karthik Gattepalli, Sunil Narine
• Wicketkeepers: Adithya Ganesh, Unmukt Chand
• Bowlers: Ali Khan, Corne Dry, Matthew Tromp, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Spencer Johnson

2. MI New York​

• Batters: Agni Chopra, Heath Richards, Kunwarjeet Ballagan, Sharad Lumba, Sunny Patel
• All-Rounders: Kieron Pollard, Michael Bracewell, Rushil Ugarkar, Tajinder Singh
• Wicketkeepers: Monank Patel, Nicholas Pooran
• Bowlers: Ehsan Adil, Nosthush Kenjige, Rashid Khan, Trent Boult

3. San Francisco Unicorns​

• Batters: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sanjay Krishnamurthi
• All-Rounders: Achilles Browne, Corey Anderson, Hammad Azam, Hassan Khan, Matthew Short
• Wicketkeepers: Finn Allen, Tim Seifert
• Bowlers: Brody Couch, Carmi le Roux, Haris Rauf, Juanoy Drysdale, Karima Gore, Liam Plunkett

4. Seattle Orcas​

• Batters: Aaron Jones, David Warner, Shimron Hetmyer, Steven Taylor
• All-Rounders: Ali Sheikh, Gulbadin Naib, Harmeet Singh, Kyle Mayers, Sikandar Raza, Sujit Nayak
• Wicketkeepers: Heinrich Klaasen, Rahul Jariwala, Ryan Rickelton, Shayan Jahangir
• Bowlers: Ayan Desai, Cameron Gannon, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Jasdeep Singh, Obed McCoy, Waqar Salamkheil

5. Washington Freedom​

• Batters: Mukhtar Ahmed, Steve Smith
• All-Rounders: Glenn Maxwell, Ian Holland, Jack Edwards, Justin Dill, Obus Pienaar, Rachin Ravindra
• Wicketkeepers: Andries Gous, Lahiru Milantha
• Bowlers: Abhishek Paradkar, Amila Aponso, Lockie Ferguson, Saurabh Netravalkar, Yasir Mohammad

6. Texas Super Kings​

• Batters: Faf du Plessis, Saiteja Mukkamalla
• All-Rounders: Calvin Savage, Daryl Mitchell, Marcus Stoinis, Milind Kumar, Shubham Ranjane, Stephen Wiig
• Wicketkeepers: Devon Conway, Joshua Tromp
• Bowlers: Adam Khan, Adam Milne, Mohammad Mohsin, Noor Ahmad, Zia-ul-Haq

Games have been expanded to California this season. I was lucky enough to watch a Golden State Warrior NBA game there which is opposite the Colisseum in 2017.

 

[Del125763]

I feel like cricket in the US is really getting into the psyche of the US sports market. It will never be as big as: NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL or even the MLS. But its a good option, in a good time zone and the thing is they are talking about expansion of the number of teams in 2027.

Im not sure if there is room in the calendar for a longer version of an MLC but its here to stay.

US Cricket internationally when I last checked the ODI Cricket League 2 were top of the standings above teams like: Netherlands, Scotland to name a few.

 

[cats_09]

 

[offtherails9]

Wow I didn't realise they're playing at the bloody Oakland Coliseum, that's pretty cool. Looks like a decent enough crowd for the double header today, I've only just tuned in for the second game. Keen to see this league expand over the next five years.

 

[davidgoes4wce]

Faf continuing on a good week for South African cricket.

You would think he was 30 years old taking that worldie.

 

[davidgoes4wce]

Cmon Oakland merchandise stores, surely they are up for a bit of business? One word 'Soft'.

 

[davidgoes4wce]

Seemed like a quieter Day in Game 7 today:

 

[davidgoes4wce]

Glenn Phillips has returned home for personal reasons for Washington.

 

[davidgoes4wce]

Bit of bragging rights for the Sydney Thunder man over the Sydney Sixers man....

 

[davidgoes4wce]

Maxwell taking a liking for Corne Dry bowling.

 

[davidgoes4wce]

Maxwell clearly doesn't rate Pienaars batting.

 

[davidgoes4wce]

100 for Maxwell off 48 balls.

 

[cats_09]

 

[davidgoes4wce]

What this innings indicates to me is Maxwells best is probably still good enough against 2nd rate attacks.

Lets no kid ourselves: Corne Dry, van Schalkwyk, Holder and Andre Russell. Maxwell also would have seen alot of Narine and Tanveer Sangha in circuits around the world.

LA Knight Riders have Jason Holder as captain. Thats enough said for me in terms of their ambitions to win this tournament.

 

[davidgoes4wce]

Yanks learning the true meaning of missing part of an innings by chasing food and drinks at the change of innings. We've been all there before......

 

[Cleavy]

I wouldn't mind some garlic fries and chicken strips right now... just saying.

 

[davidgoes4wce]

Novelty factor maybe starting to wane off?

 

[cats_09]

 

[cats_09]

Just bought himself another 5 years in the green & gold

 

[Aussie in exile]

I think we safely say that Cricket is leaving its footprint in the US, which is the largest sports market in the world of any country.

Major League Cricket: US cricket's American dream is slowly, but surely, becoming real | Cricket News - Times of India

Cricket News: Kieron Pollard reflects on cricket's burgeoning presence in the US, highlighting its transition from immigrant communities to packed stadiums. He emph

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 

[davidgoes4wce]

Rare do you see an opener retire after a ton in T20 cricket, but thats what happened in todays game between LA and Washington in Texas.

 

[davidgoes4wce]

With Washington needing 2 runs off the last 5 balls, its criminal to be leaving that to the last ball to win. The Freedom eventually got the win.

 

[davidgoes4wce]

And what makes that last ball more ironic, was Los Angeles dropped a dolly off last ball, which would have sent that to a Super Over.

 

[davidgoes4wce]

Warner not playing for Seattle against New York today.

Klaasen not captaining as the Orcas are 0-5 and looks like a change in leaders.

 

[davidgoes4wce]

Melbourne Renegades , ex-Brisbane Heat, Josh Brown replaces David Warner today for Seattle.